Design of Question Paper

I PUC PHYSICS (33)

Time: 3 Hours 15 Minutes (of which 15 minutes for reading the question Paper).
Max. Marks: 70
The weightage of the distribution of marks over different dimensions of the question paper
shall be as follows:

A. Weightage to Objectives:
Objective
Knowledge
Understanding
Application
Skill

Weightage

Marks

40%
30%
20%
10%

43/105
31/105
21/105
10/105

B. Weightage to content/subject units:

Unit
No.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X

Chapter
No.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Topic
Physical world
Units and measurement
Motion in a straight line
Motion in a plane
Laws of motion
Work energy and power
System of particles and rigid body
Gravitation
Mechanical properties of solids
Mechanical properties of fluids
Thermal properties of matter
Thermodynamics
Kinetic theory
Oscillations
Waves
TOTAL

No. of
Hours
2
4
8
12
11
11
12
9
5
5
10
8
5
8
10
120

Weightage
of marks

2
3
7
11
10
10
10
8
4
4
9
7
4
7
9
105

Note: Variation of 1 Mark per chapter is allowed, however the total marks should not exceed 105.

C. Weightage to forms of Questions:

Part

Question
Main

Note:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Number of
questions to
be answered

Very short answer(VSA)

10

10

Short answer(SA1)

III

Short answer(SA2)

IV

Long answer(LA)

Long answer(LA)

VI

Numerical Problems(NP)

II

Type of questions

Number of
Marks questions to
be set

L A Questions in IV and V mains should not be split into SA and VSA type Questions.
L A Questions in IV Main must be set from Unit I to V.
L A Questions in V Main must be set from Unit VI to X.
N P Questions in VI Main must be set such that one Numerical Problem is from every 2
successive units.

D. Weightage to level of difficulty:

Level
Easy
Average
Difficult

Weightage

Marks

40%
40%
20%

43/105
42/105
20/105

General instructions
Questions should be clear, unambiguous, understandable and free from
grammatical errors.
Questions which are based on same concept, law, fact etc. and which generate
the same answer should not be repeated under different forms (VSA, SA, LA
and NP).
Questions must be framed based on the contents of the prescribed text books
only.