Scene Before Examination Hall

             ‘April is the cruelest month’. Though T.S. Eliot, the great English poet wrote it in philosophical vein but it is true for students too, most of whom have their exams in the month of March and April. So many thoughts pass through the minds of students with in a little time before the exam begins. A scene before the examination hail presents an interesting sight because we can witness various kinds of students in their various fluctuating moods. About half an hour before the exam, the students begin to arrive at the examination centre. Generally they are accompanied by their parents and relatives. The candidates exchange greetings with their friends. Many of the students still remain very busy with their hooks. Some of them discuss their problems loudly and in anxious moods. Very few of them are confident and look around quietly. 
             The first bell rings and the hustle-bustle gradually comes to a halt. The students leave their hooks outside and enter the examination hail. With the second hell, question papers are distributed. Perfect silence resides in the examination hail for three hours, except for one or the other student asking for supplementary sheets. 
             When the time is over, the noise begins once again. But now the strain of anxiety disappears, and instead a note of relief can be perceived amid the loud discussions and chattering of students.