Science paper easy, say Class 10 students

NEWDELHI: After an alleged “paper leak” scare on Thursday, the Central Board of Secondary Education’s Class 10 science exam went smoothly on Friday. While most teachers, and students said the paper was easy, a few said that certain “twisted” questions may have proved difficult for some.

The CBSE’S Class 12 accountancy exam on Thursday, was conducted in a shroud of confusion, as images of the paper was allegedly circulated on Whatsapp, raising questions over whether the paper had been leaked.

The CBSE however, said that no leak had happened and an FIR will be filed and action taken against the “miscreants” who have tried to create “mischief.”

Jasmeet Singh, the additional deputy commissioner of police (east), said that they had received a complaint from the board on Thursday, and a more carefully drafted one again on Friday, against unknown persons for “rumour mongering” about an alleged paper leak, thereby creating panic among students, teachers and the board.

“No FIR has been filed yet. We are still examining the contents of the complaint, in consultation with our legal experts,” said Singh.

The exam on Friday was wellbalanced according to most teachers, with just a few questions requiring some “thinking.” However, exam centres seem to have been more vigilant on Friday, with a teacher claiming that they had to wait until after the exam was over to see the question paper.

“Usually teachers get to see the paper by noon. Today we were not allowed to see the paper till the exam was over,” said Syamala Srivatsa, a teacher at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya.

Students seemed to be happy with the paper, with most students saying that they could finish in time, and the questions were based on NCERT textbook.

“The paper was balanced. All the question were NCERT based. I could finish the paper before time. (It) had direct questions. Concept based questions were included,” said Bhawansh Baleja, a student of Mount Abu Public School.

However, a government school teacher, raised certain concerns over “twisted” questions that were asked.

“We had our students practice the last 2-3 years papers, but it was tougher this year. It wasn’t based on these previous years’ papers,” she said.