CBSE Term 2 Exam 2022 Live: Class 10 Hindi paper easy, 12th Geography balanced

Arghadeep Bhattacharya, class 12 student of Hindi Higher Secondary School in Agartala who appeared for the exam said that his paper went average. Some of the questions were tricky in Set 3, though everything came within our NCERT syllabus. 

Soma Majumdar, PGT Geography, VidyaGyan Leadership Academy, Bulandshahr reviewed CBSE Geography paper. 

“The CBSE class 12 Geography Term 2 exam paper was a balanced paper. Some of the questions were straight from the NCERT book. 40% of the paper was knowledge-based, 38% based on application and 22% required higher-order thinking skills. The map questions were absolutely from the syllabus and students can expect full marks in this section.”

Saanvi and Shagun, students of GD Goenka Public School said that the paper was comparatively easy.  Map work was easy and they attempted all the questions.  

Vedant Singh, a CBSE Class 12 student from Lucknow said he was expecting a difficult paper, but was happy on seeing the paper. He managed to complete it in time and was able to revise his answers. 

Ms Yashika wadhwa kumar, PGT Geography, MRG School, Rohini said that the question paper difficulty level was easy. The questions asked in the paper was direct and on to the point. It involved questions from chapters and basic knowledge questions that needed elaboration . The level of the examination was good. 

Ms. Ankita,Pgt Geography, TDI International School, Kundli, Sonipat said that the paper was easy with stress given on application based questions. Overall, the Geography paper was standard, and questions were based on the NCERT textbook. The paper was standard, with equal weightage provided on every section. Map proved to be a major percentage booster in the question paper since the children had studied it thoroughly. Students were overjoyed and hopeful that they would score full marks in the paper.

Garima Bhardwaj, Educator (Hindi) at Shiv Nadar School Faridabad said that the Hindi question paper was easy. The creative writing section was easy as per students who could explain the answers in their own words.

 Most of the questions were from NCERT books and students are expecting good marks in the same.

Ms. Vinni Shamra, HOD Hindi, Silverline Prestige School, Ghaziabad talked about the Hindi paper from both perspective- Teacher and Student. 

From the teacher's perspective, the Hindi Paper was balanced and NCERT-based. The paper consists of 2 sections- section 1, the questions were from the textbook but value-based and Section 2 consists of writing section in which topics were good. 

From student's perspective: Students were satisfied as the paper was good and scoring.

Amita Shukla, TGT Hindi, Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Lucknow have said that the Hindi Course-B question paper was balanced and based on the pattern of sample papers . It was set in a way which provoked reasoning and thoughtfulness among the students. It was a bit tricky as it tested the analytical skills of students. The writing section (Section B) which included short story writing, letter writing , two questions each on notice and advertisement along with a question on paragraph writing was slightly detailed and lengthy in nature. However, the paper did not include anything unpredictable which was a relief to the students.

"The Hindi paper was competency-based which required higher-order thinking skills. The writing section included questions that were crafted keeping in mind the current affairs and anyone well-versed with them could have easily attempted the paper. The paper was as per the pattern shared by CBSE and was moderate on the difficulty level," Sonia Gupta, TGT- Hindi, VidyaGyan Bulandshahr, said.

According to Anirudh Chandravanshi, a Class 10 student from Lucknow, questions on creative skills were easy and mostly value based which they had practiced very well in the class.

Diya Goel, a student of GD Goenka Public School in Lucknow said that some questions in the paper were a bit lengthy which took some time to solve. Tanisha Mishra, another student of the same school said that the question paper was easy and she is expecting good marks.

Students in Lucknow said the CBSE Class 10 Hindi paper was lengthy but not difficult and they were able to finish it in time. Most of the questions were value based, they said. 

“Case-based and map-based questions were easy. As a result, students could finish the paper in the allotted time. The paper was a balanced and perfect mix of analysis, application, and memory-based questions. The question paper can be termed a student’s friendly paper,” Kalita said. 

Students who studied NCERT book thoroughly would be able to score well in the Geography exam. Language in most of the questions was easy and assessable for the students, except for Q—no. 6 (a) in section C, Kalita added. 

Namita Kalita, PGT-Geography, Modern English School, Guwahati, said the difficulty level of the paper matched the sample question paper. Questions ranged from easy to critical and were primarily direct. Everything was from the NCERT book, she added. 

The difficulty level of the CBSE Class 10 Hindi ‘B’ question paper was easy to moderate, with most of the questions being based on understanding and application, Jha said.

Overall, the Class 10 Hindi ‘B’ paper was a balanced, student-friendly, and scoring paper, according to Subha Chandra Jha, Senior TGT and HOD-Hindi, Modern English School, Guwahati.

“There were many parts to a question and therefore students needed take time and to apply their understanding power first on the lengthy worded questions before start answering them. I believe that students who had thoroughly studied the syllabus would have been able to do well,” the teacher said.

Hindi teacher at MPVM Ganga Gurukulam school, Phaphamau said that the paper required students to use reasoning.

Shailja Tripathi, also a Class 10 student, said, “My exam has gone well and I expect good marks."

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Shailja Tripathi, also a Class 10 student of Prayag Public School, Lalgopalganj found the question paper to be a bit lengthy. 

Class 10 student of Prayag Public School, Lalgopalganj in Prayagraj Shagun Mishra said that he found the question paper easy but a bit lengthy. 

“We had to answer a total of seven questions of 40 marks in the given 2 hours. So, one needed to time the answering of a question well so as to be able to attempt all questions. However, overall the questions were easier than the Term-1 question paper,” he added.

As per the sample question paper, Class 12 Geography paper is for 35 marks and is divided into 5 sections. Section A is of 6 marks, containing very short questions, section B has source based questions for 3 marks, section C has short questions of 3 marks each, section D has long questions of 5 marks each and section E has questions from map. For visually impaired students, questions has been given instead of map. 

How was the Class 12 Geography paper? Stay tuned for exam review by students and teachers' reactions to the paper.