CHAPTER XI

SCHEME OF STUDIES FOR THE

INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION

1. With effect from 1996, the Punjab Boards will hold the Intermediate Examination Part-wise under
the Part System. The Examination for Class XI will be called Intermediate Part-I Examination and
the Examination for Class XII will be called Intermediate Part-II Examination.
2. Under the Part System, Paper A will be called Paper I and Paper B will be called Paper II.
3. The candidates will have to take up the Elective Subjects in Part-II in which they had already
appeared in Part-I Examination.

Intermediate Part-I (Class XI) Intermediate Part-II (Class XII)

A - Compulsory Subjects
(1) Urdu 100 Marks
Note: Students who are not
Pakistani Nationals will have the
option to take either an Alternative
Easy Course in Urdu or a Course of
Study in Pakistani Culture.
A - Compulsory Subjects
(1) Urdu 100 Marks
Note: Students who are not Pakistani
Nationals will have the `option to take
either an Alternative Easy Course in Urdu
or a Course of Study in Pakistani Culture.

(2) English 100 Marks (2) English 100 Marks

(3) Islamic Education 50 Marks (3) Pakistan 50 Marks

or Studies
Civics For Non –Muslims

B - Elective Subjects B - Elective Subjects

Three or more elective subjects comprising 6
papers of 100 marks each shall be taken from
one of the following Groups; provided that if a
subject comprises two papers, both the papers
shall be taken together.
Three or more elective subjects comprising 6 papers
of 100 marks each shall be taken from one of the
following Groups; provided that if a subject
comprises two papers, both the papers shall be taken
together.

C - Non-Examination Compulsory Subjects

Physical Education; Civil Defence, and Manual Work: Every candidate from a recognized
institution shall be required to follow the prescribed course of Physical Education and Civil
Defence and also to undertake prescribed Manual Work as a condition of eligibility to take the
examination. There will, however, be no formal examination in these subjects.

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Elective Subjects Elective Subjects
The candidates taking up Humanities Group The candidates taking up Humanities Group can
can take three such subjects out of the subjects take three such subjects out of the subjects for
for the Humanities Group the courses of the Humanities Group the courses of which are
which are available. Again, at a time two available. Again, at a time two subjects cannot
subjects cannot be taken up from the be taken up from the Language Subjects.
Language Subjects.
Humanities Group
Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
1. History 100 Marks 1. History 100 Marks
2. Economics 100 Marks 2. Economics 100 Marks
3. Geography 100 Marks 3. Geography 100 Marks
4. Military Science 100 Marks 4. Military Science 100 Marks
5. Philosophy 100 Marks 5. Philosophy 100 Marks
6. Psychology 100 Marks 6. Psychology 100 Marks
7. Civics 100 Marks 7. Civics 100 Marks
8. Statistics 100 Marks 8. Statistics 100 Marks
9. Mathematics 100 Marks 9. Mathematics 100 Marks
10. Islamic Studies 100 Marks 10. Islamic Studies 100 Marks
11. Outlines of Home 100 Marks 11. Outlines of Home 100 Marks
Economics Economics
12. Music 100 Marks 12. Music 100 Marks
13. Fine Arts 100 Marks 13. Fine Arts 100 Marks
14. Arabic 100 Marks 14. Arabic 100 Marks
15. Bengali* 100 Marks 15. Bengali* 100 Marks
16. Bengali ( Advanced ) 100 Marks 16. Bengali (Advanced ) 100 Marks
17. Chinese** 100 Marks 17. Chinese** 100 Marks
18. English Elective 100 Marks 18. English Elective 100 Marks
19. French 100 Marks 19. French 100 Marks
* For those students who do not take this language as a compulsory subject.
** Syllabi are not yet available.

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20. German 100 Marks 20. German 100 Marks
21. Greek* 100 Marks 21. Greek* 100 Marks
22. Hebrew* 100 Marks 22. Hebrew* 100 Marks
23. Hindi* 100 Marks 23. Hindi* 100 Marks
24. Japanese* 100 Marks 24. Japanese* 100 Marks
25. Latin 100 Marks 25. Latin 100 Marks
26. Pali 100 Marks 26. Pali 100 Marks
27. Punjabi 100 Marks 27. Punjabi 100 Marks
28. Pashto 100 Marks 28. Pashto 100 Marks
29. Gujrati* 100 Marks 29. Gujrati* 100 Marks
30. Persian 100 Marks 30. Persian 100 Marks
31. Russian* 100 Marks 31. Russian* 100 Marks
32. Sanskrit 100 Marks 32. Sanskrit 100 Marks
33. Sindhi** 100 Marks 33. Sindhi** 100 Marks
34. Spanish* 100 Marks 34. Spanish* 100 Marks
35. Turkish* 100 Marks 35. Turkish* 100 Marks
36. Urdu (Elective)** 100 Marks 36. Urdu (Elective)** 100 Marks
37. Urdu (Advanced) 100 Marks 37. Urdu (Advanced) 100 Marks
38. Commercial Practice 100 Marks 38. Commercial Practice 100 Marks
(Accountancy or Business (Typewriting & Shorthand)
Correspondence) (English or Urdu)
39. Health and Physical 100 Marks 39. Health and Physical 100 Marks
Education Education
40. Education 100 Marks
100 Marks 40. Education
40. Geology 41. Geology 100 Marks
100 Marks
42. Sociology 100 Marks 42. Sociology 100 Marks
43. Library Science 100 Marks 43. Library Science 100 Marks
44. Computer Science 100 Marks 44. Computer Science 100 Marks

* Syllabi are not yet available. Such elective subjects, in which there are no syllabi or
provision to conduct the examination, although mentioned in the syllabi in the list of
elective subjects, cannot be offered by the candidates.
** For those students who do not take this language as a compulsory subject.

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Science Group
Pre-Medical

Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II

Biology 100 Marks Biology 100 Marks

Physics 100 Marks Physics 100 Marks

Chemistry 100 Marks Chemistry 100 Marks

Science Group
Pre-Engineering

Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II

Mathematics 100 Marks Mathematics 100 Marks

Physics 100 Marks Physics 100 Marks

Chemistry 100 Marks Chemistry 100 Marks

Science Group
General

Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II

Mathematics 100 Marks Mathematics 100 Marks

Physics* 100 Marks Physics* 100 Marks

Statistics 100 Marks Statistics 100 Marks

Economics 100 Marks Economics 100 Marks

Computer Science 100 Marks Computer Science 100 Marks

* Students taking Physics must take Mathematics as one of their subjects.

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Languages Group
Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
(a) One elective Subject 100 Marks The same elective 100 Marks
from Humanities -Group Subject.
One of the following languages
The same Language 100 Marks
as a ‘Major Language’
consisting of two papers 100 Marks
One of the following
(i) Arabic (ii) Persian languages as subsidiary
Languages comprising
(iii) Bengali (iv) Urdu
One Paper each;
Note:
The syllabus shall be the same
as for in the Languages in the Provided that a language taken as ‘Major’ under (a)
Humanities Group. above, will not be taken as subsidiary and
(b) Two of the following languages
as ‘subsidiary languages’ comprising
one paper each; Provided further that in Part-II a candidate will have
Provided that a language taken as ‘Major’ to take up a subsidiary Language other than that
under (a) above will not be opted in Part-I.
taken as subsidiary:
(i) Arabic (i) Arabic
(ii) Bengali* (ii) Bengali*
(iii) Chinese* (iii) Chinese*
(iv) French (iv) French
(v) German (v) German
(vi) Greek* (vi) Hebrew*
(vii) Hebrew* (vii) Gujrati*
(viii)Gujrati* (viii) Hindi*
(ix) Hindi* (ix) Japanese*
(x) Japanese (x) Pali
(xi) Pali (xi) Punjabi
(xii) Punjabi (xii) Pashto
(xiii) Pashto (xiii) Persian
* Syllabi are not yet available.

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Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
(xiv) Persian (xiv) Russian*
(xv) Russian* (xv) Sanskrit*
(xvi) Sanskrit (xvi) Sindhi*
(xvii) Sindhi* (xvii) Turkish*
(xviii) Turkish* (xviii) Spanish*
(xix) Spanish* (xix) Urdu
(xx) Urdu* (xx) Latin
(xxi) Latin (xxi) Greek*

Note: The syllabus for a ‘Subsidiary Language’ shall be the same as for Paper II of the same
Language in the Humanities Group. One subject other than a language, from the Humanities
Group.
Technical Group
Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
(i) Pure and Applied (i) Pure and Applied
Mathematics 100 Marks Mathematics 100 Marks
(ii) Applied Science 100 Marks (ii) Applied Science 100 Marks
(General) (Heat Engines)
OR
(Electronics)
OR
(Electricity AC & DC)
(iii) Engineering (iii) Workshop Practice 100 Marks
Drawing 100 Marks OR
Surveying
Commerce Group
Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
(i) Principles of (i) Principles of
Accounting 100 Marks Accounting 100 Marks
(ii) Principles of (ii) Commercial
Economics 75 Marks Geography 75 Marks
(iii) Principles of (iii) Computer Studies 75 Marks
Commerce 75 Marks OR
Typing
OR
Banking
(iv) Business (iv) Statistics 50 Marks
Mathematics 50 Marks

* Syllabi are not yet available.

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Home Economics Group

Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
(i) Biology and Chemistry 100 (i) Applied Art 100 Marks
Marks (ii) Food and Nutrition 100 Marks
(ii) Home Management 100
Marks (iii) Child Development 100 Marks
and Family Life
(iii) Clothing & Textiles 100
Marks

Nursing Group
Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
(i) Anatomy and 100 Marks (i) Anatomy and 100 Marks
Physiology Physiology
Note: Note:
Two or more subjects carrying Two or more subjects carrying
400 marks from any other group 400 marks from any other group
or groups. or groups.

Islamic Studies Group

Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
(i) Arabic 100 Marks (i) Arabic 100 Marks
(ii) Islamic Studies 100 Marks (ii) Islamic Studies 100 Marks
(iii) Islamic History 100 Marks (iii) Islamic History 100 Marks
and Culture and Culture

Military Science Group

Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
(i) War 100 Marks (i) Military Geography 100 Marks
(ii) Military History 100 Marks (ii) Defence of Pakistan 100 Marks
(iii) Economics of War 100 Marks (iii) Special Military 100 Marks
Studies

Agriculture Group
Intermediate Part-I Intermediate Part-II
(i) Agriculture 100 Marks (i) Agriculture 100 Marks
(ii) Mathematics 100 Marks (ii) Mathematics 100 Marks
Note: Note:
One subject carrying 200 marks One subject carrying 200 marks
from any other group. from any other group.

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