CBSE exams begin with ‘student-friendly’ paper

The first paper of Class XII was quite student friendly, but very lengthy. It was stated by students who appeared for the Class XII CBSE board exam. The board examinations of Class XII of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) began here on Monday.

The first paper was English core, English Elective- NCERT and English Elective- CBSE (English Functional). The examination started at 9.00 am and continued till 11.00 pm.

As it was the English language examination, the students seemed relaxed. As some students seemed confident enough some showed a little bit anxiety before the paper. But after the examination, the smiling faces and the relaxed body language of the students indicated that the paper was easy.

The English language paper was divided into three sections and carried a total of 100 marks. Section A was Reading, Section B was Writing and Section C was Literature.

The students said that it was a balanced one. It was easy but was a bit lengthy as a language paper is expected to be. According to the candidates, the Writing section took a longer time to be solved. According to some students three hours were not enough for the paper to get completed.

On the other hand, the Literature section was an easy one and questions were easy to answer. Reading or the comprehension section was a bit tricky but easy, said the students.

Notably, as many as 11,86,306 candidates registered this year for the class 12 examination across the nation.  The class 10 students appeared for vocational examination on Monday. On Tuesday, the class 10 students will appear for the Hindi language examination.