(Tips) CBSE Exam Preparation Tips to Score Good Marks

CBSE Exam Preparation Tips to Score Good Marks

Exams, be it at the entrance level, university level or even at the school level, can be big causes of stress. The key to performing well in the exams, apart from, studying hard, grasping everything and retaining everything, is, being able to study smart and in a proper manner, so that your efforts translate into performance.

Follow a proper schedule: Sleep early the night before, get up early the next morning, have a proper breakfast and then study. Do not stay up late or waste time doing something that is counter productive like worrying about what might happen. Take out an hour or two to relax and not think about the exams. Read, sleep, play or do whatever you think diverts your attention away from exams.

Don’t have too much on your plate: Exercise you brain in a constructive way, and do not clutter it with a lot of thoughts. Be clear in your mind and do not pressure yourself to cover things that are beyond your reach. Make realistic targets for a day. Even Rome was not built in a day.Do not overdo things. Do not try and study everything in a single day. Of the 5 or 6 subjects, pick up 2 or a maximum of 3 subjects and pick up a topic or two from each and go into the depths of the topics, instead of skimming 8-10 topics.

Mix and match: Plan your day well. Like a good meal, it is important to have all the essential ingredients while studying as well. Do not have all easy subjects/topics in a day or do not over burden yourself with topics that you find difficult. To maximize your output, start your “study day” with a light subject for an hour or so, once you get warmed up, take up a heavy subject or a topic. Study that for 2 hours or so and gradually increase the level of preparation. For example, if you find Mathematics tough and English easy, start your study day by reading a chapter or 2 from your NCERT literature textbook for English. After you are done with English, solve a topic from Mathematics for 2 hours. Gradually increase the level of difficultyof the questions you attempt. Once you are through with this exercise, take a break for a while and resume with a topic you are relatively comfortable with.

Solve papers: It is often said that there is no better practice than match practice. Solve one paper each day, preferably from 10 AM to 1 PM, in an environment as close to the one you expect at your examination centre. After you have solved the paper, mark yourself as per the CBSE marking scheme. Pick a different subject for eachof the five/six days. Assess yourself at the end of the week, look at your weak areas and try to rectify them in the weeks to follow. While solving sample papers, make a point to solve the ones provided by the CBSE. The papers provided by the CBSE are the closest possible papers to the real thing available to you.