Class XII students find CBSE physics paper lengthy, teachers agree

NEW DELHI: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the physics test of the Class XII Term 1 examination on Friday, with most students complaining that the paper was lengthy. Even teachers felt that the paper had a lot of numerical questions, which meant students required more time to complete it.
“Every time after the exam, I ask my teachers to solve the papers. Today, even they have been taking a lot of time. Students also complained about the paper being very lengthy,” said the principal of a private school.
“One and a half hours were not enough to complete the paper. Many students could not complete it. There were also questions that were quite ambiguous,” a teacher pointed out.
Prajwal Sinha, a student, said, “I was able to complete the paper. But since it was lengthy, I could not recheck it. So I am a little worried about how much I will finally be able to score.”
Shreya Mukherjee, another student, found the paper to be both difficult and lengthy. “I had to leave some numerical questions. If I had attempted those, the other answers I knew would have been missed. I really don’t know how much I am going to score,” said a worried Mukherjee.
Even Keshav Agarwal, who runs a coaching institute, said, “The papers have been quite tough this time. Not just physics, it has happened with other subjects as well.”
The Term 1 examination of CBSE, being held for the classes X and XII students, has only multiple choice questions with examinees having to mark the answers on an OMR sheet.