Schools of CBSE

The laboratory is a novel concept which enables students to learn and explore mathematical concepts and verify facts and theorems using tools such as the Geometers sketchpad. The Central Board of Secondary Education has directed that 20 per cent of the marks will be allocated to each student from lab assessments to be added to final [...]

Efforts to increase student scores in the board exams have prompted the CBSE to upload ‘ideal answer scripts? on its website. Answer sheets of high-scorers in maths, social science and science have been uploaded for class X, while the same has been done for physics, chemistry, maths, biology, accountancy and business studies for students of class [...]

CHENNAI: The grading of CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) schools based on a group ranking system might begin this academic session, said Ashok Ganguly, CBSE Board Chairman. “If everything goes as planned, the grading system will start this academic session,” he said, speaking to presspersons at the inauguration of a regional-level CBSE science exhibition at [...]

New Delhi: The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is planning to create a database of questions based on the HOTS (Higher Order Thinking System), the concept which was introduced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to develop critical thinking and analytical skills of students. ?We are planning to introduce online testing in all schools in [...]

Bahrain-based Indian businessman and entrepreneur Ravi Pillai has taken over the management of the New Millenium School (NMS) in Manama that is promoted by the Delhi Public Schools Society (DPSS). ?We shall invest more than 2 million Bahraini Dinars ($5.3 million) to make it one of the best schools in the Gulf,? Pillai told the Gulf [...]

MUMBAI: Students of FYJC may soon know where they stand. The Bombay high court has said it would complete on Wednesday the hearing of the PIL challenging the Maharashtra government’s newly introduced percentile method for admissions to first year junior college. Senior counsel Rajni Iyer, who was appearing for the Association of ICSE Schools of Maharashtra, [...]

Fame eluded her in the beginning but not success. Bhavika’s dreams were shattered when she realised that she had not topped her school in the CBSE class X exam conducted. But she did not lose hope. After she applied for re-totalling of her science paper, the result left her speechless. Bhavika Roy of Modern School has [...]

Patna (Bihar): The exclusion of Urdu language from the proposed syllabus for higher secondary schools in the state has earned the Nitish Kumar government criticism from the community with MLC Tanveer Hasan raising the issue in Bihar Legislative Council on 25th July. Raising the issue in the upper house Tanveer Hasan said the move exposes a [...]

CBSE and ICSE schools should start their own 11th standard classes if they do not agree with local policies, Maharashtra Education Minister Vasant Purke said. ?As per the Government resolution it is mandatory for ICSE and CBSE schools to start their own 11th and 12th standard classes,? Purke said while replying to a debate on education [...]

CHENNAI: G Gowtham Ragavendar of Nanganallur of south Chennai, who had his CBSE class X board examination goofed up thanks to a careless evaluator or an inefficient data entry operator, is now a happy lad. ?My son would have been denied admission in the science group in class XI even in his own school with a [...]

Jasmeet Kaur, a std X pass-out from the ICSE-affiliated Hutchings school, was expecting a ?fair deal? from the std XI seat allotment under the centralised admission process (CAP). Having passed her std X exam with 86 per cent, Jasmeet was confident about landing a seat at one of the ?decent colleges?. However, her hopes were dashed [...]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to clarify how many compulsory languages that standard tenth students —- of SSC, ICSE and CBSE boards—- should be taught. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice A P Deshpande asked the government to submit details of the total score, for which [...]

Affiliation will be cancelled if schools under the Indian Central Board are found to promote proxy attendance warned Ashok Ganguly, the chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Proxy attendance is a common practice among schools whereby grade 12 pupils are allowed to stay away from school and get coaching for various competitive examinations, [...]

Good health is the key to good performance -in classroom and in life. The CBSE is now all set to promote this belief among students across the country under the Comprehensive School Health Programme developed in association with the World Health Organisation. In the latest step towards implementing this health policy, CBSE has prepared four health [...]

The number of vacant posts for primary, middle English and middle schools in the State is 7,466 (primary), 2,824 (middle English) and 1,288 (middle). In addition, high schools and higher secondary schools had a vacancy of 3,409 and 579 respectively. This was revealed by Gautam Bora, Minister for Primary Education while answering a question by [...]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to clarify how many compulsory languages that standard tenth students —- of SSC, ICSE and CBSE boards—- should be taught. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice A P Deshpande asked the government to submit details of the total score, for which [...]

Getting admitted to college, especially a good college, is generally speaking, a stressful experience at the best of times. But this year, in Mumbai, for parents and students alike, the whole process has been fraught with needless tension. Put bluntly, the admission scenario right now is a right royal mess, thanks to the circumstances, and [...]

Only few students can dream of scoring 100% marks in any examination. However, with the introduction of the percentile system, the impossible has become possible. Some examples: Akshay Murarka 103.661%, Mohajit Arneja 101.926%, Neha Singh 101.231% and? Unbelievable? But these are not just plain numbers but percentile of toppers in the merit list of standard XI [...]

The Left?s withdrawal of support to the UPA government notwithstanding, Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad on Monday exuded confidence that the government will win the trial of strength in Parliament. ?The government is safe?.If it were not so, I would not be in Patna?.Everything has been arranged for (victory) and the Manmohan Singh government will prove [...]

Undergraduate admissions in Delhi University and the soaring cut-offs this year seem to be a mirror image of the inflationary conditions in the economy. Only students who have scored above 93 percent could find their names in first lists. Of course, the easiest thing to do is to blame the Central Board of Secondary Education [...]

1. What is the limit of frequency up to which signals using a sky wave can be transmitted? Answer 2. Draw the graph showing the variation of See beck coefficient with temperature of the hot junction. Answer 3. What is the power factor of an ...

Q. 1. Sketch two equipotential surfaces for a point charge. Answer Q. 2. If the length of a wire conductor is doubled by stretching it, keeping the p.d. across it constant, by what factor does the drift speed of electrons change? Answer Q. 3. Give two factors on which the temperature of ...

Q. 1. Give the ratio of velocities of light rays of wavelengths 4000 A and 8000 A in vacuum. Answer Q. 2. A student obtains resistances of 3, 4, 12 and 16 ohms using only two metallic resistance wires either separately or joined together. What is the value of resistance of each ...

Q. 1. In a medium the force of attraction between two point electric charges, distance’d’ apart, is F. What distance apart should these be kept in the same medium so that the force between them becomes 3F? Answer Q. 2. Name the experiment which established the quantum nature of electric ...

Q. 1. Horizontal component of Earth's magnetic field at a place is √3 times the vertical component. What is the value of angle of dip at this place? Answer Q. 2. Force between two point electric charges kept at a distance d apart in air is F. If these charges are kept ...

Q. 1. Sketch the electric lines of force for two positive charges Q1 and Q2 (Q1 > Q2) separated by a distance d. Answer Q. 2. Why is a voltmeter always connected in parallel with a circuit element across which voltage is to be measured? Answer Q. 3. What is ...

1. How does the luminosity of a star vary with its mass? Answer 2. State two factors by which the range of transmission of signals by a T.V. tower can be increased. Answer 3. The ratio of the horizontal component to the resultant magnetic field of earth at a given place is 1/√2. What ...

Q. 1. Name the physical quantity whose SI unit is Coulomb/Volt. Answer Q. 2. Write the frequency limit of visible range of electromagnetic spectrum in kHz. Answer Q. 3. How does the conductance of a semi-conducting material change with rise in temperature? Answer Q. 4. The force ...

Q. 1. Name the physical quantity whose SI unit is Coulomb/Volt. Answer Q. 2. Write the frequency limit of visible range of electromagnetic spectrum in kHz. Answer Q. 3. How does the conductance of a semi-conducting material change with rise in temperature? Answer Q. 4. The force ...

Q. 1. An electron and a proton are free to move in a given electric field. Will the acceleration experienced by them be equal or different? Answer Q. 2. Is the potential difference across the two p.n. junctions in the given circuit same or different? Answer Q. 3. ...

Q. 1. Define 'Electrochemical Equivalent' of a substance. Answer Q. 2. The equivalent capacitance of the combination between A and B in the given figure is 15 μF. Calculate the capacitance of capacitor C. Answer Q. 3. Name the electromagnetic radiations used for studying crystal structures of solids. Answer Q. 4. In a series ...

1. Write the condition in which a transistor is saturated. Answer 2. Why a magnetic field is used to deviate cathode rays in a cathode ray tube and not an electric field? Answer 3. For a 60 W lamp, the luminous flux is 600 lumen. ...

1. A magnetic needle lying parallel to a magnetic field requires W units of work to turn it through 60°. What is the torque needed to maintain the needle in this position? Answer ...

1. Name the electromagnetic radiation produced from transition in outer energy levels of an atom. Answer 2. What is the effect of doping in a pure semiconductor? Answer 3. Draw graphs showing variation of output voltage with current in load for unregulated power supply and regulated power supply. Answer 4. ...

1. In a Young's double slit experiment the intensity of bright fringe is I. If the slits have the same width what is intensity due to one slit only? Answer 2. Which temperature is higher in the graphs? Image Answer 3. ...

1. Name the physical quantity which has Am2 as unit for measurement. Answer 2. Differentiate between ionization energy and work function of a metal. Answer 3. Can we accelerate a charge in a magnetic field? Answer 4. Define voltage sensitivity of a galvanometer. Answer 5. ...

1. Write relation between E and V at a point in an electrostatic field. Answer 2. What is the resistance of an intrinsic semiconductor at 0 K? Answer 3. Two inductances carry currents that vary with time as shown. In which the induced e.m.f. will ...

1. A capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V. What is the net flux of electric field through a closed surface enclosing the capacitor? Answer 2. Write the equation of a plane electromagnetic wave travelling along the 7-axis. Answer 3. Name a ...

1. What is the capacitance between the point A and B. Image Answer 2. What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit? Image Answer 3. Do all thermocouples have neutral temperature? Answer 4. If the horizontal and vertical components of earth's magnetic field are equal at a place what is angle of dip? Answer 5. When the switch ...

1. In a plane at 45° to the magnetic meridian the apparent dip is 30°. What is the true dip? ...