New Question format announced for the +1 and +2 Public Examinations
Posted on: 04/Jan/2019 4:52:19 PM
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.
