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Last Minute Examination Tips

Last Minute Examination Tips

No one is a stranger to the high levels of stress and anxiety a night before the examination. Even if you dedicate a hundred percent of attention to what has been taught in the classroom, the nervousness during the night before examination is inevitable. However, that is the worst time to be nervous or stressed. But the question is- how to beat stress and prepare for the exam at the last moment? Here are a few tips that will clear your mind and help you prepare.

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  1. Mark down your syllabus

One of the most important things to consider during last minute preparation is clarity of your syllabus. While you might remember most of what you need to study, you should make a note of it. That way, you would better be able to fathom the amount of preparation and time you need. This would at most take 10 minutes. Also, writing down your syllabus helps you make sure you don’t miss out on any topic. In the last minute rush, a lot of people forget to cover some topics and get shocked seeing it on the question paper.

  1. Mark your proficiency

Preparation is majorly based on how proficient you are at the topics that you have to prepare. When you mark what topics are difficult, intermediate, and easy, it helps you dedicate the needed amount of time to each. Also, that way, you have a complete list of topics that are difficult. You should start off with the difficult ones and proceed to cover the easy ones or known ones at last.

  1. Set time

Setting time is an amazing thing to do when you have limited amount of time left. When you set time, you become sure that you would be able to cover all the topics if you go about it systematically. Set time for each topic and don’t forget to take breaks.

  1. Create a scratch list

Write down your syllabus such that when you complete studying a topic, you can scratch it off. This gives you a fair idea about how much is covered and how much is still left. With this data in your hand, you would only feel a lot more confident and be able to notice progress.

  1. Get sleep

A lot of people start studying by midnight, totally skip sleep, and straightaway walk to the exam hall. This might seem right as every minute before the exam seems valuable. But by doing so, you are doing more damage than good. Without sleep, your brain can’t function as well as it would with proper sleep. Once you study and totally exhaust your brain, it is important to give it some rest. This is why you should sleep for at least 3 to 4 hours before the exam.

  1. Revise in the morning

Morning is an amazing time for revision. When at night, you complete studying all the content and sleep, your brain is in a state of rest. Also, subconsciously, this is when your brain is doing all the sorting and placing the content in the right places. When you wake up, your brain is relaxed and ready to help you recollect. This is why morning time should be used to revise what you’ve studied instead of studying something new. Revisions also give you a confidence that you remember what you have studied.

  1. Make notes

When you start studying, make sure you make brief notes or note down important things in bullet points. This will help you in revising in the morning, since bullet points are easier to study rather than lengthy and detailed notes.

  1. Seek help

There might be certain topics that might seem impossible to understand. This is when you need help. You can ask a bunch of people if they are up for group studies. Doing so, you can enter a barter system and teach what you are good at. Others would do so as well and as a result each one of you would be helped. Group studies are a great way to stay focused and not waste time if you have a bunch of dedicated students around you. However, make sure you don’t end up partying or gossiping after coming together for group studies.

  1. Keep your phone away

When you are preparing for your Govt Jobs exam, you need to dedicate a hundred percent attention and nothing less. When you constantly keep checking your phone and scroll through your Instagram feeds, you are distracting yourself. This kind of distraction is giving more information to your brain and as a result causes confusions. This is why you should not be using your phone or laptop, especially when you are trying to get done with one topic.

  1. Take breaks

Our brain has its limitations and that is a fact. If you keep on studying, you are going to exhaust it to the point that you wouldn’t be able to concentrate much. This is why you should keep taking brief breaks. It is said that our brain can consistently take information only for 45 minutes. After every 45 minutes, take a break of about 10 minutes. And when you are on break, try to just close your eyes and relax instead of using your phone.

  1. Don’t stress

We all know it is easy to say but hard to do. Stress seems to be a very natural response to pressure. However, the above-given steps are meant to give you logical reasons to not feel stressed. Once you know what you have to do and are progressing, stress should automatically deprecate. However, from your side you should try not thinking about the future and forcefully putting yourself in a stressful situation. Keep away from thoughts, like “what if I fail?” This is important because stress distracts the brain and does not let it function to its full potential.

These are some of the important and easy to follow tips to help you deal with exams. For anyone who is preparing for govt jobs and is expecting amazing Sarkari result (सरकारीरिजल्ट), these tips should work like magic and take away all the steps.