Heyy….

i gave my 10th CBSE board exams in 2019… im a bit late answering this
i know but i scored 97.6% then with a 100 in science and 99 in social science
and 95 in maths…. so hope my advice helps you…ill try to be as detailed as
possible regarding…well everything… ill tell you how i studied and did stuff…
you can take whatever advice you find useful :)

1. FOR SCIENCE

SCIENCE IN 10TH IS PRETTY BASIC. YOU WILL PROBABLY HEAR THIS PHRASE A
LOT THAT YOU WILL LEARN IT IN 11TH . SO SCIENCE IS NOT EASY UNLESS YOU
MAKE IT SO.

FOR SCIENCE TILL 9TH WHAT I DID WAS JUST STUDY FROM THE BOOK AND THE
NOTES THAT THE TEACHERS GAVE… BUT I REALISED THAT IN 10 TH THAT WONT
BE ENOUGH CAUSE THERE ARE MANY THINGS YOU HAVE TO REFER WHEN U ARE
STUDYING. YOU REFER TO THE NCERT, SOME REFERENCE BOOK AND THEN THE
CLASS NOTES ETC.

 SO FOR SCIENCE YOU GOTTA MAKE YOUR OWN AUTHENTIC NOTES.

SUPPOSE A CHAPTER IS TAUGHT IN CLASS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PREPARE
IT… SO U SIT DOWN TO STUDY THE CHAPTER AND WHAT I DID WAS THAT
I READ THE BOOK ALOUD… I WOULD PROCESS WHAT I READ AND SEE IF I
UNDERSTOOD THE CONCEPT. THEN I WOULD EXPLAIN THE TOPIC TO MYSELF
AND SOMETIMES I WOULD ROUGHLY DOODLE STUFF ON A PAGE OR ON MY
WHITE BOARD TO SEE HOW MUCH I UNDESTOOD.

FOR EG IF IN STUDYING PHYSICS… THE ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM CHAPTER

I WOULD SEE IF I UNDER STOOD THE CONCEPT IF I DIDN’T I WOULD WATCH
SOME ONLINE VIDEOS ON KHAN ACADEMY OR SOMETHING AND THEN I WOULD
EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT TO MYSELF. AFTER THAT I WOULD MAKE NOTES ABOUT
IT IN A NOTEBOOK.

SEE IF U ARE JUST COPYING STUFF FROM THE BOOK INTO A NOTEBOOK AND
CALLING IT NOTES THEN THAT’S USELESS… SO YOU FIRST HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT AND THEN WRITE IT IN YOUR OWN SYNTHESISED
WORDS. TRY TO MAKE IT SHORT.

I USED A FEW TRICKS TO MAKE MY NOTES COMPACT… I WOULD USE ARROWS

INSTEAD OF WRIITING TO ,BECAUSE AND STUFF. IF THERE WAS A DIAGRAM, I
WOULD NOTE THE CONCEPT IN THE DIAGRAM SO THAT ITS SHORT AND I
UNDERSTAND IT BETTER.

 FOR BIOLOGY I OFTEN MADE TABLES AND FLOWCHARTS FOR

VARIOUS STUFF LIKE HORMONES OR THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PARTS OF
BRAIN.
MOST WOULD THINK THAT U WILL HAVE TO REMEMBER BIOLOGY BUT WHAT I
FOUND USEFUL WAS WATCHING VIDEOS ON KHAN ACADEMY CAUSE THOSE
SHOW YOU PICTURES AND VIDEOS AND HELP U IMAGINE THINGS WHICH YOU
OTHERWISE HAVENT SEEN.
I WOULD MAKE MNEMONICS TO REMEMBER STUFF OR WOULD OFTEN RELATE
THINGS TO A STORY… BIZZARE STORIES OR OTHER REAL LIFE EXAMPES CAUSE
IT MAKE ME UNDERSTAND AND REMEMBER STUFF WHICH I WOULD NOT
FORGET.

 FOR CHEMISTRY IVE GOT SOME SPECIAL ADVICE. IN 10TH YOU HAVE
GOT LOTS AND LOTS OF CHEMICAL FORMULAS WHICH YO HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND AND KNOW. NOW IN THE STARTING THAT REALLY
ANNOYED ME AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WASN’T REALLY IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER. BUT STRAIGHT UP 10TH CHEMISTRY IS 60%
FORMULAS. YOU HAVE TO KNOW AND UNDESTAND THE FORMULAS.
AND REMEMBER THAT ALL THE FORMULAS ARE INTERRELATED FROM
OTHER CHAPTERS… THIS YOU WILL REALISE AFTER U HAVE STUDIED
ALL. SO YOU CANT MISS A SINGLE FORMULA CAUSE THE NEXT
CHAPTER IS ON THE FOUNDATION OF THOSE.
SO WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IN REMEMBERING THE FORMULA IS THAT FIRST YOU
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE THEORY OR THE EXPERIMENT, OFTEN IT HELPS
WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE PRACTICAL CLASS…SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE
PRACTICALS GUYS. I HAD A REAL PROBLEM REMEBERING THE FORMULAS… SO I
WROTE THEM IN A LARGE CHART AND HUNG IT INN MY ROOM… AFTER THAT
I WROTE IT MANY TIMES WHEN I MADE NOTES WHEN I EXPLAINED TO
MYSELF WHEN I EXPLAINED IT TO MY FRIENDS OR WHEN I SOLVED CHAPTER
TESTS THAT MY AMAZING TEACHER GAVE ETC. SO THE ESSENCE TO
REMEMBER FORMULAS IS TO WRITE THEM MANY MANY TIMES.

WHAT I SUGGEST IS THAT YOU WRITE THE FORMULAS IN YOUR NOTES, THEN AT
THE END OF EVER CHAPTER MAKE A FORMULA CHART OR LIST SOMEWHERE
WITH ALL THE FORMULAS IN THE CHAPTER AND COMPLETE THE FORMULA
CHART OF ALL CHAPTERS AND READ THEM REGULARLY. SOMETIMES WHEN I
DIDN’T REMEMBER A PARTICULAR FORMULA, I WOULD WRITE IT ON A POST IT
NOTE AND STICK IT ON MY DESK OR CUPBOARD WHERE I PASS BY OFTEN.
REMEMBER DONT JUST COPY THE FORMULAS...TRY ACTIVE RECALL WHICH IS
BASICALLY STRAIN YOUR MIND TO REMEMBER WHATEVER U HAVE STUDIED AND
THEN WHEN YOU CAN'T REMEMBER IT THEN SEE THE BOOK.

SO THAT’S CHEMISTRY.

 FOR PHYSICS IM AFRAID I MUST URGE YOU TO DEEPLY UNDERSTAND

THE CONCEPTS, U CAN WATCH VIDEOS FOR THAT. AND YOU HAVE
TO SOLVE EVERY NUMERICAL (ESPECIALLY ONES IN NCERT) , THE
ONE GIVEN AS EXAMPLES, THE INTEXT QUESTIONS AND THE BACK
EXERCISES. YOU HAVE TO SOLVE THE NCERT ATLEAST. THAT’S A MUST.
NOW TO TEST YOUR CONCEPTS YOU CAN SOLVE WORKSHEETS OR
QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOOK OR GUIDEBOOK OF YOUR CHOICE BEFORE
THE EXAM (I DID ARIHANT)
BIOLOGY WILL BE PRETTY MUCH COVERED IN YOUR NOTES… YOU WILL HAVE
TO REVISE THEM AND TO ACTIVELY RECALL WHAT I DID WAS TO SOLVE MCQS
 AND OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE GUIDE BOOK BEFORE EXAMS OR AFTER YOU
COMPLETED THE CHAPTER.

 AS FOR THE DIAGRAMS… THERE ARE DIAGRAMS NOT ONLY IN

BIOLOGY BUT ALSO IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS.NOW USUALLY I
FORGOT ABOUT DIAGRAMS UNTILL BEFORE EXAMS AND I WOULD JUST
DRAW THEM WITH MY NOTES AND FORGET ABOUT IT AND A DAY
BEFORE EXAM I WOULD GO OH SHIT.
SO ITS BETTER IF YOU GUYS DON’T DO THAT.

FOR DIAGRAMS WHAT IS IMPORTANT SADLY IS NEATNESS. NEATNESS IS

WHATS GOING TO GET YOU MARKS. YOU HAVE TO BE SURE THAT YOU DON’T
DRAW YOU DIAGRAM TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL. FOR DIAGRAMS I JUST DREW
THEM 3-4 TIMES FIRST I WOULD SEE THE LABELS AND THE DIAGRAM AND COPY
IT FROM BOOK THEN AFTER THAT I WOULD CLOSE THE BOOK AND DRAW FROM
MEMORY AND WHERE I GOT STUCK, I WOULD REFER THE BOOK UNTILL I COULD
MAKE IT WITHOUT THE BOOK.

NOW SOME TEACHERS WILL TELL YOU TO MAKE THE DIAGRAMS " COLOURFUL
AND ATTRACTIVE" BUT LET'S BE HONEST THAT’S PURE BULLSHIT CAUSE NO
ONES GOT THE TIME TO SIT AND COLOUR AND DECORATE THEIR DIAGRAMS… I
FORGOT ABOUT THEM UNTILL EXAMS FOR GODS' SAKE. SO, WHAT YOU GUYS
HAVE TO DO IS MAKE THE DIAGRAMS NEATLY IN PENCIL. TRY TO MAKE THE
WIRES OF THE CIRCUIT USING A SCALE. THE LABELLING YOU DO SHOULD BE IN
CAPITAL LETTERS AND DRAW THE ARROWS WITH A SCALE. FOR THE BRAIN,
HEART AND NEPHRON DIAGRAM, MY TEACHER GAVE US SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS
OF THOSE (ADVANTAGES OF ATTENDING SCHOOL) SO OBVIOUSLY IF YOU WANT
TO DRAW AND HIGHLGHT YOUR WORK, I WON'T STOP YOU BUT DUDE NO ONES
GOT THAT MUCH TIME IN EXAMS. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T MAKE YOUR DIAGRAM
CLUTTERED. IN EXAM GIVE A WHOLE PAGE TO ONE DIAGRAM AND DON’T
FORGET TO WRITE THE HEADING OF WHAT YOU ARE DRAWING AND THE
QUESTION NUMBER. ALSO, IF SOMETIMES THERE IS A THEORY ANSWER WHICH
YOU CAN EXPLAIN WITH A DIAGRAM, THEN DRAW IT ( IDK MY MOM TOLD ME
TO)… WRITE A SHORT THEORY AND DRAW THE DIAGRAM CAUSE AS MY
TEACHER SAID A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.

1. NOTE: IN SCIENCE EVRYTHING IS IMPORTANT I REPEAT EVERYTHING IN THE

NCERT IS IMPORTANT.YOU HAVE TO DO EVERY DIAGRAM, ACTIVITY, YELLOW
BLUE BOXES, INTEXT QUESTIONS, BACK EXERCISE. YOU HAVE TO DO
EVERYTHING. DON’T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF SKIPPING ANYTHING CAUSE IN
EXAMS THEY ASK YOU QUESTION FROM DEEP WITHIN THE LINES WHICH U
WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE IGNORED. VERY VERY IMPORTANTLY DO THE
ACTIVITIES NICELY…A LOT OF QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THOSE
EVEN IF WE DON’T TALK ABOUT EXAMS MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NCERT
NICELY. EVEN IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO FIRSTLY DO NCERT
BEFORE ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE CONCEPTS WHICH WILL HELP IN
HIGHER CLASSES. AND SOME SCIENCE CHAPTERS ARE VERY INTERESTING TOO.
 SO EVEN IF WE FORGET EXAMS, JUST TO LEARN YOU GUYS SHOULD DO NCERT
NICELY.

1. PRO TIP: DO THE NCERT EXEMPLAR BEFORE ANY REFERENCE BOOK CAUSE THAT
ONE IS GOLD AND HAS GOOD, VALID AND PRECISE QUESTIONS.
2 FOR MATHS

FOR MATHS IM SORRY U GUYS BUT U HAVE TO PRACTICE. I DISLIKED MATHS AS

MUCH AS THE NEXT PERSON BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE ITS EXAM. NOW, I TOOK
ADVANCED MATHS. SO, I WILL TELL YOU THAT 10TH MATHS IS NEW KIND OF
TRICKY BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. IF YOU GUYS ARE SCARED OF MATHS OR
CONFUSED, I WOULD TELL YOU TO DO THE NCERT NICELY. DO ALL THE
EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES OF NCERT AND MIND YOU ALSO DO THE
OPTIONAL EXERCISE CAUSE THEY DO ASK QUESTIONS FROM THOSE
SOMETIMES EVEN IF ITS VERY CUTELY WRITTEN THAT THESE QUESTIONS WONT
BE ASKED IN EXAMINATIONS. TRUST ME THEY DO APPEAR IN EXAMS, IN
PREBOARDS ATLEAST AND IN BOARDS TOO FOR ME.

NOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY ALSO DO RD SHARMA OR RS

AGGARWAL OR OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS. I ALSO TRIED TO DO RD SHARMA
BUT IT MADE ME NAUSEOUS SO I EVENTUALLY JUST TOLD IT TO GO TO HELL BUT
YOU GUYS PLEASE DON’T BE LIKE ME ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO
PURSUE MATHS IN THE HIGHER CLASSES. AND IF YOU ARE AN OVERACHIEVER
KIND OF PERSON THEN DO IT SURELY IT WILL HELP YOU IN PHYSICS TOO.

BUT I COULDN’T DO IT SO I ONLY DID NCERT AND NCERT EXEMPLAR

NICELY AND DID SOME WORKSHEETS AND PRACTICE TESTS AND HONESTLY, I
THINK THAT WAS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR ALL EXAMS. THE EXEMPLAR
WAS VERY HELPFUL AS MANY QUESTIONS IN THE TEST COME FROM IT. IF YOU
ARE SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOT OF FEAR AND TROUBLE WITH MATHS…JUST DO
THE NCERT VERY NICELY AGAIN AND AGAIN. SOLVE ALL THE QUESTIONS 2–3
TIMES BY YOURSELF. AND THEN YOU CAN DO PRACTICE TESTS THAT ARE
CBSE BASED.

FOR MATHS I SUGGEST YOU TAKE A BIG FAT REGISTER AND SOLVE ALL THE
QUESTIONS AND IMPORTANTLY WHAT I DID WAS MARK THE QUESTIONS IN
WHICH I HAD DIFFICULTY OR WHICH I THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT AND HAD A
PARTICULAR TRICK TO BE APPLIED. I MARKED THEM WITH A HIGHLIGHTER OR
STARED THEM AND IF IT WAS AN EXTRA NOTORIOUS QUESTION, I WOULD DRAW
A RED BOX AROUND IT. SO WITH THIS WHEN YOU ARE REVIEWING YOUR NOTES
FOR AN EXAM YOU CAN SKIP THE EASY QUESTIONS WHICH YOU KNOW AND
REVISE THE IMPORTANT ONES.

ALSO TRY COLOUR CODING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. WHILE SOLVING, THE
ONES I FOUND DIFFICULT I STARED THEM… AFTER THAT DURING FIRST
REVISION IF I AM NOT ABLE TO SOLVE IT AGAIN, I HIGHLIGHTED THE QUESTION
AND FINALLY IF I FEEL THAT THIS ONE IS EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT OR IM
GETTING IT WRONG MANY TIMES THEN I RED BOX IT.
 THIS WAY WHEN YOU ARE STUDYING FOR YOUR BOARDS OR PREBOARDS YOU
WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE STARTING CHAPTERS LIKE POLYNOMIALS
MANY TIMES… AT THAT TIME YOU JUST NEED TO REVISE THE IMPORTANT
MARKED QUESTIONS SO THAT YOU HAVE TIME TO FOCUS ON THE NEWER
CHAPTERS.

ALSO NEVER BE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO LEAVE MATHS FOR A DAY OR TWO

BEFORE THE EXAMS THAT IS A GRAVE MISTAKE WHICH I HAVE COMMITTED
MANY TIMES AND ALSO REGRET. SO YOU GUYS DON’T DO IT. TRY AND DO
MATHS EVERYDAY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO PROBABLY FIX A TIME FOR IT. I
WOULD DO IT IN THE MORNING FOR 2 HOURS.

FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS, YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION IN THE

CLASSES AND IF YOU STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND THEN WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS
OR YOU CAN GO ASK AND TROUBLE YOUR TEACHER. BUT U MUST MAKE SURE
THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS OTHERWISE YOU WONT BE ABLE TO
SOLVE THE QUESTIONS. ATLEAST HAVE THE CONCEPTS OF ALL NCERT
QUESTIONS AND EGS CRYSTAL CLEAR.. THATS MORE THAN ENOUGH.

NOW FOR PARTICULAR CHAPTERS LIKE TRIGNOMETRY YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER

THE VALUES OF THE FUNCTIONS AND IDENTITES FOR THAT YOU CAN USE
TRICKS/ MNEUMONICS WHICH ARE REALLY POPULAR OR U CAN WRITE THE
FORMULAS (LIKEOF SURFACE AREA AND VOLUMES OR OF CIRCLES) ON A BIG
CHART AND HANG IT SO THAT YOU CAN READ IT OFTEN.

OTHERWISE, IF YOU SOLVE SUFFICIENT QUESTIONS, YOU WILL REMEMBER

THEM.

MAKE SURE YOU PRACTISE CONSTRUCTIONS CAUSE THAT’S EASY MARKS.

NOW ONE CHAPTER WHICH IS IMPORTANT IS TRIANGLES. IT HAS MANY

THEOREMS WHICH YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVE SO PRACTISE THEM MANY
TIMES BY JUST WRITING IT AND PROVING IT ON YOUR OWN AND BEFORE EXAMS
MAKE SURE TO REVISE THEM. THEY ALSO ARE EASY MARKS.

1. QUICK TIP: ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH THE MATHS SYLLABUS THEN PLEASE
PLEASE DO PRACTICE TESTS OR WORKSHEETS FROM ANY REFERENCE BOOK… I
USED U-LIKE
3.SOCIAL SCIENCE

NOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT AND THERE IS SURPRISINGLY VERY LESS

TIPS FOR IT ON THE NET CONSIDERING HOW EVERY KID STRUGGLES IN SST AND
KIND OF HAS A UNITED DISTASTE FOR IT. BUT ITS REALLY EASY TO SCORE WELL
IN THIS AND FRANKLY IF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM HADNT RUINED IT I LOVE SST
ESPECIALLY HISTORY. BUT SCHOOL RUINED IT SO. BUT STILL IF YOU GUYS HAVE
GENUINE CURIOSITY THEN HISTORY IS REALLY AMAZING CAUSE I LEARNT
ABOUT IT FROM OTHER INTERESTING BOOKS, MOVIES, SERIALS, GOOGLE AND
DOCUMENTARIES. BUT COMING BACK TO SCHOOL.
SEE MOST OF THE CHANCES ARE THAT YOU PROBABLY SLEEP IN YOU SST
CLASSES AND EVEN IF YOU TRY TO PAY ATTENTION YOU DON’T REALLY
UNDERSTAND CAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME SO I KNOW. BUT UNLESS YOU
HAVE AN AMAZING TEACHER WHO DOESN’T PUT YOU TO SLEEP IN SST YOU ARE
PRETTY MUCH SCREWED. MOST OF THE PEOPLE DON’T EVEN TOUCH SST UNTILL
THE EXAM AND FRANKLY EVEN I DID THAT BUT IT GAVE A MAJOR STRESS WHEN
YOU HAVE SO MANY CHAPTERS LEFT BEFORE EXAMS AND MANY OF THE
STUDENTS CAN'T HANDLE THAT MUCH STRESS… BUT TRY NOT TO KEEP SST
FOR THE LAST-MINUTE CAUSE IT GETS TERRIFYING ALSO IT HAS MASSIVE
SYLLABUS. SO IF YOU KEEP IT TILL THE LAST DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO ROTE
LEARN IT WHICH MAKES SST DO DULL.

 SO I WOULD USUALLY START SST 2–3 WEEKS BEFORE THE

EXAM AFTER IM DONE WITH MATHS AND SCIENCE AND OFTEN EVEN
THAT TIME WAS NOT ENOUGH AND I WOULD PROMISE MYSELF THAT I
WOULD START EARLY THE NEXT TIME BUT IT DIDN’T REALLY HAPPEN SO
I WOULD BE A FANATIC BEFORE SST EXAMS PULLING LATE NIGHTERS
AND ALL.
SEE IN SST YOU WILL HAVE TO REMEMBER SOME STUFF. YOU WILL JUST
HAVE TO REMEMBER IT. FOR EXAMPLE THE DATES IN HISTORY OR SOME STUFF
IN GEOGRAPHY YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER IT. TO STUDY SST WHAT I
DID WAS I BOUGHT A GUIDE BOOK. I CHOOSE ARIHANT CAUSE IT HAS A GOOD
SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS AND SUFFICIENT PRACTISE QUESTIONS AND MODEL
PAPERS.

IN 9TH I WOULD JUST DO THAT SUMMARY AND REMEMBER IT SOMEHOW AND

WRITE THE EXAMS. I MANAGED PRETTY WELL WITH THAT BUT IN 10TH I FELT
THAT IT WONT BE SUFFICIENT CAUSE IN BOARDS THEY CAN ASK ANYTHING. SO
YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED. SO I WOULD SEE IF THE SUMMARRY IS COVERING
EVERYTHING FROM THE CHAPTER WHILE READING THE CHAPTER… I NOTICED
THAT IN HISTORY THE SUMMARY WAS NOT SUFFICIENT BUT FOR GEOGRAPHY IT
WAS PRETTY GOOD. SO I DID GEOGRAPHY FROM THE SUMMARY BUT I
ALSO CONSULTED THE NCERT TO MAKE SURE IM NOT MISSING ANY
POINT.

ALSO IN SCHOOL THEY WILL ASK YOU TO WRITE A LOT OF SST QUESTIONS IN
THE NOTEBOOK WHICH WAS A COMPLETE PAIN. NOW YOU HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL AS THEY GRADE YOUR NOTEBOOKS FOR THE INTERNALS SO YOU HAVE
TO DO IT. I DID THEM RITUALLY IN THE STARTING OF THE YEAR BUT SOON I
REALISED THAT I WAS WASTING MY TIME AS I WAS JUST COPYING THE TEXT
BOOK IN MY NOTE BOOK AND IT WASN’T FULFILLING IN ANY WAY.

I OBSERVED THAT IN HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY ITS JUST WASTING MY TIME BUT
I REALISED THAT MY POLITICAL SCIENCE AND ECONIMICS TEACHER IS GIVING
GOOD QUESTIONS AND SMALL ANSWERS AND IS ALSO EXPLAINING WELL. SHE
DIDN’T GIVE US A MOUNTAIN LOAD QUESTIONS ALSO. PLUS SHE WAS SUPER
NICE. SO I MAINTAINED MY POLITICAL SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS COPY NICELY
AND FOR THE EXAM STUDIED FROM THE NOTES AND NCERT ONLY ( APART
FROM THE PRACTICE QUESTIONS).

SO WHAT IM TELLING YOU ALL IS THAT SEE IF MAKING THE NOTEBOOKS IS

WORTH THE TIME AND IF THE QUESTIONS ARE REALLY GONNA HELP YOU. IF
THEY ARE THEN MAKE SURE YOU GUYS DO IT NICELY CAUSE A LITTLE WORK
WILL SIMPLIFY YOUR STUDIES. IF THE NOTES ARENT WORTH THE PAIN YOU
GUYS STILL HAVE TO COMPLETE THE COPIES IF YOU WANT THE INTERNAL
MARKS

SO WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE HAVE TO DO THE MONOTENOUS WRITTEN

WORK NO MATTER WHAT SO WHAT I DID WAS THAT I DIDN’T LET IT INTERFARE
WITH MY STUDIES. I WOULD DO IT LATE AT NIGHT AFTER IVE COMPLETED ALL
WORK. I WOULD LISTEN TO MUSIC CAUSE OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE FALLEN
ASLEEP. ALSO TRY TO COMPLETE ALL THE WRITTEN WORK IN SCHOOL LIKE
OFTEN YOU HAVE FREE PERIODS U CAN DO IT THEN. NOW IM NOT SAYING THAT
YOU TURN INTO A COMPLETE STUDY FOREVER KINDDA PERSON… GO ENJOY
YOUR RECESS AND GAMES PERIODS BUT USE TIME WISELY. KNOW WHEN DO
WORK AND WHEN TO RELAX.

SOMETIMES I WOULD DO THE PENDING SST WORK IN THE SST PERIOD ITSELF
CAUSE EITHER WAY I KNEW I WASN’T PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THE
TEACHER WAS SAYING SO I MIGHT AS WELL GET SOME WORK DONE. SO
BASICALLY, BE SMART WITH YOUR TIME. ALSO WHILE WRITING THE NOTES
MAKE SURE THOSE ARE IN POINTS CAUSE ITS EASIER TO REMEMBER THEM IN
POINTS RATHER THAN PARAGRAPHS. ALSO IF U ARE LIKE ME WHO COUNTS THE
NUMBER OF PAGES THEY GOTTA STUDY THEN TRY WRITING SMALLER CAUSE IT
WILL GIVE A POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT.

 FOR HISTORY I DID THE COMPLETE NCERT BOOK. I WOULD READ A

PARAGRAPH TWICE OR THRICE AND THEN CLOSE THE BOOK AND MAKE
MYSELF UNDERSTAND IT TILL I GOT ALL THE POINTS. I WOULD
LEARN GEOGRAPHY FROM THE SUMMARY IN THE GUIDE AND POL
SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS FROM THE NOTES AND READ THE NCERT. IT
IS A VERY TIME CONSUMING PROCESS SO MAKE SURE U HAVE AMPLE
TIME.
SOME OF THE FACTS WHICH I HAVE TROUBLE REMEMBERING I WOULD USE MY
FAVOURITE METHOD AND WRITE IT ON A STICKY NOTE AND STICK IT
SOMEWHERE NEAR WHERE I STUDY. I WOULD ALSO DO THAT FOR PARTICULAR
IMPORTANT HISTORY DATES.

IN HISTORY TRY WATCHING SOME MOVIE OR DOCUMENTARY OF THE CHAPTER

YOU ARE STUDYING CAUSE IT REALLY HELPS ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT
WE HAVE A FEW CHAPTERS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY IN 10TH WHICH WE ARE
UNFAMILIAR WITH. FOR NATIONALISM IN INDIA THERE ARE AMPLE FILMS YOU
CAN WATCH LIKE I WATCHED ‘GANDHI’ SEVERAL TIMES AND FRANKLY THAT
CHAPTER HAS INTERESTING STUFF WHICH WE MOSTLY KNOW AND HAVE
LEARNT IN PERVIOUS CLASSES AND WE CAN RELATE TO IT. SO I FOUND THAT A
GOOD CHAPTER. BY BOARDS I KNEW THE WHOLE CHAPTER LINE BY LINE.

ALSO IF YOU ARE STUCK IN SOME PART IN HISTORY THEN TRY TO IMAGINE THE
SCENE IN YOUR MIND. LIKE IF YOU ARE STUDING NATIONALISM IN EUROPE THEN
TRY TO WEAVE A STORY ASSOCIATING IT WITH PICTURES IN YOUR MIND HOW
GARRIBALDI CONQUERED ITALY FOR HIS KING, HOW HE ANNEXED ONE
KINGDOM AFTER OTHER AND SO ON. IF YOU GIVE INFORMATION A MENTAL
IMAGE YOU ARE MOST LIKELY TO RETAIN IT LONGER RATHER THAN JUST ROTE
LEARNING.

IN PRINT CULTURE CHAPTER THERE ARE A LOT OF NAMES AND DATES TO

REMEMBER SO WHAT I DID WAS I WROTE ALL THE DATES AND NAMES OF
THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE VARIOUS BOOKS ON A PAGE AND KEPT IT IN MY
TEXTBOOK SO THAT WHENEVER I STUDY THE CHAPTER I CAN QUICKLY REVISE
THE MAIN STUFF. INFACT BEFORE MY PREBOARDS I WROTE ALL THE DATES OF
ALL CHAPTERS ON SEPARATE PAPERS SO THAT I CAN REVISE THEM QUICKLY
BEFORE EXAMS. ALSO DON’T FORGET TO DO THE DEFINATIONS IN THE
BOXES AND READ THE SOURCE BOXES IN THE BOOK. ALSO MOST
IMPORTANTLY READ THE CAPTIONS OF THE PICTURES PROVIDED IN THE
NCERT BOOKS THEY HAVE IMPORTANT INFO AND ARE OFTEN ASKED.

 IN GEOGRAPHY YOU WILL FIND SOME CHAPTERS LIKE AGRICULTURE

AND MINERALS WHERE YOU WILL HAVE TO REMEMBER THE CROPPING
PERIOD, SOIL, RAIN AND OTHER FEATURES OF CROPS AND IN MINERALS
YOU WILL HAVE TO REMEMBER WHICH MINERAL IS FOUND WHERE. IN
THOSE CASES I SUGGEST YOU MAKE A TABLE IN A NOTEBOOK OR
SOMEWHERE WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION.
WHAT I DID TO LEARN THE PLACES WHERE THE CROPS AND MINERALS ARE
FOUND IS THAT I GROUPED THREE OR FOUR CROPS AND MINERALS
WHICH HAD A FEW COMMON PLACES AND WROTE THEM
TOGETHER.THAT WAY WHEN IM STUDING I SEE FOR EXAMPLE THAT IRON,
COPPER AND MICA ARE FOUND IN ODISHA, JHARKHAND AND BIHAR OK…. SO
THAT REALLY HELPS CAUSE YOU ARE LEARNING TWO OR THREE COMMON
NAMES FOR VARIOUS CROPS ALSO WHEN YOU STUDY YOUR NOTES OVER AND
OVER AGAIN YOU SORT OF GET THE PAGE IN YOUR MEMORY SO YOU WILL
REMEMBER THAT OH ON THIS PAGE I HAD COTTON, WHEAT AND RICE AND
THESE ARE THE COMMON PLACES WHERE THEY ARE FOUND. MAKE SURE YOU
MAKE IT FOR POWER RESOURCES AND NUCLEAR AND COAL STUFF TOO

 AS FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE… I THINK ITS PRETTY MUCH RELATABLE

AND INTERESTING ESPECIALLY IF YOU CONSIDER THE GENDER,
RELIGION AND CASTE CHAPTER. READ THE TEXT BOOK CAREFULLY AND
THE DEFINATIONS OF THE BOLDED WORDS CAUSE THEY ARE OFTEN
ASKED. THERE WILL BE MANY PICTURES AND CARTOONS IN THE BOOK
AND IN THE BOARDS THEY WILL ASK YOU THEIR MEANING AND
SIGNIFICANCE AS A 1 MARKER SO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE
TOPIC THEY ARE SHOWING.
 ECONOMICS IS ALSO VERY EASY. MAKE SURE YOU REMEMBER SOME
OF THE FACTS GIVEN LIKE HOW TO CALCULATE BODY MASS INDEX ETC.
OFTEN SOME DATA IS GIVEN IN ECONIMICS WHICH YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER TO GIVE SATISFACTORY ANSWERS SO WRITE THEM ON A
POST IT AND STICK THEM.MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU WRITE ON THE
POST IT IS BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO READ FROM A DISTANCE. USE A
BRIGHT COLOURED MARKER. DON’T BUT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT.
ALSO ITS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO THE CASE STUDIES AND EXAMPLES
OF THE VARIOUS PEOPLE GIVEN IN ECONOMICS CAUSE THOSE ARE
IMPORTANT.
THEY USUALLY ASK 5 MARKS QUESTIONS FROM ECONOMICS AND POL SC AND
ITS EASY TO IDENTIFY THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN THE CHAPTER SO DO
THOSE EASILY. ALSO DO THE BACK EXERCISES OF NCERT BEFORE JUMPING
ON THE PRACTICE QUESTIONS.

I MENTIONED USING POST ITS FOR SST, YOU CAN ALSO MAKE SIMPLE FLASH
CARDS LIKE I DID ESPECIALLY TO REMEMBER THE NAMES OF THE BOOKS AND
THEIR AUTORS IN PRINT CULTURE. I WROTE THE BOOK NAME ON ONE SIDE OF A
SMALL SQUARE PAPER ( YOU CAN USE A POST IT) AND THE AUTHOR NAME ON
THE OTHER. SO WHILE REVISING I CAN DO IT BOTH WAYS FROM WHICH AUTHOR
WROTE WHAT TO WHICH BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY WHOM.

 ALSO YOU HAVE A BULL CRAP LOAD OF MAPWORK WHICH IS

IMPORTANT CAUSE ITS FREE MARKS. I USUALLY FORGOT ABOUT
MAPWORK UNTILL 3 AM ON THE EXAM DAY ( NO KIDDING) SO THE
EASIEST WAIT I DID WAS TO TAKE A BUNCH OF MAPS AND MARK THE
STUFF ON IT USING THE TEXTBOOK SO THAT I HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED
MARKINGS ON VARIOUS MARKS. THEN I WOULD GO THROUGH THEM
AND THEN I WOULD TAKE A BLANK MAP AND DO THE MARKINGS
WITHOUT SEEING THEM. REVISE THE MAP IN THE MORNING OF THE
EXAM CAUSE SOME STUFF YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY AND SOME LOCATE
SO DO THE LOCATE ONES NICELY. ALSO DO THE MAP ONCE MORE JUST
BEFORE YOU ENTER THE EXAM HALL ONE LAST TIME
4. ENGLISH AND HINDI ( I TOOK HINDI AS 2ND LANGUAGE SO IM GONNA GIVE
ADVICE FOR THAT ONLY REST ALL LANGUAGES IVE GOT NO IDEA SO GOOD
LUCK GUYS)

NOW ENGLISH AND HINDI HAVE A LOT OF CHAPTERS BUT IN 10TH ITS MOSTLY
LITERATURE AND GRAMMAR IS NOT THAT MUCH

 FIRST ENGLISH- I TOOK ENGLISH AS A CHILL SUBJECT. IN SCHOOL YOU

PROBABLY HAVE TO COMPLETE THE ENGLISH COPY WITH QUESTION
ANSWERES FROM THE NCERT FOR INTERNAL MARKS…TO BE HONEST
YOU SHOULD DO THAT WORK. WRITE THOSE ANSWERS NICELY, I
WOULD WRITE IT ON MY OWN IN ALL EMOTION AND IT WOULD BE A
GOOD ANSWER. I DID THAT FOR THE MORAL VALUE TYPES QUESTIONS
BUT FOR OTHERS EITHER MY TEACHER TOLD US THE ANSWERS OR I
WOULD SEARCH UP NCERT SOLUTIONS ON THE NET AND COPY FROM
 THOSE WHEN I JUST DIDN’T LIKE THE FEEL OF THE CHAPTER. THE NET
ANSWERS ARE PRECISE AND TO THE POINT BUT I WOULD OFTEN
ADD UP MY POINTS TOO. THIS WRITTEN WORK ALSO I DID MOSTLY IN
SCHOOL WITH FRIENDS OR AT HOME AT NIGHT WITH MUSIC.
BEING BRUTALLY HONEST I STUDIED FOR ENGLISH A DAY OR TWO BEFORE
EXAMS. SEE ENGLISH IS A LANGUAGE SO YOU HAVE TO EXPRESS YOUR
EMOTIONS USING PRETTY WORDS. FOR THAT ITS IMPORTANT THAT
YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHAPTERS. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND GET
THE EMOTIONS OF THE CHAPTER. FOR SUCH VALUE BASED CHAPTERS I WOULD
JUST LISTEN TO THE TEACHER EXPLAINING TO IT LIKE A STORY AND BEFORE
EXAMS I WOULD READ IT TWICE SO THAT I KNOW ALL PARTS OF THE CHAPTER
AND THEN I WOULD SEE THE INTEXT AND BACK QUESTIONS AND SEE IF I CAN
ANSWER THEM. I WOULD ANSWER THEM MENTALLY AND THEN COMPARE THEM
WITH THE ANSWERS I WROTE IN MY NOTEBOOK AND SEE IF I CAN ADD ANY
POINT OR SO.

SOME OF THE LITERATURE CHAPTERS HAVE A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER LIKE

THE NAMES OF PEOPLE OR THE ANIMALS FOUND IN SOME PLACE. FOR THOSE
CHAPTERS YOU MUST ATLEAST REMEMBER THE INFORMATION COMING IN THE
BACK QUESTIONS. TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE YOU CAN REMEMBER THE REST
TOO BUT ITS RARELY ASKED. LIKE IN THE NELSON MANDELA CHAPTER CALLED A
LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, THERE ARE MANY NAMES OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS
AND OTHER SUCH STUFF LIKE NAMES OF THE PLACES AND AMPHITHEATRES
ETC. I WORRIED A LOT ABOUT THEM AND I REMEMBERED THOSE NICELY WHICH
HAD INTEXT OR BACK QUESTIONS AND I TRIED TO LEARN THE OTHERS AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE. BUT THOSE WERE NEVER ASKED. SO TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE DO
ATLEAST THE ONES WHICH HAVE A QUESTION BUT U MUST KNOW THE VALUE
QUESTIONS NICELY. THE ENGLISH POEMS ARE MOSTY EASY BUT YOU MUST
KNOW THEIR MEANING. MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN TO THE TEACHER AND SEARCH
UP THE NET FOR THE MEANING OF THE POEM CAUSE IT WILL HELP U FORM
ANSWERS.

 FOR HINDI LITERATURE SAME THING. AFTER SOMETIMES I GOT

BORED WITH WRITING ALL THE LONG ANSWERS IN THE COPY SO IN THE
LAST CHAPTERS I JUST WROTE EXTREMELY SHORT ANSWERS TAKEN
FROM NET IN LARGE HANDWRITING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT. BUT IN
HINDI YOU NEED TO GET TO KNOW THE EMOTIONS OF THE CHAPTER. I
WOULD READ THE CHAPTER TWICE AND UNDERSTAND ITS VALUE ALSO
WHILE THE TEACHER WOULD EXPLAIN. AFTER READING I WOULD JUST
GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS ANDSEE IF I CAN FRAME THEIR
ANSWERS IN MY HEAD. AFTER THAT I WOULD SEE THE NCERT
SOLUTIONS ON THE NET AND JUST READ THROUGH THEM CAUSE
MY NOTEBOOK ANSWERS WERE NOT REALLY GOOD. I WOULD READ
THOSE ANSWERS TWICE AND SEE HOW I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
EVEN HINDI HAS SOME CHAPTERS WHICH REQUIRE YOU TO REMEMBER
SOME NAMES AND DATES SO ONLY DO THE NECESSARY ONES CAUSE
THEY ARENT ASKED MUCH. BUT STILL I DID THEM JUST TO BE SURE AND
WHEN YOU READ THE CHAPTERS YOU KIND OF REMEMBER THEM. IN
 THE HINDI SUPPLEMENTARY READER THE CHAPTERS ARE SUPER LONG.
DON’T WORRY ABOUT ALL THE REMEMBERING PARTS CAUSE THEY ARE
NOT ASKED JUST READ THE CHAPTER AND UNDERSTAND THE STORY
AND MORAL. IN EXAMS THEY RARELY ASK ALL THE FACTUAL THINGS
THEY ONLY ASK THE VALUE BASED MORAL STUFF. HINDI POEMS ARE
VERY IMPORTANT AND SOME HAVE DIFFICULT LANGUAGE. MAKE SURE
U UNDERSTAND THEIR MEANINGS FROM YOUR TEACHERS OR THE NET
CAUSE IN ORDER TO ANSWER THE MORAL QUESTIONS YOU MUST
UNDERSTAND THE POEM.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT FOR BOTH HINDI AND ENGLISH YOU
HAVE TO DO THE POET AND AUTHOR I REPEAT POET AND AUTHOR NAMES.
CAUSE THEY ARE ASKED.

PRO TIP: IF U HAVE GOOD FRIENDS THEN YOU CAN ASSIGN ONE CHAPTER TO
EACH AND THAT PERSON WOULD DO IT NICELY THEN AT SCHOOL YOU CAN
EXCHANGE COPIES AND COPY THEIR WELL WRITTEN ANSWERS AND THEY CAN
COPY YOURS. THIS WAY YOU WILL ONLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE QUALITY
OF ONE CHAPTER.

 FOR WRITING SKILLS YOU MUST KNOW THE FORMAT WORD TO WORD.
THE FORMAT FETCHES HALF THE MARKS. KEEP THE CONTENT CONCISE
AND NICE. THE LETTERS SHOULD BE PRECISE WITH THE CORRECT
FORMAT. BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE LINES. FOR THE
ARTICLE AND STORY WRITING BE ORIGINAL AND IMAGINATIVE. AND
YOU MUST STICK TO THE WORD LIMIT. THEY OFTEN CUT MARKS IF YOUR
ANSWER IS TOO LONG. SO ADHERE TO THE WORD LIMIT AND IF YOU
WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT YOU CAN READ A FEW SAMPLES
AND TAKE HINTS OF THE LANGUAGE FROM THERE. MOSTLY JUST WRITE
YOUR VIEWS IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY. READ A FEW SAMPLES TO GET
AN IDEA. HINDI WRITING SKILLS ARE THE SAME. KNOW THE FORMAT
WRITE WITH EMOTIONS.
 AS FOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR… ITS PRETTY EASY I DON’T THINK IVE
EVER HAD TROUBLE WITH IT. BUT TO PRACTICE JUST DO IT FROM ANY
WORKBOOK OR PRACTICE TEST. WHATEVER YOU PUT THE ANSWER
SPEAK IT MENTALLY AND SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE.
 HINDI GRAMMAR MIGHT BE A BIT TOUGH BUT TAKE A GRAMMAR
BOOK AND PRACTISE IT FROM THAT. AND SOLVE PREVIOUS YEARS
PAPERS AND PRACTISE SHEETS TO KNOW THEM WELL. USUALLY THE
TEACHERS TELL YOU WHAT TO ANTICIPATE AND GIVE U A LIST OF THE
GRAMMAR YOU NEED TO DO. SO ADHERE TO THAT.
5. FINAL BOARD EXAM TIPS

SEE MANY PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT BOARD EXAMS ARE EASY AND MANY WILL
SAY THEY ARE DIFFICULT. ACCORDING TO ME THEY ARE SOMEWHERE IN
BETWEEN.

THEY CHANGED THE PAPER PATTERN AND MADE IT BETTER. NOW YOU DON’T
HAVE TO REMEMBER THE LONG ANSWER SHIT.IF YOU KNOW THE CONCEPT YOU
WILL GET THE MARKS. IT BECAME MORE PRACTICAL AND APPLICATION BASED.
SO NOWONLY THOSE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW THE SUBJECT TO THE DEAPTH WILL
GET MARKS.

THE CARTOONS ANDPICTURES IN SST ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND ALL THE
BOXES TOO. DO THEM NICELY.

IN SCIENCE BEFORE BOARDS MAKE SURE YOU GET MODEL TEST PAPERS
AND PRACTICE TESTS. I DID THEM FROM TOGETHER WITH AND ARIHANT.
ALSO DO THE PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER. CAUSE WHEN YOU DO THESE YOU WILL
UNDERSTAND WHAT HAND HOW QUESTIONS ARE ASKED. YOU WILL REALISE
WHAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON AND STUDY BETTER. WHEN I STARTED SOLVING
THEM I FOUND OUT SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE NOOK AND CORNERS OF THE
BOOK. SO SOLVE AS MANY TESTS AS POSSIBLE ITS VERY IMPORTANT ACTIVE
RECALL METHOD. YOU ALSO GAIN CONFIDENCE. ONCE YOU GET NEAR YOUR
BOARDS TRY TIMING YOURSELF. SOLVE THE PAPERS IN THE TIME LIMIT.

FOR SCIENCE AND MATHS I SOLVED EVERY QUESTION. FOR SST I DID THE ONE
MARKERS AND WOULD GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS TO SEE IF
ICAN DO THEM OR NOT. IN ENGLISH AND HINDI I DID ONLY THE GRAMMAR
PORTION AND SOMETIMES THE COMPREHENSION. THEN I WOULD GO THROUGH
THE REST OF THE QUESTION TO SEE IF I MENTALLY KNOW THEIR ANSWERS.

SO PRACTICE TESTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU SHOULD SOLVE AS MANY.
ARIHANT HAS CHAPTER QUESTIONS NCERT BASED AND NCERT QUESTIONS. IT
ALSO HAS MCQS AND ONE MARKERS AND PRACTICE AND MODEL TESTS SO I
FOUND THE GUIDE BOOK REALLY HELPFUL FOR SCIENCE AND SST.

NCERT EXEMPLAR ALSO HAS PRACTICE PAPERS. DO THEM NICELY

CAUSE THEY ARE VERY IMP. SOLVE THEM THOUROUGHLY.

I DIDN’T TAKE ANY TUTIONS IN 10TH. I DID TAKE COACHING BUT THAT DIDN’T
REALLY MAKE A BIG IMPACT. SEE TO GET GOOD MARKS YOU HAVE TO STUDY
YOURSELF. YOU CAN TAKE A THOUSAND TUTIONS BUT IF YOU DON’T SELF
STUDY ALL OF THEM WONT MATTER. SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS SELF
STUDY.

WHEN YOU ARE GIVING THE BOARDS OR ANY EXAM AND THERE IS NO NEGATIVE
MARKING THEN NEVER LEAVE A QUESTION BLANK EVEN IF YOU DON’T KNOW
ITS ANSWER. ALWAYS WRITE SOMETHING…ANYTHING. IN MATHS JUST DRAW
THE DIARAM AND WRITE THE TO GIVEN FRON THE QUESTION AND DO ANY
STEPS YOU UNDERSTAND. IN SCIENCE AND SST JUST WRITE ANYTHING YOU
REMEMBER. ATLEAST YOU WWOULD GET MARKS FOR ATTEMPTING THE
QUESTION AND OFTEN IF THE PAPER HAS A WRONG QUESTION, THEY GIVE
MARKS TO ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE EVEN JUST WROTE THE QUESTION
NUMBER.

OFTEN THERE ARE TIMES ESPECIALLY IN SST AND SCIENCE EXAMS WHERE YOU
DON’T REMEMBER THE EXACT ANSWER THERE YOU CAN ANSWER THE
QUESTION CORRECTLY USING YOUR COMMON SENSE IF YOU DON’T PANIC. YOU
NEED TO LEARN THE ART OF MAKING THINGS UP IN THE EXAM… YOU NEED TO
MAKE UP AND PRESENT SOME ANSWERS USING YOUR COMMON SENSE. LIKE I
DIDN’T KNOW IN MY PREBOARDS WHAT WAS THE 4 TH ADVANTAGE OF
GLOBALISATION SO I KNEW ABOUT ITS ADVANTAGES TO INDIAN COMPANIES,
MNCS, CUSTOMERS AND 4RTH I REASONED THAT WHO COULD GLOBALISATION
BENEFIT THEN AFTER THINING I WROTE TO THE SERVICE SECOR AS THEY WILL
PROVIDE MORE TELECOM SERVICES. THUS TURNED OUT TO BE CORRECT AND I
GOT FULL MARKS IN IT. SO YOU NEED TO COOK UP STUFF SOMETIMES
ESPECIALLY IN THE LANGUAGES YOU NEED TO BREW UP THE ANSWERS. THAT
ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT AND CONFIDENCE. SO
EVEN IF IN SST YOU DON’T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDS OF THE ANSWER
YOU LEARNED JUST USE YOUR COMMON SENSE AND CLAM AND COOK
SOMETHING UP.

WHEN YOU WILL GIVE THE BOARDS OR PERHAPS ANY PAPER, THERE IS ALWAYS
SOMETHING WHICH YOU DON’T KNOW OR HAVE SOME TROUBLE AT. IN SCIENCE
AND SST YOU OFTEN GET QUESTIONS WHICH TEST YOUR BASIC KNOWLEDGE.
NO BOOK OR TUTOR CAN PREPARE YOU FOR THOSE. IN THE EXAM DON’T PANIC
THAT I DIDN’T STUDY THIS. KEEP YOUR COOL AND PUT THE ANSWER WHICH
FEELS WRITE. NO ONE WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO WRITE IN A LETTER OR ARTICLE
IN THE LANUAGES, NO ONE WILL TELL YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENT
IN SCIENCE AND NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SST…ALL THIS
STUFF NEEDS TO BE YOUR OWN…ITS FROM YOU AS A STUDENT ON HOW YOU
PERCIEVE THE WORLD. IN BOARDS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A COMMON
KNOWLEDGE QUESTION AND TO KNOW ITS ANSWER YOU NEED TO STOP BEING
ONE OF THOSE 24/7 STUDY SNOBBISH PEOPLE AND GO SEE THE REAL WORLD.
FOR THOSE YOU NEED TO READ BOOKS, KEEP UP WITH THE NEWS, GROW YOUR
LITERATURE AND JUST OBSERVE THE WORLD AND ENJOY AND APPRETIATE THE
BEAUTY OF NATURE AND COLOURS OF LIFE.

 WHILE GIVING BOARDS MAKE SURE YOUR PAPER IS NEAT WITH

INPORTANT KETWORDS UNDERLINED. IN SCIENCE AND SST ANSWER
ALL QUESTIONS IN POINTS. IF IN SST A QUESTION IS OF 5 MARKS THEN
WRITE 5-6 POINTS ONLY. IN THE LANGUAGES WRITE THE ANSWER IN A
PARAGRAPH FORM AND ADHERE TO THE WORD LIMIT. GIVE DIAGRAMS
A SEPARATE PAGE. DO ALL THE MARKINGS ON A GRAPH INCLUDING THE
AXIS, THEIR NAMES, ORIGGIN AND SCALE.LABEL THE MAP NEATLY AND
ATTACH THE MAP AND GRAPH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ANSWER SHEET.
DONNT USE FLUID CORRECTOR ON THE ANSWER SHEET, JUST NEATLY
STRIKE OF THE ANSWER. ALSO MAKE SURE YOU FILL IN YOUR ROOL
NUMBER AND NAMES CORRECTLY IN THE OMR SHEETS. DOBLE CHECK
THE PAPER IF YOU HAVE TIME.
 THE INTERNAL MARKS ARE IMPORTANT SO SUBMIT YOUR PROJECTS AND
COPIES ON TIME AND TAKE THE PRACTICALS SERIOUSLY. IF YOU FEEL
THE ACTIVITY IS TOO LONG TO WRITE THEN WRITE A SUMMARISED
VERSION OR ASK YOUR TEACHER FOR IT. PRACTICALS ARE EASY BE
SURE TO SCORE WELL IN THEM
6. LAST REMARKS

DUDE JUST RELAX. 10TH IS EASY. ENJOY THROUGH IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
MAKE MEMORIES DON’T BE JUST STUCK UP STUDYIG CAUSE YOU GOTTA DO
THAT IN 11TH EITHERWAYS. SO ENJOY 10TH AND DON’T TAKE TOO MUCH
STRESS. ITS EASY TO SCORE IN BOARDS AND IDK IF I SOUNDED LIKE I KNEW MY
SHIT BUT HONESTLY HALF OF THE TIME I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING.

I WASN’T ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO JUST STUDIED AND STUDIED….I DID
STUDY BUT SMARTLY. I ENJOYED MY TIME TOO. I WASN’T ONE OF THOSE
IRRITATING PEOPLE WHO STUDIED THE ENTIRE YEAR FOR THE BOARDS.
HONESTLY I DID MOST OF THE STUDYING A MONTH BEFORE THE EXAMS. 2-3
WEEKS BEFORE FOR PERIODIC TESTS AND HALFYEARLYS, ONE MONTH BEFORE
PRE-BOARDS AND ROUGHLY 2 MONTHS I PREPARED FOR BOARDS. EVEN IN ALL
OF THIS THE GROUNDBREAKING STUDY HAPPENED A WEEK BEFORE THE EXAM.
SO JUST RELAX YOU WILL DO IT NO ONE HAS THEIR PLANS FIGURED OUT.

I DIDN’T STUDY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE ENTIRE YEAR, I WOULD TAKE DAYS OFF
WHEN I WAS FEELING SAD AND I WOULD GOTO PARTIES OR OUT WITH MY
FRIENDS AND WE DIDN’T STUDY IN THE GAMES PERIODS WE GOOFED AROUND
AND PLAYED. SO ITS OK AS LONG AS YOU ARE STUDYING REGULARLY
ESPECIALLY MATHS. I WOULD HAVE SPURS OF MOTIVATION AND DO ONE OR
TWO CHAPTERS IN A DAY AND SOMETIMES I WOULD BE SO DEPRESSED THAT I
WOULDN’T STUDY FOR A FEW DAYS. ITS COMPLETELY NORMAL. JUST TRY TO
STUDY OR DO SOMETHING EVERYDAY EVEN IF ITS FOR HALF AN HOUR EVEN IF
ITS WRITTEN WORK. THAT WAY YOU WONT FEEL GUILTY ABOUT NOT STUDYING.

AND WHEN YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE YOUR STREAMS MAKE SURE THAT YOU
CHOOSE ONLY THOSE SUBJECTS WHICH YOU LIKE AND GENUINELY ENJOYED IN
10TH. SEE CAUSE IN 11TH THINGS GET VERY HARD AND ITS ALL A BIG MESS...
SO YOU WILL ONLY STAY DEDICATED TO YOUR STUDIES IF YOU ARE DEDICATED
TO LEARNING YOUR SUBJECTS AND FOR THAT YOUR NEED TO LOVE THOSE
SUBJECTS...YOU REALLY NEED TO LOVE THEM CAUSE THEY WILL MAKE YOU
SUFFER CRAP...AND YOU ONLY SUFFER FOR THE THINGS YOU LOVE. AND I DONT
KNOW IF IT SOUNDS FAR FETCHED BUT TAKE A DREAM...A VERY VERY STUPID
ONLY A CRAZY PERSON WILL THINK OF DOING SUCH THING KIND OF
DREAM...CAUSE THAT DREAM WILL KEEP YOU MOTIVATED FROM
INSIDE....DREAM OF UNACHEIAVABLE THINGS...DREAM OF ENDING POVERTY OR
ACHIEVEING WORLD PEACE OR REVOLUTIONISING SCIENCE OR IMPARTING
EDUCATION...CAUSE AS MY FAVOURITE CREATOR STEVE JOBS SAID... THOSE
CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN CAHNGE THE WORLD ARE THE ONES WHO
ACTUALLY DO...OR EVEN IF THAT DOESNT CONVINCE YOU THEN LISTEN TO
WHAT MY MUM HAS TO SAY ABOUT DREAMING CRAZY...SHE SAYS AIM FOR THE
MOON AND YOU MIGHT ATLEAST HIT THE MANGO TREE...ALSO IF YOU HAVE
STAYED THIS LONG WITH MY RANT PLEASE START THINKING AND NOT JUST
ABOUT STUDIES AND FUTURE ...EVERY NORMAL PERSON THINKS THAT...START
THINKING ABOUT VALUES AND MORALS AND BASICALLY WHO YOU WANT TO
BE... SEE YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE IN THE WORLD...THE WORLD IM GUESSING
WILL NOT BE A PRETTY PLACE...THERE WILL BE ALL SORTS OF STUFF TO GET
YOU OFF TRACK...YOU CAN STAY ON YOUR PATH TO YOUR DREAM WHEN YOU
HAVE STRONG MORALS AND VALUES...SEE WHY DID GANDHIJI ACHIEVED THE
SUPPORT OF THE MASSES AND GAINED INDEPENDENCE FOR INDIA? THAT WAS
BECAUSE HE HAD MORALS AND VALUES AND ALWAYS STUCK TO THEM TILL
BIZZARE LIMITS...SO MUCH SO THAT HE CALLED OF THE MASS PUBLIC
MOVEMENTS MANY TIMES KNOWING VERY WELL HOW THEY WILL IMPACT THE
PEOPLE... IT WAS ONLY HIS UNSHATTERING BELIEF AND DESIRE THAT HE CAN
MAKE ALL HIS COUNTRYMEN BELIEVE AND FOLLOW THE HIGH MORALS OF
AHIMSA THAT HE TOOK THOSE MEASURES...CAUSE HE BELIEVED WE CAN...SO
NOW ITS OUR CHANCE TO GET A SET OF VALUES AND ALWAYS STICK WITH
THEM...CAUSE IN THE END WHEN WE GROW UP AND BECOME THE FUTURE...WE
WANT IT TO BE CORRUPTION FREE, HONEST AND TRUTHFUL WITH KINDNESS
AND COMPASSION...WE WANT TO BUILD A BEETER WORLD AND THATS WHAT
EDUCATION IS ABOUT AFTERALL. SO BACK TO THE POINT... ONLY TAKE THOSE
SUBJECTS WHICH YOU WANT TO LEARN AND WHICH MAKE YOU CURIOUS. ITS OK
IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHING FIGURED OUT JUST TAKE THE SUBJECTS WHICH
YOUR HEART SAYS EVEN IF IT’S A SUBJECT YOU DON’T SCORE WELL AT. IF YOU
LIKE THE SUBJECT AND THINK YOU CAN DO IT THEN JUST TAKE IT .

Hope this helps anyone whos reading

My best wishes with you all… good luck :)