Tag: exam tips

This topic can be broadly classified into four categories.

1. Before Exam
2. On the eve of the exam day
3. In the Exam hall
4. After the Exam

Before Exam

• Prepare primary notes based on the lecture notes, text books, reference books and other guides.
• Rely on standard text books and reference books and avoid googling.
• Primary notes should be prepared exhaustively with Cornell notes template.
• Follow 7 tools of notes preparation designed by Saitech.
• Maintain a separate notebook for guided practice.
• Prepare secondary notes in nut in shell form based on the primary notes.
• Preferably secondary notes should be handy in such way that those books can be used anywhere except in the exam hall!!
• Maintain a separate notebook for target tests that can be reviewed by yourself.
• Write unit level tests in three phases. One set is based on text book only. Second set is based on the previous year exam question bank. The third set should have tough and challenging questions. Appoint a mentor to coordinate these tasks such as unit test preparation, assessment and doubt clarification.
• Try to achieve centum at least in 3 levels with the marks: minute ratio 2:3. It means that you have to score 1 mark in 1.5 minute.
• Revise primary notes once or twice before the examination.
• Revise secondary notes more than 3 times before the examination.
• Start preparing the notes early. Drive slowly. Reach safely.

On the Eve of Exam day

• Never attempt any any concept or question.
• Never use text books and reference books.
• Scan completely primary notes.
• Scan thoroughly secondary notes.
• Check yourself your memory retention of some key terms, definitions, theorems, formulae, equations, infographics, derivations, problem steps etc.
• Get ready with your stationery items and hall ticket.
• Sleep well in the night.
• Get up early morning. Rescan the secondary notes.
• Get ready for the exam.

In the Exam Hall

• Report to the exam hall half an hour before the commencement of examination.
• Do not take any paper except the hall ticket inside the exam hall.
• If your preparations are stronger you need not look the examiners as villains, after all they do their duty.
• Go through the question paper calmly.
• Rate of scoring and budgeting of time are very important.
• Select the familiar questions first.
• Give priority to familiar big questions in Maths and Physical sciences.
• Rate of scoring in one mark or MCQ is less, hence you may attempt the short answers finally.
• Attempt objective type questions first in the case of knowlege based or theoretical subjects like biology and other non-problem solving types of subjects.
• Never do rough work on the left margin. That place is left for question number and for awarding marks in school examinations.
• You may use pencil for doing rough work.
• Draw always using pencil.
• A simple underline with pencil is enough to highlight the key points, titles and subtitles.
• Write subtitles for descriptive answers.
• Box out important equations and final answers using pencil only.
• Mark page number on every page.
• You may use tags for keeping the answer sheets in order and later you may remove and join the papers with the thread given by the exam supervisors.
• Review all answers 15 minutes before handing over the answer script.
• Make sure of writing the exam number, class, etc.

After the Exam

• If it is school examination predict your marks and try to write the Level-2 exam after discussing with your mentor.
• Wrie the wrong or unknown questions in Level-2 and add the level-2 marks with your school marks. If you get centum, your prediction about your performance in the school examination is perfect.
• Otherwise, try to complete the third level to score centum.
• You are writing the exam for your sake only.
• Even if you have failed in the exam, do not worry. Try to attempt the second or third level to score centum.
• All the best to score centum in the first level itself!!