New Question format announced for the +1 and +2 Public Examinations
Posted on: 04/Jan/2019 4:52:19 PM - No. of views : (5188)
The state examination board of Tamil Nadu has announced a new format of question papers for the +1 and +2 public examinations. The public examinations for +1 is conducted as per the revised syllabus for the 1st time. In a similar trend, the Public examinations question papers will be in a new format for +2 public examination as well.
In a circular sent by the Director of the State Examination Board, Vasundhara Devi, it is mentioned:
�For the subjects of English, Tamil, and other minority languages, there will be only 1 question paper instead of the earlier system of 2 question paper for these subjects (Paper-1 and Paper-2). The question paper is set for a total of 90 marks.
All subjects without the scope for any practical examinations and only theory lessons and Industrial education theory question paper will be set for a total of 90 marks.
For the subjects with practical examinations, the question paper will be set for 70 marks. The question paper for the subjects of Biology and Botany/Zoology will be set for 35 marks each making up for a total of 70 marks.
As for the language question paper, the format will be 1 mark questions � 14, 2-marks questions � 12, 40marks questions � 7, and 6-marks question � 3 for the students to answer.
English question paper format will be 1 mark question � 20, 2-marks, 3-marks, and 5-marks questions � 7 each, Thus, the student`s need to answer 31 questions for a total of 90 marks.
Minority Language � The question paper format will be: 1-mark questions � 14, 2-marks questions- 12, 4-marks questions-7, and 6-marks questions � 4 making up for a total of 37 questions.
Subjects with practicals � 1-mark � 15, 2-marks and 3-marks questions � 6 each, 5-marks questions � 5 for a total of 32 questions with 70 marks.
For Biology � the question paper will be for 35 marks each separately for Botany and Zoology.
Each of these subjects will have question papers � 1-mark question-8, 2-marks questions- 4, 3-marks questions � 3, 5-marks question � 2 for a total of 17 questions carrying 35 marks.
For the subjects without practicals, the question paper format will be � 1-mark question � 20, 2-marks, 3-marks, and 5-marks questions � 7 each for a total of 41 questions.
Industrial Education �theory� will be � 1-mark questions � 15, 30 marks questions � 10, 5-marks questions � 5, 10-marks questions � 2 for a total of 32 questions.
The concerned school officials will need to explain the above question papers with new formats clearly for better preparation.
