CBSE Class 12 geography paper ‘easy to moderate, primarily direct’; Students, teachers analyse

NEW DELHI: The CBSE Class 12 geography exam was conducted today, March 2 between 10:30 am and 1:30 pm. The geography exam was held for total marks of 70. Students who took the exam found the questions in the geograhy paper easy to moderate. The Geography question paper had questions from NCERT textbook and was primarily direct level. The geography question paper was set in line with the sample paper provided at the official website -- cbseacademic.ac.in.

Analysing the paper as easy to moderate, Namita Kalita, PGT-geography, Modern English School, Guwahati said: “If the students read the NCERT book thoroughly, they could answer well."

Language in most of the questions was easy and accessible for the students, she added.

Case-based questions were easy and in the comfort zone of the students. Students may face difficulty answering a few MCQs, but map-based questions were easy and familiar. Students could finish the paper in the allotted time, the teacher said.

Saying that students found the paper easy and direct and were happy with the geography paper, Shruti Sharma, Senior Faculty, Silverline Prestige School, Ghaziabad also said that geography questions were framed from NCERT. Sharma further added: "No twisted or tricky questions were asked. Map question was also easy."

The questions in the examination, MRG School, Yashika Wadhwa Kumar, PGT geography added, were straightforward, required little in the way of background information, and got right to the point.

"It included map questions from chapters that tested fundamental knowledge, and other source-based questions that the students felt needed more explanation were challenging. Some students felt that the exam's difficulty level was good, while others gave it a middling rating," the PGT geography added.