CBSE 12th Board Exams 2021: MCQ weightage increased for CBSE Class 12 Board Exams

For subjects such as physics, the Board introduced questions based on thinking skills such as ascertaining and reasoning. In Biology, MCQs are replaced with short-answer type questions.

CBSE Board Exams 2021: After reducing the CBSE 12th Board Exams 2201 Syllabus by 30 per cent, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) now changed the pattern of the question paper. According to the latest update, CBSE 12th Board Exams 2021 question papers will now have more weightage for multiple-choice based questions and those based on case studies. After the release of CBSE 12th Board Exams Sample Papers 2021, schools stated that the CBSE 12th pattern has given more weightage to the MCQs, i.e. by 10 per cent. For subjects such as physics, the Board introduced questions based on thinking skills such as ascertaining and reasoning. In Biology, MCQs are replaced with short-answer type questions. 

According to Geetha Govindarajan, principal of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School, K K Nagar, the new pattern introduced for CBSE Class 12 Board Exams 2021 aimed at testing children's

comprehension. "Earlier, the question paper would focus on knowledge-based questions. Now, they are shifting to understanding and application oriented questions. But, the paper appears to be lengthy and we are providing practices to students," she said. N Vijayan, chairman of Zion and Alwin group of schools, said the quality of questions had improved and a paradigm shift in teaching and learning process was required. "Now, teachers and students have to focus more," he said, pointing out that the number of questions in mathematics had gone up from 36 to 38. Welcoming the reduction of the syllabus, Bhavan's Rajaji Vidhyashram principal P G Subramanian said the question papers had been made simpler without compromising on the standard. Many city schools expect to complete the portions by the first week of December after beginning online classes in April, but, principals feel it may not be enough. "We need to give them revision and orientation before the exams," Subramanian added.

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