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For Chemistry:

Make a list of important reactions (you can ask your teachers to help you know which ones are asked very frequently) and divide them into two segments: Organic and Inorganic.

Print them with just the reaction half. 

Do them daily. Yes, daily. It’ll take around 45minutes in the beginning but it’ll slowly boil down to 15-20 minutes. Do them and then check how many you get right. I promise there will be a time where you’ll be able to do them all without error.

Always, always do previous year’s paper. And as frequently as possible. Go through the analysis. Get a teacher to correct your papers the way they’re done in the final exams. You’ll find you might be losing marks in “keywords”. Practice to write them along with them. 

For Physics:

I don’t have major suggestions for this- except to do derivations thoroughly, practice diagrams and learn up the keywords. 

LEARN THE KEYWORDS

Always make sure you write you answers in points, mention formulas in case of numericals

Do previous year’s papers.

For Mathematics:

It’s all in how you write the answers. You might know everything- but you would still score lesser. Write down the formulas. Ask a teacher to tell you how to ‘present your answer’.

Practice. Practice. Practice. Get as many sample papers as you can- done. Just like you’d do in the final exam. Put a timer and do it.

For Biology:

I used to suck at this. A lot. Then I tried out something that helped me score in 70′s out of 80. What I did was that I read the chapter (leaving out nothing- I know kinda boring but I did this with utmost attention) thrice. Yup, three times. After this I took out a notebook and jotted down everything as if explaining to a child. Drew diagrams along with it. 

Biology is a “ratta” subject. You gotta find a way to feed your brain that info. When you get all that done, do the previous year questions. And the ones given at the end of the chapter.

For English:

Do those exercises given in each chapter. Do them and get them checked. It’s the only way to crack language. 

For essays- choose 2. Choose any 2 types of essays and practice writing them whenever you get the time. This list is your god, use these words.

For Literature: Please please please go through the text very carefully and understand everything thoroughly. Write down character discussions and get the workbook if you can. Practice it. If you can’t write the whole answer just scribble down the points you’d include in it. 

Make sure the number of points you’re writing to support your answer is equivalent to marks in the question. If the question is 2 marks, there must be atleast 3 points to include- 4 to be safe.

For History // Civics // Geography:

Okay, so these are “ratta” subjects. You gotta write down and practice. You have to. Because you might think you’re done with everything- but you can only be sure when you actually write things down.

Do previous year’s papers. I cannot emphasize more on this point.

For maps, draw them. As many times as you can. I remember doing them all 20 times each. 

For topography: it’s simple to understand but overrated. Don’t complicate it. Understand it slowly and ask as many doubts as you have!

Always, always, always write your answer in points. The no. of points must be equivalent to the no. of marks. 

For Computers:

Understand coding. Please do this one. Practice all questions, yes all- including optional ones at least. 

Do previous year’s papers. 

Get proper notes: You don’t have to learn everything- no. Do only from notes you might have or a source you trust. Here is the one I used.

General: 

Presentation matters. A lot. Make sure you leave as much space between answers as you can.

If you have a messy handwriting- try to leave more space between words.