CBSE Class 12 board exam: 7 tips to score maximum marks
in your CBSE Chemistry exam
Many students might find CBSE Class 12 Chemistry a tad
difficult to prepare for. Check out these CBSE Class 12 Chemistry board exam
tips and smooth out your last-minute preparation plans.
India Today Web Desk | New Delhi | February 7, 2020
Check out these CBSE Class 12 Chemistry board exam tips
and smooth out your last-minute preparation plans.
With less than two weeks left for the CBSE class 12 board
exams, there’s much need for last-minute study tips. Chemistry is one of the
more important and challenging subjects of CBSE Class 12 Science stream. The
syllabus is huge, which poses a difficulty during revision within a short span
of time, especially for students who have not studied all the CBSE Class 12
Chemsitry chapters earlier and are not clear on the fundamentals.
So, here are some helpful study tips that may help you to
effectively prepare for your CBSE Class 12 Chemistry board exam:
1. Practice sample papers and previous years’ papers
Examiners follow a pattern of repetition for specific
important questions over a number of years, which is why it is very important
to go through previous years’ papers.
While doing so, make sure you highlight the important
sections and recurring topics, so that you can scan through it one day before
your exam.
2. Preparation from NCERT textbooks is the most important
part
A major chunk of the CBSE exam papers comprises questions
and topics from NCERT textbooks. In order to ace your Chemistry paper, cover
all the topics, including the diagrams and graphs, followed by solved examples
and exercise questions.
Keep marking the important and difficult questions while
doing so, and make sure to keep a reference book alongside your NCERT
textbooks, for immediate clarification on complex topics.
The volume of questions might be overwhelming at first,
so you may start off with chapters carrying maximum weightage under different
sections.
3. Focus on numericals, name reactions, and product
Time is a major constraint while writing any exam. While
attempting a descriptive question may seem feasible in the moment, not only
does it tend to take up a lot of time but it also does not promise full marks
at the end of it, because you can always miss out on some keywords or important
points, while also compromising on other answers.
Therefore, it is advisable to:
• Practice as
many numericals as you can from chapters such as 'Electrochemistry'
• Focus on
name reactions from Organic Chemistry
• Highlighting
the product, properties and anomalous behaviour in chapters such as p-Block
Elements’ from Inorganic Chemistry
• Pay
attention to name reactions like Williamson, Wolff-Kishner,
Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky, Clemmensen reduction.
4. Writing skills are very important
There’s usually a lot of content to write while also
adhering to the permissible time. Practice by writing and solving equations not
only boosts your speed and confidence but also enables you to understand the
keywords and highlights that are supposed to be included in an answer.
In Organic Chemistry, mentioning the names of reactants
and products increases the credibility of the solution. Neat work is a
non-negotiable perk that always benefits a student.
While writing long and descriptive answers, always try to
present it in points, followed by labelled diagrams acting as a visual aid.
Similarly, a comparative analysis should be presented in
a tabulated format. These little things could make your answer script stand out
from the rest.
5. Preparation of tail chapters
'Biomolecules', 'Polymers' and 'Chemistry in everyday
life' have often been identified as residual chapters carrying 10 marks, which
are usually neglected by a majority of students.
However, these three chapters are potentially very
scoring. Students can prepare short notes from these chapters in a tabular
form, so that they can revise it anytime in the last week of the exam, without
sacrificing the time devoted for more important and complex topics.
6. Self-evaluation
The anxiety that builds up while preparing and studying
for an examination is an inevitable part of the process.
It is only natural to feel frustrated over your lack of
preparation or the inability to speed up your pace of learning, but you cannot
make yourself feel too guilty about it but you could identify your weaknesses
and devote more time to improving them instead of feeling sorry for yourself.
7. Time management
The reading time is the most crucial and must be used judiciously.
If you’re stuck on a question, leave some space and keep moving forward.
A few experts have also advised students to leave
questions on Organic Chemistry to be answered towards the end as they are more
complex in nature as compared to Inorganic and Physical Chemistry.
Always allocate your time in such a way so that you have
15 minutes buffer time for revising your answers at the end.
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Follow these tips diligently and you are sure to ace your
Chemistry board exams.
- Article by Prashant Jain, CEO of Oswaal Books
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/
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