What is OMR SHEET || How to fill OMR sheet pakistan board

 What is OMR sheet?

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OMR Sheet (Optical Mark Reader) is a pre-printed paper security documents that contains bubbles, and timing tracks sensors. Bubbles are filled and circled by the candidates and timing tracks help us to read the OMR Sheet.

Information required  for OMR Sheet:

OMR Sheet for Exam contains the personal information of the candidate like Name, Date of Birth, Father's Name, Roll Number, Category, Address, Mobile Number, Email, Date of Exam, Barcode/QR code and answers to be filled by the candidate.

 (Note: only specific information filled by the candidate as printed in an OMR sheet) 

Application of OMR sheet:

OMR Sheets are used for conducting various types of exams from KG level to professional level exams. These types of exams are also known as multiple choice exams.

How to fill OMR sheet?

Instruction for filling the OMR sheet: 

Use black or blue ballpoint pens, and avoid gel pens and fountain pens for filling the sheets.

Darken the bubbles completely. Don't put a tick mark or a cross mark where it is specified that you fill the bubbles completely. Half-filled or over-filled bubbles will not be read by the software.

Never use pencils to mark your answers unless specified, in which case just stick to HB or 2B pencils only.

Never use whiteners to rectify filling errors as they may disrupt the scanning and evaluation process.

Writing on the OMR Sheet is permitted on the specified area only and even small marks other than specified areas may create problems during the scanning.

There are some areas on OMR sheets where candidates are instructed not to write anything. Do not do any rough work on the demarcated areas.

Do not fold the OMR Sheet.

Do not make any stray marks on the answer sheet

Multiple markings are invalid.

Ensure that the invigilator has signed your OMR Answer Sheet.

Put your Signature and Thumb impression, in the appropriate rectangular boxes, in front of the Invigilator.

If a candidate has not filled his Roll Number, Paper Code, Question Booklet Series, or Answer sheet not be evaluated.

Sindh Board OMR sheet 

As you know that Pakistan is working hard to make the education system of Pakistan better. That's why some boards in Pakistan have announced that the OMR sheet will be used to fill the MCQs of exams. 

what are the advantages of OMR sheets in exams?

OMR sheets have many advantages like:

1. speed, OMR sheet will be checked with OMR scanners, and that's why the speed will be definitely faster the humans

2. accuracy, using OMR scanners there will be very few chances of mistakes during checking.

3. cheating, yes with an OMR sheet there will be very less chance of cheating.

4. Economy, ya the use of OMR scanner and OMR sheet is less expensive than giving salary to the exams checkers.

5. many more

IMAGES OF OMR SHEETS