It was a difficult day for commerce and science students attempting their HSC exams on Tuesday. While commerce students were appalled with the difficulty level of their Organisational Commerce (OC) exam, many science students, who had their paper Physics II exam, were in tears when they came out of their examination hall.

"It was horribly difficult. I never expected OC to be so tough. There were several complicated and tricky questions that it threw us off-kilter," said Manan Parekh, a student of Podar College, Matunga. Students are now dreading their Book Keeping and Accountancy exam which is on Wednesday. "If OC could be that difficult, I am wondering how we will fare in Accounts exam," said Suresh Patkar, a commerce student.

Even science students had a bad day. "Seeing the easy theory section, I was very happy. However, when I moved on to solve the problems, I found them extremely difficult. In fact, nobody from my class managed to get the right answer to the first and third problem. Also in the last question, the value of E/m was not given, which is a must," said Anupama Wadekar, a student from Ghatkopar.

Abhijeet Naik from Mulund, said, "Students were almost in tears as they did not manage to get the answers right. It was not only difficult, but it seemed something was missing in the question. Many could not finish the paper on time."

However, Chandresh Fooria, director of Science, Mahesh Tutorials said, "There are no errors in the paper. It was just a difficult sum."

DNA Correspondent/ DNA-Daily News & Analysis Source: 3D Syndication