CBSE Results 2025: Which CBSE Class 12 subject scored highest in this year's board exam?
In this analysis, we take a closer look at the most-scoring subjects — those that witnessed the highest number of students achieving a perfect 100 — in each stream: Science, Commerce, and Humanities.
Note that while analysing the Board data, only core subjects and optional subjects, commonly offered in most schools affiliated to the CBSE, have been considered.
In the Science stream, core subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology were closely analyzed, along with popular elective subjects such as Computer Science, Informatics Practices, and Physical Education. The data revealed notable trends in scoring patterns, including which subjects saw the highest number of students achieving a perfect 100.
According to CBSE's official 2025 data, the highest number of perfect scores was recorded in Chemistry with 2,384 students scoring 100/100, followed by Computer Science with 1,676 toppers and Informatics Practices close behind at 1,952.
Mathematics (Standard) had 1,128 students achieving full marks, while Biology saw 738 such scores. Notably, Physics had only 274 students scoring 100, indicating that it continues to be one of the more challenging subjects in the Science stream.
Applied Mathematics, the alternative math paper offered by CBSE, had just 56 students with perfect scores, suggesting a lower number of students opting for it.
In the Commerce stream, the data indicates strong performance in subjects like Accountancy, which had 1,713 students scoring full marks, and Economics, with 1,244 perfect scores. Business Studies also performed well with 1,260 students achieving a perfect 100.
A particularly notable trend is the performance in Informatics Practices (1,952 perfect scores) and Computer Science (1,676), which not only rival but exceed the full-score numbers of traditional commerce subjects. Entrepreneurship, while still a niche subject, had 231 students scoring a full 100.
Among Humanities subjects, the clear outlier in terms of high scorers is Fine Arts, particularly Painting, with a staggering 20,491 students scoring a perfect 100. Combined with other visual arts subjects like Graphics (153), Sculpture (142), and Commercial Art (2,254), together grouping fine arts collectively produced over 23,000 candidates scoring a perfect 100, making it the most high-scoring group in the CBSE Class 12 exam 2025.
Among core academic subjects, Political Science had the highest number of 100-scorers with 835 students, followed by Geography (601), History (186), and Sociology (117). Economics, shared with Commerce, also saw 1,244 students achieving full marks.
This year's data shows a growing trend in the Humanities stream: creative disciplines like Fine Arts are no longer fringe subjects but are mainstream avenues of academic excellence and career exploration. Meanwhile, traditional disciplines like Political Science and Geography continue to foster strong academic achievement.
The data shared by the CBSE not only shows which subjects are commonly chosen across different streams, but also highlights a shift from rigid or traditional subject choices to more interdisciplinary and career-focused preferences.
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