Expert Tips for 12th CBSE Board Exam for PCM : Central Board of Secondary Education conducts the annual CBSE 12th board exams in February - March. Students should follow the tips by experts on how to score good marks in CBSE class 12 PCM. This is a very crucial time when the right strategy should be taken into consideration. Students are often taken over by anxiety and confusion at this moment. Hence, Careers360 brings to you expert tips for CBSE 12th Board exams for PCM from Mr Partha Halder who is a Central Head at FIITJEE, New Delhi. Students can refer to the subject-wise tips for CBSE Board exam Class 12th and know the strategy to prepare for the exams. They can also go through the important topics and chapters of the CBSE 12th exams given by the expert from which most of the questions are asked.
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Those from a science background (i.e. PCM group) are now gearing up for CBSE 12th board exams it. Most of them would be wanting to appear in JEE Main exam as well. But they should also have their focus in doing well in the board exams too. Here are a few tips by FIITJEE experts:
Prepare a proper study plan based on the syllabus; allocate appropriate time for revision to different sections based on their weightage.
Prepare high-quality crisp revision notes so as to quickly brush up the concepts.
Practice questions and try to solve the questions by yourself; if you are unable to do it, even after sufficient attempts then refer to the solution.
Solve a full-length question paper, it will help to mentally prepare and get exam ready.
Fix your weak areas, address your doubts, procrastination must be avoided.
Analyze your mistakes, it’s important to spot and analyze the mistakes committed.
Sufficient time must be devoted to revising lengthy chapters viz Electrostatics & Optics.
Practice a few subjective questions like those based on Cyclotron, Magnetometer; even small chapters like Alternating Current.
You will have to prepare the following chapters thoroughly :
Magnetic properties of materials
Semi-conductor
Diffraction
Polarization
Optical Instrument
Electromagnetic Wave & Communication System
Draw diagrams & label different parts appropriately while solving numerical problems.
Refer to more tips for CBSE 12th Physics here.
It is important to practice multiple choice questions and very short answer questions from NCERT exemplar.
There will be numerical based questions in Physical Chemistry, so it is suggested that write important formulae of each chapter and practice numerical based questions.
While Attempting numerical:
Write the formulae used.
Substitute the values.
Calculate and write the final answer with units.
Attempt old board question papers and attempt mock tests within a fixed time limit.
Refer to more tips for CBSE 12th Chemistry here.
This is a very scoring section. Typically the type of questions asked are:
Conceptual questions (reasoning based)
Conversions/Word Problem
Name Reactions
Distinction Test
Mechanism of reaction (as per NCERT)
Try to be consistent in your preparation and practice daily.
While reading ensures that you write the solution yourself several times. It will help to develop that flow and gain speed & accuracy. Remember, balancing of reaction is not needed.
Usually, students ignore and/or do not revise chapters like Polymers, Bio-molecular and Chemistry in everyday life. These chapters collectively carry 10 marks weightage, so do revise them.
Also, read CBSE Class 12 Preparation Tips
In this section, questions that are asked are based on:
Reasoning
Structure
Complete the reaction
p-block elements: One must revise thoroughly.
d- and f- block elements: Practice reasoning based questions; revise the structure and properties of compounds such as KMnO4 and K2Cr2O7
Coordination Compound: It’s an important chapter.
Metallurgy: A wide variety of questions are asked hence revise thoroughly.
Attempt old board questions papers & attempt Mock test papers within a fixed time limit.
The new pattern by CBSE will include 80 and 20 marks for theory and practical exams respectively.
The micro concepts can be ideally developed from NCERT books. One should practice solved examples and exercises.
The selective study must be avoided as questions can be asked from any topic. So one must cover the whole syllabus.
It is important to devote more time and effort on your weaker topics.
Solve & practice previous years question papers along with mock tests.
The most important topic where you can score is Calculus. Focus on continuity and differentiability, logarithmic differentiation, high order derivative, increasing & decreasing functions, maxima & minima word problems, integration, area, differential equation
Algebra (Matrices & Determinants), Relation & Function & Inverse trigonometric function, Vectors & three-dimensional geometry and Linear programming are also some of the topics one should focus on more.
Refer to more tips for CBSE 12th Mathematics here
We hope that these essential CBSE 12th Preparation Tips for PCM will help you ace the exam with excellence. All the best!
(Author: Partha Halder is Centre Head of FIITJEE Punjabi Bagh Centre, New Delhi)
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Yes, it's completely fine to skip this year's 12th board exams and give them next year as a reporter or private candidate, allowing you to prepare better; the process involves contacting your current school or board to register as a private candidate or for improvement exams during the specified
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