Central Board of Secondary Education [CBSE] Complaints & Reviews

Sir/Ma'am
With due respect I would like to inform that there are many errors in the answer key released by CBSE. I am here mentioning some mistakes and their correct answers with proofs. I would highly grateful to you for sparing your very needed time in reading, analyzing and responding to my complaint within minimum time period.
Regarding the question paper of class 10th term1 English whose question paper code is 002/2/4, series no. is JSK/2 and set no. is 4,

Que 17. : The title of the study should be:
Correct answers should be
● (a) A birds and mammals survey
● (b) Road-kills
● (c) Need for conservation

●Option (a) is correct because the passage
talks about survey conducted on the death
rates of birds and mammals on European
roads. The first line of the passage itself
tells it :
' Around 194 millions and 29 million mammals are thought to be killed each year on European roads, according to a new study that has ranked the most vulnerable species.'

● Option (b) is correct because the passage
talks about the road-kills of small animals.
It is clearly evident from the line given in the
passage:
' Roads are therefore a significant threat to wildlife and evidence shows deaths on them could even cause some species to disappear completely .'

● Option (d) is correct because the study and
researches done has revealed that there is
really the need for the conservation of
small animals actually because they are
most at risk than the endangered
animals.
Their vulnerability is much higher than that
of those endangered species. The
passage has discussed the need for
conservation of small animals based
on the studies conducted. It is clearly
evident from the line :
' The research has found that the species killed most often were not necessarily the endangered species. This means actions to preserve wildlife when new roads are built risks being targeted at the wrong species based on current methods. '

Please read these proofs and forgive me for my mistakes done in proving options or writing complaint letters.

Hope my complaint would be listened.

Thanking You

Yours Faithfully
XYZ

With due respect I say that there is also of passage no-1 is so lengthy and tricky we unable to understand it. We get circular from CBSE that only JSK/1 were given advantage of getting bonus marks. What about we ?
Please also alloted bonus marking to us.
Thanks

Sir/ Ma'am

With due respect, I would like to inform you that many questions which came in the 10th class term1 English board question paper whose code no. is 002/2/4, series no. is JSK/2 and set no. is 4 were unclear and some questions ' answer key is also wrong declared in the official sites.
I am here mentioning one question which can have more than one option as correct due to its ambiguity.

If you may not understand this so to make my issue understandable to you I would like to cite one example.

Let us assume that once there were two friends, Ramesh and Ganesh . Due to some misconfusion, Ramesh says to Ganesh, " A lady sweeper who comes to our house has a very happy family. They have all the necessities and their children are studying in a prestigious school ". Ramesh had heard wrong from his mother. Actually, his mother had told him about their one of their neighbors but since their names were same he got into misunderstanding. The lady sweeper who came to his house did not have a happy family.

Now, if a question is asked from the above extract as :
Que 1. A lady sweeper who comes to our house has a very happy family .
The statement is:
A) A logical conclusion
B) A piece of good news
C) Ironical
D) A pleasant surprise

I would let the readers to first guess its answer as my efforts would then make a difference.

You may see that the question has a statement which is a piece of good news . It is also ironical in context with that the lady sweeper actually did not have a very happy family in the extract. It 's answer cannot be a logical conclusion and a pleasant surprise.
But if the question is like this:

Que1. " A lady sweeper who comes to our house has a very happy family", said by Ramesh in misunderstanding .
The above statement is:
(A) A Logical conclusion
(B) A piece of good news
(C) Ironical
(D) A pleasant surprise

Its answer cannot be a piece of good news because it is clearly stated that this statement was said in confusion . So, its answer is ironical.

Hence, I conclude with my above example that someone would have understood what I tried to do.

With this, I am mentioning Que 16. o[censored]nseen passage II of Section A of the English term1 question paper.
Que 16. Hazel grouse and ground squirrel are classified as species of least concern.
The statement is:
(A) A logical conclusion
(B) A piece of good news
( C) ironical
(D) a pleasant surprise

Its answer cannot be one of the above options. The first three options suite best as its answer . If someone creates this Que, he/she would not think of clearly mentioning the question but when he/she reads it first time would think that this question in accordance to the options is not clearly mentioned.
Try to read it as you read it first time. So, you will find that it is a logical conclusion as well as a piece of good news.
But if we think that in the passage hazel grouse and ground squirrel are studied as the species of most concern then it could be correct to write its answer also as (c) ironical.
So this unclear question 16 has three options correct : (A), (B) and (C).

If the question was :
Que 16.The hazel grouse and ground squirrel were found to be the most at risk of local extinction but are classified as species of Least Concern Red list of Threatened Species.

The statement is:
(A) An ironical logical conclusion
(B) A piece of good news
(C) Ironical only
(D) A pleasant surprise

Now here, the correct answer is only (A) An ironical logical conclusion.
The options ( B) cannot be correct because the above statement is not a piece of good news. The option (C) is also incorrect because the above statement is not only ironical but also a logical conclusion. The option ( D) is also incorrect because the above statement is not a pleasant surprise.

●So, the correct answers of Que 16. given in the question paper are (A), (B) and ( C) . If only (C) is accepted as correct it would mean the person has hal[censored]nderstood the question.

《《 《 It would not eradicate the "mugging up " conditions in India but conversely, it will increase the hal[censored]se of mind and mugging up of the such type questions' answer. 》》》

Hope my complaint will not go waste. It will be listened by the related experts . I would be highly grateful for acknowledging my efforts.

Thanking You

Yours Faithfully
XYZ

If a child spent much of his time in reading the passage and did all the answers correct but due to lack of time he was not able to answer other questions correctly then obviously the passage is the cause of the decrease in marks, then there should be an arrangement for this. One should be give grace marks irrespective of the mistake committed by the student because a student might have done the passage correctly but might have answered other questions wrong.

Dear CBSE
Please go through these pictures and spend your valuable and precious time for students. We should be given marks

Expecting an answer from your side
THANKYOU

Respected sir,
I am a student of class 10 CBSE board. Please don't give marks for 1st passage.. It's not right.. I had spent my maximum potential to solve that and I did. And because of that I wasn't able to give my time for grammar and literature part.. And my maximum mistake occurs in that part only. And if board will give free marks for passage than its injustice for me.. Please please I request board to please if board will give free marks for passage 1 than please for literature part and grammar part also give some free marks.

According to the latest circular by the CBSE all students will be getting marks for passage 1 but why did the CBSE didn't make any arrangement for those students who answered correctly in that passage, they should be provided with grace marks in other questions. I kindly request you to look into this matter because we have lots of hope from CBSE, after all no one wants the board exam to go bad for them.

Respected panel of academicians,

I am the guardian of one of the students that attended the CBSE Term 1 Board Examination this year (November - December). I would like to bring to your kind attention some observations on the English Question Paper - in particular.

Exam Date : Dec 11th, 2021
Question Paper : JSK/1
Set No. 4
Code 002/1/4

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While we are also extremely appreciative of CBSE for conducting this Term 1 examination in a new format, I would also like to represent the students' view out here.
In our view, considering this as an examination for which students and their well wishers were putting in a lot of effort - especially during this uncertain period filled with lot of distractions related to Covid 19, Online-Offline classes and so on, some of the questions sounded vague and there were only thin lines between the right option and the rest - especially from the eyes of a 10th Standard student.

About 15 questions (out of 60) sounded vague, /ambiguous / very much subject to interpretation.
One common pattern was that - in many cases, more than one option sounded to be correct - depending on the perspective.
Such patterns can be upsetting for students while in the examination hall. Few questions were quite far off in concept in comparison with the model question papers published by CBSE itself.

Let me quote some examples.

Section A (A controversial passage - "Some teenagers live in a world of their own. Various causes can be found for this state of affairs")
Question 2 : The answer seems to be illogical
Question 7: Ambiguous
Question 8 : illogical answer as there is no such reference to arrive at the answer

Section C : Literature
Question 36 - Option b & c can be correct
Question 39 : It is an illogical /interpretable question

No mention in the story about Lencho's religion in the passage . It is stated that he has deep and unshaken faith in God. That's all.
Option B - Wrong (it is clear)
Option D - .Wrong because Lencho goes to post office on another Sunday also, to inquire about any letter from God and that day itself, he sends another letter to God after collecting paper and pen from the post office officials.
Option C - could be correct (from a view).

Question number 41 - Option B, C, D are close and three of them can be correct.
Question number 43 - Options A & C can be correct
Question number 46 - Option A appears to be most correct
Question number 56 - Options A and C can be correct. C lacks facts though.
Question number 60 - A&B can be correct.

Attaching couple of images for your reference

In short, Paper with so many ambiguous Or uncertain answers.
Maybe, in a descriptive examination it is fine - as students can write their answers and justify their reasoning.
But in multiple choice, with only 1 answer is perceived correct, this is a tough situation to be in.
In a sense, it comes across as not testing the knowledge of the students; but their ignorance & luck.

Such a way of testing is really sad - during this pandemic period and hope that the board authorities will consider our concern and do the needful before publishing the results. We hope - the differences in difficulty level among various question papers do not affect the whole results.
We would even suggest a re-examination if feasible.

Sir/Ma'am
I would like to inform that I encountered many errors in the answer key of term1 English board question paper whose code no. is 002/2/4, series no. is JSK/2 and set no. is 4.

Que2. Of the unseen passage 1 of Section A has its correct answer as only (A) but when it was studied carefully it was found that it can have all the four options as correct . I have provided the proofs supporting every option as appropriate in the images. Please spare some of your very valuable, significant and precious time from your schedule for reading their depth in detail proofs.
It would be highly appreciated if you consider me one of the honorable citizens of India who really needs the attention and support in this matter of social concern.
I admit that I am not 100% laborious student, not a topper since nursery, not enrolled in any courses offered by prestigious coaching centers and not genius that whatever I mentioned would be at all correct but the right of asking justice is not given to only brainly and topper students in our constitution.
Whatever I say here is not to insult anyone's feeling . Please ignore if I did any mistake unknowingly. I don't mean to hurt anyone's sentiments or to blame someone as guilty.

Please apologize me if provided wrong explanation in support of the options as correct.
I am merely a student who is dependent on your committee of experts for getting the marks which I should have really scored but none of the experts of your committee is somehow ready to stand with me and us where we are really correct concerning the errors in the English answer key of set no. 4 of JSK/2 .
I hope that this complaint would be read positively and understood.

Thanking You

Yours Faithfully
XYZ

ENGLISH ANSWERKEY CLASS 10
PUBLISHED BY EXPERTS OF CBSE 002/2/2 IS INCORRECT...

1st COMPREHENSION SECTION A
5th question the correct answer should be option c
Both the statements are given in the passage para 4

GRAMMAR SECTION
21st question it can be option a
Answer can be IF

WRITING SECTION
26th question answer can be option a, c and d
According to the question pedestrians are put into trouble, insanitary conditions and health hazard are mentioned.

28th question answer should be option d
1)LOCATION OF THE WORKSHOP
2)GARBAGE LITTERED
3)THE HEALTH HAZARD
4)PUBLIC INCONVENIENCE
5)NOISY SURROUNDINGS
6)ACTION REQUESTED

29th question answer can be a, b and d
The answer depends...but it cant be option c because even if we re going to shift the workshop the same problems will be caused...

30th question answer should be option b
It should be Yours Faithfully as writing a letter to an editor is a formal letter

36th question answer should be option b
YES..Lencho was unhappy, hopeful at the same time he was curious as well because he asked himself "neither god could have denied his request nor God could have made a mistake"...So Lencho was curious...

43rd question answer should be option c
The tiger terrorizes the village because people have cleared his habitat{forest} for their own basic needs...
So appropriate answer should be option c

59th question appropriate answer should be option c
It was quite pleasant working for Anil as he was a simple person should be the right answer...it is even mentioned in the textbook that Anil was a simple and easy going man..

THESE ANSWERS HAS TO BE CORRECT AND ANSWERKEY SHOULD BE CHANGED!!!
PLS CONSIDER OUR REQUESTS
EXPECTING AN ANSWER FROM YOUR SIDE CBSE
THANKYOU

Respected Sir/Ma'am
The English paper of Class 10th held on 11th Dec was little more tougher then the 10th level and there more than 5 to 6 question which were having more than multiple answers . It was very confusing for us .
Please see to it and resolve it .

Respected Sir/Ma'am
Set 002/2/4
This is in regard to the English examination that was conducted on 11 th Dec that
Q-11 of it can have both option (b) and (c) as correct but in answer key it's only (c) option.
Q-35 option (c) can also be a correct answer .
Please see to it and resolve it .

Sir there are more than errors I thought in English exam term 1 answer key provided by you In literature section two option appears correct so it was very confusing for students
It was quit tough exam for class 10 level students. So we request you to give grace marks for those questions or conduct exam one again.

Regards
Ayush garg(Student in class 10)

Hello cbse, its a request from our side that answerkeys for english should be changed for class 10, 002/2/4 which was held on 11th DEC...In grammar section and literature sections

As you solved our problem of first passage but their are still many errors in second passage especially in question no 13 and 14 where no question is printed so it is very confusing for us and there are also many errors in literature section so as you resolved our problem of first passage please resolve this too.

Regards
Ayush garg

In Q. 39, the answer is given as opt. (a) in the answer key, but it is wrong as it has not been mentioned in the chapter whether Lencho was a christian or not.

In science class 10th set 4 paper Ques 31: Assertion: Sodium hydrogen carbonate is used as an ingredient in antacids.
Reason: NaHCO3 is a mild non corrosive basic salt .
According to the answer key sent by cbse it's showing 'B ' as the correct answer that both assertion and reason are correct but is not correct explanation .
But it's answer must be 'A' that both Assertion and reason are correct and correct explanation because reason is telling us that NaHCO3 is used as an antacid because it's an mild basic salt and non corrosive also so that it doesn't harm our stomach .

In Q.43, the answer is given as opt. (c) in the answer key, but the answer should be opt.(a) or opt.(d) as people can admire the looks of a caged tiger as well as can feel safe as it is caged.

In Q.46, the answer is given as opt. (d) in the answer key, but the answer should be opt.(a) as it has been clearly mentioned in the extract that he felt amazed realising that the room was empty(i.e no one was visible in the room)

In Q. 56, the answer is given as opt. (c) in the answer key, but the answer should be opt.(a) as the boy felt sad when he lost his ball.

Sir/ Ma'am
With due respect I would like to inform you that are actually many errors in the answer key of class 10 board term 1 English question paper whose question paper code no. is 002/2/4, series no. is JSK/2 and set no. is 4.

I have mentioned their correct answers with their proofs in the image. Please refer to them and spare your very precious time in reading my complaint in the given images.

I would be highly grateful to you for understanding my and many others' problem in this situation which may occur simple and not difficult to you.
But since students learn in schools which have been treated as sacred places it may be the responsibility of one to listen to pure hearted ones.
It is appropriately said that nobody is bad by birth but the atmosphere, the surroundings and the situations are so opposite which persuade them to do wrong.
So, there is a possibility for you to consider that may be the situations are opposite to what you think and that has made the students turn from intolerable ones to bullies.

Kindly listen to my humble request and carefully the question complained in the images provided.

Thanking You

Yours Faithfully
XYZ

Sir/Ma'am

I am here providing the images in which I have described my issue. Please refer to them and understand my complaint. I would be highly grateful to you for your response.

Thanking You

Yours Faithfully
XYZ