PROGRAMMING FOR PROBLEM SOLVING-2

MARKS DISTRIBUTION:

          The evaluation of the students in each course is a continuous process and is based on their performance in 

          different examinations as mentioned below:

	Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE)
Internal Evaluation	Midterm Exam: 20 Marks (Two midterm exams of each 20 marks and average marks is taken as final)	30 Marks
	Assignment: 05 marks
	Alternate Assessment: 05 marks (Seminar, In-class Assessment, Mini Project, Quiz, Regularity)
External Evaluation	Semester End Examination (SEE)	70 Marks

Midterm Examinations:

There will be two midterm examinations in theory courses for a maximum of 30 marks to be answered in 90 minutes duration and will be scaled down to 20 marks. The first midterm examination will be on the first two units of the syllabus and the second midterm examination will be on the last three units. The final marks of midterm examinations are calculated by taking average of two midterm examinations. Any fraction will be rounded off to next higher integer. In case a student does not appear for midterm examination, a missing examination will be conducted upon the recommendations of standing committee subjected to payment of a prescribed fee for each missing examination.

Assignment and Alternate Assessment:

There will be five assignments in a semester for each subject. Each assignment carries 05 marks. The average of five assignments will be considered for awarding 05 marks. Remaining 05 marks are based on the performance in the alternate assessment. The alternate assessment strategies include in-class participation, regularity, quiz, seminar, mini-project etc. The modalities for conducting the assignment and alternate assessment will be decided by the department concerned.

Semester End Examinations (SEE):

The SEE question paper in theory courses will be for a maximum of 70 marks to be answered in three hours duration. The details of the question paper pattern are as follows,

·         The SEE will be conducted for 70 marks consisting of two parts viz.

i) Part- A for 20 marks ii) Part - B for 50 marks.

·         Part-A is compulsory which consists of ten questions carrying 2 marks each. Two questions from each unit.

• Part-B consists of five questions (numbered from 2 to 6) carrying 10 marks each. Each of these questions is from one unit and may contain sub-questions. For each question there will be an “either” “or” choice, which means that there will be two questions from each unit and the student should answer either of the two questions.