Proficiency Test in Science – 2011

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

• knowledge of the facts/laws/concepts/principles of the subject and appreciation of theirinter-relationship,

• ability to apply the above knowledge to understand relevant daily life situations,

• ability to apply the above knowledge to new and unfamiliar situations,

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

• ability to interpret numerical data, graphs, etc.

• ability to understand experimental and measurement aspects of Science.

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