Students of ICSE class 10th appeared for the science (chemistry) paper 2 on Monday, March 16, 2020. The exam was conducted from 11 am to 1 pm. The theory exam is of 80 marks while 20 marks are for the practical exam.
Earlier on March 13, 2020, ICSE conducted the class 10 physics exams at various centres spread across the country. Students in Lucknow found the ICSE physics exam to be easy, balanced and as per their expectations.
Lucknow:
Students in Lucknow on Monday found ICSE class 10 chemistry to be a little tricky and few questions were indirect.
Vikas a student of City Montessori School, LDA branch said, “the paper was moderate but not very easy.”
Devansh Bansal, another student said “ some questions were easy but overall the paper was not easy as well as not very difficult.”
Arjun Arora said “last two questions are tricky especially Q.6 “ Vageesh said “Q1 contained easier questions and was scoring.”
Vivek Patel said “ several new questions were seen in the paper, very standard paper.”
Subject experts Dr Rashmi and Dr Ravindar claimed that some questions were direct, but overall the paper was maturely framed and was at par with the council’s standards.
{{/usCountry}}Subject experts Dr Rashmi and Dr Ravindar claimed that some questions were direct, but overall the paper was maturely framed and was at par with the council’s standards.
{{/usCountry}}The reviewer Vaibhav Srivastava along with the Principal Vineeta Kamran was satisfied with the hard work of the students and the teachers.
Agartala:
Adrita Chakraborty, a student of Holy Cross School in Agartala said,” The Chemistry question paper was nice. Few questions were tricky, but it was good. My paper went well.”
Darjeeling:
Arundhuti Majumdar, chemistry teacher of Holy Cross School said, “ The question paper was easy. All came from their prescribed textbooks.”
Kolkata:
“The chemistry questions were neither easy nor difficult. It was a short paper so I finished way ahead of time. I am quite happy, though not thrilled,” said Stuti Abigail Raj from La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata.
Chirag Agarwal, a student of St Joseph School, Darjeeling, said “The ICSE Chemistry question paper was really tough compared to what students faced in the last 10 years. My performance was somewhat okay.”
(With inputs from Rajeev Mullick in Lucknow, Tanmay in Kolkata, Pramod Giri in Darjeeling and Priyanka Deb Barman in Agartala.)