The CBSE Board exams are knocking
at the door and all you find around yourself is your friends and classmates
getting busy with gathering study materials, solving papers, frequenting
coaching classes and doing everything that could fetch them good scores. However,
effective preparation does not mean studying for hours on end and going beyond
the point of fatigue. The key to cracking the CBSE Class 10 or 12th exams is to
study diligently with a proper plan or routine chalked out in front of you.
Here are some quick tips to help you wade through your exam blues and score
good marks in your upcoming CBSE exam.
Go for Self-Assessment: Even
before you sit to make a plan for preparation, it is important to have a sort
of rough self-assessment for your strong subjects and the ones you require to
put more efforts in. For instance, you might be strong in English and Biology
but weak in Mathematics and Chemistry. Understanding your strengths and
weaknesses will help you design the study routine in a more efficacious manner
whereby you can give more time and attention to the subjects you are weak in
and relatively lesser efforts in the strong ones.
Devise a Study Plan: Your study
plan should be based on a weekly basis whereby all subjects need to be
incorporated. Just because you are good in a subject does not mean you can just
keep it for last moment preparation. Of course, subjects such as Mathematics
need to occupy some part of your daily study time as more the practice, the
better you get to grasp the subject and problems. For the rest you can allocate
specific hours for particular subjects keeping in mind those which require more
of your efforts till the time they are mastered. Keep certain days of the week
and specific hours for undergoing self-assessment by appearing for tests for
different subjects.
Sit for Tests, solve papers: Make
up a simulated exam environment whereby you will solve previous years question
papers of CBSE Board India exams for the
different subjects that you have in your syllabus. This is a very crucial part
of the preparation process since without solving papers you will never be able
to gauge your level of preparedness or have clear idea about the question
patterns. In fact, question papers are a great means of honing the skills of
writing, time-management and answering pragmatically with more practice.
Go Online: With the advent of the
World Wide Web education has taken a quantum leap enabling pupils to make most
of the time available to them by getting ready study materials and other exam
resources through educational portals. While you can gain access to a whole lot
of reference books and solved sample papers, there are several other facilities
you can avail like Video Lessons, previous years question papers, online tests
and similar things. There are websites catering to both central Board exams of
ICSE and CBSE as well as other state board examinations.
As is said, A healthy mind lives
in a healthy bodyit is important to keep your mind perfectly fresh and fit so
as to optimize whatever it is taking in. For this you require a good night's
sleep, eat balanced and the right kind of food and take breaks in between study
hours for some breathing and cardio exercises.