West Bengal Board Class 7

Exam Brief

Abbreviated as WBBSE, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is an autonomous body under the West Bengal state government. They are authorised to administer the examination process, framing rules, regulations and guidelines and everything related to the secondary school level examination of West Bengal, India. Secondary Education for West Bengal Board starts with grade 6 and ends with a board exam after Class 10.

All the teaching methodology, marking, evaluation, and assessments of Class 7 are conducted by the respective schools as per the board’s guidelines and regulations. Hence, as instructed every school conducts the Formative (FA) and Summative Assessment (SA) for the West Bengal Board Class 7 examination. Read on to know more about WBBSE Class 7 examination, syllabus and much more. 

 

Exam Summary

For the Class 7 WBBSE affiliated school exam, each student has to take the following subjects:

Sl No	Subjects
1	First language – (Normally most of the students choose Bengali as the first language subject, although many other subjects are available)
2	Second language – (Normally most of the students choose English as the second language subject, although many other subjects are available)
3	Third language – (Normally most of the students choose either Hindi or Sanskrit as the third language subject, although many other subjects are available)
4	Mathematics
5	Science and Environment
6	Geography and Environment
7	History and Environment
8	Health and Physical Education

For each subject, there is Summative and Formative Evaluation held three times a year as shwn in the following schedule, with the distribution of marks:

Subject	Type of Evaluation	Marks	Time Schedule
First Language – Bengali	First Summative Evaluation	15	April
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	April
	Second Summative Evaluation	25	August
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	August
	Third Summative Evaluation	70	November / December
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	November / December
Second Language – English	First Summative Evaluation	15	April
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	April
	Second Summative Evaluation	25	August
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	August
	Third Summative Evaluation	70	November / December
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	November / December
Third Language – Hindi / Sanskrit	First Summative Evaluation	15	April
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	April
	Second Summative Evaluation	25	August
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	August
	Third Summative Evaluation	70	November / December
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	November / December
Mathematics	First Summative Evaluation	15	April
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	April
	Second Summative Evaluation	25	August
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	August
	Third Summative Evaluation	70	November / December
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	November / December
Science and Environment	First Summative Evaluation	15	April
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	April
	Second Summative Evaluation	25	August
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	August
	Third Summative Evaluation	70	November / December
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	November / December
Geography and Environment	First Summative Evaluation	15	April
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	April
	Second Summative Evaluation	25	August
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	August
	Third Summative Evaluation	70	November / December
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	November / December
History and Environment	First Summative Evaluation	15	April
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	April
	Second Summative Evaluation	25	August
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	August
	Third Summative Evaluation	70	November / December
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	November / December
Health and Physical Environment	First Summative Evaluation	15	April
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	April
	Second Summative Evaluation	25	August
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	August
	Third Summative Evaluation	70	November / December
	Internal Formative Evaluation	100	November / December

The summative evaluation involves a written test on the respective subjects. Look at the table below for the distribution of marks in different subjects for different summative evaluations:

Name of the Subject	First Summative	Second Summative	Third Summative	Total
First Language – Bengali	15	25	70	110
Second Language – English	15	25	70	110
Mathematics	15	25	70	110
Science and Environment	15	25	70	110
Geography and Environment	15	25	70	110
History and Environment	15	25	70	110
Physical and Art Education	15	25	70	110

Summative Assessment Grading System

Grade	Mark Percentage
A+	90% – 100%
A	80% – 89%
B+	70% – 79%
B	60% – 69%
C+	45% – 59%
C	25% – 44%
D	Below 25%

Formative evaluation consists of evaluation of the students in each subject in the following parameters:

Name of the Indicator	First Formative	Second Formative	Third Formative	Total
Participation	20	20	20	60
Question and Experimentation	20	20	20	60
Interpretation & Application	20	20	20	60
Empathy & Cooperation	20	20	20	60
Creative & Aesthetic Expression	20	20	20	60
Total	100	100	100

Grading Scale for Formative Evaluation

Grade	Marks
A	75 – 100%
B	50 – 74%
C	25 – 49%
D	Below 25%

There is no pass / fail system for all the Classes such as 6th, 7th, and 8th in West Bengal Board of Secondary Education until the board examination after completing the 10th level. As per board guidelines and exam schemes, the respective schools evaluate the students through Summative and Formative Assessment modules throughout the year. But at the end of the day, all the students are generally promoted to the next higher class.

If a student scores below 25% in some subjects in Summative Evaluation or Formative Evaluation or both, then the student is given one month to improve in all the areas (both Summative and Formative) and evaluated again. This process is repeated until the student improves sufficiently to score 25% plus and be promoted to the next higher class. 

Hence, all the grade 7 students are promoted to Class 8 following this methodology. 

Official Website Link

https://wbbse.wb.gov.in/

Exam Syllabus

The syllabus for all the subjects for Class 7 West Bengal Board of Secondary education is available in the Bengali Language. Click here.

A) Syllabus for English as Second Language

Textbook: ‘‘Blossoms’

Skill	Details
Competency: Observing and Co-relating	– Ability to identify objects or activities and interpret those – Ability to observe and explore – Ability to observe an activity and co-relate with personal experience
Competency: Listening	– Listening to poems and appreciating the same – Ability to recite poems with proper pronunciations and expressions for developing creative skill – Listening to and singing songs for developing competency in phonics, aesthetics and the use of vocabulary – Listening to stories for interpreting various information and value education – Developing cooperation among peers to solve language games – Following directions or instructions for performing mimes – Listening to problems and exploring ways to overcome it
Competency: Speaking	– Role-play: Participating in various simulations, like learners playing the roles of buyer- seller, ticket collector-passenger, the beautiful Belle-the beast, Ceres and Jupiter etc. – Story telling: Using word-cards, picture-cards etc. learners in pairs or in groups participate in telling stories – Conversation: Learners interact in pairs about daily activities/hobbies/likes and dislikes/ambition etc. asking questions, solving problems and responding to answers – Quiz: Learners participate in quiz contests. – Riddle: Learners interpret and solve riddles. They can also experiment making their own riddles and challenging their peers. A sense of healthy competitiveness and cooperation develops. – Picture-Reading: Learners participate in peer learning. They interpret a set of pictures assigned to them and construct their own text using a word-ladder or help-box. – Elocution: E.g. Learners recite poems/rhymes/self-composed rhymes with gestures and actions – Describing an event: Learners describe an event occurred on the previous day or of a personal experience – Exploring new ways: E.g. Learners explore maps and find out new ways of reaching destination – Giving directions to perform activities: E.g. A pair or group performs an activity [e.g. mime, craft work, etc.] where his peers give direction. – Observing a mime and identifying the theme: e.g. A group member performs a mime and poses a challenge to members of other groups who observe carefully and express the theme in words. – Using courteous expressions for class room situations and elsewhere: E.g, courteous expressions like ‘please give me a pen’/’Excuse me’/’May I share your book?’/’Thank you’ etc. are practised in real-life situations.
Competency: Reading	– Reading short humorous play like ‘Uncle Podger hangs a picture’ by Jerome K. Jerome – Reading picture-stories for developing interpretations – Reading poems of Blake, Wordsworth, Stevenson etc. for appreciation and aesthetic purposes – Reading prose passages that include fictions of eminent writers like Jawaharlal Nehru, R.K.Narayan, Ruskin Bond, Rudyard Kipling etc. for developing sense of empathy, creative and aesthetic expression and for linguistic proficiency. – Reading short stories, legends, fairy tales and mythologies for developing values like truthfulness, honesty, cooperation etc. – Reading biographies of eminent persons for developing the skill of interpretation, exploration and experimentation among the learners. – Reading autobiographies or diaries of renowned persons for developing values and self-expression.
Competency: Grammar and Vocabulary	– Developing skill in the use of certain grammatical items like apostrophe, comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs, functions of adverbs, present and past continuous tense, contracted forms of verbs, participial adjectives, present and past perfect tense, use and functions of certain modals, plural nouns, subject-verb agreement, simple future[shall/will+ verb], Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives and nominal compound. Importance is given in the contextual usage of grammar for semantic purposes rather than on learning grammar. – Developing skill in the use of similes – Competency in the varied uses of vocabulary [synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms, rhyming words, one word substitution, prefix and suffix for making opposites] is developed through meaningful child friendly activities that are also found in real life situations. – Solving crossword puzzles, exploring riddles, developing skill in word-building, spotting the word in maze, word-matching, odd-man out etc.
Competency: Aesthetic and creativity	– Making an envelope with no-cost/low-cost material for everyday use – Writing dialogues and dramatizing it – Making a thesaurus for personal use – Making a bookmark for habitual purposes – Chart making – Framing a picture – Making a scrapbook – Making a poster – Making a model with no-cost/low-cost material – Writing a diary
Competency: Writing	– Writing personal letters and responding to letters – Writing semi-formal letters – Writing a dialogue[situational and problem-solving purposes] – Narrating a personal experience – Writing a descriptive paragraph – Writing biography with the help of information cues – Summary-writing – Composing short rhymes – Story-writing

 

Chapter No	Details
First Summative Evaluation: 15 marks (April)
1	Revision Lesson(8 periods)
2	Lesson-1: The Book of Nature (20 periods)
3	Lesson-2: The Riddle(17 periods)
4	Lesson-3: We are Seven(8 periods)
Second Summative Evaluation: 25 Marks (August)
5	Lesson-4: The Beauty and the Beast(19 periods)
6	Lesson-5: Uncle Podger hangs a Picture(15 periods)
7	Lesson-6: The Vagabond(14 periods)
8	Lesson-7: Mowgli among the Wolves (19 periods)
9	Lesson-8: The story of Proserpine(19 periods)
10	Lesson-9: J.C.Bose: A beautiful mind(16 periods)
Third Summative Evaluation: 70 marks (December)
11	Lesson-10: The Echoing Green(12 periods)
12	Lesson-11: The Axe(15 periods)
13	Lesson-12: My Diary (20 periods)
14	Lesson-13: Ghosts on the Verandah(18 periods)

B) Syllabus for Mathematics

Chapter No	Details
1	Recapitulation of previous lessons
2	Ratio
3	Proportion
4	Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers
5	Concept of Indices
6	Algebraic Expressions
7	Construction of angles of given measure using compass
8	Construction of triangles
9	Concept of Congruence
10	Approximate values
11	Square root of fractions
12	Algebraic Formulas
13	Concept of parallel lines and transversal
14	Properties of triangles
15	Time and Distance
16	Double Bar Graph
17	Area of Square and Rectangle
18	Symmetry
19	Factorisation
20	Classification of Quadrilaterals
21	Construction of Quadrilaterals
22	Formation of equation and solution
23	Fun mathematics

Practice Exam Questions

C) Syllabus for Science and Environment

Chapter No	Chapter Name	Details
1	Physical Environment	Heat
2	Atom,Molecule and chemical reaction	Symbol, Structure of Atom,Procedure for writing a formula,Chemical Reaction ,Classification of Chemical Reaction
3	Human Food	Components of food, Malnutrition and obesity, Natural food and processed food, Role of water in life, Role of water and light in production of food.
4	Physical Environment	Light, Magnet, Electricity, Uses of Environment-friendly energy.
5	Morphological Diversity and functions of living components of Environments	Morphological Diversity of Plants, Pollination and problems, Diffusion, Osmosis, Germination.
6	Physical Environment	Light
7	Time and velocity	Concept of motion, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Concept of Force, Newton’s Law of Motion, Measurement of Force, Energy and Work.
8	Atom, Molecule and chemical reaction	Symbol, Structure of Atom, Procedure for writing a Formula, Chemical Reaction, Classification of Chemical Reaction.
9	Role of substance in Environment	The role of inorganic and organic materials in an organism, Identification of Acidic or alkaline substances from common experience, Concept of Acid and base: Indicator and Neutrality, Acid- Base balance in Human Body, Edible Salt, Synthetic compound and their effects in environment.
10	Human Food	Components of food, Malnutrition and obesity, Natural food and processed food, Role of water in life, Role of water and light in production of food.
11	Crisis of environment, plants and conversation	Climatic Changes, Loss of Biodiversity, Wastes and risks to human health, Role of plants in protection of environment.
12	Environment and public Health	Environment Crisis and physical health, Different occupational problems and diseases, Nature of health(Physical,Mental), Communicable diseases and their remedies, Role of vectors in the transmission of disease and its remedies, Food-borne disease and their remedies.

Preparation Tips

The evaluation of the 7th school exam under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is conducted at three stages through summative and formative assessment as per the following schedule:

 

Exam Taking Strategy

Details of the evaluation criteria for the 7th West Bengal Board are given in the “Exam Summary” subgroup under “About 7th West Bengal Board Exam” above.

A 7th grade student may feel that the evaluation process of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is complicated. If a student does not understand it well, he/she should consult with the respective class teachers at the beginning of the year about the following:

a) What is the meaning of summative assessment? 

b) What is the meaning of formative assessment?

c) The time when different summative and formative assessments will take place.

d) What is the marking scheme?

e) What is the grading system for summative and formative assessment?

f) What are the differences between the exam patterns of the summative and formative assessments?

Detailed Study plan

1. Be systematic and planned: Students are required to create an appropriate schedule for study and follow the schedule. 
2. Look at the whole syllabus: Before beginning preparation, students should have looked at all the topics of every subject within the scope of the syllabus of the 7th West Bengal Board school level exam program. 
3. Give equal importance to all the subjects: While getting ready for the 7th West Bengal Board school level exam, students should give uniform importance to all the subjects. Do not ignore any subject. 
4. Correct revision: Revision is important. Prepare a correct revision schedule depending on your confidence in each subject. Some of the subjects need more revision than others. 
5. Practice Sample Papers and/or Previous Year Question Papers: Collect previous years question papers from the school or from your senior students and solve them. You can also prepare sample papers on the Embibe website. 
6. Follow textbooks recommended by the 7th West Bengal Board: To score well in the 7th West Bengal Board school level exam, a comprehensive understanding of basic ideas of each topic and a thorough reading of WBBSE books are necessary. 

Student Counselling

6th, 7th and 8th grade studies are considered to be the foundation courses of any secondary level school education. Students at this age need both mental and physical growth. Along with studies, they also need to play. Studies are necessary for their foundation for higher classes. But, for proper growth in all dimensions, they need to balance their studies, sports and all other activities. It is absolutely crucial for a student to strike a balance in everything they are doing. But many times they do not know how to do it. There is a tendency to get carried away in everything that they are doing at that moment. Every student needs to be counselled and monitored on this. They should be counselled by their teachers at school, by parents and close relatives at home and around.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. Is the 7th West Bengal Board Exam a board level exam or a school level exam?
A. It is a school level exam.

Q2. What are the subjects for the 7th grade under WBBSE?
A. There are 8 subjects that every student has to undertake for the 7th grade. They are:

• Mathematics
• Science and Environment
• Geography and Environment
• First language – (normally) Bengali
• Second language -(normally) English
• Third language -(normally) Hindi or Sanskrit
• History and Environment
• Health and Physical Education

Q3. Is there any third language to be taken by the students for the 7th West Bengal Board Examination?
A. Yes, students need to choose a third language subject for the 7th West Bengal Board from a list of third language subjects options. Most of the students normally choose either Hindi or Sanskrit as the third language.

Q4. Is there any pass / fail system for the 7th West Bengal Board Examination?
A. No, there is no pass/fail system for West Bengal Board Examination from the 6th to 8th level. Every student is evaluated through three stages of summative and formative assessments. Normally all the students are promoted to the next higher class.

In case a student scores less than 25% marks either in Summative Evaluation or in Formative Evaluation or in both of them, then the student is given one month to improve in the subject and is evaluated again. This process is repeated until the student improves sufficiently to score 25% plus and is promoted to the next higher class.

Hence, every grade 7 student is promoted to Class 8 after going through this protocol.

Dos and Donts

Q1. Is the 7th West Bengal Board Exam a board level exam or a school level exam?
A. It is a school level exam.

Q2. What are the subjects for the 7th grade under WBBSE?
A. There are 8 subjects that every student has to undertake for the 7th grade. They are:

• Mathematics
• Science and Environment
• Geography and Environment
• First language – (normally) Bengali
• Second language -(normally) English
• Third language -(normally) Hindi or Sanskrit
• History and Environment
• Health and Physical Education

Q3. Is there any third language to be taken by the students for the 7th West Bengal Board Examination?
A. Yes, students need to choose a third language subject for the 7th West Bengal Board from a list of third language subjects options. Most of the students normally choose either Hindi or Sanskrit as the third language.

Q4. Is there any pass / fail system for the 7th West Bengal Board Examination?
A. No, there is no pass/fail system for West Bengal Board Examination from the 6th to 8th level. Every student is evaluated through three stages of summative and formative assessments. Normally all the students are promoted to the next higher class.

In case a student scores less than 25% marks either in Summative Evaluation or in Formative Evaluation or in both of them, then the student is given one month to improve in the subject and is evaluated again. This process is repeated until the student improves sufficiently to score 25% plus and is promoted to the next higher class.

Hence, every grade 7 student is promoted to Class 8 after going through this protocol.

List of Schools

There are more than 3000 schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. Some of the schools among them are listed below.

Sl no	Name of the School	Private / Government	Location
1	B. T. Road Government Sponsored H. S. School	Government	Kolkata
2	Ballygunge Government High School	Government	Kolkata
3	Bamanhat High School	Government	Bandel
4	Barasat Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School	Government	Barasat
5	Barrackpore Government High School	Government	Barrackpore
6	Bidhannagar Municipal School	Government	Bidhannagar
7	Burdwan Municipal Girls’ High School	Government	Burdwan
8	Burdwan Municipal High School	Government	Burdwan
9	Domohani Kelejora High School	Government	Domohani Bazar
10	Hooghly Branch Government School	Government	Hooghly
11	Sheoraphuli Surendra Nath Vidyaniketan	Government	Hooghly
12	Adhyapak Jyotish Chandra Ghosh Balika Vidyalaya	Government	Hooghly
13	Arambagh Girls’ High School	Government	Hooghly
14	Kalagechia Jagadish Vidyapith	Government	Purba Medinipur
15	Kishorenagar Sachindra Siksha Sadan	Government	Purba Medinipur

Parent Counselling

Parent counselling mostly focuses on encouraging positive behaviour, managing undesired behaviour, and understanding children’s emotional needs. Parent counselling assists parents in coping with a variety of issues that affect their children by providing appropriate guidance, resources, and expertise. Parents should be more aware of the potential employment choices for their children in the near future.

List of Future Exams

The list of future exams for a 7th class student under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education are given below:

Sl no	Exam
1	8th West Bengal Board Exam
2	9th West Bengal Board Exam
3	10th West Bengal Board Exam
4	11th West Bengal Council Exam
5	12th West Bengal Council Exam

Even while studying in the same grade (7th), students can appear for the exams listed below for their own skill improvement, merit certificates and scholarships.

Sl no	Name of the Exam
1	International Science Olympiad (ISO)
2	International Maths Olympiad (IMO)
3	English International Olympiad (EIO)
4	English International Olympiad (EIO)
5	General Knowledge International Olympiad (GKIO)
6	International Computer Olympiad (ICO)
7	International Drawing Olympiad (IDO)
8	National Essay Olympiad (NESO)
9	National Social Studies Olympiad (NSSO)
10	NTSE (National talent Search Examination)

Learning from Real World

Secondary education in West Bengal starts at grade 6. Grades 6 to 8 are considered the foundation period before a student prepares mentally and academically for the 10th board exam, which is the only board-level exam to complete secondary education.

So, when a student completes his education in grade 7, he/she gets used to the initial wonder of being in a senior class such as:

1. a different style of teaching than in the primary grade 
2. thicker books with a larger syllabus

After getting familiar with grade 6, a student then prepares for:

1. even thicker books with more coverage in the syllabus
2. more mathematics – more formulas to remember
3. more Science, more History, more Geography – more facts and figures to remember.

Future Skills

A Class 7 student, apart from studies, has to also learn and acquire a few basic skills such as:

a) Skills to get used to different teaching methodologies

b) More and thicker books, more subjects, more vast syllabus

c) Different exam structures and evaluation schemes

d) Skill of writing the answer paper in a neat and clean manner

e) Skill of to the point answering 

f) Skill of handling larger things and many things together

Career Prospects/Which stream to choose

The 7th West Bengal board is responsible for conducting the middle of the foundation course in the secondary education system. There is no scope for a student to choose subjects for his / her career path. Well, the student can only choose one of the language subjects from each group of the first, second and third language subjects. But all other non-language subjects are compulsory. From Classes 6 till 10 the student has to learn all the subjects and make his foundation stronger. 7th-grade studies is the middle step of the foundation phase. The student’s choice of the stream (Science / Commerce / Arts) and the choice of the career path will come after the 10th exam at the time of admission into the 11th grade.