<p>Multiple-choice questions seem to have helped students score better as the state saw an overall pass percentage of 74.67 in the 2nd PU exams whose results were announced on Friday.</p>.<p>This is a 12.79 percentage points increase from last year’s overall pass rate of 61.88 per cent. </p>.<p>As many as 5.24 lakh students out of the total 7.02 lakh who appeared for the exams held from March 9 to 29 have passed. Results are available in colleges and the government’s website <a href="http://karresults.nic.in " target="_blank">http://karresults.nic.in </a></p>.<p>“We introduced multiple choice questions in the exams from this year which helped students score more,” Karnataka School Examination & Assessment Board (KSEAB) chairperson R Ramachandran said. “In the coming years we will bring in some more measures to improve the results,” he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/k-taka-2nd-pu-result-7467-students-pass-1211618.html" target="_blank">K’taka 2nd PU result: 74.67% students pass</a></strong></p>.<p>Tabassum Shaik from NMKRV PU College, Bengaluru, topped the state for the Arts stream with 593 out of 600 marks. Ananya K A from Alva’s PU College, Moodbidri, scored 600 out 600 in Commerce.</p>.<p>SM Koushik from Gangotri Science PU College, Kolar, and Surabhi S from RV PU College, Bengaluru - shared the first position for the Science stream with 596 out of 600. Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu retained the first, second and third places, respectively.</p>.<p>Dakshina Kannada had a pass percentage of 95.33 followed by Udupi (95.24 per cent) and Kodagu (90.55 per cent).</p>.<p>This year, 23,754 students were absent in all subjects and 2,102 candidates missed the exams due to shortage of attendance. Meanwhile, as many as 10,153 students passed with grace marks.</p>.<p>From this year, the board will consider variation of even a single mark during the re-evaluation. However, Ramachandran asked the students to be doubly careful before applying for re-evaluation as even a single mark plus or minus will be considered.</p>.<p>“In case they get minus marks, then the same will be added in the marks card and it will not be changed,” he added.</p>
<p>Multiple-choice questions seem to have helped students score better as the state saw an overall pass percentage of 74.67 in the 2nd PU exams whose results were announced on Friday.</p>.<p>This is a 12.79 percentage points increase from last year’s overall pass rate of 61.88 per cent. </p>.<p>As many as 5.24 lakh students out of the total 7.02 lakh who appeared for the exams held from March 9 to 29 have passed. Results are available in colleges and the government’s website <a href="http://karresults.nic.in " target="_blank">http://karresults.nic.in </a></p>.<p>“We introduced multiple choice questions in the exams from this year which helped students score more,” Karnataka School Examination & Assessment Board (KSEAB) chairperson R Ramachandran said. “In the coming years we will bring in some more measures to improve the results,” he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/k-taka-2nd-pu-result-7467-students-pass-1211618.html" target="_blank">K’taka 2nd PU result: 74.67% students pass</a></strong></p>.<p>Tabassum Shaik from NMKRV PU College, Bengaluru, topped the state for the Arts stream with 593 out of 600 marks. Ananya K A from Alva’s PU College, Moodbidri, scored 600 out 600 in Commerce.</p>.<p>SM Koushik from Gangotri Science PU College, Kolar, and Surabhi S from RV PU College, Bengaluru - shared the first position for the Science stream with 596 out of 600. Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu retained the first, second and third places, respectively.</p>.<p>Dakshina Kannada had a pass percentage of 95.33 followed by Udupi (95.24 per cent) and Kodagu (90.55 per cent).</p>.<p>This year, 23,754 students were absent in all subjects and 2,102 candidates missed the exams due to shortage of attendance. Meanwhile, as many as 10,153 students passed with grace marks.</p>.<p>From this year, the board will consider variation of even a single mark during the re-evaluation. However, Ramachandran asked the students to be doubly careful before applying for re-evaluation as even a single mark plus or minus will be considered.</p>.<p>“In case they get minus marks, then the same will be added in the marks card and it will not be changed,” he added.</p>