1. LENGTH OF ANSWERS AND WHAT TO WRITE
CAUTION: Read all the three points; skipping anyone of them may mislead you.
I. LENGTH OF ANSWERS:
Several teachers and board toppers claim that the marks you score is proportional to the length of your answers. This is not exactly true but it does carry meaning to a certain extent. Try to write long, extensive, detailed and well-explained answers, especially for subjective papers. (Caution– Read Point III too)
WHY: (One of the possible reasons) The possibility that you miss out one of the essential points given in the answer key/ what is examiner is looking for reduces and you reduce the possibility of losing marks where you shouldn’t.
II. ANALYZE THE QUESTION
It is very important to analyse the question before answering it, especially for longer answers.
Students presume that this will waste time. Quite to the contrary, analysing the question and noting down what points you wish to cover will actually save your time.
As a result of this analysis you will
Write shorter answers
Save time
Not misread/misunderstand the question
III. DON’T WRITE EVERYTHING
Many a times, especially when we know the entire answer and/or do not have a clear idea (especially in case of unseen and twisted questions) about what all points are to be covered in the answer, we tend to explain everything we know which is associated with the given topic. This is strictly not advisable.
1. It is better to practise for such questions.
Here, especially, analysing the question will save you time
Further, writing to the point answers portrays that you are well-prepared and are completely aware of what to write, thus, leaving a good impression on the examiner, and yes, that helps, a lot.
2. NO NEED TO ATTEMPT THE PAPER SEQUENTIALLY
a) It’s not mandatory to write the answers in the order in which the questions are placed in the question paper. for most of the subjects.
b) Also, yes, it is recommended that the habit of not going to the next question if the previous one is unanswered, be dropped. Since the first impression on the examiner, which is conveyed by the answers you write initially, is extremely essential, it is always better to attempt the questions whose answers are well-known to you first, and keep the remaining ones to be attempted later. (Don’t forget to mark those questions you have left out on the question paper with a pencil, to come back later).
c) It is essential to keep in mind that in few papers like English, it is requiredthat a whole section is attempted together since teachers are particular about the same.
d) Caution: Even though you possess the liberty of attempting the paper in any order, kindly do not make it so random and haphazard that the examiner gets irritated and you yourself become confused.
e) Also, do not use abbreviations.
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