Cambridge A Level Tamil 9689 — 2015 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 1

9689/31/O/N/15 · 40 marks · ≈45 min

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Mark scheme

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Paper as text

Question paper, page 1

This document consists of 8 printed pages. DC (ST) 99278/4 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Level * 3 6 1 1 2 6 3 4 7 6 * TAMIL 9689/03 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2015 1 hour 30 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer one question in Tamil in the space provided. Dictionaries are not permitted. You should write between 250 and 400 words. Your essay will be marked out of 40 with 16 marks for Content and 24 marks for Quality of Language. «IQYƒ <}K ]D€N ^Tzž <}² <¸IYNޝ~L_I~ LœtBº 8|I~ LtB{IYƒ ^M^Q :„R 8GuBRƒ :uB„ ]D}G <z MXHT¾} <z ]LN 7BYNT‚_P <¸I^Tzž. B¯J“Q 6ƒQ¢ B¯~© _M 8¯t” ^LKXTXƒ TŽ_GB_R <¸Iº. ˆ^G~LŽ„B„, BYR~©B„ L_D 6ƒQ¢ IY¯{¢TI‚” :„R IYOTuB„ 7BYNT‚_P LN}Lž{I ^TzGX. ?¯ LX^BXyœ´ <¸It•GX¢. =IXT¢ ?¯ ^B„TŽt” IMYSYƒ TŽ_GB„ <¸¢TI‚”t ]BXžtB~Lyœ¯t” 8G{IYƒ <¸Iº. 6BOXIYB„ LN}Lž{It •GX¢. J“uB„ 250 «Iƒ 400 ]DX‚B¶t” 8_GNŽƒ <¸I^Tzž. :uB„ Byž_Ot” 40 MIY~]LzB„ TSuB~Lž. 6IYƒ 16 MIY~]LzB„ :„RGtB{IY‚” 24 MIY~]LzB„ ]MXSY{IYP§t” TSuB~Lž.

Question paper, page 2

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8 9689/03/O/N/15 © UCLES 2015 Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge International Examinations Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cie.org.uk after the live examination series. Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

What you needed in this session

Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2015 Oct/Nov, Paper 3 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A30/40
B26/40
C22/40
D19/40
E16/40