CBSE Class 12th Biology Exam 2020 analysis: Paper easy but tricky says, students:
CBSE Class 12th Biology Exam 2020 analysis: CBSE conducted the class 12th biology exam on Saturday, March 14. The Biology exam was conducted from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Check paper analysis based on students’ feedback here.
CBSE conducted the class 12th biology exam on Saturday, March 14. The Biology exam was conducted from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. The theory exam carries 80 marks while the practical exam carries 20 marks. Biology is an important paper for science stream students.
There were a total of 27 questions and five sections in the question paper. All questions were compulsory.
There are six long answer type questions carrying six marks each, six short answer type questions carrying 4 marks each, 10 short answer questions carrying three marks each and 10 very short answer questions carrying one marks each.
Section A contains five multiple-choice questions of one mark each, section B contains seven short answer type questions of two marks each. Section C contains nine short answer type questions of three marks each. Section D contains three case-based short answer type questions of three marks each and Section E contains three long answer type questions of five marks each.
LUCKNOW
Ashvini, a student of GD Goenka Public School said that overall it was an easy question paper and is looking forward to scoring good marks.
Another student of the same school Harshita said: “Some of the Multiple Choice Question (MCQs) were tricky though the overall level of the paper was easy to moderate.”
Tanmay and Kirti said that most of the questions were similar to pre-board papers. “I hope to score above 95% in this subject,” said Kirti.
Mayuri and Divyam too were of the opinion that the paper was easy but lengthy and ample practice in the classroom would help them score high marks.
(with input from Rajeev Mullick)
AGARTALA
Anurina Chakraborty, student of Pranavananda Vidyamandir said,” The Biology question paper was fine but a little difficult if compared to the previous year. My paper was good except for one question that created confusion for me “.
Shankar Banik, Biology teacher of Hindi Higher Secondary School said, “ The question paper was student-friendly. The question pattern was much better and nice compared to the past three years. Even the question paper was easier than Class 10. I hope, students could score good marks.”
(with input from Priayanka Deb Barman)
PRAYAGRAJ
CBSE students in Prayagraj found the class 12 Biology question paper easy and scoring.
According to Shikhas Yadav of Ganga Gurukulam School, Prayagraj, the paper was easy and scoring as the questions did not require lengthy answers and were from within the syllabus.
“The section A having 5 multiple choice questions (MCQ) of 1 marks each was scoring while section B and C having 2 marks each and 3 marks each question from evolution, biotechnology, etc topics were also easy to answer,” she added.
Anushka, another student of Ganga Gurukulam School also termed the question paper easy and she attempted all questions. “Practice of previous years question papers was easy gave an idea of the pattern. Most of the questions required short and to the point answers. The only question based on the case study on the topic Plastic and Environment required a lengthy descriptive answer,” she said.
Prakriti Srivastava, another student said questions from Genetic Engineering, Deficiency were easy to answer apart from multiple-choice questions. “The question paper, by and large, was easy and scoring,” she said.
As per Anita Srivastava, teaching Biology at Ganga Gurukulam School, the question paper of 70 marks was divided into five sections. “Section A had 5 MCQ questions of 1 mark each while section B had 6 questions of 2 marks each which were also easy to answer for an average student. Section C had 5 questions of 3 marks each from Evolution History, Biotechnology which required a bit of descriptive answer,” she said.
Section D of the question paper had around 11 questions of 3 marks while section E had a case study question of 5 marks, she added.