SURAT: Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) held an online exam for first and third semester of postgraduate and undergraduate courses on Saturday.
Total 14,619 students appeared in the exam held online for the first time.
Second and fourth semester students have been given mass promotion as per their eligibility.
One MA student Payal Tandel appeared for semester one Sanskrit exam in between her wedding from her home.
Tandel dressed in bridal attire skipped one of her wedding rituals to appear for the exam and later rejoined the ceremony, said sources at VNSGU.
“Due to the online exam, the student could attend the exam and also continue another important event of her life.
Many students benefited due to the arrangement,” said a university official.
The exam was held for students of various courses in arts, commerce, science, management and rural studies.
Students appeared in 40 different subjects of various PG and UG courses.
The question papers were in multiple-choice question (MCQ) format and 50 questions were asked in each paper for which students got one hour time.
In the morning session out of 10,062 registered students, 8,639 appeared for the exam while in the afternoon session 5,228 out of 5,980 appeared.
“We successfully held the first papers on Saturday and the exam will continue next week.
We have set up centres to solve problems in each college,” said K N Chavda, vice-chancellor, VNSGU.
In the past couple of weeks, VNSGU held mock tests before conducting the exam.
“During the mock exam, we were facing login issues which was resolved,” Chavda added.