| Area- Section A (Reading) | Existing | Revised (2018-19) |
| No. of Passages has been reduced to two | * Two Passages of 1100-1200 words * One Passage of 400-500 words | * One passage of 800-900 words *One passage of 800-900 words |
| Typology of Questions (for all the passages) | * 6-MCQs (1 mark each) * 16 Very short answer type questions including 1 on vocabulary for 1 mark * 1 short answer type question (3 marks) * 1 Long answer type question (5 marks) | Passage 1 * 5-MCQs (1 mark each) * 9-Very short answer type questions including 3 questions on vocabulary for 1 mark each * 3-Short answer type question (2 marks each) Passage 2 * 2 Long answer type questions (5 marks each) |
| Total no of Questions for Section A (for all the passages) | 24 questions of 30 marks | 19 questions of 30 marks |
| Total no of Questions in Question Paper | 40 | 35 |
