IITJEE is a scientifically designed exam which not only checks your analytical and intellectual abilities but also requires ability to perform in adverse conditions (e.g. not loosing nerves even if you have been able to solve just 1 out of the last 10 questions), pressure handling (solving two more questions in last five minutes), choice making (which questions to do and which to leave) and a lot of other factors. So just practicing more and more problems at home may not be sufficient. If after giving a test or quiz you solve the paper again at home and you feel that you could have done 10 more questions in very few time then you need to improve your examination temperament. In part 1 of this article I have already talked about the effects of thought process on examination temperament and how to improve them. In this article I will focus mostly on how to improve your approach to the question paper.
As I always say, your goal should be to maximize your total marks and not the number of attempts. So judging the questions is of prime importance. Since you have just 3 hours and the goal is to gain as much marks as possible so you cannot afford to spend much time on one subject. While solving the paper, always keep an eye on your watch. Give 45 minutes to each subject i.e. you should have at least read all the questions of the subject, done those on which you are confident and marked those which you think you may be able to do if you give some more time. In this way you complete the paper in 2 hours and 30 minutes and you have also taken care of the cutoff of individual subjects. Now in rest half an hour, try to increase your marks further by solving the marked questions which you left in first attempt. Be very careful in choosing questions and don’t stick on one question for a very long time.
I believe that the best way to revise a chapter is to quickly go through its theory and some examples and then start solving objective questions. Let us say you are revising thermodynamics from H.C. Verma’s book and say there are 60 objective questions (including those with more than one options correct). Since you have already done this chapter, keep a timer of 60 minutes (1min per question) and start solving. Do not take break during this one hour. Try to optimize your score (more positive attempts and negligible negative attempts). At the end of one hour match the answers and check your score. Observe if you were able to choose the easy questions first, have you read all the questions at least once and where you got stuck. Analyze yours performance and think what are the mistakes that you made and what steps you need to avoid them. This simple technique improved my examination temperament significantly and I am sure that it will work for you equally.
One last advice is that you should solve JEE’s previous year papers/sample papers at least once a week in the last two months of your preparation period (apart from your test series which you might have joined) in examination mode i.e. sitting continuously for 3 hours and with all the strategies mentioned above. This will help you to improve your concentration during the exams. - See more at: http://www.leadiit.com/iit-jee/article.aspx?title=Improving-your-approach-to-solve-questions&&id=12#sthash.fW3uVDf1.dpuf
As I always say, your goal should be to maximize your total marks and not the number of attempts. So judging the questions is of prime importance. Since you have just 3 hours and the goal is to gain as much marks as possible so you cannot afford to spend much time on one subject. While solving the paper, always keep an eye on your watch. Give 45 minutes to each subject i.e. you should have at least read all the questions of the subject, done those on which you are confident and marked those which you think you may be able to do if you give some more time. In this way you complete the paper in 2 hours and 30 minutes and you have also taken care of the cutoff of individual subjects. Now in rest half an hour, try to increase your marks further by solving the marked questions which you left in first attempt. Be very careful in choosing questions and don’t stick on one question for a very long time.
I believe that the best way to revise a chapter is to quickly go through its theory and some examples and then start solving objective questions. Let us say you are revising thermodynamics from H.C. Verma’s book and say there are 60 objective questions (including those with more than one options correct). Since you have already done this chapter, keep a timer of 60 minutes (1min per question) and start solving. Do not take break during this one hour. Try to optimize your score (more positive attempts and negligible negative attempts). At the end of one hour match the answers and check your score. Observe if you were able to choose the easy questions first, have you read all the questions at least once and where you got stuck. Analyze yours performance and think what are the mistakes that you made and what steps you need to avoid them. This simple technique improved my examination temperament significantly and I am sure that it will work for you equally.
One last advice is that you should solve JEE’s previous year papers/sample papers at least once a week in the last two months of your preparation period (apart from your test series which you might have joined) in examination mode i.e. sitting continuously for 3 hours and with all the strategies mentioned above. This will help you to improve your concentration during the exams. - See more at: http://www.leadiit.com/iit-jee/article.aspx?title=Improving-your-approach-to-solve-questions&&id=12#sthash.fW3uVDf1.dpuf
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