DURATION OF THE EXAMINATIONS - MID SEMESTER & END SEMESTER:

The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) examination shall be implemented in Semester pattern.Examination timetable for the odd semester will be communicated by 20th June and even semester by 7th December. Each semester examination shall consist of a Mid-Semester (Internal) Examination and End Semester examination. Mid Semester examination shall be conducted only for theory papers. End Semester Examination in theory papers carrying full marks above 50(e.g. 60, 75, 80 etc) shall be of 3 hours duration and practical shall be of 3hours (for full marks carrying 25). On the other hand, theory papers carrying 50 marks or below shall be of 2 hours duration.

MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION:

Mid semester examination will be of 01 hour duration for 20/15 marks(20 for subjects having no practical and 15 for subject with practical papers). There shall be no pass mark in Mid Semester examination. The type of questions will be decided by the college authority.

The Mid-Semester Examination shall be conducted and valued by the Teacher(s) who are teaching the corresponding paper or by any external faculty in the college(s). A student who fails to appear in a Mid-Semester Examination will be allowed one more chance to take the same examination. There will be no provision to re-appear in the Mid-Semester Examination for improvement.

The College has to conduct the Mid Semester Examination between 15th September to 30th October for1st, 3rd, & 5thSemester and in between1st March to 15th March for 2nd, 4th, & 6th Semester respectively and will feed the marks online under the University/College Examination management System within 15 days from the date of examination. In case of Mid Semester examination of Semester-I, marks shall be fed by 30th November.

The College authority will preserve the answer script of the Mid Semester examination for 06 months from the date of publication of result of concerned semester for reference.

The College authority will preserve the answer Script of the End Semester examination for 06 months from the date of publication of result for reference.

MARK DISTRIBUTION:

Subjects Without Practical :

Mid Semester	End Semester	Total
20	80	100

Subjects With Practical :

Mid Semester	End semester		Total
15	A-Theory	B-Practical	100
	60	25 (20 + 05 (Record))

 

Projects : The mark distribution would be subject specific. In general, the Project report will carry 80 marks and viva voce/Seminar will carry 20 marks. The report marks will be subdivided as : Introduction and context : 10 marks; Literature survey : 10 marks; Actual project work methodology : 20 marks, Results, discussion, critical analysis : 10 marks; Clarity of thought and aesthetics of report : 10 marks.

POLICY ON DSE PAPERS

• DSE – 4 for Honors students (6th Semester) will be a paper like the other three DSE papers. For students who have secured 60% in aggregate or above (or equivalent CGPA) in their first three semesters, colleges can exercise the option of offering a project to such students. Unless explicitly indicated in the respective subject curriculum, the recommended marking scheme will have about 60 % in the project report 40% in a Seminar cum Viva Voce). The Project paper will not have Mid Semester Examination and it will be evaluated by an Internal Examiner specified by the college.
• DSE Papers for Honours. Students may or may not have the Practical component as proposed by the respective Board of Studies. If there is no practical, tutorial classes are allotted as per the 5+1 formula.
• Individual faculty of the college are to prepare the list of probable project topics under their guidance for a batch in the beginning of the fifth semester to facilitate the students and such list to be notified by the college for information of students. Evaluation of project shall be completed before the commencement of the End Semester Examination of Semester-VI .

GRADE SYSTEM IN EACH PAPER (MID +END SEM EXAM) IN A SEMESTER

GRADING SYSTEM

Qualification	Grade	Mark Secured from 100	Grade Point
Outstanding	'O'	90-100	10
Excellent	'A+'	80-89	9
Very Good	'A'	70-79	8
Good	‘B+’	60-69	7
Above Average	‘B’	50-59	6
Fair	'C'	45-49	5
Pass	‘D’	40-44	4
Fail	'F'	Below  40	0
Absent	‘ABS’	00	0
Malpractice	‘M’	00	0

 

Qualification	Grade	Mark Secured from 100	Grade Point	Classification for Hons.	Classification for Pass
Outstanding	'O'	90-100	10	First Class Hons.	Pass
Excellent	'A+'	80-89	9
Very Good	'A'	70-79	8
Good	'B+'	60-69	7
Above average	‘B’	50-59	6	Second Class Hons.
Fair	'C'	45-49	5
Pass	'D'	40-44	4
Fail	'F'	Below 40	0		Fail
Absent	‘ABS’	00	0		Fail
Malpractice	‘M’	00	0		MP

 

1. The candidate obtaining Grade-F is considered failed and will be required to clear the back paper(s) in the subsequent examinations within the stipulated time.
2. For candidate in both Pass and Honours Courses securing ‘B’ Grade and above in aggregate in their first appearance will be awarded Distinction. However, students who could not appear at an examination due to they representing the University or State in Inter-University or Inter- State competitions in Games and Sports at national/international level or attending National level NCC/NSS camps will get one chance exemption for distinction.
3. FAIL/MP/HARD CASE and Back Paper Clearance candidates in any Semester Examination are not eligible for award of Distinction.

REPEAT EXAMINATION:

• A student has to clear back paper(s) (if failed) by appearing at subsequent/alternate semester examinations within six academic years from the year/session of admission. (refer Clause 3)
• A student may appear in improvement (having passed in that paper) in any number of papers ONLY ONCE in the next semester examination.

EXAMINATION QUESTION PATTERN

The duration of end semester examination is as reflected in Clause No.5 above.

For subjects other than language subjects and without having practical, full marks are 100 per paper out of which 20 marks are allotted for Mid-Semester Examination (Internal) and 80 marks are for end semester examination.

1. The question papers shall be divided into four parts
2. Part I will carry 12 one mark questions in the form of fill in the blanks and one word answer. (12 marks)
3. Part II will carry 10 two mark questions of which 8 have to be answered. The answer should be within two to three sentences maximum. (16 marks (8X2))
4. Part III will carry 10 three mark questions of which 8 have to be answered. The answer should be within 75 words maximum. (24 marks (8X3))
5. Part IV will carry 4 seven mark questions of EITHER OR format. The EITHER OR in question can be from same or different units of the paper. The answer should be within 500 words maximum. (28marks (7X4))

For subjects other than language subjects and with practical, full marks are 100 per paper out of which 15 marks is allotted for Mid- Semester Examination, 60 marks is for End Semester Examination and 25 marks is for practical.

1. The question papers shall be divided into four parts
2. Part I will carry 8 one mark questions in the form of fill in the blanks and one word answer. (08 marks(8X1)
3. Part II will carry 10 one point five mark questions of which 8 have to be answered. The answer should be within two to three sentences maximum. (12 marks (8X1.5))
4. Part III will carry 10 two mark questions of which 8 have to be answered. The answer should be within 75 words maximum. (16 marks (8X2))
5. Part IV will 4 numbers of six mark questions of EITHER OR format. The EITHER OR in question can be from same or different units of the paper. The answer should be within 500 words maximum. (24 marks (6X4))
6. Practical will carry 25 marks out of which 05 will be for records ,05 for viva voice and 15 for the core experiment .

For Language courses like Odia, Hindi, Sanskrit, English, the question pattern and marking scheme will be as given in the respective curriculum. For

MINIMUM PERCENTAGE AND MARKS TO BE SECURED FOR PASSING:

Paper without Practical :

Mid Semester	End Semester	Pass Mark – End Semester	Total	Paper Pass Mark
20	80	30% out of 80(i.e. 24 marks)	100	40 out of 100 By taking both components (i.e. Mid-Sem + End Sem Exam.)

1. End Semester(University Examinations) Total Mark: 80, 30% out of 80 (i.e. 24 mark)
2. Total Mark: 100 (40% out of 100)
3. No Pass mark for Mid Semester Exam. A student has to appear the Mid Semester Exam. Securing ‘ABS’ in both the chances in Mid Semester examinations, the student will be declared fail in that paper, though he/she secures pass mark in theory papers.

 

Papers with Practical :

Mid Sem	End Semester				Total	Paper Pass Mark
	A- Theor y	Pass Mark A-Theory	B-Practical	Pass Mark B-Practical
15	60	30% out of 60 (i.e. 18 mark)	25	40% out of 25 (i.e. 10 mark)	100	40 out of 100 By taking (i.e. Mid-Sem + End Sem Exam + Practical)

 

• Will be awarded “M” grade having 0(zero) Grade Point in the paper/papers concerned and he/she will be warned by the University with a copy to the parents/guardians or a notice in the official website of the University for the first offense.
• For repeated offense as described above in subsequent semester examinations inspite of the warning issued previously or grave misconduct despite warnings, he will be awarded “M” grade having 0(zero) Grade Point in all the papers of that examination and will be expelled from the college for one year.
• Any student found man-handling/threatening the officers/staff connected with the examinations (Invigilator, Centre Superintendent, Supervisors, Principal, Members of Flying squad, etc.) will be awarded “M” grade having 0(zero) Grade Point in all the papers of that Examination and will be expelled from the college for one year.Other disciplinary actions as deemed fit as per the Odisha conduct of examination Act-1988 or University first statute -1990 or IPC would be initiated by the University/college.

1. NB: In order to clear a Semester examination a candidate is required to pass in all theory & practical papers/project component of the said semester.

   EVALUATION RESPONSIBILITY

   SCHEME OF VALUATION

   Scheme of valuation has to be prepared by subject experts, preferably members of Board of Conducting Examiner for every paper and has to be supplied to the valuation zones by the Controller of Examination before evaluation.

   DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST UNFAIR MEANS IN EXAMINATIONS

   A student adopting malpractice and/or showing any indiscipline behavior, violating code of conduct [ Which includes: Use of programmable calculators, mobile phones(except the paper in which it is asked to use such tools )/ smart watch (even in switch off mode), document or any electronic devices having memory chips, leaving the Examination Hall within the first hour from the commencement of the examination, talking to other examinees in the Examination Hall, trying to give any help to others or trying to seek any help from others inside or outside the Examination Hall, using question papers and/or answer scripts for communicating with fellow examinee, exchange of question papers and answer scripts with other examinees/outsiders, writing answers in question papers, writing obscene or filthy languages in answer scripts, taking away the answer scripts or any examination materials/papers to the outside of the examination hall without intimation/permission from the concerned authority of the examination etc.]

   RE-ADDITION/RE-CHECKING AND UN-EVALUATED PORTION:

   A Student may apply through his/her college for Re-addition/Re-Checking of a paper within 15 calendar days from the date of publication of the results in each Semester. In case, there is any answer left unvalued, the same will be placed before the Board of Conducting Examiners of the respective subjects for valuation. The photocopy of answer scripts and information regarding re- addition of marks will be intimated to the candidate within 45 days.

   RE-ADDITION OF MARKS AND PHOTO COPY OF ANSWER SCRIPTS:

   A candidate desiring for re-addition of marks/photo copy of answer scripts may apply for the same in the prescribed application form available in the college with application fees as applicable for re-addition of marks per paper and for photo copies of answer scripts per paper within 15 days from the date of publication of the result. Here publication means the date on which the result of the particular candidate has actually been published.

   There will be no re-evaluation processes of the answer scripts. However, in case of serious irregularities in evaluation detected/pointed out, the answer book has to be placed before a high level committee consisting of one member of the Examination Committee, one member of Board of Conducting Examination. and one subject expert for assessment provided the difference in marks claimed is more than 10% of total marks in the paper. .If the new mark awarded by the high level committee is more than 5% of the total mark, the new mark is to be accepted. The recommendation of high level committee will be accepted under approval of the examination committee.

   1. End Semester(University Examinations) : Total Mark: 60, 30% out of Total Mark(i.e. 18 mark)
   2. Minimum pass mark for practical paper is 40%.
   3. Total Mark: 100 (40% out of 100)
   4. No Pass mark for Mid Semester Exam. A student has to appear the Mid Semester Exam. Securing ‘ABS’ in both the chances in Mid Semester examination, student will be declared fail in that paper, though he/she secures pass mark in theory and practical paper.