Ranchi, March 17: Students are hard-pressed for preparation time. The papers follow in quick succession.

Intermediate examinees in the capital are finding it difficult to prepare because of the narrow time gap between the papers.

While the science examinees racking their brains over formulae and the nitty-gritty of inorganic Chemistry, examination for which will be held March 20, arts examinees are worried about Political Science and Economics.

“On March 19, we have Physics paper-II and on March20 we have Chemistry Paper-II (inorganic Chemistry) and in between, we have no gap,” says Rahul Ranjan, an examinee.

“Inorganic chemistry is time- consuming as it requires cramming and it is becomes difficult at times memorise so much in such a short span of time,” said Ajit Kumar.

Uma Charan is not happy with the examination schedule. He said: “For arts students, Political Science and Economics are important subjects and we do not have any gap in between. We are under tremendous pressure for all the three papers.”

In addition to academic pressure, the rising mercury has also aggravated examination nerves. “Since it is hot, we are a facing a tough time answering the papers as we feel thirsty every now and then, but the college authorities do not allow us to leave the hall,” said Ashish Sinha a student SS Memorial College.

A somewhat similar problem was faced by examinees of Marwari College, whose examination centre was St Xavier’s College. When Arvind Kumar sought permission to go to the toilet, he was told by the invigilator to leave the copy and go home or to sit and write.

“It is difficult to sit for three hours inside the examination hall. When I asked for water, I was told by the invigilator to drink as much water as possible, but not to ask permission for going out,” said Rajiv from Marwari college.

Ajit Kumar of Maulana Azad College regrets not having a home centre. “In our centre, we had freedom, but here the invigilator notices even a slight movement of the neck,” he said.

Moreover, cricket is another distraction. “It is interesting to watch cricket, but examination is more important. So examinees are happy with the score and some listening of the radio,” said a guardian.

Since St Xavier’s College is having an intra-college Cricket tournament on its ground, we get to know the scores from the noise they make,” said Roshan Vijay Kashyap.