Icse class 10 physics board paper analysis 2020

ICSE Class 10 Physics Board Paper Analysis - 2020

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By Topperlearning Expert 13th Mar, 2020 | 04:24 pm

The Physics examination for ICSE Class 10 was conducted on 13^th March 2020.

This year, students got only one day to revise for the Physics (Science Paper I) exam. So let’s analyse the question paper and check if the one day break was sufficient for preparation.

Question Paper Structure

The ICSE X Physics (Science I) theory paper was of 80 marks and had two sections- Section I (40 marks) and Section II (40 marks), for which 2 hours were allotted.

Section I was compulsory and had 4 questions which were ‘short answer type’ questions.

Section II had six questions, out of which students were required to attempt any 4 questions of their choice.

Below you can see the comparison of today’s paper with the previous year's Physics paper based on the unit-wise marks distribution of the 100 marks paper (including option).

On observing these pie charts, it is clear that the allotment of marks for ‘Force’ and ‘Light’ has increased substantially. While the corresponding weightage has decreased for ‘Heat’ and ‘Sound’, and the weightage for the unit ‘Electricity and Magnetism’ was maintained.

Based on our analysis, we have classified the question paper into three types for better understanding:

The first type is subjective questions in which theoretical questions test the remembering and understanding capability of a student. The next type is diagram-based questions. These questions are based on evaluation, drawing or explaining the concept with the help of a diagram. The third type is numerical questions which evaluate the understanding and application skills of students.

The following table shows the distribution of marks as per the typology for each unit in the Physics paper for 2020:

Unit	Question Type
Unit	Subjective	Diagram Based	Numerical Problems	Total
Force, Work, Power and Energy	13	5	6	24
Light	5	12	6	23
Sound	7	2	4	13
Electricity and Magnetism	7	9	5	21
Heat	3	3	4	10
Modern Physics	3	-	6	9

This year’s ICSE 10 Physics board exam paper was designed such that out of 100% of the marks (including options), a student would easily be able to score about 69% marks by just answering the subjective and diagram–based questions, and 31% marks by attempting the objective questions. All the units in the syllabus fairly found their way into the paper through these three types of questions.

Students with a thorough knowledge on the units of ‘Force, Work, Power and Energy’, ‘Light’ and ‘Electricity and Magnetism’ would find this paper to be very scoring.

All in all, the paper was easy and it made for a great scoring opportunity for students who were regular with their learning of concepts and practising with sample papers and past year papers.

So, now it's time to shift the focus to chemical equations and formulae, as the Chemistry (Science Paper II) exam is to be held on 16^th March 2020.

Review all the important answers and practice material for the ICSE Class 10 exam 2020 below:

ICSE Class 10 Exam 2020 - Sample Papers

ICSE Class 10 Exam 2020 - Previous years papers

ICSE Class 10 Exam 2020 – Most important questions

ICSE Class 10 Exam 2020 – Text book solutions

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