Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education Raipur was established in the year 1975 and is governed by independent body of collective members. It is a well-known board and a number of good schools come under this board. It conducts examinations and prepares result for class 10 and 12 both. It provides knowledge and development skills to its students.

Subject information

Crop production and horticulture is the science and art of cultivating plants by preparing the proper soil condition for seed plantation. Propagation of plants and its cultivation, production of crops, genetic engineering plant physiology and biochemistry is included in the work of horticulturist. It is important to study this subject as it includes studies to improve and increase crop production and to protect them from pests and diseases.

Question paper pattern

All the questions contained in this paper are compulsory. There are total of twenty two questions in the paper. Question no 1 to 6 are very short questions and should be written in not more than thirty words. Questions from 7 to 12 are to be answered in fifty words. Questions from 13 to 17 are to be answered in not more than seventy five and the remaining questions are long answer questions which should not exceed 120 words.There are no sections in this paper and all the questions are serially aligned.This paper contains internal choices in the questions, that is, a question may have two parts and the candidate is required to answer any one.

Distribution of Marks and time duration

The craft and hygiene paper is of seventy five. The first six questions are very short answer questions carrying two marks each. The next six questions carry three marks each followed by the next set of five questions which are of four marks each and finally the last five questions carrying five marks respectively.The time duration of this paper is three hours.