CBSE Class 10th: Assessments & Patterns

Well, we all know how unpredictable the last two years were. With COVID, making sure that everything came to a standstill we all were caught off guard. Nonetheless over centuries our human race has managed to adapt with the help of changes.

Now if we look at such changes, recently The Central Board of Secondary Education has released the CBSE 10th exam pattern 2022 on the official website. CBSE has introduced some major changes in the CBSE 10th exam pattern this year.

Now you might already know the changes, but we’ve put it out, so go through it carefully and let us properly strategize the preparation.

CBSE 10th Assessment Pattern 2021–22: Term 1

• Marks of the Term I Exams will contribute to the final overall score of students.
• To be conducted between November-December 2021 by the board
• Flexible Schedule with a window period of 4–8 weeks for schools situated in different parts of India & abroad.
• Dates for the conduct of examinations will be notified subsequently.
• The duration of the test will be 90 minutes & it will cover only the rationalized syllabus of Term I only (i.e. approximately 50% of the entire syllabus).
• The Question Paper will have Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) including case-based MCQs and MCQs on the assertion-reasoning type.
• Question Papers will be sent by the CBSE to its affiliated schools along with marking schemes.
• The exams will be administered under the supervision of the External Center Superintendents & Observers appointed by CBSE.
• The answers of students will be captured on OMR sheets which, after scanning may be directly uploaded at the CBSE portal or alternatively may be evaluated & marks obtained will be uploaded by the CBSE school on the very same day. The final direction in this regard will be conveyed to CBSE schools by the Examination Unit of the Board.

CBSE 10th Assessment Pattern 2021–22: Term 2

• At the end of Term II, CBSE would organize Term II or Year End exams based on the rationalized CBSE syllabus of Term II only (i.e. approximately 50% of the entire syllabus).
• These exams would be held around March-April 2022 at the CBSE examination centers fixed by the Board.
• The paper will be of 2 hours’ duration & have questions of different formats (case-based/ situation based, open-ended — short answer/ long answer type).
• In case the situation is not conducive for a normal descriptive exam a 90 minute MCQ based exam will be conducted at the end of Term II also.
• Marks of the Term II Exam would contribute to the final overall score.

Now that you have the basic understanding of the latest exam pattern of CBSE, let’s get to studying and solving those numerical of physics and the trigonometric equations of math. Don’t worry if you get stuck, because we’re there 24*7 to solve your doubts.