Class 12 Accountancy board exam was successfully conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today i.e., 6th March 2019. The exam was started at 10:30 AM and continued till 1:30 PM. Early in the morning, several media houses reported that CBSE class 12 Accountancy paper (Set II) was reportedly leaked before the beginning of the exam. But, later CBSE confirmed that the question paper was NOT leaked. The examination was conducted smoothly by CBSE without any interruption.
Examination Pattern & Marking Scheme
CBSE Class 12 Accountancy was divided into two parts i.e., Part A and Part B.
Part A or Accounting for Partnership Firms and Companies had a weightage of 60 marks and students had to attempt all questions in this section.
Part B of the Accountancy paper had two options – Financial Statements & Computerized Accounting. This section amounted to 20 marks and students had to attempt questions from only one of the options.
Part A – Accounting for Partnership Firms and Companies
- There were 6 questions each carrying 1 mark.
- There were 4 questions each carrying 3 marks.
- There were 2 questions each carrying 4 marks.
- There were 3 questions each carrying 6 marks.
- There were 2 questions each carrying 8 marks.
Part B – Financial Statements or Computerized Accounting
- There were 2 questions each carrying 1 mark.
- There were 3 questions each carrying 4 marks.
- There was 1 question carrying 6 marks.
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Feedback of the students
CBSE Class 12 Accountancy Exam made a balanced way for students this year. Students found Class 12 Accountancy paper moderate in difficulty level and came up with many mixed responses. Check out the few points from the feedback of the students.
- The paper was lengthy and a little bit time consuming.
- The difficulty level of the question paper was moderate.
- Most of the questions were based directly from NCERT.
- Issue of shares related questions were tricky.
- There was a typo error in a question where it was asked to prepare Revaluation Account instead of Realisation Account.
- All the questions in the paper were asked from the latest CBSE 12th Accountancy syllabus.
As per CBSE Date Sheet 2019, the next important exam for Commerce stream students is Business Studies which is scheduled to be held on March 14, 2019. Even though if your Accountancy exam were not too good, it’s now time to focus on Business Studies paper. You can prepare with the best resources of this period provided by MTG publications.
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MTG wishes you all the very best for your Board examinations!
