EXAMINATION GUIDELINES

Sessional Exams

There shall be two or more periodic sessional (internal assessment) examiniations during each academic year. The duration of the sessional exam shall be 90 minutes. The highest aggregate of any two performance shall from the basis of calculating the sessional marks. The scheme of the question paper of theory sessional examininations shalle be given as below.

Question Type Attempt Marks per Question Total Marks
Long Answers 3 out of 4 5 15
Short Answers 5 out of 6 3 15
Very Short Answers 5 out of 6 2 10
Total 40 Marks

Internal Assessment: The marks secured by the students out of the total 40 shall be reduced to 20 in each sessional, and then the internal assessment shall be calculated based on the best two averages for 20 marks.


Final Board / University Exams

The scheme of the question paper for the theory examinations conducted by the examining authority (Board/ University) shall be as given below. The duration of the final examination shall be 3 hours.

Question Type Attempt Marks per Question Total Marks
Long Answers 6 out of 7 5 30
Short Answers 10 out of 11 3 30
Very Short Answers 10 out of 11 2 20
Total 80 Marks
Sessional Practical Exams

There shall be two or more periodic sessional (internal assessment) practical examinations during each academic year. The duration of the sessional exam shall be 3 hours. the highest aggregate of any two performances shall from the basis of calculating the sessional marks. The scheme of the question paper for practical sessional examinations shall be as given below.

Component Marks
Synopsis 10
Experiments 50*
Viva Voce 10
Practical Record 10
Total 80 Marks

* The marks for the experiment shall be be divided into various categories, viz. major experiment, minor experiment and spotters, as per the requirements of the course.

Internal Assessment The marks secured by the the students out of the total 0f 80 shall be reduced to 10 in each sessional, and then the internal assessment shall be calculated based on the nest two averages for the 10 marks from the sessional and other 10 marks shall be awarded as per the details given below.

Component Marks
Actual performance in the sessional examination 10
Assignments (average of 3) 5*
Field Visit Report (average) 5$
Total 20 Marks

* Based on the average score of three assignments.
$ Marks assigned for quality and completeness of the field visit report.

Note:

  • For the courses having either assignments or field visits, the assessment of assignments or field visits shall be done direclty for 10 marks and added to the sessional marks.
  • For the courses not having both assignment and field visit, the whole 20 marks sghall be calculated from the sessional marks.

Final Practical Exams

The scheme of question paper for the practical examinations conducted by the examining authority (Board/ University) shall be as given below. The duration of the final examination shall be 3 hours.

Component Marks
Synopsis 10
Experiments 60*
Viva Voce 10
Total 80 Marks

* The marks for the experiment shall be divided into various categories, viz. major experiment, minor experiment, spotters, etc. as per the requirement of the course.