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Students complain about Class XII Physics paper

Staff Reporter

“Nothing out of syllabus, but it was lengthy, a bit tricky”

‘The whole paper was designed to test the High Order Thinking Skills’
Some students felt the paper was easy on account of it being application-based

NEW DELHI: A number of Class XII students complained on Friday that the Physics paper of the Central Board for Secondary Education examination was very lengthy and tricky.

“Everyone was complaining about the paper. I think instead of 20 per cent questions, the whole paper was designed to test the High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS),” said Indu Yadav, a student of Army Public School at Dhaula Kuan, adding, “I attempted all questions, but not a single answer is complete. Parts of some questions were tricky.”

Arnav Singh Rekhi of Modern School in Vasant Vihar said the paper was both long and tricky. “The five-mark questions were all right, but the problem was with the two-mark and three-mark questions. Some of them were vague. Nothing was out of syllabus, but the paper was a bit tricky. My friends were disappointed. The paper was lengthy,” he said.

However, there were some students who felt the paper was easy on account of it being application-based.

“The paper was easy and different and solving it required clarity of concepts rather than mugging. If your concepts are clear, then attempting the paper would not have been difficult at all. But it was lengthy and I finished it only half an hour before the stipulated time, whereas I managed to complete the Chemistry paper at least an hour in advance,” said Ananya Roy Chowdhury, a student of Delhi Public School in Dwarka.

Physics teachers, too, said the paper was not very tough. Alka Awasthi of Ryan International School in Mayur Vihar said: “There were not too many questions pertaining to HOTS. Students had to think before writing their answers.”

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