O level examinations.

Byline: Mumtaz Ali Abbasi - Karachi

FOR the preparation of O level examinations, students study past papers and also seek help from the officially published 'mark scheme' which provides guidelines for the examiners regarding the correct answers and grading the papers.

Recently, a student preparing for the said examinations, showed me the past paper for Pakistan Studies (Nov 2008). One of the questions asked was what would be the most suitable form of transport from Peshawar to Chitral for the delivery of gas cylinders. The answer options in the mark scheme were: 'road, lorry, rail'.

The student said that our text books emphasise on the fact that there is no railway in Chitral and the...

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