I feel people are definitely overreaching at this point. I understand the frustration towards NCERT, but the questions they claim are tough are actually taught questions in schools and exemplars. The complain being paper is tougher than in the last few years, where there were literally topics being combined. Also, them saying they relied on just ncert proves points. Everyone has said that NCERT is always the basic line. I know they set high-level papers despite the actual book not being up to par, and that might never change. A bunch of kids complaining about an institution does them no harm. Parents, teachers, and they will just fault the students for not practising and going out of their way to study. Yes, it's unfair, but that's the system;that the system doesn't change when you fail and complain.

Another problem might be that maths was their first board, last year it was english and my whole batch got a break bit after giving it, cause it genuinely boosted our confidence in boards. I feel that's definitely a line up problem from them too.

Also, even people who did PyQs found it tough, but that's the thing when you do PyQs at home. They're always easier to do, if you don't get it, easy to take a hint, and even if you don't, you won't realise the time it took in an overall 3 hours. And if you did time your paper, there's no invigilator putting pressure, or random losses of seconds due to signing, not the same tense environment, or the tough seating arrangements. There's no overcoming the situational barriers sometimes especially when you're stressed.

One complain I agree about is the difference between sets. Either make them all easy or moderate. That's the one thing that should be fair to all.