Proficiency Test in Mathematics – 2011

General Information: The CBSE Proficiency Test in Mathematics aims to test higher level competencies in the subject
which include

• knowledge of concepts/principles and techniques of mathematics.

• ability to solve problems requiring the application and interconnection of the above knowledge,

• ability to apply the above knowledge to analyze relevant daily life situations and draw appropriate inferences,

• ability to solve problems requiring numerical data-interpretation, graphical interpretation, etc.

• ability to reason mathematically.

• The content level will be defined by the prescribed CBSE Class IX and Class X syllabus. The recommended textbooks for this content are NCERT Mathematics textbooks for classes IX and X.

• The questions in the test will not be based merely on recall of information given in the textbooks, and several of them may be unconventional.

• The maximum marks for the test will be 100 and the test will have a duration of two and half hours.

• The question paper will be fully objective in nature; answers will be machine-gradable. The paper will consist of multiple choice questions (MCQs), numerical questions and column matching

• questions as illustrated by the sample questions given below. There will be negative marking for wrong answers to the multiple choice questions only.

• The total number of questions is NOT indicated by the number of questions in the sample given here.

• The distribution of marks among different types of questions is NOT indicated by the number of questions of each type in the sample given here.

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