CBSE X Board exam rolls out with maths

Students discuss the question paper after exams.

The CBSE Class X Board examinations got under way on 2nd March 2013 with the Mathematics exam.

For students good at the subject, it was the best start they could ask for. But, students with no particular love for the subject entered the exam hall with a prayer on their lips not to have their confidence shattered by the end of the three-hour ordeal.

Saturday’s exam went particularly well for Anima of Nalanda Public School even though she does have a strong taste for Maths. “The exam was quite easy and there was enough time to answer all the questions,” she said emerging out of the exam hall at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vaduthala.

Ankit Kumar, a student of Greets Public School, was poring over the question paper to evaluate how well he had performed in the exam. “I skipped a few questions on Geometry. It was not because the questions were tough, but I had not studied that portion,” he candidly admitted.

Ashmal Joseph of Campion School also left a couple of problems unsolved. “It was a relatively easy paper where it was definitely possible to score full marks,” he said.

Pushpa Santhosh, a Mathematics faculty at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vaduthala, found the paper quite easy in keeping with the tradition of board exams. “Ninety per cent of the questions were from the textbooks. It was definitely possible for students to score cent percent marks,” she said.

As there is no exam to be conducted on 3rd March 2013, students were seen hanging about near the exam centre, long after the exam was done with.