CBSE Class 10 AI, IT Paper Analysis: Students find questions easy, ‘thoughtfully designed’, well-balanced

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the Class 10 board exam 2026 for Artificial Intelligence, Computer Applications, and Information Technology subjects today for two hours from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. As per the students' reactions, the overall difficulty of the papers were easy to moderate and the question paper was well-balanced, properly structured with competency-based queries. CBSE Board Exam 2026 LIVE.

Alka Kapur, Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh, said that the CBSE Class 10 Artificial Intelligence paper was "thoughtfully" designed, and students’ find questions not difficult to attempt.

“The 4-mark questions, particularly those based on Bag of Words and Confusion Matrix, were considered scoring and straightforward. Additionally, most of the multiple-choice questions were application-based, encouraging conceptual understanding rather than rote learning,” Kapur added.

The CBSE Class 10 Artificial Intelligence question paper had competency-based education, conceptual clarity, and practical application of knowledge, said another subject expert Pratheesh Kumar (TGT) AI educator at JAIN International Residential School (JIRS), Bengaluru.

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“The CBSE Class 10 AI question paper was based on balanced theory, employability skills, and analytical thinking, which allowed well-prepared students to attempt it confidently within the given time,” Kumar said.

According to Shilpi Arora, HOD Computer Science, Global Indian International School (GIIS), Noida, the CBSE Class 10 Information Technology board exam 2026 was “student-friendly” and well-balanced with competency-based questions.

“Most of the MCQ's and subjective questions were direct and situation based , while short and long-answer questions tested conceptual clarity. Rigorous practice and the sample papers shared helped them to solve even the tricky questions with ease and accuracy. All the students were very happy as the exam went really very well. Overall, the difficulty level was moderate and paper was scoring,” Arora said.

Nimish Srivastava, HOD, Informational Technology, Witty International School, Bhilwara, stated that the CBSE Class 10 IT paper was “within the easy to moderate range and focused more on conceptual clarity and application rather than rote memorisation.”

“Section A, comprising objective-type questions, covered key areas such as Employability Skills, LibreOffice Writer, Calc, DBMS basics and Workplace Safety. Section B tested students’ descriptive and practical understanding through questions on communication skills, emotional intelligence, ICT tools and database concepts,” Srivastava said.