Candidates rate physics section tough
Stringent security in place at examination centres, candidates also asked to remove shoes and socks
LUCKNOW/ALLAHABAD: Candidates who took the national eligibility cum entrance test (NEET) on Sunday found the physics section of the paper tough as compared to biology or chemistry. Many skipped some questions, fearing negative marking.
“Physics was tough while chemistry and biology were not difficult,” said Sheetal, a student while coming out of the Kendriya Vidyalay, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow after taking the test.
While most of the candidates found physics tougher than biology, a few had a different opinion. “For me, physics was very easy. In fact, the paper was not lengthy hence I could revise the difficult options too,” said Ishita Tripathi, another candidate at the same centre.
The exam started at 10 am and candidates started coming out at 1 pm. Some found biology tough as compared to Physics. Bhavna Gupta, another candidate, said: “The paper was lengthy and physics was tough. But I found biology and chemistry easy.”
Priyanka Singh, who took the entrance test at Aliganj Kendriya Vidyalay, said she did not attempt 20 questions fearing that negative marking might affect her result. “For me biology questions were easy,” she added.
For Ravi Kumar Gupta, who also took the entrance test at the Aliganj Kendriya Vidyalay, said he left around 30 questions unanswered.
“The tough ones could not be answered but the overall paper was good and we had appropriate time to read and answer all,” he said.
Stringent security measures were in place at the exam centres and no one was allowed to enter in violation of rules. The security staff checked ears and mouth of candidates with a torch. Besides, students were also made to remove socks and shoes. A large number of parents kept waiting for their wards outside the centres till the exam concluded.
“It’s tough. This is my son’s second attempt and we hope he will get a good college,” said RK Sharma, who was sitting outside the centre on HAL campus in Lucknow.
In Lucknow, there were 43 centres and around 30,000 candidates had applied for the test.
According to Sujeet Singh, an expert in chemistry in Allahabad, the three-hour examination was relatively easier as compared to last year’s exam but the physics part of the paper had some unexpected questions.
“The 720 marks question paper had 180 questions, 60 questions each of biology, physics and chemistry. In comparison to last year, the NET paper was easy. In chemistry, questions in general organic chemistry besides organic chemistry, hydrocarbons, and physical chemistry were scoring,” he informed.
Sunit Gupta, another medical aspirant who appeared at examination centers in Erny Memorial Senior Secondary School, Allahabad also confirmed some questions in Physics subject to have been tough while those of biology and chemistry were comparatively easier. “I attempted all questions of all three subjects.
In chemistry, questions pertaining to chemical bonding, thermodynamics, organic chemistry were easier,” said Sunit.