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CBSE class 10 Exam Analysis: ‘The question paper encompassed the recommended syllabus’
An educator from Apeejay School, Mahavir Marg, says the difficulty level of this year’s Social Science question paper was moderate
The Central Board of Secondary Education class X Social Science Board exam was held on March 7, 2024. The paper was divided into two parts – Theory of 80 marks and internal assessment of 20 marks making it a total of 100 marks.
The three-hour duration paper had 37 questions where 50 per cent weightage is allocated for competency-based questions (CBQs).
According to Sukhpal Singh Sarkaria, Social Science teacher at Apeejay School, Mahavir Marg, the format of the question paper was as follows:
Questions 1 to 20 are MCQs for one mark each.
Questions 21 to 24 are very short answer-type questions of two marks each.
Questions 25 to 29 are short answer-type questions of three marks each.
Questions 30 to 33 are long answer questions of five marks each.
The analysis of this year’s exam paper is:
· The level of the question paper was moderate.
· The paper covered the prescribed syllabus.
· The exam paper was more or less the same as compared to last year’s paper.
· Students were quite happy after attempting the paper.
· The paper was easy to score as it is directly from the NCERT book.
