Officials conducting checks before allowing students to enter the exam centre at Canara College. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH
The students from Dakshina Kannada, who wrote the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test on Sunday, May 5, found questions in Chemistry and Biology easy while those in Physics of moderate difficulty level.
The students wrote the NEET, which is a qualifying examination for admission to medical courses, at 18 centres across Mangaluru. The examination was between 2 p.m. and 5.20 p.m.
The students said Physics had a good number of questions for which answers were lengthy. About four questions were tricky ones. The students pointed out that one question related to Radioactivity was not from the prescribed syllabus. They also said one question was wrongly framed.
Suicide
An 18-year-old student hailing from Mysuru was found dead in her room on the fourth floor of the hostel of her college in Moodbidri on Saturday. She was to write the NEET examination on Sunday.
The Moodbidri police said the reason for her suicide was not known, the police said.
(Those under stress and having suicidal tendencies can call Arogya Sahayavani 104 or the mental health helpline 14416 or 1800-89-14416)
