India, Feb. 18 -- leena.dhankhar@hindustantimes.com

Students who appeared for the Class 10 Mathematics board examination on Tuesday reported mixed reactions, with many describing the standard maths paper as easy to moderate but lengthy, while the basic Maths paper surprised candidates with tricky and indirect questions. Teachers said most questions were within the prescribed syllabus and tested conceptual clarity rather than rote learning.

Kushal Kashyap of Lotus Valley International School said he received Set 2 and found it "easy but very lengthy", with most questions NCERT-based and a few from solved examples in reference books such as RD Sharma. "Compared to previous years, the difficulty level was slightly lower. Only one competenc...