Top 10 ways to score high in the CBSE Board examination

Dear Students and Parents,

Greetings!

At the outset, let me inform you that every examination will pass on and just hold your nerves and give your best. It is this time of the year to remain calm and collected, rewind your learning skills, and do your best to make yourself, your parents, your teachers, your school, and everyone associated with you mighty proud.

Examinations are a test of your content, skill, knowledge, and character.

Hence, it is all down to you, to unleash your skills & talent and express yourself in the best possible manner. Work hard, believe in God, and do your best.

Concentration Strategies

Change your study topics every 1-2 hours to keep things interesting. Vary your study activities – do not try and study in the same way for more than an hour or so. Take regularly scheduled breaks and enjoy them! Give yourself rewards for even small achievements in your studying.

Tips for Coping with Exam Anxiety

Set up a study schedule at least 2 weeks before your exam & sleep well. Maintaining a regular sleep schedule helps reduce stress and increase performance. Keep the same caffeine and sugar intake. Greatly increasing either of these substances can impair brain functioning by throwing off your body’s metabolism. Learn relaxed breathing when you get stressed, taking some slow, relaxed breaths can help you think clearly again.

Class 10 & 12 CBSE Board Preparation Tips:

The Board exam by CBSE is one of the most important examinations of a student’s career. CBSE Class 10 &12 board examination is undertaken by lakhs of students each year.

Class 12 Exams can easily be called a student’s stepping stone to the world as they make bigger career choices hereafter, going to college/university, choosing specializations, etc. The subject stream chosen in CBSE Class 12th often becomes the base of the education further chosen in college. The marks obtained in CBSE Class 12th are also extremely important in a student’s life as they decide the college/ university that the students might qualify for and the course specialization that they would get, in many cases.

These 11 preparation tips are the best because these are the only tips you would need to give your best performance in the upcoming board exams.

1. Know your syllabus (and DELETED syllabus)

The first step in preparing for any exam is to have a good look at the syllabus.

CBSE syllabus for 2022-23 encompasses the subject name, subject code and the annual course content, content structure, topology of questions, question paper design, list of project works, etc. amongst other details about the curriculum. Thus, CBSE candidates must understand the design of the course and the exam pattern in order to study well.

Only by knowing what to study can a student prepare for the exam. The syllabus will ensure that the student knows exactly how important a topic is based on the number of marks allocated to it.

Additionally, knowing what NOT to study is also equally important for the candidates for the board exam 2022-23.

2. Study only the BEST Books: NCERT

NCERT is the king when it comes to CBSE Board Exams’ Board prescribes the books and resources by NCERT. NCERT Course content has been designed in such a way that it aligns and fits perfectly with the aims and objectives of the board.

3. Solve only the BEST: NCERT Solution

Each chapter given in each subject’s textbook ends with practice questions of various types. The questions range from objective MCQs and fill-in-the-blanks to short and long answer-type questions as well. Even the chapters have various questions in between the course contents which are not only interesting but also important from an examination point of view.

Check below the subject-wise class 12 NCERT Textbooks Exercises Solutions:

4. Sample Question Paper and Marking Scheme

CBSE Sample question papers are a way to foresee what your board exam question paper would look like. CBSE board lends a guiding hand to all candidates in all streams by providing them with CBSE Class 12 Sample Question Papers and Marking Schemes which are meant to be a specimen of the upcoming board exam question paper.

It is a very important preparation tip for students of CBSE to refer to the subject-wise marking schemes too. The accompanying marking scheme is equally important for students as it helps them see how to answer different questions in order to score full marks.

5. Previous Year Question Papers: What did the others face?

Previous year question papers are the time machines that students have full access to. Any CBSE board exam candidate who wishes to score well must make use of this gift. Previous year questions of CBSE Board help students to see what students in previous board exams have been through, the type of questions asked, the topics asked more frequently, the pattern of questions being repeated and so on.

6. Writing Practice

Although the board exam question papers are designed in such a way that students have enough time to attempt the paper, students often end up with incomplete answers or make silly mistakes while rushing to complete the answers. This happens because students do not practice writing the answers while preparing for the board examinations. Their only focus remains on learning the answers or getting the right solutions. Therefore, practising writing answers is one of the most important CBSE Class 12 exam preparation tips.

7. Practice Papers or Mock Tests

Self-assessment is the best assessment before any examination.

To help you conduct an analysis of your own preparation, you may write and practice the previous year’s papers.

8. Daily Planning

Preparing for examinations is as important as the exams themselves. The routine can soon become unproductive if not planned well. Therefore, all candidates must prepare their schedule daily to stay productive and study what they require and feel like.

9. Revision

Many students make the mistake of studying and completing portion after portion but never revising them. This is a huge mistake that students preparing for board exams must not make.

This is one of the most important exam preparation tips for students to keep revising every day about the topics that they have already covered along with new topics that they study.

10. MOST IMPORTANT Preparation Tip: Rest and Breaks

All said and done, health is wealth! Without a healthy body and mind, no amount of exam preparation - sleepless nights and restless days, countless hours of study - will bear good results.

It is very important for students to have a healthy 8 hours of sleep, a balanced diet, and enough physical activity with an adequate amount of rest and breaks in between.

Hence facilitate a positive attitude and face the exams with self-confidence and conquer your fears and inhibitions. Be holistically prepared to face the Board Exams with confidence.

Good luck!

Kollath Gopinath Menon is the Principal and Chapter Convener (Bahrain) at The New Indian School