CBSE Class 12 accountancy exam 2020 analysis: Feedback from students and teachers

CBSE Class 12 accountancy exam 2020 analysis: Here is an analysis of the CBSE Class 12 accountancy exam based on the response of the students and teachers after the conclusion of the paper.

The CBSE on Thursday conducted the Class 12 accountancy exam at various centres across the country. The examination was held between 10.30am and 1.30pm. Here is an analysis of the exam based on the response of the students and teachers after the conclusion of the paper:

CBSE Class 12 students GD Goenka Public School in Lucknow found the accounts question paper to be lengthy and tricky. (Handout image)

Chandigarh

Madhu Sharma who appeared at the GMSSS Sector 37 in Chandigarh said the paper was lengthy, I was hardly able to complete the examination. Many of my friends also had a tough time completing it. Many students left a couple of questions.

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Sulabh Singh, a private school student in Chandigarh said the one marker questions were easy but had more calculations than required, because of which overall the paper became lengthy. It took me over 45 minutes to complete the one marker questions.

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Arti Anand, a teacher at a private city school said, the paper was lengthy but in comparison to the previous years it was overall easy. There was nothing out of syllabus.

Agartala

Anupam Roy, class 12 student of Kathiya Baba Higher Secondary School in Agartala said, “ The Accountancy question paper was easy but lengthy. I answered to all the questions. I hope to score good marks.”

Arijit Saha, accountancy teacher of Hindi Higher Secondary School, said, “ The questions were fine as far concerned. Few of my students called me up after their exams. I hope, they will score good marks.”

Lucknow

CBSE Class 12 students in Lucknow found the accounts question paper to be lengthy and tricky. A number of students could not revise their answer as no time was left.

Jivika Lalwani, a student of GD Goenka Public School in Lucknow said, “Questions were lengthy than expected. I didn’t get much time to revise my answers.”

Shana Bannerji, a student of the same school said that the paper was lengthy but questions were moderate with few tricky ones.

Stuti Agrawa, another student said, ”Question 26 of Set 3 on Accountancy Ratios was tricky and took much of my time to solve. I expect a score of 95 or above.”

Two other students of GD Goenka Public School, Yashashva and Pranav said that the sample questions they had practised were not as lengthy as today’s paper. “We are hopeful of scoring anything above 90,” the duo said.

Overall the question paper was lengthy and a few students struggled to complete in time. The level of difficulty was between moderate to tricky.

Students of Class 12 from DPS Jankipuram Lucknow, however, were happy after they took Accountancy Exam on Thursday. They were happy as they were well prepared for the subject. They said questions were easy and direct.

Lavanya, a student of DPS Jankipuram said paper was easy, designed to check basic knowledge. Anubhav, a student of the same school said paper was easy but lengthy. Shikhar Khanna said it was easy but very lengthy and questions were left. Yashasvi said it was easier then the sample papers but lengthy.

PATNA

Students coming out of the examination hall agreed that Accountancy questions were easy but required a lot of calculation. Most of the students said that they found short question answers tricky and lengthy.

Class 12 student Diksha Verma of St. Karen’s Secondary School said, “Paper was moderate. Questions were straightforward barring few twisted questions. However, objective questions were time taking. There were so many journal entries. I hope to score above 55 out of 80.”

Preet Kumar of Holy Mission Secondary School said, “Questions were twisted. Long question-answer section was easy to solve but 1-mark questions required much calculation which consumed good time. Thankfully, I solved long question answer first so I managed to complete on time. I hope to score 60 above out of 80.”

Pulak Verma of Vidya Sanskar School said, “I got set 1 to solve. I found the paper moderate. Time management was not difficult for those who practiced sample paper well. Part II was comparatively easier. Questions matched with NCERT syllabus. I hope to score 72 out of 80.”

Shreya Kumari of DAV Public School said, “I fell short of time and missed one 8-mark question. Objective questions required long calculation which consumed more than an hour. I will not be able to score expected marks.”

Prayagraj

CBSE class 12 Students found most part of Accountancy question paper comfortable to attempt expect for some questions on topics like Shares and Debentures and Financial Statement.

Animesh Srivastava of Ganga Gurukulam school said the question paper was scoring barring a few questions on Shares and Debentures and financial statement requiring numerical calculations. “I attempted all questions of Part A and Part B and am confident to score between 50 to 60 marks in the 80 marks question paper,” he said.

Vidushi, also a student of Ganga Gurukulam school found the Accountancy question paper easy specially the Partnership Accounting questions besides fill in the blanks, one word answers in part A of the paper. She said the calculations in questions from Shares and Debentures besides Not for profit Organization were a bit tough.

Tanu also a student of class 12 said that the question paper was neither easy nor tough and she had attempted all questions. “The numerical part of cash flow statement was tough,” she said.

Akansha Pandey, teaching Accountancy at Ganga Gurukulam School, Prayagraj said that the question paper for class 12 was in accordance to the prescribed syllabus as well as pattern of previous year question papers. “The question paper was divided into Part A and Part B, with Part A comprising of 60 marks questions from Partnership and Company Accounting, Shares and Debentures, Not for Profit organization, etc while Part B of 20 marks had questions from Financial Statement,” she said.

Bhubaneswar

SAI International School, Bhubaneswar, student Mansita Mishra said the accounting paper was very lengthy, but not difficult. “It was not easy for us to complete it within stipulated time and the type of questions asked were very different from the sample papers that we all rely on towards the end. Therefore the scoring may be lower than usual for me and most of my friends said the same thing.”

Anjali Priyadarshini Sahoo of Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Bhubaneswar said, “The exam went pretty well.. the questions were easy but I found them a little bit lengthy.. but otherwise it was good.”

(With inputs from Srishti Jaswal in Chandigarh, Priyanka Deb Barman from Agartala, Rajeev Mullick in Lucknow, Megha from Patna, Kenneth John from Prayagraj and Debabrata Mohanty in Bhubaneswar)