CBSE released Study Materials for Open Book Exam under Open Text Based Assessment OTBA for Class IX and XI

Updated: 4th Feb, 2017 - CBSE ends OTBA (Open Text Based Assessment)

In an extraordinary move to improve the quality of learning in India from the existing culture where many students are forced to learn by mugging, memorization and at times even cheating during examinations, CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) has decided to introduce ‘Open Book Examination’ under its new Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA) system for classes 9 and 11 starting from March 2014.

To know more about “ What is Open Book Examination System of CBSE” please see article: CBSE tostart Open Book Exam System with OTBA for Class 9 and 11 from 2014

The Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA) will be a part of Summative Assessment (SA) II of Class IX and Annual Examination of Class XI to be held in March, 2014 and will comprise questions of total 10 marks in each specified subject. These questions will be asked from the Open Text or Study Materials taken strictly from CBSE’s syllabi which have been already released by CBSE.

Instead of bringing all subjects under OTBA system, CBSE has restricted the number of subjects and topics to just a few for 2014 as given below (also given Download link) :

Study Materials for ‘Open Book Examination’ / Open Text-based Assessment (OTBA) for Class 9

Subjects	Topics
Hindi ‘Course A’	01. बालक - बालिकाओं के असमान लिंग अनुपात
Hindi ‘Course B’	02. बाल मज़दूरी
English Communicative	Information Technology and Values
English Language and Literature	The Future is Now: A zest for living
Mathematics	01. Planning a Garden 02. Adventure Camp
Science	01. Clean Air - A shared concern 02. Environment and Development - Lessons from the Hills
Social Science	01. A Tale from the Hills 02. Migration

Click Download Study Materials for CBSE Open Book Examination / Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA) for Class IX from CBSE (.zip file)

Study Materials for ‘Open Book Examination’ / Open Text-based Assessment (OTBA) for Class 11

Subjects	Topics
Geography	Indian Summer Monsoon and The Himalayan Tsunami
Economics	01. The Second Green Revolution 02. Medical Tourism in India
Biology	01. Life and Living 02. Incredible India

Click Download Study Materials for ‘Open Book Examination’ / Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA) for Class XI from CBSE (.zip file)

Please note that these ‘Open Text Study Materials’ inclusive of sample questions are for use in Summative Assessment II of Class IX, and Annual Examination of Class XI, 2014.

(Source: http://www.cbseacademic.in)