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Students appearing for the CBSE class X examinations this year will face more of objective type questions in their mathematics and science and technology papers, a move aimed at helping them finish the tests in time. "The questions will be set in a manner so that the students will be able to answer all of them within the stipulated time," CBSE examination controller M C Sharma told. The mathematics paper, in which most of the students traditionally struggle, will have 80 marks devoted to theory and 20 to internal assessment. In the theory paper, there will be seven questions carrying two marks each, 12 questions carrying three marks each and six questions carrying five marks each. Similarly in science and technology, the theory paper will carry 60 marks comprising 24 questions. There will be three questions carrying five marks each, nine questions carrying three marks each, six questions carrying two marks each and six questions carrying one mark each. Last year the paper was of 75 marks with eight one mark questions, seven two marks questions, 11 three marks questions and four, five marks questions. The time given for the science and technology paper will be two and half hours, as against three hours last year. There will be no change in the question patterns of the other papers. Over seven lakh students will appear in the CBSE class X examinations which start from March 2.