NSQF Practical Guidelines and Project 2018 of “Elective Geospatial Technology (740)” for Class 12 CBSE

PRACTICAL GUIDELINES

 CLASS–XII ELECTIVE GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY (740)

1.)MINIMUM PASS MARKS

The Minimum number of marks required to pass in each subject is (33) percent in thewritten papers and practical examination.

2.)Marks for record, Viva Project etc., in respect of Senior Secondary School Curriculum of School Certificate Examination:

Marks allotted for laboratory Record, Viva Voice etc., should separately stated in theanswer book (if answer-Books are used) and added to the marks given for other items.The projects and the practical records, duly punched should be returned to the studentsconcerned immediately after evaluation.

3.)Assessment of performance.

a) The two examiners, one internal and the other external, assigned for theconduct and assessment of Practical Examinations each in Senior SecondarySchool Curriculum .Question for the viva examinations should be conducted byboth the examiners. Question to be more of general nature, project work or thecurriculum. Investigatory Project especially those that show considerable amountof effort and originality, on the part of the student, should get suitable high marks,while project of a routine or stereotyped nature should only receive MEDIOCREmarks.

b) In the assessment and award of marks, follow strictly the marking Scheme whichis given in the list of practical I.e. provided to the Examiners/Schools at the timeof Examination.

c) Every effort should be made to reach a consensus on the marks to be awardedto individual candidates. If a difference of one or two marks still persists evenafter discussion the average marks should be awarded.

d) Marks awarded for Project / Practical activities, for viva, for project and for

Practical files must be separately shown on the answer-book as the total.

e) If irregularities are perceived by either examiner in the conduct of the Practical

f) Examination these should be included in the examiner’s report and should besent to the Asstt. Secretary (A.B. Cell) within three days after the end of practicalexamination.

g) The external examiner should assume responsibility of deposit of answer books& award list to the Board.

h) Award lists should be signed by both the examiners and should be sentseparately through messenger/personally in a double sealed cover and notmixed with the Answer-books. The answer-books can be delivered personally inthe Board’s office.

i) The related material will be collected by the external examiner from the allottedschools.

j) In other subject involving practical’s, there will be only an external examiner.

4.)Procedure for Assessment of practical project work in Geospatial. (Total 40 marks )

The examiner will indicate separately marks of practical examination on the title page ofthe answer-books under the following heads:-

The subject Teacher in charge of conducting practical may assign practical activities tothe students so as to generate interest in students in the subject. Project may be basedon Geospatial Syllabus.

Project for the final practical’s is given below:-

Project – 5 marks

Students should make a project file. The marks can be allocated based on the quality ofwork done by the students as per the Curriculum

Any one of the following:-

1. Geo-referencing of the given Toposheet (1:50,000 scale).

Or

2. Classification of the provided Satellite Imagery

(i) Unsupervised Classification

(ii) Supervised Classification

Viva based on Project – 5 marks

The examiner conducting the final practical examination may ask verbal questionsrelated to the project, if any, done by the student. Alternatively, if no project has beenassigned to the students, viva may be based on questions of practical nature from thefield of subject as per the Curriculum.

Demonstration of skill competency via Lab Activities – 30 marks

Activity question to be created by internal examiner, to be conducted on the practicalday – 30 minutes.

Exercise No. 1 Marks: 05

Projection of Data

Tasks Marks

Re-projection of the given data 2.5

Subset Creation – Raster Image 2.5

Exercise No. 2 Marks: 05

Digital Image Processing

Tasks                                                                        Marks

Histogram Analysis                                                             01

Image Enhancement                                              2.5

Apply of Filter                                                           1.5

Exercise No. 3 Marks: 10

Creation of Vector Data

Tasks Marks Extraction of Point, Line and Polygon Features from the given geo-referencedsatellite image

Building Topology

Preparation of Thematic Map

Exercise No. 4 Marks: 05

Tasks Marks

Building of Geo database

Building Query

Attribute based query

Spatial query

Exercise No. 5 Marks: 05

Creation of Map Layout

Tasks Marks

Preparation of hybrid map in GIS Environment