CBSE Class 12 board exams have started from today

Updated on: Tuesday, March 01, 2016

cbse CBSE Class 12 board exams have started from today, i.e March 1 and the first paper which was conducted was that of English (English Elective/English Elective-C/ English Core). Over 10 lakh students from all over the country appeared for the same. Since 9:30am, roads and areas outside schools were heavily jammed due to traffic, with parents and relatives accompanying students to the examination centres.

An air of nervousness as well as excitement could be observed among the parents who were waiting outside the centres. The duration of the exam was of three hours. It began at 10:30 am and ended at 1:30 pm.

The time allotted to read the CBSE question paper, which were distributed at 10:15 am, was15 minutes. From 10:15 am to 10:30, students were given time to read the paper and go through it carefully.

The English (Elective) -C paper was of total 100 marks.

The paper was divided into the following three sections:

Section A: Reading (20 marks)

Section B: Writing and Grammar (40 marks)

Lengthy writing section

The writing section has advertisement writing, notice writing, letter writing, error correction, etc. Although the paper was easy, students felt that the writing section, which included notice writing, applications, letter writing etc consumed most of the time.

Easy paper overall

Mansi Bahukhandi, a student of Class 12 CBSE, Humanities stream from IIS, Jaipur said that the syllabus of the paper was such that nothing was left out and every topic was well-covered. So overall, the paper for English was quite easy and many students are expecting to score above 90 per cent in the same. Also, students are satisfied with the days of interval provided in between the papers and believe that they are sufficient enough to revise every chapter. The examination for the main subjects will begin from Wednesday for Class 12 CBSE students.

CBSE Class 12 board exams have started from today

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