The Importance of Important Questions for Board Exams

“Board exams!” This two-letter word petrifies the students. The students of Class 10 and Class 12 alike are often seen terrified to the core just thinking about Board exams. Board exams are an important milestone in the course of your studies. Both your Class 10 and Class12 Board examination results are going to be used for your future career endeavours. However, there is no need to let fear get the better of you. With the correct studying strategies, you can very well ace your CBSE board examinations. 

As you must know, it is one thing to study hard and then it is another thing to study smart. Sharp students beautifully amalgamate working hard and studying smart to their advantage. Board exams definitely require you to up your game and use smart strategies to study.  The syllabus for board exams is vast and you must possess the necessary skills to expertly look for important topics that often form part of CBSE examinations. 

Now some students may wonder which questions are really the important ones. How to discern between important and not so important topics?

When you study the fundamentals of the NCERT textbook well, you will get an idea about the important topics. This will also familiarize you with the important questions. You can make your own list of important questions from the beginning of the academic year as you study the lessons. Another thing to do is to have a good supply of sample papers and previous years’ question papers. They will have many important questions. Most importantly, you can find a list of important questions and their solutions online. These days several websites offer you such tools free of cost. You can look up some trustworthy websites for CBSE examinations which will comprise a list of important questions for you.

Why should students look for important questions?

• Helpful in covering vast topics.

Every chapter of the NCERT textbook contains well-described topics. NCERT ensures that its content is well understood by the students. Thus it explains all of its topics in a detailed and understandable way. The chapters can thus often be very lengthy. It is not practical and productive for students to go through the entire text close to examinations. So knowledge of important and frequently asked questions greatly helps students in saving the time and energy, that they might have invested on unimportant topics so close to examinations.

• Ensures a focused approach

Board examinations require ultra focus from the students, especially as the exams approach closer. Students cannot afford to spend time on unnecessary reading. They need to focus on the important topics and practice them with perfection. Having a list of important questions will help the students to centralize their efforts on only the most significant topics.

• Often recur in Board examinations:

Certain important topics and questions in board examinations are often repeated. if you observe question papers from the last 5 years only, you will notice that certain questions are asked repeatedly in these question papers. These are important questions that students must thoroughly practice.  It thus makes sense to get a good practice of these questions. You can find these important questions in sample papers and previous years’ question papers. A CBSE topper states in her interview, “When you will go through previous years’ papers, you will find that some concepts are frequently asked in the board exams, every year. You need to track such important concepts from every chapter and go through them as they might be asked again.”

• Provides necessary practice:

In addition to a good memory and understanding of the concepts in the NCERT topics, diligent practice of the material are keys to mastering your board examinations.  These important questions provide you with an opportunity to practice the major topics well. Almost all important topics are covered in these questions. Learning them is not enough; you need to practice them with a pen and paper over and over again. Bhumi Sawant, the second CBSE topper of 2017 says, “Practice is the key to success. No matter how much you study, you can’t score well in your board exams until and unless you have not practiced with pen and paper before appearing for the exam. Therefore, you must solve as many sample papers as you can before appearing for the actual exam.”

• Perfect revision manual

A list of important questions comes in extremely handy for revision. You can turn to the list and revise the crux of your syllabus through these questions.  So these questions become your perfect revision manual. They will let you revise large portions of topics through a series of practice questions. You will be able to save time and also revise more this way. 

• Guarantee a high score

Knowledge of the concepts, meticulous studying throughout the year, and smart revision practice are certain key factors that should guarantee you a high score in your board examinations. Practicing important questions over and over again is a part of smart revision. Most CBSE toppers will tell you that they utilized the beginning of the academic year to familiarize themselves with the concepts and they devoted the rest of the time to revising, solving sample papers, and practicing important questions. This is your formula to succeeding in the CBSE Board Examination.

It is thus necessary for students to be aware of the important topics and questions from the NCERT textbooks. As mentioned, you can find certain important questions in sample papers, and previous years’ question papers. Moreover, many online study portals provide a separate list of important questions for CBSE Board Examinations. This list can be an extremely useful tool for you. It provides you with a list of important questions all in one place. So you need not spend time gathering the important questions from various resources. You can have a quick handy list at your disposal to revise at any given time.

Hopefully, now you are fully aware of the significance of important questions in preparing for your CBSE Board exams. When it comes to Board exams, fear will not take you far, but studying smart will. So ensure that you are prepared well for your Board exams throughout the year. 

Also, enjoy your studies and don’t let stress take the better of you. Board exams denote the end of your school life. Let this time be a happy and stress-free time for you.