One question asked thrice!

Radhika D Srivastava / TNN / Feb 18, 2007, 02:55 IST

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In the second paper of biology, class XII students were asked to answer one question thrice. The examination was held on February 14.

PATNA: Even though the state government is determined to improve the reputation of the Bihar's Intermediate Education Council examination by putting an end to cheating, it has to go a long way before the quality of question papers is improved.
In the second paper of biology, class XII students were asked to answer one question thrice. The examination was held on February 14.
In two different sections of the paper, the same question on the functions of the pituitary gland were posed.Out of a total of 75 marks, 22 marks were allotted to the pituitary gland.\
A class XII teacher of Chapra's Jagdam College, Satish Kumar Singh said, "It was ridiculous. A question paper is meant to test the knowledge of the students from the entire course, but the paper they received this time did not make any sense."

In the group-B section of the question paper, in which students had to attempt any four questions out of a total of eight, there were two questions on the same topic.
Question one said, "Write name of any three hormones and describe their sources and functions". Again question three said "Describe the hormones of pituitary gland". Both questions carried a weightage of five marks each.
Singh said, "There is a complete overlap between these two questions." What's more, in the most vital group-C section, in which students have to answer any three out of nine choices, there was yet another question on the pituitary gland.

In this section, each question carries a weightage of 12 marks. The first question reads, "Write the names of different hormones secreted by pituitary gland. Give in short, the functions of all the hormones," he said.
Singh said, "If a student knows about the pituitary, he or she can answer all three questions easily. But if a student doesn't, he or she stands to lose in a big way. This is not fair."
He said, "It also appears that those who set the question paper mix up the syllabus of one paper with another. In biology paper-I examination, there were questions on ribosomes, chromosomes and plant cells. But these are actually part of the syllabus of biology paper-II."
He also lamented that despite there being clear instruction on specific syllabus portions carrying specific marks, this was not being followed. Bihar Bihar Intermediate Education Council chairman Girish Shankar was not available for his comments.

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