How to frame question paper

1. STRATEGIES FOR
PREPARING QUESTION
PAPERS
B Y :
A S H W I N I K U M A R

2. Q.P. IS VERY IMPORTANT BASIC TOOL
FOR EVALUATION
• A question paper measures the change in the level of students’
knowledge.
• It meets the objectives of the examination.
• It helps teachers to analyze students’ performance.
• It provides support to improvise teaching techniques.
• It helps in taking suitable help from the parents of the students.
• Students analyze their strong and weak areas.

3. 1 . W h o i s s e t t i n g t h e Q u e s t i o n P a p e r … . .
2 . W h a t i s r e q u i r e d i n t h e q u e s t i o n p a p e r
3 . H o w m u c h c o n t e n t t o c o v e r
4 . L a y o u t o f q u e s t i o n p a p e r
5 . T i m e
6 . M a x i m u m m a r k s
7 . S p l i t u p o f m a r k s a n d s y l l a b u s
8 . B l u e p r i n t o f q u e s t i o n p a p e r
9 . E v a l u a t i o n s c a l e s / M a r k i n g S c h e m e
POINTS TO PONDER

4. PAPER SETTER
Plays very IMPORTANT role in preparing question paper.
Must put himself/herself in the SHOES OFTHE STUDENTS.
Must justify the TYPE, LEVEL & DURATION of questions.
Must have FULL KNOWLEDGE of the Question Paper content
area.
Must ensure that the Question Paper helps and motivates the
students to express with comfort.
Must balance the TIME ALLOTMENT with CONTENT
EXPECTED from the students.

5. COMPETENCIES:
•COMPREHENSION BASED
•APPLICATION BASED
•KNOWLEDGE /MEMORY BASED
•VALUE BASED
IT IS REQUIREDTO PLANTHE QUANTUM OF
CONTENT AND MARKS FORTHE FOLLOWING:

6. QUESTION PAPER MUST MEETTHE
REQUIREMENTS OF ALL STUDENTS:
•Slow Bloomers
•Average
•High Achievers

7. TYPES OF QUESTIONS:
•One Word type questions.
•Multiple ChoiceType questions.
•Very short answer type questions.
•Short answer type questions.
•Long answer type questions.
•Very long answer type questions.

8. INSTRUCTIONS
FOR QUESTION PAPER
➢GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
➢MAXIMUM TIME
➢MAXIMUM MARKS
➢NUMBER OF SECTIONS
FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
➢LANGUAGE SHOULD BE CLEAR AND EASYTO UNDERSTAND
➢WORD LIMIT
➢MARKS

9. PRECAUTIONS:
• Length of the Question Paper
• Pattern of the Question Paper
• Language of the questions / instructions
• Time management
• Students’ comfort and level
• No repetition of questions
• No spelling mistakes

10. BLUE PRINT

11. EVALUATION PROMPTS
• Marking Scheme should be prepared for the
evaluators.
• Question wise evaluation criteria / value points
should be provided.
• Marks for each question and sub-question must be
properly split.
EVALUATION MUST BE DONEWITH GREAT
HONESTY, DEDICATION, INTIGRITY AND
SERIOUSNESS

12. THANK YOU