The key to excelling in Board exams lies in smart preparation and prioritization of topics.
With the Board Exam 2025 approaching fast, students often find themselves overwhelmed by huge syllabus. By working on high-yield areas and optimizing your study plan, you can increase your productivity and achieve satisfactory results. Here’s how you can prioritize topics when you have only couple of days left for the exam.
The first step to prioritization is understanding the pattern and syllabus thoroughly. So, you need to familiarize yourself with following things.
Weightage of chapters: Identify areas with higher marks allocation.
Question types: Understand which chapters attract more multiple-choice questions and which one long-form answers. It will help you prioritize on practice-intensive chapters.
Previous years’ trends: Analyze question papers of at least last 4-5 years to identify recurring topics.
Not all topics are equally easy or challenging. Thus, you need to identify them into 3 following categories:
Easy and scoring: These topics need minimal effort with high-returns. For instance, definitions, formula-based questions, and basic concepts.
Moderate: They require a deeper understanding but can be managed with regular practice. Focus on moderate topics after you’ve created a strong grip on the easy topics.
Difficult: These topics consume more time and attention. By handling easy and scoring topics first, you need to build confidence while reserving more time for difficult categories later.
As per the Pareto Principle, 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. So, you need to identify that 20% topics that carry significant marks. For instance, in Science, you need to focus on high-weightage chapters like Mechanics, Electricity, and Genetics. In Language papers, prioritize essays, comprehension, and grammar.
This a simple way to visualize chapters just before the examination.
High Priority: These are high-weightage and easy-to-understand chapters.
Medium Priority: These are Medium-weightage and moderately challenging areas.
Low Priority: Low-weightage topics or extremely difficult that you might need to skip if time is limited.
When the time is less, you need to utilize your resources like NCERT textbooks for concept clarity and then reference books for deeper insights. Use online platforms for understanding and remembering shortcut methods. Regularly, dedicate some time for solving mock papers.
Prepare SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound) goals for every day and stick to it. Track your daily progress and avoid burnout. This is the time for revision. Use summary notes, flashcards, or mind maps to do that. While it’s important to prioritize based on weightage, don't forget to maintain the balance. Ignoring low-weightage chapters may cost you easy marks. To prevent that, dedicate at least 10-15% of your daily study time to these areas.
Prioritizing topics for this Board Exam is not only about studying hard but also studying smart. Remember, consistent effort to execute a well-structured strategy is the only way for success.
