CBSE Class 12 Biology Paper Analysis 2018: Tricky questions asked but nothing out of NCERT syllabus

• IndiaToday.in | New Delhi | March 27, 2018 | Apoorva Anand

CBSE Class 12 Biology Paper Analysis 2018

 

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the class 12 Biology board exam today, March 27.

Biology deals with the study of life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical composition, function, development, and evolution.

All the students who appeared for the Class 12 Biology Board Exam found the paper a bit tricky but all the questions were asked from NCERT textbook itself.

While speaking to India Today Education, students who had come to appear for the board examination at a Noida school said, "Except for 1-mark questions, the overall paper was easy."

No repeated questions:

Another student said, "The paper was easy but none of the last year questions were repeated in the examination."

Completed paper before time:

Meanwhile, many students said that they completed the paper 15 minutes before.

5-mark questions: Easy

Furthermore, in comparison to other sections of the paper, the 5-mark questions were very easy to solve.

Detailed analysis by board examiner:

In conversation with India Today Education, Piyali Chatterjee Sen, the Head Board examiner of Biology for six years, with 25 years of teaching experience said, "This year's paper is definitely difficult for the average and below average students unlike last year where the paper was totally predictable."

Nothing out of NCERT:

Further, the questions were from intricate corners of NCERT and eveything was asked from prescribed syllabus itself.
"Only NCERT is enough but thorough reading required," said Piyali Chatterjee Sen.

HOT questions:

In comparison to other sections, HOTS questions were more in number and partly tricky.

Indirect questions:

Moreover, the board examiner said that questions were rather indirect than really difficult.

Expected score:

Scoring 90 per cent to 100 per cent marks will be difficult, compared to other years. However, fail percentage should be less.
Easier value based questions:
Moreover, two and three marks questions were mixed bag types whereas value based four marks question was easier compared to other years.

Diagram based questions:

Since past two years, diagram based questions are not coming. "Diagrams are the basic essence of Biology," Piyali Chatterjee Sen added.

Paper pattern and marking scheme:

Total marks: 70 marks (5 sections)

Section A: 5 questions of 1 mark

Section B: 5 questions of 2 marks

Section C: 12 questions of 3 marks

Section D: 1 question for 4 marks (Value based question)

Section E: 3 questions for 5 marks (Choice based)

Further, there was no overall choice in the question paper, however, an internal choice was provided in one question of two marks, one question of three marks and all three questions of five marks.

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/cbse-class-12-biology-paper-analysis-2018-1198728-2018-03-27

Beating the cheating: CBSE to introduce metal detectors at JEE-Mains exam centres to frisk students

• IndiaToday.in | New Delhi | March 25, 2018

The Central Board of Secondary Education has set up metal detectors for students appearing for the prestigious Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains, which will take place on April 8, 2018 all over India.

According to CBSE coordinator Balvinder Singh, the stringent system is introduced in order to prevent candidates from carrying electronic devices which are being used for cheating and wrong deeds.

What all will the metal detectors detect?

The bug or metal detectors provided for frisking should be able to detect any prohibited metallic or electronics devices, copper, aluminium, silver, wire, cell battery, watch battery, miniature electronic gadget or photovoltaic equipment, etc.
"The banned items include mobile phone, electronic watch and calculators," Balvinder said.
Earlier, several students have been found using Bluetooth devices in different examination centres across the country. Such electronic devices help candidates to stay connected with people outside the exam hall and seek answer for the questions.

Students must carry proper identification documents

CBSE has also directed examinees to carry their admit cards, Aadhar cards, passport or any other identification document in order to be allowed in the examination centres.
Over 1.3 million students have registered their names for JEE Mains 2018.
This is the first stage for gaining entrance to the top most engineering institutes in the country.

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/beating-the-cheating-cbse-to-introduce-metal-detectors-at-jee-mains-exam-centres-to-frisk-students-1197600-2018-03-25

CBSE Class 12 Maths paper: 'Easy and from NCERT, many students will get 100%'

TOI-Online | Updated: Mar 21, 2018, 15:46 IST


NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the Mathematics Examination for Class 12 Science stream students today, March 20, 2018, at various exam centres across the country.

This year seems to be good for the students, especially for those who are appearing for the board examination as the difficulty level of most of the papers is moderate or easy. Be it Humanities, Commerce or Science stream, the questions asked so far are straight forward and from NCERT books.

According to the the majority of the students coming out from one of the examination centres in Delhi, the mathematics paper was quite easy with questions mainly set from the NCERT book.

STUDENTS' REACTIONS

BHOPAL

Ashutosh Dubey of the Vikram Higher Secondary School said, "Formula-based questions were tricky and paper was lengthy. I rushed through questions because time was less and paper was lengthy.”

Ahmer Uzair of the St Xavier School said, "The biggest issue we faced today was we had prepared a lot besides NCERT. I feel like my coaching has gone waste because everything was within the NCERT syllabus."

"It was not that easy as I had expected. Section C and D were difficult. Calculus question were difficult. I would say it was average paper but not easy, " said Ananya Singh of GVN Public School.

St Paul School's Vishal Dhode said, "Paper was slightly difficult and lengthy. I couldn't manage time between questions. Difficulty level was not increased as compared to last year's paper but few questions were tough."

NAGPUR

Palak Pradhan of CPS Katol Road said, "The paper was moderate we were hoping that it would be a difficult paper as Maths is a hard subject we did our practice accordingly which helped us in solving the questions. Matrix was the easiest part of the paper."

Another student of the same school Lulua Master said, "The paper was medium hard. Matrix part was easy. Section A was tough. Overall paper was easy."

Sakshi Pusdeka of St. Vincent Palloti said, "The paper was moderate and lengthy time-management would have helped us in more convenient way.

The paper was quite tough for Dyandip Manwar of the same school. He said, "Section A and Section C were quite hard as compared D. Section D was so easy to solve. I completed my paper on time."
"Few questions were more confusing for us. It was expected the paper would be lengthy but I found it to be easy overall," she added.

Another student of the same school, Shamal Dhawale said, "The paper was easy but lengthy, some questions were tricky some students got confused while solving. Probability was easy. Section A and C were tough. If we had more time then it would have helped to solve accurately."

For Karan Tandekar of KV Ajni School the paper was easier than the previous year. "Section A was little bit tough but section B was easy. Vectors 3D was easy but binary questions were hard. Paper was completed on time," said Tandekar.

DELHI

Evergreen Sr Sec School, Vasundhara Enclave

"The paper was moderately easy. The questions were either from NCERT or from previous years question papers. I am quite happy," said Harsha.

Another student Shubham Aggarwal said, "The paper was easy. Questions were NCERT-based. It was not lengthy. Students who prepared well should be able to score good marks."

Evergreen's Vinay said, "The paper was easy though it demanded through knowledge of the concepts."

Mount Abu Public School, Rohini

Mohit Rawat said, "The mathematics paper was thoroughly from NCERT. Paper was easy."

"The paper was balanced. Some questions that were tricky needed more time to attempt. Most of the questions were from the NCERT," said Ajay Maharana.

"The paper was on the easier side. Majority of the questions were from NCERT syllabus. It was completed on time and everyone got enough time to revise," said Arush Tandon.

Aayush said, "The paper was balanced and based on NCERT."

Manvi Jain said, "The questions were familiar only one or two tricky questions were there.

TEACHERS' REACTIONS

"The CBSE Class XII question paper of Mathematics 2017-18 is a balanced paper. Around 60% questions are direct from NCERT textbook. Only 2-3 questions require a thorough reading for understanding. Children were able to complete within the stipulated time," said Nitish Gupta (PGT Maths) of Mount Abu Public School, Rohini, Delhi.

"Overall paper is good and based on NCERT and thorough knowledge of NCERT textbook will definitely help the students to score good marks. Students aspiring for 100 marks in this paper have a high probability of achieving it," Gupta added.

"Maths paper for class XII was unexpectedly easier than earlier years. The paper was mostly NCERT based. It was a student friendly paper," said Rachna Budhiraja (PGT- Mathematics) of the Evergreen Sr Sec School, Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi.

Maths teacher Bina Pillai of Campion School Bhopal said, “The paper was so simple and the good thing is 90% question were straight from NCERT textbook. I don’t think any paper could have been so easier than this one and I was not expecting it to be easy.”

“Paper was balanced and most of the questions were NCERT Based but the problem is some students might have find it difficult because they focus more on private publishers rather than NCERT textbooks. Paper was a bit lengthy but not tough at all,” said PGT Maths Sangeeta Yadav of St Joseph Idghah Hills Bhopal

Brijesh Patail, Maths teacher, Sagar Public School Bhopal said, “The paper was average and at least 85% questions were from NCERT textbook. Questions were not tough but also not easy. I am satisfied because I had advised my students to study from the textbook only. I hope they secure good marks.”

Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

CBSE Class 12 Maths exam 2018: Balanced paper but lengthy

Nothing was out of the syllabus and there was no surprise element. The paper was mostly based on the concepts given in NCERT. After a long time the question paper was entirely based on the sample paper issued by CBSE.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: March 21, 2018 6:58 pm

CBSE class 12 students appeared for their maths paper today, on March 21. Considered a challenging but scoring subject, the paper this year was found to be quite easy and straightforward by the students. Some students found the paper a little lengthy, most of the students finished it on time as the questions were mainly NCERT based. Nothing was out of the syllabus and there was no surprise element. The paper was mostly based on the concepts given in NCERT.

This was after a long time that the question paper was entirely based on the sample paper issued by CBSE. Six mark questions in section D were exactly from the NCERT. Difficulty level and applications of concepts in most of the questions were as per expectations of average students.

Section wise review

Section A 

Three questions were direct but question on binary operations was slightly twisted.

Section B

Most of the questions were same or similar as given in NCERT exercises. CBSE has set the paper very carefully keeping all the norms and parameter in minds.

Section C 

Section C was slightly lengthy and students might have faced problem in solving questions on ‘properties of determinants’ and ‘differential equations’. Question based on ‘tangent and normal’ was also slightly twisted to test the students’ knowledge in depth.

Section D

Section D which constitutes long answer questions proved to be the easiest. Questions were asked from the expected topics like equivalence relations, elementary operations, solving linear equation of three variable by matrix methods, application of integrals, limit of sum and linear programming. All these questions were of average difficulty level.

Mr Rajshekhar Ratrey, VP, Educational content, Toppr.com said, “Questions on three-dimensional geometry and different equations were comparatively easy than last year. Marks’ weightage was similar as compared to that of last year. Maximum number of questions were from vector algebra, determinants and probability. Achieving 70-80 marks out of 100 is easy”.

Most students are satisfied with their performance. An average student who would have prepared well, with his concepts cleared, can easily score above 90 and bright students can obtain full 100 marks.

Ranjhum Goel, student of Manav Rachna International School said, ”If students have gone through NCERT and exemplar, it would be very easy to score 90 plus marks in this paper. Those who have studied NCERT thoroughly and have practiced the last 10 years question papers, they would have found the paper easy”.

Overall analysis

The paper was very balanced and smartly designed to test all the basic understanding of the concepts. Overall, the  question paper tested the students on every skill like knowledge, understanding and application of concepts.

Source : http://indianexpress.com/article/education/cbse-class-12-maths-exam-2018-balanced-paper-straight-questions-but-lengthy-5105839/

CBSE schools to have daily physical education class for Std IX-XII pupils

CBSE board has directed all its schools to reserve one period daily from 2018-19 academic year for physical education for Std IX-XII. It wants to ‘mainstream’ the subject for holistic development of students.

Health and physical education (HPE) will be a mandatory for all schools and CBSE will release curriculum details.

CBSE’s chairperson Anita Karwal wrote to schools: “CBSE has decided to mainstream HPE with the aim of holistic development of the child, leading to a well-balanced individual in all walks of life”.

Principals of CBSE schools in the city aren’t happy with the last-minute change. “Students will enjoy more time for sports, but not if the curriculum has theory about physical education,” said the principal of a school in the western suburbs.

“In Mumbai, we might not have enough space to have a PE class for everyone everyday..” Principals also worry this will eat into academic time. “Especially for classes X and XII which are board-exam years, it will disrupt their regular lessons,” said Kalpana Diwedi, principal, St Joseph High School, Panvel. TNN

Source : https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#

CBSE To Introduce Compulsory Health And Physical Education Programme

This programme will be introduced from next session and will be compulsory for all affiliated schools.

Education | NDTV Education Team | Updated: March 22, 2018 20:32 IST

  

The programme is to mainstream health and physical education in CBSE schools.

New Delhi:  Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has planned to introduce a streamlined and well-designed Health and Physical Education Programme to mainstream health and physical education in schools especially for students of class 9 to 10. This programme will be introduced from next session and will be compulsory for all affiliated schools of the board.

"CBSE has decided to mainstream Health and Physical Education for classes IX to XII with the aim of holistic development of the child, leading to a well-balanced individual in all walks of life," said a statement from the board.

"The aim of Mainstreaming Health and Physical Education is also to enable the students to attain an optimum state of health. Therefore, CBSE aims to provide a focussed curriculum for Health and Physical Education imbued with Life Skills in all its affiliated schools," the statement added.

Keeping this in view, CBSE has asked schools that while preparing time-table for session 2018-19, one period every day may be reserved for Health and Physical Education especially for class 9 to 12 from session 2018-19 onwards.

It also said the transactional strategies, detailed guidelines and methodology for administering HPE (Health and Physical Education) to students will be available on CBSE website shortly.

There are 19316 schools in India and 211 schools in 25 foreign countries are affiliated with the board

Source : https://www.ndtv.com/education/cbse-to-introduce-compulsory-health-and-physical-education-programme-1827431

CBSE Class 10 Social Science Paper Analysis 2018: Not very lengthy but easy with a few unexpected questions

• IndiaToday.in | New Delhi | March 22, 2018
• UPDATED 15:04 IST

CBSE Class 10 Social Science Paper Analysis 2018

 

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the Class 10 Social Science board exam today, March 22 at various test centres across the nation.

Social Science is a compiled subject which includes history, geography, political science and economics and whether you like them or not, it's the time to study for your exam.

While speaking to India Today Education, students who had come to appear for the board examination at a Noida school said the paper was not very lengthy and all the questions were asked from NCERT textbook itself.

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Meanwhile, some students said that the paper had some unexpected questions which they were not expecting in the exam.

Expected marks:

Most of the students who came to appear for the exam said that they will easily score above 75 marks.

Tough Map section:

In comparison to other parts of the paper, most of the students found the 1-mark questions a bit tough.
Further, some of the students found the map section to be quite tough.
This year, a total of 16,38,428 candidates have registered for class 10 examination; while 11,86,306 candidates have registered for class 12 examinations.

Paper pattern:

• The question paper had 27 questions in all. All questions were compulsory
• Marks were indicated against each question
• Questions from serial number 1 to 7 were very short answer type questions
• Each question carried one mark
• Questions from serial number 8 to 18 were 3 marks questions
• Questions from serial number 19 to 25 were 5 marks questions
• Question numbers 26 and 27 were map questions from History with one mark each

Social Science Exam Analysis 2017:

Several students were of the opinion that "the paper was easy but the 5-mark questions were a bit difficult to write."

Source : https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#

CBSE syllabus revamp: Experts bat for specialisation

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | RALPH ALEX ARAKAL

Published Mar 22, 2018, 3:39 am IST

CBSE students are not allowed of specialize in anything at the moment and this has to change.

 The decision to include more life skills to the curriculum is welcoming, as it would help us produce more thinkers and creative minds right from the school level,” she said.

 

BENGALURU: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to change and update the school curriculum from classes 1 to 12 and has invited suggestions from teachers, academics, students, parents and other stakeholders associated with the school education system, as prescribed by the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) and the CBSE.

Education expert Preethi Vickram told Deccan Chronicle that the syllabus followed by the CBSE includes portions that are too vast when compared with the same followed by international boards, be it International Baccalaureate (IB) or International General Certificate of Secondary Examination (IGCSE).

“CBSE students are not allowed of specialize in anything at the moment and this has to change. The decision to include more life skills to the curriculum is welcoming, as it would help us produce more thinkers and creative minds right from the school level,” she said.

However, the syllabus should be updated in a way that it is balanced to allow students dive deeper to their areas of interest, ensuring they are equipped with the required skills to pursue higher education effectively as well, she added. Educators think that a positive development can be made only by looking into how the learning process is working at the moment rather than debating on what to learn.

“Unless and until we look at the approach given to the process of learning, its higher levels will not espouse good at all. The way exams are conducted should also be changed to ensure that they become equally interesting and challenging, encouraging students to learn in a holistic manner and not merely mug up portions, as they are forced to do now,” said  M. Srinivasan, president of the Managements of Independent CBSE Schools Association (MICSA).

Source : https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/220318/cbse-syllabus-revamp-experts-bat-for-specialisation.html

CBSE Class 12 Maths Board Exam 2018: Here's an expert take

• IndiaToday.in | New Delhi | March 21, 2018

 

CBSE Class 12 Maths Board Exam 2018

CBSE Class 12 Mathematics paper consisted of four parts. There was no overall choice of questions available throughout the paper, however, internal choices have been provided in 3 questions of four marks each and three questions of six marks each.

CBSE Class 12 Maths Board Exam 2018: Here's an expert take

Part A: There were 4 questions each carrying 1 mark
Part B: There were 8 questions each carrying 2 marks Part C: There were 11 questions each carrying 4 marks
Part D: There were 6 questions each carrying 6 marks

II. Marking Scheme and Chapter Distribution (Weightage)

Chapter Name: Weightage in terms of marks (2018)

• Relations and Functions: 7 (1 question of 1 mark and 1 question of 6 marks)
• Inverse Trigonometric Functions: 3 (1 question of 1 mark and 1 of 2 marks)
• Matrices: 3 (1 question of 1 marks and 1 question of 2 marks)
• Determinants: 10 (1 question of 4 marks and 1 question of 6 marks)
• Continuity and Differentiability: 6 (1 question of 2 marks and 1 question of 4 marks)
• Application of Derivatives: 6 (1 question of 2 marks and 1 question of 4 marks)
• Integrals: 6 (1 question of 2 marks 1 question of 4 marks)
• Application of Integrals: 6 (1 question of 6 marks)
• Differential Equations: 6 (1 question of 4 and 1 question of 2)
• Vector Algebra: 7 (1 question of 1, 1 question of 2 and 1 question of 4 marks)
• Three Dimensional Geometry: 10 (1 question of 4 and 1 question of 6 marks)
• Linear Programming: 6 (1 question of 6 marks)
• Probability: 10 (2 questions of 4 marks each and 1 question of 2 marks)

Expert's take by Rajshekhar Ratrey, VP, Educational Content, Toppr.com:

"Questions on Three-dimensional geometry and Differential Equations were comparatively easy than last year. Marks' weightage was similar as compared to that of last year."
"The maximum number of questions were from Vector Algebra, Determinants and Probability. According to our analysis, 70-80 marks out of 100 marks are easily scorable. Overall, the level of the paper was Easy. Most questions were similar to NCERT level."

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/cbse-class-12-maths-board-exam-2018-1194322-2018-03-21

CBSE Class 12 Maths exam 2018: Balanced paper but lengthy

Nothing was out of the syllabus and there was no surprise element. The paper was mostly based on the concepts given in NCERT. After a long time the question paper was entirely based on the sample paper issued by CBSE.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: March 21, 2018 6:58 pm

CBSE class 12 students appeared for their maths paper today, on March 21. Considered a challenging but scoring subject, the paper this year was found to be quite easy and straightforward by the students. Some students found the paper a little lengthy, most of the students finished it on time as the questions were mainly NCERT based. Nothing was out of the syllabus and there was no surprise element. The paper was mostly based on the concepts given in NCERT.

This was after a long time that the question paper was entirely based on the sample paper issued by CBSE. Six mark questions in section D were exactly from the NCERT. Difficulty level and applications of concepts in most of the questions were as per expectations of average students.

Section wise review

Section A 

Three questions were direct but question on binary operations was slightly twisted.

Section B

Most of the questions were same or similar as given in NCERT exercises. CBSE has set the paper very carefully keeping all the norms and parameter in minds.

Section C 

Section C was slightly lengthy and students might have faced problem in solving questions on ‘properties of determinants’ and ‘differential equations’. Question based on ‘tangent and normal’ was also slightly twisted to test the students’ knowledge in depth.

Section D

Section D which constitutes long answer questions proved to be the easiest. Questions were asked from the expected topics like equivalence relations, elementary operations, solving linear equation of three variable by matrix methods, application of integrals, limit of sum and linear programming. All these questions were of average difficulty level.

Mr Rajshekhar Ratrey, VP, Educational content, Toppr.com said, “Questions on three-dimensional geometry and different equations were comparatively easy than last year. Marks’ weightage was similar as compared to that of last year. Maximum number of questions were from vector algebra, determinants and probability. Achieving 70-80 marks out of 100 is easy”.

Most students are satisfied with their performance. An average student who would have prepared well, with his concepts cleared, can easily score above 90 and bright students can obtain full 100 marks.

Ranjhum Goel, student of Manav Rachna International School said, ”If students have gone through NCERT and exemplar, it would be very easy to score 90 plus marks in this paper. Those who have studied NCERT thoroughly and have practiced the last 10 years question papers, they would have found the paper easy”.

Overall analysis

The paper was very balanced and smartly designed to test all the basic understanding of the concepts. Overall, the  question paper tested the students on every skill like knowledge, understanding and application of concepts.

Source : http://indianexpress.com/article/education/cbse-class-12-maths-exam-2018-balanced-paper-straight-questions-but-lengthy-5105839/