PANAJI: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Tuesday said that the exam for admissions to the Class XI science stream and diploma programme seats will contain multiple choice questions, with each question carrying one mark.
The entire exam will be of 120 marks.
Of this, the mathematics and the science question papers will be of 60 marks each and the duration of the exam will be 150 minutes.
The board, however, is yet to declare a date.
Schools managements, meanwhile, have been asked to record the names of students who want to appear for the exams and have been informed that the board’s web portal will open shortly for submission of these names.
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Goa Board has said that the exam will be based on the curtailed mathematics and science syllabus for the academic year 2021-22.
There will be one single question paper with two parts – one for mathematics and the other for science.
“Each question will be provided with four alternatives as answers.
Responses to each question are to be indicated by darkening the correct alternative in the OMR sheet provided with the question paper.
Each correct answer will carry one mark.
There is no negative marking,” the board has said.
With the Class X public exam cancelled due to the pandemic, the board had decided to conduct an entrance exam for admission to the Class XI science stream and diploma programmes.
Class X students who have opted for the mathematics-2 option will be eligible to answer the entrance test, the board has said.
