The board examinations of class 10 and class 12 of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) began here from Thursday.
The first paper was English core, English Elective-NCERT and English Elective-CBSE (English Functional). The examination started at 10:30 am and continued till 1:30 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.
Overall 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. As mostly it was filled with creativity and grammar.
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 10, 98, 981 candidates registered this year for the class 12 examination across the nation. From Ajmer region, this year around 13, 14, 49 candidates registered for class 12 CBSE examination. This year there is a 2.82 per cent increase in the number of candidates from the preceding last years’ count.
On Friday, the class 10 students will appear for the Hindi language examination.