Central Board for Secondary Education, CBSE, conducts the board examinations for class 10^th students of schools affiliated with CBSE all over the country. The class 10^th CBSE board exams will be held in the month of March 2020 this year, and due to the short time remaining in the exam dates to be announced, students and teachers are busy in the preparations.

In order to help the students with their exam preparations, CBSE has recently released the CBSE sample papers 2020 as well as the marking scheme and answers for Class 10 sample papers 2020. These sample papers will give the students a good idea about the probable format of the exam and are, therefore, an essential part of the preparation. Students wishing to score good marks in the Class 10^th exams must attempt these sample papers.

CBSE Class 10^th Sample Papers and Answer Key with Marking Scheme

In order to assist the students with their preparations, CBSE has released the sample papers of all subjects for Class 10^th board exams along with the answer keys. Students need to log-on to the official portal of CBSE, i.e. www.cbse.nic.in to download these sample papers along with the marking scheme and answer keys in PDF format.

Once downloaded, students must take printouts of these PDF files to be able to practice them in an exam like situation. In order to enhance the efficiency of the preparations, it is advisable to attempt the sample papers as per the order of the exams. As the answer key is also available along with, the preparation process will become more efficient, and students will have a better chance of achieving the desired marks. Official website for CBSE www.cbse.nic.in.

Key features of CBSE Class 10^th Marking Scheme 2020

The marking cum evaluation scheme released by CBSE contains the hints to answers along with the essential concepts that must be a part of the answers. Some of the major features of the CBSE class 10^th marking scheme are: –

• The answer key contains step-wise answers for every question for better understanding.
• All the key points and concepts have been included in the answer key.
• The answering criteria to be followed by students while writing their board exams have also been mentioned in the answer key.
• Weight distribution across different sections have also been specified.

By following the answer key released by CBSE for the Class 10^th board exams, you can now understand the answering pattern that you must follow in order to get the desired marks. Thus, students who are going to appear for the Class 10^th board exams in March 2020, must download the sample question papers with the answer key and marking scheme immediately and start practising it to enhance the efficiency of their preparation efforts for the upcoming board exams.