chennai cbse schools in the city are using even neet and jee question papers to help class x and xii students prepare for their first term exam which will only have multiple choice questions under the new scheme the term1 will end with a 90minute objective type exam and term2 with a 120minute subjective test a candidates marks will be calculated on the basis of the performance in both termsmost of the schools have begun revision tests and based on their performance are teaching students ways to navigate the examharini a class xii student said her school explained the core concepts in ncert textbooks school gave us shortcuts and strategies to solve the questions in a short time she saiddeepta a class xii commerce student said her school is giving a lot of materials for students to prepare for the exam teachers are asking us to prepare for the exam based on ncert textbooks and be clear on the concepts she said the objective type questions were easier for theory subjects for accountancy and maths time management was an issue she addednithin a class x student said time management is a challenge in the mcq exam students who are thorough with concepts can score high marks this mcq pattern will help students prepare for competitive exams he saidr sivasankari a physics teacher in a city school said to ace mcq tests students need to have conceptual understanding of topics and should be aware of the application of concepts as well in a descriptive test even the wrong answer with correct steps or a part of the answer will yield marks but in the mcq test it is either wrong or correct she saidv gowrilakshmi principal of chinmaya vidyalaya in anna nagar said it is a challenge for students they should know how to eliminate wrong answers we are concentrating on practice paperssboa school and junior college in anna nagar prepared inhouse a revision book by taking multiple choice questions chapterwise from ncert textbookswe are giving assignments based on mcq pattern questions after completing every lesson our teachers are also asking students to refer to neet and jee question papers to get familiar with objective type question papers said its k manoharanstudents need to be thorough with the concepts we have made neet and jee question papers reference points to prepare for the multiple choice based questions said n vijayan senior principal zion and alwin group of schools