Question Paper Pattern, Distribution and Weightage of Marks For R20 Regulation

Attendance Requirements :

a. A student is eligible to write the University examinations if he acquires a minimum of 40% in each subject and 75% of attendance in aggregate of all the subjects.
b. Condonation of shortage of attendance in aggregate up to 10% (65% and above and below 75%) may be granted by the College Academic Committee. However, this condonation concession is applicableonly to any two semesters during the entire programme.
c. Shortage of Attendance below 65% in aggregate shall not be condoned.
d. A student who is short of attendance in a semester may seek re-admission into that semester when offered within 4 weeks from the date of commencement of class work.
e. Students whose shortage of attendance is not condoned in any semester are not eligible to write their end semester examination of that class.
f. A stipulated fee of Rs. 500/- in the concerned semester shall be payable towards condonation of shortage of attendance. Students availing condonation on medical ground shall produce a medical certificate issued by the competitive authority.
g. A student will be promoted to the next semester if he satisfies the
(i) attendance requirement of the present semester and
(ii) minimum required credits.
h. If any candidate fulfills the attendance requirement in the present semester, he shall not be eligible forreadmission into the same class.
i. For induction programme attendance shall be maintained as per AICTE norms.
j. For non-credit mandatory courses the students shall maintain the attendance similar to credit courses

Evaluation-Distribution and Weightage of marks :

(i) Paper setting and evaluation of the answer scripts shall be done as per the procedures laid down by theUniversity Examination section from time to time.
(ii) For non-credit mandatory courses, like Environmental Sciences, Universal Human Values, Ethics, Indian Constitution, Essence of Indian Traditional Knowledge, the student has to secure 40% of the marks allotted in the internal evaluation for passing the course. No marks or letter grade shall be allotted for all mandatory non-credit courses.
(iii)A student is deemed to have satisfied the minimum academic requirements if he has earned the credits allotted to each theory/practical design/drawing subject/ project etc by securing not less than 35% of marks in the end semester exam and minimum 40% of marks in the sum total of the internal marks andend semester examination marks together.
(iv) Distribution and Weightage of marks: The assessment of the student’s performance in each course will be based on Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) and Semester-End Examination (SEE). The performance of a student in each semester shall be evaluated subject–wise with a maximum of 100 marks for theory subject and 50 marks for practical subject. For theory subjects the distribution shall be 30 marks for Internal Evaluation and 70 marks for the End Examinations.

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Continuous Internal Theory Evaluation :

(a) For theory subjects, during a semester, there shall be two mid-term examinations. Each midterm examination consists of
(i) one online objective examination
(ii) one descriptive examination and
(iii) one assignment. The online examination (objective) shall be 10 marks and descriptive examination shall be for 15 marks with a total duration of 1 hour 50 minutes (20 minutes for objective and 90 minutes for descriptive paper).
(b) The first online examination (objective) is set with 20 multiple choice questions for 10 marks (20 questions x ½ marks) from first two and half units (50% of the syllabus) and it is conducted by University Examination Section. The descriptive examination is set with 3 full questions for5 marks each from first two and half units (50% of the syllabus), the student has to answer all questions. In the similar lines, the second online and descriptive examinations shall be conductedon the rest of the syllabus.
(c) The assignment is given by the concerned class teacher for five marks from first two and half units(50% of the syllabus). The second assignment shall be given from rest of the syllabus. The first assignment should be submitted before the conduct of the first mid-term examination, and the second assignment should be submitted before the conduct of the second mid-term examination.
(d) The total marks secured by the student in each mid-term examination are evaluated for 30 marks. The first mid marks (Mid-1) consisting of marks of online objective examination, descriptive examination and assignment shall be submitted to the University examination section within one week after completion of first mid examination.
(e) The mid marks submitted to the University examination section shall be displayed in the concerned college notice boards for the benefit of the students.
(f) If any discrepancy found in the submitted Mid-1 marks, it shall be brought to the notice of university examination section within one week from the submission.
(g) Second mid marks (Mid-2) consisting of marks of online objective examination, descriptive examination and assignment shall also be submitted to University examination section within oneweek after completion of second mid examination and it shall be displayed in the notice boards. Ifany discrepancy found in the submitted mid-2 marks, it shall be brought to the notice of universityexamination section within one week from the submission.
(h) Internal marks can be calculated with 80% weightage for better of the two mids and 20% Weightage for another mid exam.
Example:
Mid-1 marks = Marks secured in (online examination-1+descriptive examination-1 +one assignment-1)
Mid-2 marks = Marks secured in (online examination-2+descriptive examination-2 +one assignment-2)
Final internal Marks = (Best of (Mid-1/Mid-2) marks x 0.8 + Least of (Mid-1/Mid-2) marks x 0.2)
(i) With the above criteria, university examination section will send mid marks of all subjects in consolidated form to all the concerned colleges and same shall be displayed in the concerned college notice boards. If any discrepancy found, it shall be brought to the notice of university examination section through proper channel within one week with all proofs. Discrepancies brought after the given deadline will not be entertained under any circumstances.