CBSE students may now get a chance to apply directly to foreign universities

The Central Board of Secondary Education is introducing the CBSE-International curriculum in 100 affiliated schools in India from the academic session 2013. The program is already being implemented in several schools across Singapore, Oman, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Japan and is long due to be implemented in India as well.

The CBSE-i curriculum follows the international pattern and will do away with the need to opt for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program or the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) for students aspiring to go abroad after completing their class XIIth in India. The curriculum incorporates subjects like visual arts, performing arts, research, life skills and physical education besides language, science and social science. Seems like CBSE, through this program, is also looking towards the all-round holistic development of the students and not just focusing on their academic progress.

CBSE-i has been a success internationally and now, with over 350 Indian schools having expressed their interest to join the program, students here should also be able to be a part of this program soon.

This is an important step taken by CBSE to promote world-class education in India. Incorporating the program in all the schools will be significant in bringing the Indian school curriculum at par with that followed worldwide.

Kudos to CBSE for this initiative!

Cheers!

Team Meritnation

3 comments May 15th, 2012

CBSE changes class 12th Accountancy Syllabus

CBSE has changed the syllabus for Class XII^th Accountancy with effect from the academic session 2012-13. The below mentioned points highlight the basic changes that have been made.

1. As per the new syllabus, the first unit of Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organizations carrying 10 marks has been removed from the Class XII^th syllabus.
2. The weightage of two units viz. Fundamentals and Reconstitution (and Dissolution) has been increased by five marks each.
3. A clear cut bifurcation of marks has been made in the unit ‘Accounting for Share Capital and Debenture’. This unit earlier carried 25 marks but there was no specific distribution of marks between the two parts- Shares and Debentures. From this year, Accounting for Share Capital will carry 18 marks and Accounting for Debenture will carry 7 marks.
4. No change has been made in the syllabus for Part-B and Part-C.
5. Part A is compulsory for all students, however in addition to Part A, a student may opt for any one section out of Part B and Part C.

New Syllabus at a glance

1 comment May 8th, 2012

Now IIT aspirants need not wait to see how they fared in IIT-JEE 2012

For the first time ever, IIT aspirants will get to to see their evaluated optical response sheets on the JEE website before the results are declared on May 18, 2012. This step has been taken to maintain complete transparency in the evaluation process and to enable the students to go through their answer sheets to check for any errors and subsequently lodge an online complaint if need be.

The evaluated answer sheets will be available online from May 5 to May 10 and requests for revision will close on May 10. If an error has been committed, the responses will be updated by May 14.

It’s a welcome move for all IIT aspirants now that you’ll be able to evaluate your strong and weak areas as well. So, it’s a win-win situation in every way.

Cheers!

Team Meritnation

2 comments May 4th, 2012

Flutter by, like a butterfly

We wish our students a wondrous year ahead, one that is full of new learning, new friends and adventure. And it is always the same feeling this time of the year with a mixture of excitement and anticipation for the new session and the summer break that is just around the corner. This is also the time to treasure moments from the last year so that they can be relived and remembered for years to come.

As a tribute to this wonderful time of the year, Meritnation has changed its header to unleash the butterfly that is there in all of our hearts. Go on, share your thoughts and let us know what would you do if you could be a free butterfly for a day!!

Here is a beautiful poem by RiverChild that will bring a smile to your face.

Flutter by, butterfly
You are free to go
Anywhere you wish to be
Wherever the wind blows

Flutter by, butterfly
Gliding on the wind
Your happiness will take you higher
Your beauty glows within

Flutter by, butterfly
And when you reach the stars
You can come back down and tell me
How beautiful they are

Flutter by, butterfly
Come on by my way
And when you finally see me
You’ll see my smiling face

Poem by RiverChild

13 comments May 3rd, 2012

Meritnation.com rolls out its maiden Television Campaign!

Yet another important milestone in the journey of Meritnation! Meritnation.com - India’s leading online education portal for students of classes I- XII is proud to announce the launch of its maiden television campaign! Aimed to create an awareness about its learning resources among parents and students across India, the television commercial highlights the advantage of Meritnation.com’s learning resources and how students can score higher marks in their exams by using its interesting multimedia tutorials, fun interactive exercises, practice tests, expert help and a host of other value adding features that are all geared to make school easy.

To view the television commercial click www.youtube.com/meritnation

Pavan Chauhan, CEO, Meritnation.com says, “Our objective is to impact the lives of students throughout the country through our quality learning resources and make a difference in the way they study. With over 20 lakh happy Meritnation.com users, the process has already started. Our new campaign will assist us reach out to a larger number of students and help them make school easy”

The learning resources by Meritnation.com include high-quality online study material for CBSE, ICSE and leading state boards such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The online resources range from interactive activities, a variety of tests & sample papers to CBSE Proficiency Tests & Olympiad Packs for specific exam requirements. In addition, Meritnation also offers Online Test Packs for entrance exam preparation such as AIEEE, CPT etc.

Meritnation’s interactive Ask & Answer forum allows students to get all their doubts solved with the help of Meritnation experts. Customized learning solutions by Meritnation.com, complete with detailed feedback reports, a variety of tests, study material enriched with videos, interactive curriculum-based puzzles and more, help take the ‘weight’ off studies and make studies fun and enjoyable.

Besides the learning and assessment solutions, Meritnation.com also provides students the opportunity to gather interesting insights into their personalities. Students can take Meritnation’s online personality, aptitude & interest tests and identify their strengths and weaknesses. The Stream Selector, a scientifically designed tool offers valuable recommendations to students studying in classes IX & X to help them make an informed choice while deciding on their subjects/ stream in class XI.

We at Meritnation.com are confident that by using our online resources school will be ‘easy’ and your marks will only soar higher and higher!

Cheers!
Team Meritnation

2 comments April 16th, 2012

CBSE’s Proficiency Test 2012 is here!

CBSE Proficiency Tests 2012 are here! All CBSE class X students who have appeared for their class X examinations in the year 2012 are eligible to sit for these tests. Schools are required to submit online, subject-wise details of students interested to appear for the Proficiency Tests 2012, latest by 14th April 2012.

The Proficiency Tests are scheduled to be held in the month of July 2012. Each Proficiency Test will be a 21/2 hour long multiple-choice test, of 100 marks and is geared to assess students’ ability to apply their understanding of concepts in Math, Science, English, Hindi & Social Science while solving everyday problems. These tests will help in providing feedback to students & parents on how well the students have been able to achieve their learning goals, thereby also motivating students to excel in the respective subjects in the higher classes.

All you students out there, who have opted for Proficiency Tests in Math & Science, can prepare using Meritnation.com’s Proficiency Test Packs in Maths & Science for a guaranteed great performance. Meritnation’s Proficiency Test Pack will equip you with sample Proficiency Tests in Math & Science as per the testing pattern adopted by CBSE. So what are you waiting for?! Subscribe to Meritnation’s Proficiency Test Pack today to start preparing for an excellent performance in the upcoming CBSE Proficiency Tests.

Cheers!
Team Meritnation

1 comment March 30th, 2012

Meritnation.com launches Economics Test Pack for CBSE XI

Great news for all you students studying Economics in Class XI! Meritnation.com launches Economics Test Pack for CBSE Class XI. Now get set to top your Economics exam as you prepare with Economics Test Pack developed with special emphasis on important questions to help you confidently tackle both numerical and theoretical problems. Revise important formulae in topics such as Correlation, Index Numbers, Measures of Deviations with ease with the help of concise Revision Notes. A variety of tests and Revision Notes written in easy-to-understand style in Meritnation’s Economics Test Pack will help you thoroughly assess your understanding of chapters such as Unemployment, Poverty, Comparative Economic Development and others for a guaranteed great performance in exams.

So subscribe to Economics Test Pack now to ensure top marks in Economics this year.

Cheers!
Team Meritnation

3 comments March 27th, 2012

Class XII Maths-Important Questions in Unit 2

Dear students,

Let us see the preparation strategy for unit 2. This unit contributes to 13 marks in the examination. Let us first see the question pattern of this unit.

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We have sorted out important topics on each chapter as given in the above table. You are advised not to miss the topics/areas we are suggesting so that you score the maximum in the ensuing boards exam. The topics/areas are:

Matrices

• Construction of a matrix, when a general formula/rule is given
• Addition (subtraction) of two matrices and scalar multiplication of a matrix
• Product of two matrices
• Problems related to matrix equation
• Problems based on singularity of matrix
• Transpose of a matrix
• Expressing square matrix as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric matrix
• Inverse of a matrix using elementary row/column operations [For 2 2 matrix, 4 marks; for 3  3 matrix, 6 marks may come]

Determinants

• Finding the value of determinant
• Area of triangle using determinant
• Properties of determinants to prove a given relation [6 marks or 4 marks is compulsory for this topic]
• Finding minors and cofactors
• Finding adjoint of a matrix
• Finding determinant of adjoint A, when we are given |A|, for a matrix A
• Finding inverse of the matrix using the formula X = A–1 B, A-1 = Adj A/ |A|
• Solving the system of equations, using matrix method    [6 marks or 4 marks is compulsory for this topic]
• Determining system of equations as consistent/inconsistent.

Click here to view Question asked in previous years.

Best of luck!
Team Meritnation

6 comments March 21st, 2012

Class XII Maths-Important Questions in Unit 1

According to CBSE, the structure of the mathematics board examination is as follows:

Mathematics paper consists of 29 questions divided into three sections A, B and C. Section A comprises of 10 questions of one mark each, Section B comprises of 12 questions of four marks each, and Section C comprises of 7 questions of six marks each.

All questions in section A are to be answered in one word, one sentence or as per the exact requirements of the question.

There is no overall choice. However, internal choice will be provided in 4 questions of four marks each and 2 questions of six marks each. You have to attempt only one of the part in all such questions.

We at Meritnation have analysed the question papers of the last five years. Our study has revealed some trends and patterns which we would like to share with you to enable you prepare in the right direction.
In this article, we will focus on Unit I and present a detailed preparation strategy for you.

UNIT 1                           10 marks
Question pattern:

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We have sorted out important topics on each chapter as given in the above table. You are advised not to miss the topics/areas we are suggesting so that you score the maximum in the ensuing boards exam. The topics/areas are:

Relations and Functions

• Determine whether a given relation is reflexive/symmetric/transitive/equivalence (or not) and related deductions like finding the set of all elements related with a particular element (Equivalence class)
• Identifying a given function as injective, surjective or bijective/invertible (or not)
• Composition of two given functions
• Formation of binary operation table for a given binary operation, and also showing the binary operation as commutative, associative (or not)
• Finding the identity element for a binary operation (if exists) and also finding inverse of an element.

Questions asked in previous years

1. State the reason for the relation R in the set {1, 2, 3} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 1)} not to be transitive. [1 mark, 2011]
2. Consider the binary operation * on the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} defined by a * b = min. {a, b}. Write the operation table of the operation *.
   [4 marks, 2011]
3. [1 Marks, 2010]
4. Show that the relation S in the set A = {x ∈ Z: 0 ≤ x ≤ 12} given by S = {(a, b): a, b ∈ Z, |a − b| is divisible by 4} is an equivalence relation. Find the set of all elements related to 1. [4 marks, 2010]
5. [1 Marks, 2009]
6. [4 Marks, 2009]
7. [4 Marks, 2008]

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

• Evaluation of principal value of a given trigonometric function
• Proving a given relation using properties of inverse trigonometric functions

Questions asked in previous years

Best of luck!
Team Meritnation

2 comments March 21st, 2012

Class XII Maths-Important Questions in Unit 3

Friends, we are left with very few days before the examination. We hope that your preparation must be at peak. So, just quickly go through the important topics of unit 3.

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We have sorted out important topics on each chapter as given in the above table. You are advised not to
miss the topics/areas we are suggesting so that you score the maximum in the ensuing boards exam. The topics/areas are:

Continuity and differentiability:
(1) Finding unknown when a continuous function is given
(2) Proving (or disproving) continuity of a function [Can come in 4 marks]
(3) Differentiation of polynomial and trigonometric functions [Can come in 4 marks]
(2) Differentiation of inverse trigonometric functions
(3) Differentiation of parametric functions [Can come in 4 marks]
(4) Using differentiation to prove a relation
(5) Verification of Rolle’s and Mean value theorem for the given function

Application of derivatives:
(1) Finding whether the function is (strictly) increasing or decreasing in the given intervals
(2) Equation of tangents and normals
(3) Word problems involving Maxima and Minima
(Important Ones: Cylinder inscribed in a sphere/Cubical tank) [Can come in 6 marks]
(4) Absolute maximum value or absolute minimum value
(5) First derivative test
(6) Second derivative test
(7) Local maxima and local minima
Note: Word problem on Maxima and Minima carry 6 marks.

Integration:
(1) Simple integration
(2) Integration by substitution, integration using partial fractions, and integration by parts
(3) Special integrals
(4) Definite integrals using properties [Can come in 6 marks]
(5) Definite integrals using substitution
(6) Definite integral involving limit change
(7) Definite integrals as limit of sum
(8) Area under the curves, area under the lines and area under the curve and the line
[A 6 marks question can be expected from this topic]
Note: Problems involving definite integrals using properties and area under curve carry 6 marks.

Differential equations:
(1) Forming differential equation, representing the family of certain curves
(2) Solving questions based on Variable separable method
(3) Homogeneous equations [Can come in 6 /4 marks]
(4) Linear differential equations [Can come in 4 marks]

Let’s see what all questions from this unit have been asked previously.

Unit 3 List of Important Questions

Best of luck!
Team Meritnation

6 comments March 21st, 2012