Team Herald
PANJIM: Terming the Class XII Physics question paper for the board exam as ‘average difficult’, Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) on Wednesday said there were no questions that were out of the syllabus.
Several students, along with parents, had complained that the physics paper was tough as compared to the previous years and had questions that were out of the syllabus.
Speaking to Herald, GBSHSE chairman Ramkrishna Samant said, “The analysis done by the teachers panel at GBSHSE revealed that the paper was average difficult and that there were no out of syllabus questions.”
He added, “Soon after the physics paper was held about 2-3 complaints were received by my office but according to the report sent to me, the panel of teachers has ruled out of syllabus questions.”
According to the students Question 1 which says whether the field is uniform or non-uniform is not mentioned. Also question number 21 was based on no reference material in the text book whereas in question number 21, long answer type is broken in to 5 sub-questions and made into objective instead of subjective.
“The questions tested our analytical skills. Mostly all of them were tricky questions. We can say that 80 per cent of the paper was tough. The paper setter is confused about knowledge and understanding based questions,” a student had earlier said on the basis of anonymity
Another student had said, “The paper was of an analytical type. Most Goa Board students haven’t been trained to answer questions of this sort. Even Pace and Aryans students who have been trained for NEET and IIT level found this paper difficult.”
