Marks Distribution
HSC English first paper Marks Distribution
Total marks 100
Reading 60
| Test items | Marks Distribution | Source |
| 1. MCQ (guessing meaning from context) | 05 | Text book |
| 2. Comprehension questions | 10 | Text book |
| 3. Information transfer/Flow chart | 10 | Text book |
| 4. Summarizing | 10 | Text book |
| 5. Cloze test with clues | 05 | Unseen |
| 6. Cloze test without clues | 10 | Unseen |
| 7. Rearranging | 10 | Unseen |
Writing 40
| Test items | Marks Distribution |
| 1. Writing paragraph answering questions | 10 |
| 2. Completing a story | 07 |
| 3. Writing informal letters /e-mails | 05 |
| 4. Analyzing maps/graphs/charts | 10 |
| 5. Appreciating short stories/ poems (identifying theme, subject-matter and interpretation) | 08 |
HSC English 2nd Paper
The NCTB has recently published the new syllabus of the HSC English 2nd Paper. This new syllabus will be applied to the students who are going to appear at the HSC examination of 2016.
Class 11-12
Subject : English
HSC English 2nd Paper
The NCTB has recently published the new syllabus of the HSC English 2nd Paper. This new syllabus will be applied to the students who are going to appear at the HSC examination of 2016.
Subject : English
Test Items of Paper 2 and distribution of marks
Total marks 100
Grammar 60
Compoition 40
| Grammar test items | marks | ||
| 1 | Gap filling activities without clues (for articles) | 5 | |
| 2 | Gap filling activities without clues (for preposition) | 5 | |
| 3 | Gap filling with clues ( Special uses : was born, have to/has to, would rather, had better, let alone, what if, as if, as soon as, what’s —- like, what does —- look like, introductory ‘there’ or ‘it’) | 5 | |
| 4 | Completing sentences (use of conditionals, phrase, and clause) | 5 | |
| 5 | Use of verbs (right form of verbs and subject verb agreement as per context) | 5 | |
| 6 | Changing sentences ( change of voice, sentence types, degrees) | 5 | |
| 7 | Narrative style (direct to indirect and vice versa) | 5 | |
| 8 | Pronoun reference/ pronoun agreement | 5 | |
| 9 | Use of modifiers | 5 | |
| 10 | Use of sentence connectors | 5 | |
| 11 | Use of synonym and antonym | 5 | |
| 12 | Punctuation | 5 | |
Note: Question setter will use all items from the above list and make questions of 5 marks for each question item. Test items must have contexts. Sentences which are isolated and out of context cannot be given as questions. Question setters will prepare the test items. No questions will be set from the textbook or/and any help books.
| Composition test items | Marks | |
| 1 | Formal letter / email | 08 |
| 2 | Report writing | 08 |
| 3 | Paragraphs | 10 |
| 4 | Free writing (200-250 words) | 14 |
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