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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has concluded the Class 10 mathematics examination. The initial reactions of the teachers and students suggest that the maths paper was tricky and lengthy with no straight forward questions.
They said that questions aligned with NCERT and students with thorough preparation and conceptual clarity would be able to easily solve the questions put up in the exam.
Ashish, a student from VidyaGyan School, Dulera said that he received set one. “Set 1 was particularly challenging, especially the multiple-choice questions. Most of the 3-mark and 5-mark questions were tricky, especially those related to trigonometry,” said the boy.
Another student from the same CBSE school, Vishal, said that set 2 was comparatively easier than other sets, however, he pointed out that question no. 25, which involved coordinate geometry, was quite difficult.
The mathematics Class 10 question paper was appropriately challenging, a little lengthy, thorough preparation using NCERT would have been beneficial, said Vamanrao S Patil, a TGT Mathematics teacher at Jain International Residential School in Bengaluru.
Patil said that the CBSE maths paper was a balanced and tested students’ conceptual understanding, mathematical concepts, problem-solving abilities and their applications. She claimed that the paper was tricky with no straight forward questions and majority of the questions were competency based.
Anthony Fernandes, Founder – Shaalaa.com, analysed that compared to last year, the paper had a similar difficulty level but included more analytical questions in Algebra and Geometry.
Suneeti Sharma TGT teacher from the Global Indian International School Noida, said that the MCQs were tricky, which required more calculation resulting in the paper being lengthy. “The language used in the questions was precise and unambiguous. Overall, it’s a moderate paper,” added Sharma.
As per Shweta Choudhary and Gautam Thakral – PGT Mathematics; Shiv Nadar School; Faridabad, the Math exam was moderate in difficulty, with a few challenging questions, but largely aligned with the syllabus and pre-board patterns. Students well-prepared through previous assessments found it comfortable, with several expressing confidence in high scores.
Radhika Sharma of Shiv Nadar School, Noida, who appeared for the CBSE Class 10 maths exam said: “I was quite happy seeing the paper, as many questions had been practised in class, but they required a lot of working. However, Question No. 32 of Set 3 contained an ambiguous statement regarding BPT. The case studies were tricky.”
As suggested by teachers and students, the CBSE exam was largely based on the NCERT curriculum and assessed a range of skills, like knowledge recall, critical thinking, conceptual clarity and its application.
“The difficulty level of the exam was classified as moderate, with a variety of question types designed to assess different levels of understanding. Internal choices, 1-marker questions, and case study-based questions were included, all of which were consistent with the format of CBSE sample papers of the previous years,” said Raina Krishnatray, Principal, Amity International School, Ghaziabad.
Another teacher, Karan from Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Lucknow, also claimed that the exam had a standard format. He said, “However, some students felt that the Mathematics paper was slightly lengthy due to extensive calculations. Additionally, a few tricky questions were included, but students were well-prepared to tackle them.”
According to Virendra Panchal, TGT Mathematics at Silverline Prestige School, Ghaziabad, the Class 10 Mathematics paper received positive feedback from both students and teachers and aligned well with CBSE sample papers.
“The timely completion by students and the ease of the case study-based questions suggest a well-balanced and accessible paper. The provision of appropriate choices in the paper further contributed to student satisfaction, reflecting a successful examination,” the teacher added.
