Pre Boards for Class XII begin during the month of January. If you do well in the pre-boards (which is usually tougher than the actual exam), you’ll be able to do well in the board exams.
Pre-boards are the dress rehearsals for the grand finale coming up in March for Class XII students across India. If you don't do well for some reason, don't lose hope. Remember, this is only the dress rehearsal. You can use the results of this exam to find out about your weak areas, identify the chinks in your preparation and can talk to teachers and experts to help you gain confidence in those topics.
Pre-boards assess you on the basis of how well you’ve understood the topics taught to you throughout your school life and whether you can complete the paper within the given time and deal with the related anxiety associated with an important exam. Also, you can apply all that you’ve learnt to the case studies given in the paper.
Make sure you have read and practised all the examples and are familiar with all possible angles and twists to a concept.
Discuss with your friends and study group. This way, all of you can solve each other's problems and help to understand the tough concepts better.
Try to solve previous year's question papers and mock papers within the duration of the time allotted for the exam. look for other study resources.
Distinguish between easy scoring questions and tough time consuming questions. Grab the easier ones first but remember to give enough time to the tough ones too. Also, remember to get your questions numbers right.
Keep in mind that you have to do all the questions. The tough looking ones usually have a little twist that needs to be untangled with logic. Sometimes, reading the question carefully is enough for you to get things right.
Most students tend to take pre boards lightly, thinking “I will make up for this in Boards”. By doing so you are losing an important opportunity to practise and are putting yourself at a disadvantageous position. Study regularly and you will not feel the pressure.
With inputs from Payal Krishnan, career expert, Meritnation.com.