14 reference exam questions for national high school exam 2019
Two days after announcing the 2019 national high school exam plan, the Ministry of Education released reference questions for candidates to review.
Candidates in Ho Chi Minh City attend the 2018 National High School Exam. Photo:Thanh Nguyen |
The 2019 National High School Exam includes five tests: Mathematics, Literature, Foreign Language (6 component subjects), a combination of Natural Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), and Social Sciences (History, Geography, Civic Education).
Literature is the only essay test with a time limit of 120 minutes. The Math test consists of 50 questions, which candidates will complete in 90 minutes; the Foreign Language test consists of 50 questions in 60 minutes. For the two combined tests of Natural Sciences and Social Sciences, each component subject has 40 questions, which candidates will complete in 50 minutes..
Click on each subject to see sample exam questions.
Maths | Literature |
Physics | Chemistry |
Biology | History |
Geography | Civic education |
English | French |
Russian | Japanese |
Chinese | German |
On December 4, the Ministry of Education announced the plan for the 2019 national high school exam. Like two years ago, each province and city will have an exam cluster chaired by the Department of Education, with participating universities coordinating the exam proctoring.National high school exam results are used to consider high school graduation and are the basis for university admission.
"The test content is within the high school curriculum, mainly grade 12; ensuring the basic threshold for high school graduation and having appropriate differentiation for universities and vocational education institutions to use as a basis for enrollment," the Ministry of Education's announcement stated.
The organization process has been adjusted to prevent cheating like in the 2018 National High School Exam, in which local universities did not coordinate to administer the exam in their locality. The multiple-choice test is presided over by the university instead of the local Department of Education. The room containing the test papers and exam papers has 24/7 surveillance cameras, and the data is encrypted to avoid interference with the multiple-choice test.