Business Studies paper spells trouble for Class 12 students
NEW DELHI: The Business Studies paper in the class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday gave students a tough time.
For the first time this year, the paper had a numerical question that students described as tricky. Some even called it difficult. It was a question on capital structure that tested the numerical ability of students that became the point of confusion for most. It contained six marks.
“The paper was not lengthy but it was tricky. It was especially the numerical question which put me in confusion,” said Gaurisha Garg, student of Presidium School, Ashok Vihar.
Apart from the numerical question, there were three questions that could have two answers which put students in a fix. Not only students, even teachers had varying answers to the questions.
“There were questions that had two answers, so CBSE should consider and mark both the answers. Though it was a one- mark question but due to lack of clarity, the board should consider relaxation. It was a tough paper,” said Nidhi Madan, PGT Commerce also at Presidium School.
The teachers said that in order to solve the question it was important to have a conceptual understanding of the subject and the students should have practised a lot of case studies.
“The focus of the paper was clearly to differentiate between good and poor students. The questions were such that even after reading it properly it would take time for the students to answer,” said Ekta Kandhari, business studies teacher at Ahlcon International School.
The pattern of the CBSE Business Studies paper was changed in 2015 only and last year too students had faces problems.
Some teachers even say this year’s paper was more difficult compared to the previous year.
There were questions that had two answers, so CBSE should consider and mark both the answers. Though it was a one mark question but due to lack of clarity, the board should consider relaxation. NIDHI MADAN, PGT Commerce at Presidium School