CODE: VNIW
CODE: VNIW
Question Paper Pattern, Distribution and Weightage of Marks For R20 Regulation
a. A student is eligible to write the University examinations if he acquires a minimum of 40%
in each subject and 75% of attendance in aggregate of all the subjects.
b. Condonation of shortage of attendance in aggregate up to 10% (65% and above and below
75%) may be granted by the College Academic Committee. However, this condonation
concession is applicableonly to any two semesters during the entire programme.
c. Shortage of Attendance below 65% in aggregate shall not be condoned.
d. A student who is short of attendance in a semester may seek re-admission into that semester
when offered within 4 weeks from the date of commencement of class work.
e. Students whose shortage of attendance is not condoned in any semester are not eligible to
write their end semester examination of that class.
f. A stipulated fee of Rs. 500/- in the concerned semester shall be payable towards
condonation of shortage of attendance. Students availing condonation on medical ground
shall produce a medical certificate issued by the competitive authority.
g. A student will be promoted to the next semester if he satisfies the
(i) attendance requirement
of the present semester and
(ii) minimum required credits.
h. If any candidate fulfills the attendance requirement in the present semester, he shall not be
eligible forreadmission into the same class.
i. For induction programme attendance shall be maintained as per AICTE norms.
j. For non-credit mandatory courses the students shall maintain the attendance similar to credit courses
(i) Paper setting and evaluation of the answer scripts shall be done as per the procedures laid down by
theUniversity Examination section from time to time.
(ii) For non-credit mandatory courses, like Environmental Sciences, Universal Human Values,
Ethics, Indian Constitution, Essence of Indian Traditional Knowledge, the student has to secure
40% of the marks allotted in the internal evaluation for passing the course. No marks or letter
grade shall be allotted for all mandatory non-credit courses.
(iii)A student is deemed to have satisfied the minimum academic requirements if he has earned the
credits allotted to each theory/practical design/drawing subject/ project etc by securing not less
than 35% of marks in the end semester exam and minimum 40% of marks in the sum total of the
internal marks andend semester examination marks together.
(iv) Distribution and Weightage of marks:
The assessment of the student’s performance in each course will be based on Continuous Internal
Evaluation (CIE) and Semester-End Examination (SEE). The performance of a student in each
semester shall be evaluated subject–wise with a maximum of 100 marks for theory subject and
50 marks for practical subject. For theory subjects the distribution shall be 30 marks for Internal
Evaluation and 70 marks for the End Examinations.
S.no | Components | Internal | External | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Theory | 30 | 70 | 100 |
2 | Engineering Graphics/Design/Drawing | 30 | 70 | 100 |
3 | Practical | 15 | 35 | 50 |
4 | Mini Project/Internship/Industrial Training/ Skill Development programmes/Research Project | - | 50 | 50 |
5 | Project Work | 60 | 140 | 200 |
(a) For theory subjects, during a semester, there shall be two mid-term examinations. Each midterm examination consists of
(i) one online objective examination
(ii) one descriptive examination and
(iii) one assignment. The online examination (objective) shall be 10 marks and descriptive
examination shall be for 15 marks with a total duration of 1 hour 50 minutes (20 minutes for
objective and 90 minutes for descriptive paper).
(b) The first online examination (objective) is set with 20 multiple choice questions for 10
marks (20 questions x ½ marks) from first two and half units (50% of the syllabus) and it is
conducted by University Examination Section. The descriptive examination is set with 3
full questions for5 marks each from first two and half units (50% of the syllabus), the student
has to answer all questions. In the similar lines, the second online and descriptive
examinations shall be conductedon the rest of the syllabus.
(c) The assignment is given by the concerned class teacher for five marks from first two and half
units(50% of the syllabus). The second assignment shall be given from rest of the syllabus.
The first assignment should be submitted before the conduct of the first mid-term
examination, and the second assignment should be submitted before the conduct of the
second mid-term examination.
(d) The total marks secured by the student in each mid-term examination are evaluated for 30
marks. The first mid marks (Mid-1) consisting of marks of online objective examination,
descriptive examination and assignment shall be submitted to the University examination
section within one week after completion of first mid examination.
(e) The mid marks submitted to the University examination section shall be displayed in the
concerned college notice boards for the benefit of the students.
(f) If any discrepancy found in the submitted Mid-1 marks, it shall be brought to the notice of
university examination section within one week from the submission.
(g) Second mid marks (Mid-2) consisting of marks of online objective examination, descriptive
examination and assignment shall also be submitted to University examination section within
oneweek after completion of second mid examination and it shall be displayed in the notice
boards. Ifany discrepancy found in the submitted mid-2 marks, it shall be brought to the notice
of universityexamination section within one week from the submission.
(h) Internal marks can be calculated with 80% weightage for better of the two mids and 20%
Weightage for another mid exam.
Example:
Mid-1 marks = Marks secured in (online examination-1+descriptive examination-1
+one assignment-1)
Mid-2 marks = Marks secured in (online examination-2+descriptive examination-2
+one assignment-2)
Final internal Marks = (Best of (Mid-1/Mid-2) marks x 0.8
+ Least of (Mid-1/Mid-2) marks x 0.2)
(i) With the above criteria, university examination section will send mid marks of all subjects in
consolidated form to all the concerned colleges and same shall be displayed in the concerned
college notice boards. If any discrepancy found, it shall be brought to the notice of university
examination section through proper channel within one week with all proofs. Discrepancies
brought after the given deadline will not be entertained under any circumstances.