JOIN USOver 6.10 lakh students from across the State appeared for the second-year pre-university examinations that began on Thursday. Students claimed that the Business Studies paper was ‘lengthy’ but asserted that the Chemistry paper was ‘easier than previous years.’
Nandini G, a commerce student of Indiranagar Composite PU College said: “I do not think anyone was able to finish the entire Business Studies paper in spite of knowing all the answers. It was just too long. Also, the five mark questions were really tough and those based on topics such as financial planning were also quite challenging. Otherwise the rest of the paper was comparatively easy.”
She added that entering details such as answer booklet numbers for taking additional answer sheets and vice versa and then again entering those numbers in the invigilator’s register led to a loss of nearly 10 minutes. “Also, at least five squads visited our exam centre for inspection and although this did not take time, it distracted a lot of students,” she added.
The Business Studies paper is for 100 marks.
Shree Vidya, a science student form the same college said: “I have referred to a number of question banks from previous years and I have found that this Chemistry paper was the easiest this time. I am expecting above 60 marks,” she said.
Coaching institutes Ace and Base claim that any well-prepared student can easily score centum, while average students can score around 50 marks. The Chemistry paper was for 70 marks, with 30 marks for internal assessment.
Another commerce student from Belagavi and two Chemistry students from Bagalkot and Bidar were debarred from the examination.
This year, the exams were held across 1,017 examination centers in the State.