CBSE Open Text Based Assessment (CBSE OTBA)

Open Text-based Assessment (OTBA) in the subjects of Geography, Economics and Biology of Class XI

1. The Annual Examination in these subjects of Class XI will be conducted by the schools as per the past practice.
2. The Question papers will be developed by the teachers as per the syllabus and question paper design prescribed by the Board.
3. The Question papers in these subjects will have an OTBA section of 10 marks based on one of the open text materials supplied by the Board.
4. The questions for the OTBA section will be supplied by the CBSE through Integrated Test Management System (ITMS) in the months of February/March 2014.
5. With the inclusion of OTBA section of 10 marks the weightings of marks assigned to various
   units of the Geography, Biology and Economics Syllabus will proportionately reduce as shown
   below: 

6. Biology (044) - Class XI (2013-14)
   Theory-one paper 70 Marks		3 Hours
   UNIT	Title	Marks
   1	Diversity of Living Organisms	06 Marks
   2	Structural Organisations in Plants and Animals	10 Marks
   3	Cell: Structure and Functions	12 Marks
   4	Plant Physiology	16 Marks
   5	Human Physiology	16 Marks
   		60 Marks
   	Open Text-based Assessment	10 Marks