JNANA PRABODHINI 1

PREPARING FOR EXAMINATION

VIVEK PONKSHE

JNANA PRABODHINI 2

PLANNING IN THE LAST PHASE

Conditioning Camp

Physical Preparation

Mental Preparation

Time Planning

Mock Examination

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CONDITIONING CAMP

Adaptation to examination atmosphere

Proper physical and mental condition tocreate competitive spirit

Motivation to win

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Physical Preparation

Avoid unnecessary physical strain

Minimum seven hours sleep is must

No sleep in afternoon

Light exercise in morning and evening

Adjust your body clock to examination timings

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MENTAL PREPARATION

Avoid confusion

Be on rising curve of preparation

Alert body and mind

Killer Instinct

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TIME PLANNING

Ten to twelve hours a day study

Analyze solved answer papers

Compare your scores with your objective

Re-plan your weightage of study time for each subject

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MOCK EXAMINATION

Under examination conditions

During the same timing

Get your answer books checked

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REVISION IN LAST PHASE

• Visualization

• Use of Cards

• Explaining others

• Use of Charts

• Micro Notes

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VISUALIZATION

1. Recall important points

2. Comprehensive thinking

3. Putting all points in logical order

4. Create a memory chain

5. Visualize all pictorial information

6. Think of various questions which can be asked around that point

7. Make rough sketch of what you are recalling

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USE OF CARDS

1. Use for long answer questions

2. Important points on one side of the card

3. Minor points, details, diagrams on other side

4. Key word cards

5. Cards of laws, rules, formulae

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EXPLAINING TO OTHERS

1. Paired task

2. Choose difficult topics

3. Explain in your own language

4. Draw figures, diagrams if necessary

5. Invite questions

6. Sum up together

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USE OF CHARTS

1. Advertising techniques

2. Stick charts on commonly seen walls

3. Incidental study

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MICRO NOTES

1. Revision at one sight

2. Select only difficult and lengthy topics

3. Write key words and links between them

4. Use block diagrams

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DURING EXAMINATION DAYS

1. Go to sleep early2. Get up early3. Avoid distracters such as story books, films, T V

serials, Internet 4. Take just enough food before starting for

examination5. Individual study is the best strategy6. Use relaxation technique under stress condition7. No discussion half an hour before examination8. No discussion after coming out of examination hall

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REMEMBER WHILE WRITING ANSWER PAPERS

• Write all necessary personal information• Draw margins if necessary• Read question paper carefully• Select questions and their order of writing• Write important formulae, keywords by

pencil on back page of answer book• Write question numbers carefully• Don’t spend more time on single question

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REMEMBER WHILE WRITING ANSWER PAPERS (contd)

• If you remember some important pt of answer of other question then write down somewhere

• Mark the question after answering• Leave some gap after each answer• Long answers may be started on new page• Under line important pts to draw attention of

examiner• Make paragraphs in long answers• Number pts in your answers

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REMEMBER WHILE WRITING ANSWER PAPERS (contd)

• In maths under line intermediate answers and write final answer in block

• Draw to the scale figures• Do your rough work nearby to the final answer• Don’t run a long distance race or a sprint• You are running a middle distance race• Remember 1 mark = 1.5 minutes and 1 point = 0.5 marks

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CHECKING THE ANSWERPAPER

• Underline• Write any point left• Check whether required no of questions are

attempted• Check question nos• In languages check spellings, grammar,

sentence construction, tenses• In Maths check calculations, figures in

problems and in your solutions, decimal place, units, scale, values of t ratios

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CHECKING THE ANSWERPAPER(contd)

• In Science check wording of definitions, units, formulae, calculations, no of examples to give explanation, balancing chemical equations, labels given in figures, biological terms, etc

• In Social Science check order of events, details in your answers, map index, etc

• No of supplements, your roll no