The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the class 10 English exam today, April 27. The term 2 board exams began on April 26 featuring subjective-type questions. As per experts, the exam paper was “well-drafted” and the pattern was as per the sample paper provided by the board. Since this was the first written exam by students in almost two years, there were concerns if students will be able to complete exam on time, however, many claim they could do that.
The English language and literature exam offered several internal choice to students, says Sunila Athley, Principal, Amity International School, Vasundhra, Ghaziabad. “The 40 marks, two-hour paper was exactly as per the sample question paper uploaded on the CBSE. There were adequate internal choices which relieved students of exam anxiety. The paper could be attempted within the stipulated time with sufficient time for revision,” says she.
The question paper had adequate internal choices given in each section which was a great relief for students, says Monika Sangwan, PGT English, TDI International School. “Reading comprehension was same in all the sets. Writing and grammar section was different and would have troubled students because of being little complicated. Literature comprised of short questions which were easy and same in all sets. The long answer type questions were different but straightforward. In a nutshell, the paper was a mix of easy and tough questions,” she adds.
Commenting further on the paper, Athley added that the “thematic content of the questions was age-appropriate and contemporary. The two passages in the reading section included a case study on the celebrated children’s author JK Rowling and an autobiographical excerpt on Milkha Singh.”
The question paper also featured 20th-century linguistic competency skills of analyzing statistical data, reasoning, inference, and collation. The literature section included questions ranging from easy to moderate difficulty level. Overall, it was a well-crafted question paper which relieved students, teachers, and parents, she added. Students were given an additional 15-minute reading time as well.
Meanwhile, the English exam was easy but a little lengthy, says class 10 student Aashika Thakur of Geeta Bal Bharti, Rajgarh Colony, Delhi. “Those who have answered the question paper on the basis of questions’ weightage would be able to secure good marks. The paper was along the expected lines and as per the given syllabus only,” she added.
The subjective paper of English was quite easy, says Amandeep Kaur, English Teacher, Pacific World School. Most of the questions were direct. “The literature section focused on in depth reading of the chapters and basic comprehension of the plot and theme. The writing and grammar section was also fair enough. The language of the reading passages was easy and questions were also direct. Overall, the students were happy with the paper,” she added.
“The students stated that the paper was not lengthy and were able to complete in time. The questions based on factual passage could trouble students as the data presented in the passage was a little complicated. Otherwise, the writing, grammar, and literature parts seem to be relieving for students,” says Arpana Bohra, English Teacher at JAIN International Residential School (JIRS), Bengaluru.
Overall the students are happy with the exam, says Sreemoyee Banerjee, HOD English, Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram. “The paper was reasonable. The literature questions are modelled on the CBSE sample and require the right balance of textual knowledge, analysis and reasoning. The analytical paragraph-task on-screen time in one of the sets could have a little more data for there to be greater scope for analysis,” she added.
In the term 1 of the CBSE board exams, the class 10 English paper had several errors. As per students and experts, in some questions, there were no options while in some cases, there was only the question but no options to mark. Unlike term 2 which is subjective, term 1 was objective. Further, the English question paper had many spelling errors.
A total of 21,16,209 students had registered to take the CBSE class 10 English paper. The board has set up 7406 exam centres for class 10 this time. All centre had to follow proper Covid-19 sanitization and social distancing rules. To avoid any malpractices during the exam, CBSE has said it will use advanced data analytics to detect and prevent any irregularities in academic testing.
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