Design of the Question Paper

CBSE-i
Subject: Chemistry (Theory) Class- XI & XII
Year: 2013-14 Paper: SAI & SAII
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70

General Guidelines:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) There are four sections of the question paper. Section A contains one mark questions,
section B contains two marks questions, section C contains three marks questions and
section D contains five marks questions.
3) Internal choices have been provided in one question of two marks, one question of three
marks and one question of five marks weightage. An examinee is to answer only one of the
choices in each of such questions.
A. Weightage to different forms of questions:
Type of Question Mark(s) per
Question
Number of
Questions
Total Marks
MCQ 1 8 8
SA I 2 10 20
SA II 3 9 27
LA 5 3 15
Total 30 70

B. Typology of the questions:
S. No. Type Weightage Total marks
1 Knowledge based 10% 07
2 Conceptual understanding
based
30% 21
3 Inferential type 30% 21
4 Higher Mental Ability type 10% 07
5 Skill based/Numericals 20% 14
Total 100% 70

C. Weightage to different units of the syllabus:
There is no specific Weightage assigned to any unit in the syllabus. Students are expected to
acquire an in-depth understanding of concepts included in every unit.