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Key Facts: PSEB Class 12 Dance Exam

45 + 50 + 5

Theory + Practical + Internal Assessment marks (total 100)

PSEB Scheme of Studies Class XII — Music (Dance) code 040

Code 040

PSEB subject code for Senior Secondary Music (Dance)

Punjab School Education Board scheme/date-sheet practice

33% pass

Separate and aggregate pass floor framing under current PSEB Senior Secondary rules — confirm year circular

PSEB scheme of studies / result rules; verify official circular

2 taals

Teen Taal and Jhap Taal emphasized for theory writing and practical

PSEB Class 12 Music–Dance syllabus 2025-26

Theory topics

Mudras, Bharata Natyam, Lasya, Uday Shankar, Rasa–Bhava, Punjab folk

PSEB Class 12 Music–Dance syllabus 2025-26 Part A

MCQ study aid

This free local bank adapts theory to four-option MCQs; official assessment is mixed theory plus practical

OpenExamPrep assessment-format policy

PSEB Senior Secondary Music (Dance) is Punjab’s Class 12 Dance elective (code 040): Theory 45 + Practical 50 + INA 5 = 100. Pass framing is 33% (confirm circular). This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ theory study adaptation — not an official paper or practical simulation.

Sample PSEB Class 12 Dance Practice Questions

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1In school dance theory, dance is best defined as:
A.A performing art that expresses ideas and emotions through rhythmic body movement, often with music
B.A theatrical drama performed only through spoken dialogue
C.A static visual art painted on a canvas
D.A gymnastic floor routine judged solely on athletic difficulty
Explanation: Dance is a performing art using structured body movement, rhythm, and expression—often with music—to communicate feeling, story, or abstract form.
2A primary importance of dance in human life highlighted in Class 12 theory is that it:
A.Communicates emotions and cultural identity when words alone are limited
B.Replaces all need for language education forever
C.Is only useful for measuring height of athletes
D.Exists solely as a silent reading skill
Explanation: Dance transmits emotion, story, and cultural identity through movement—especially valuable when pure verbal expression is incomplete.
3In education, studying dance theory and practice most directly develops:
A.Coordination, rhythmic sense, cultural awareness, and expressive confidence
B.Only the ability to recite historical dates
C.Only the skill of solving arithmetic problems
D.Only the memorisation of geographical place names
Explanation: Dance training builds body–mind coordination, musical rhythm, cultural literacy, and confidence in expressive performance.
4Which statement best explains why dance is considered a social and cultural practice?
A.It is performed at festivals, rituals, celebrations, and community gatherings that bind people
B.It is performed only inside sealed laboratories with no audience
C.It never appears in any regional tradition
D.It is identical to silent individual meditation with no shared form
Explanation: Folk and classical dances live in festivals, rituals, and celebrations, strengthening shared cultural identity and community participation.
5Compared with ordinary walking, dance movement is distinctive because it is typically:
A.Organized with rhythm, aesthetic intent, and expressive design
B.Random and never related to music or form
C.Always identical to military marching only
D.Limited to finger typing gestures only
Explanation: Dance shapes movement into rhythmic, aesthetic patterns with intentional expression—beyond utilitarian walking.
6In classical Indian dance theory contexts, ‘nritta’ primarily refers to:
A.Pure dance movement without narrative abhinaya storytelling
B.Only facial makeup without footwork
C.Only costume stitching
D.Only written poetry without movement
Explanation: Nritta is pure dance—rhythm and form—without the story-telling abhinaya that characterizes nritya/natya elements.
7Which benefit of dance is most accurately described as physical?
A.Improved flexibility, stamina, posture, and muscular coordination
B.Automatic exemption from all school examinations
C.Guaranteed fluency in a foreign language without study
D.Replacement of nutrition and sleep requirements
Explanation: Physical benefits include flexibility, endurance, posture, and coordinated motor skill developed through practice.
8An emotional/psychological benefit of dance study commonly taught in theory is:
A.Healthy release of feelings and growth of confidence through performance
B.Complete elimination of all human emotion
C.Forcing students to avoid all music forever
D.Proving that feelings have no place in the arts
Explanation: Dance offers constructive emotional expression and builds stage confidence—key psychosocial benefits in arts education.
9Why is theory still important in a subject that awards high practical marks?
A.Theory supplies vocabulary, taal literacy, history, and concepts that support informed performance and written answers
B.Theory completely replaces the need for any practice
C.Theory exists only to cancel practical marks
D.Theory is tested only through solo stage performance, with no written paper
Explanation: Even with Practical 50, theory (45) tests definitions, taals, mudras, forms, and biography that make performance informed and examinable in writing.
10Which statement best captures dance as communication?
A.Body movement, gesture, and expression can convey meaning to an audience without relying only on speech
B.Dance never communicates anything to viewers
C.Dance can only communicate mathematical proofs
D.Dance is solely a private activity with no audience role
Explanation: Dance is a non-verbal (or multi-modal) communication system using movement, mudra, and bhava to reach spectators.

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