Lovely Professional University
Lovely Faculty of Distance Education
Criterion for Evaluation of Continuous Assessment (CA), End Term Theory Exam (ETE) & End Term
Practical Exam (ETP)
1.0 Category of Courses: From the perspective of examination, all the courses can be divided in four
broad categories:
a. Courses with only theory component
b. Courses with only practical component
c. Courses with both theory and practical component
d. Courses with only Project component
Scheme of evaluation varies with each category of course. Depending upon the category of
courses, different exam weightages are assigned to all the courses.
Category of Course Exam Weightage
CA* ETE** ETP***
Courses with only theory component 20% 80% NA
Courses with only practical component 20% NA 80%
Courses with both theory and practical component
20% 60% 20%
Courses with only project component
NA NA 100%
At the time of evaluation, along with exam weightages, credits assigned to each course define the
scheme of evaluation of continuous assessment.
*CA means Continuous Assessment and is evaluated through assignments.
**ETE means End Term Theory Examination- Pattern for the same is given at point 3.
***ETP means End Term Practical/ Project Examination- Pattern for the same is given at points 4 & 5.
2.0 Criterion for evaluation of continuous assessment: Through continuous assessment, students
are evaluated throughout the semester/year. To assess the performance of students continuously,
assignments are provided to the students through their respective e-Connect accounts. After
downloading and printing of assignment questions, students are required to write the answers
within the prescribed space in their own handwriting and upload their images through CA
submission interface of e-Connect. Students are evaluated on the basis of their performance in
these assignments. Scheme of evaluation of the assignments for continuous assessment (CA) is
detailed below:
Particulars For courses having For courses having For courses having For courses having
2 credits 4 credits 6 credits 8 credits
Number of 1 2 3 4
assignments
Maximum marks 20 20 20 20
for each
Assignment
Marks to be Marks obtained in Min. 1 assignment Min. 2 assignments Min. 3 Assignments
considered the assignment will to be submitted by to be submitted by to be submitted by
be considered student. Best students. Average students. Average
marks out of 2 marks of best 2 marks of best 3
assignments will assignments will be assignments will be
considered considered considered.
3.0 Structure of End Term Theory Exam: Irrespective of category of course (Purely Theory or
Theory + Practical), pattern of theory exam would be same for all the courses. Maximum marks
for each theory exam would be 80.
Maximum Marks 80
Duration 3 hours
3.1 Pattern of End Term Theory question paper:
Question Paper will be divided in two parts: Part-A & Part-B
Part A: Short questions (no choice):
➢ It will contain 10 short answer type questions.
➢ Each question will carry 02 marks.
➢ Student is required to attempt all 10 questions.
Part B: Long questions (with choice), 06 out of 10 questions:
➢ It will contain 10 long answer type questions.
➢ Each question will carry 10 marks.
➢ Student is required to attempt any 06 questions out of 10.
3.2 Important guidelines regarding few Library & Information Sciences courses:
➢ For theoretical exams of courses DLIS004, DLIS005 , DLIS106 & DLIS107, it is mandatory for students to
carry CC books to examination centers.
➢ The UDC & DDC books are not required for theoretical exams of courses DLIS007, DLIS108, DLIS404 &
DLIS408.
4.0 Structure of End Term Practical. Project Exam (Except for the practical courses belonging to Library
& Information Sciences programmes):
Structure of end term practical exam will remain same irrespective of weightage assigned to the courses.
4.1 Structure of End Term Practical exam:
The components of Evaluation for ETP are as under:
Sr. No. Component Maximum Marks 20*
Allocated marks
1. Written 10
2. Execution 5
3. Viva Voce 5
*In case ETP is of 80 marks, then marks obtained out of 20 shall be prorated to get the marks
obtained out of 80.
➢ For evaluation of written component, the allocation key i.e. question paper; will have two questions
and student will be required to attempt only one question out of them.
➢ For the evaluation of Execution component, student is required to perform the practical allocated to
him/ her.
➢ For evaluation of Viva Voce, the examiner shall ask questions related to the course from the student.
4.2 Structure of End Term Project exam:
The components of Evaluation for Project are as under:
Sr. No. Component Maximum Marks 20*
Allocated marks
1. Report 10
2. Job Evaluation/ Presentation 5
3. Viva Voce 5
*As maximum marks of Project are 100, the marks obtained out of 20 shall be prorated to get the
marks obtained out of 100.
➢ For evaluation of first component, the hard copy of the project report shall be evaluated by the
examiner. Format of the project report is made available on students e-Connect log-in as per the
following path:
e-Resources -- -- -- Shared Folder-- -- -Examination- -- -Format of Project Report
➢ For the evaluation of second component i.e. Job Evaluation/Presentation, student is required to
present a Power Point Presentation on the topic.
➢ For evaluation of Viva Voce, the examiner shall ask questions related to the report and the power
point presentation.
5.0 Examination pattern for End Term Practical (ETP) for Library & Information Sciences Courses
For practical courses based on Classification i.e. DLIS004, DLIS106 and DLIS403, a booklet containing few
pages of UDC and DDC books relevant to the questions in the question paper may be given to the students
and the question pattern stated below shall be followed:
Course Course Title No. of Marks Total Marks
Code Questions*
DLIS004# KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION: 2 in Part A 20 marks each 2x20 = 40
CLASSIFICATION PRACTICE 2 in Part B 20 marks each 2x20 = 40
Total = 80
DLIS106# LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION PRACTICE 2 in Part A 20 marks each 2x20 = 40
2 in Part B 20 marks each 2x20 = 40
Total = 80
DLIS403 ADVANCED CLASSIFICATION PRACTICE 2 in Part A 20 marks each 2x20 = 40
2 in Part B 20 marks each 2x20 = 40
Total = 80
*All questions are Compulsory.
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For courses DLIS004 and DLIS106, it is mandatory to carry CC books to examination centres.
6.0 Example for the calculation of marks based on assigned weightages
Consider a course “DCAP101” with following exam weightages:
Category of Course Exam Weightages
CA ETE ETP
Course has both components theory and practical 20% 60% 20%
DCAP101 is a course with 4 credits. Thus, the course will have two assignments and marks of one best
assignment will be considered towards grades and will be calculated as follows:
Assuming following marks obtained by the student in Continuous Assessment for this course:
In assignment-I 10 out of 20 marks
In assignment-II 15 out of 20 marks
CA marks considered for student = 15 Marks (Best of the 2 Assignments)
If in ETE- Theory, the student obtains 48 marks out of 80 and
In ETP- Practical, the student obtains 10 marks out of 20 as per the details
below:
In this case, the consolidated evaluation of the students would yield the following score:
Weighted Marks
Actual Maximum Actual Marks Weightage in Obtained
Component Marks Obtained %
CA 20 15 20 15
ETE 80 48 60 (48/80)*60=36
ETP 80 40 20 (40/80)*20=10
100 61