Class XII physics, economics papers tough, say students

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Chennai:16.03.2020

Physics and economics papers were tougher than expected, said Class XII state board students who appeared for the board exam on Monday. Students said both the papers had ‘unexpected’ questions and the physics paper was also lengthy.

“In economics, the five mark section was tough,” said K R Gurusakthi. His sister K R Gurubharathi who wrote physics paper said it had unexpected questions in the five mark section where they had to write long answers.

“It was not from the book bank. The questions were from inside the textbook. We didn’t think that we would get questions from here in the long answer section. I lost a lot of time thinking here,” said T Saloni who wrote physics paper.

Another student, R Thyagarajan, said the five mark section in the economics paper also had questions from inside the textbook and that they were creative.

“Though I did attempt the questions I might lose a few marks here. I wasn’t prepared,” he said.

Students had mixed reactions when asked about the marks they were expecting in the papers. “I’m sure of scoring a 90 at least,” said Gurusakthi, while Thyagarajan said he expected no more than 75 in economics. “It was tough,” he said.

Saloni, who wrote physics, said, “If I score a 70, it would be enough. I hope the examiner is not too strict.”

Students said both physics and economics had ‘unexpected’ questions and the physics paper was also lengthy