(QUESTION PAPER PART 2) Dearfriends,
Iam extremely thankful to the respected membersfor the very good responses with their additions about Question papers for the first part of my posting. Myexperience with Question Papers and functioning, as Lecturer examinations inTrivandrum Telecommunication Centre is one of the content of this nostalgic about Questionpapers Part 2 Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 26-1-2021 Originally posted on 22-9-2010. Now posted with editing andupdating. 12. Practical examination and luck Many may beknowing, 100% marks are possible for certain subjects like light, but notpossible for subjects like heat in Physics. Normally for practical examinationprofessor and lecturer from a different colleges are deputed. Each paper willhave the question written in hand. After writing the questions the papers willbe mixed and kept upside down. As per serial number we have to enter Lab,collect the top question paper and do the practical at the concerned seat. The lucky one got best subjects.Mostly no practical we already did would be there. If I recollectpractical records we had to keep for review by the examiners. 13. Cessional marks It was the markedawarded for general performance in the practical throughout the year. Allstudents would get a good %. Probably to compensate practicalmarks to a good extent. 14. All questions carry equal marks. Answer any ten Some times thereused to have no separate marks. Fourteen questions, each ten marks. Such a title used to be after the subject inbrackets. We had to answer any ten. These question papers had a lot of flexibility. When my son was studying in engineeringcollege he had showed me such model question papers 15. Objective and semi objective question papers Another version ofQuestion Paper would have some objective and some descriptive questions. Whilemy son wrote the examinations, it was the model in 1990’s for engineering. Bymere luck some objective would become correct by ticking if at all answer was not knowing. 16 Semester systems Semester system wasan improved version of Question Paper 1,2,3.4 on a subject. In semester systemthe subject of study is divided in to sub subjects and when a small subject iscompleted an examination is conducted. A similar pattern was the old one also. He can forget the subject if gotgood marks in cemster, Butpractically many students like to fail if he could score only pass marks orabove in a cemester. Next cemester answering he may score above 80% sometimes. 17.Selective passing examination While I wasundergoing service, for section to Asst Engineer from junior engineer, I had topass an examination with three subjects. One Question paper covering alltelecom technology in a medium manner, another a specialisation and a thirdrules and regulations of the department. For the rules and regulations we could use departmentalcodebooks. These papers were three-hour duration. Every one-hourtime used to be announced. Codebooks used to be tough mostly. No compartmentalsystem, once failed again all subjects had to be passed. Failed candidates losetheir seniority to the end of year of recruitment for promotion. 18. In service examination During the courseof service, due to technology development in service coursed conducted. Forthese courses passing was compulsory. I have passed about 22 in service coursesup to 3rd generation mobile. 19 Preliminary and final examinations For IAS, IPS, IFS,ITS etc there are two examinations- One preliminary, another final and theninterview. My son had written IAS Preliminary and by the time he got foreignassignment and left. These questions were mostly not objective. While I was inTrivandrum training centre many of my co lecturers had passed ITS exam, butcould not score high in interview to the number of vacancies. We all became ITS later bypromotion. 20 Entrance Examination My son had writtenentrance examination for selection to Engineering College in Tamilnadu.Questions used to be objective, but required a lot of calculations to answer.Calculator was permitted for examination if I recollect. In addition toentrance marks, 60% minimum marks in plus two also were the criteria. Entrance marks alongwith calculation of subject marks and age was the criteria for selection. In Kerala it was just 50% insubjects and only entrance was criteria. In these objective typesthe Question paper was also answer paper. Now there is no entrance inTamilnadu for admission to engineering colleges. The engineering entranceexamination is now for Neet, IEE etc. Similarly in medical colleges. 21. Functioning as Asst Engineer examinations I joined theTrivandrum training centre in 1991 and from 1992 to 1996 I was in charge ofexamination. There is separateexamination hall. Most examination conducted in the morning preferably Mondayshaving Saturday and Sundayfor study. Practical is conducted in Labs. The examination hall usedto be opened by 8.45 AM. Training centre used to function from 9 AM. If another examination is there, it used tobe after two or three days. The invigilatorsused to collect Question paper and sometimes added paper to answer slightlydescriptive answers. Most questions used to be objective and in the same paper.Candidates had to enter roll number and batch. Mostly the trainees used to complete the examination well beforecompletion of time. Update- No separate payment for being in charge ofexaminations though it is a tough work. It is additionaljob assigned to a lecturer. For in-servicecourses just passing was sufficient. A certificate was issued for successfulcompletion of course. A question bank was there. The questions in the bank onthe subject would be given in a randommanner for each examination. These question papers were made ready on theprevious day. Later the paper questions got changed to floppy. CD was not sopopular on those days. For inductioncourses marks awarded in the general course too was the criteria. So the methodof examination had a different pattern. Record of marks were entered inregister. 22. Preparing for BSc Examination On those daysprinted old question papers were available. I tried my best - whether Ipurchased them from college bookshop or outside. I am not able to recollect. HoweverI was having 5 or 6 years questions. The common topic covered in them was well covered in the studies, with less priority forthe non-covered ones. I had a confidence of preparation for theory,but for practical no body had. 23. Enganae undu pareeksha (How was exam?) This was thecustomary question on those days by elders. Normally the reply would bepositive by many. Moderation asrequired was there for the answers. 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