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How was Mechanics Paper 42!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How was the paper

  • Easy

    Votes: 27 19.0%
  • Hard

    Votes: 40 28.2%
  • Not Hard and Not easy

    Votes: 75 52.8%

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I appeared for the P42 the last year as well. That was one hell tough. There was this 14 Mark Graph question that almost everyone got wrong, thats why the grade threshold was so low. Its usually around the 40`s.
Today was comparatively very easy. Apart from that Q6, Which half of my friends got right, there was nothing too difficult.
No, it won`t be 44.
GT will probably be 39-41. But it wont be any lower than 39, for sure.
 
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i do agree 6th question was the trickiest question in the whole paper but if u would read it carefully it was easy basically u got to have time for that which i had!! :) threshold will be around 44 i guess

It can't go soo high.
Most probably GT for A would be 40/50
 
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Q.6 (iii) was a only toughest.
Other questions were very straight forwards. If you guys had practice past papers you might have no issues in solving these simple questions.
I did first 5 questions in 30min.
 
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Q.6 (iii) was a only toughest.
Other questions were very straight forwards. If you guys had practice past papers you might have no issues in solving these simple questions.
I did first 5 questions in 30min.
The first 5 were no issue at all.
It's Q6 (iii) and my handwriting in Q7 I'm worried about :/
 
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I had almost like 25 minutes for solving Q.6(iii) still couldn't get it right but went very close :)
 
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Well i couldnt prove the tension in Q3 did almost half of it so hope i get half the marks . Q6 (iii) was really hard n didnt know what to do . In Q 7 last part i didnt find the distance of the obj from the pulley . other than that I did everything . How many will I get ?
 
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hope the Gt is below 35 . last year it was 31 and th paper was Quiet esy compared to this one
 
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hope the Gt is below 35 . last year it was 31 and th paper was Quiet esy compared to this one
You know, solving a paper at home is considerably easier than solving the same paper in an examination hall.
At home you're not under pressure, you can take it easy, because you know that the mistakes you make can not harm you, only improve.
In the examination hall, one mistake and you're dead ._.
Lets just pray that it's in the low 30's.
 
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Well i couldnt prove the tension in Q3 did almost half of it so hope i get half the marks . Q6 (iii) was really hard n didnt know what to do . In Q 7 last part i didnt find the distance of the obj from the pulley . other than that I did everything . How many will I get ?
I had the same issues. Although I got Q6 right. Well it depends on how well you did the other questions. Expect 39/40. And hope that the GT is on 39 because it isn`t going any lower than this.
 
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You know, solving a paper at home is considerably easier than solving the same paper in an examination hall.
At home you're not under pressure, you can take it easy, because you know that the mistakes you make can not harm you, only improve.
In the examination hall, one mistake and you're dead ._.
Lets just pray that it's in the low 30's.

Yeah youre right man . but yeah all we can do is pray that the GT it low :) and the examiners are kind hearted :)
 
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You know, solving a paper at home is considerably easier than solving the same paper in an examination hall.
At home you're not under pressure, you can take it easy, because you know that the mistakes you make can not harm you, only improve.
In the examination hall, one mistake and you're dead ._.
Lets just pray that it's in the low 30's.
Second that
 
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I had the same issues. Although I got Q6 right. Well it depends on how well you did the other questions. Expect 39/40. And hope that the GT is on 39 because it isn`t going any lower than this.

Well isnt A GT above 40 cheating ans 40 is 80%marks man common :p
 
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Ummm dude last time it was 31 :p But this one was way easier. Expect a GT on 40.

Well no point i n pondering over it now :) Some people didnt do well in P1 n i didnt in M1 .I hope i get around 40 :)
 
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