How to easily score 90+ in Physics CBSE exam By admin on October 1, 2012 in Experiences This guide is about how

to maximize your score in Physics examination conducted by CBSE. Though, this does work for other boards as well but I ve restricted it to the domain of CBSE as I ve personally experienced the CBSE fever! To start about myself, I am not a Padhaku-type, I just realized a month or two b efore the actual examinations and was able to score 94 that for an average stude nt like me were way beyond my wildest imaginations (Anyways why would my wild im aginations have scoring high in boards P ). Here are some tips to get 90+ in Physics 1. Solve the three official CBSE sample papers thoroughly Doesn t need further explanations, solve them in the 3 hour time frame without loo king at the answers and check with the answers then. See how many marks you get considering step-marking as well. You can download these CBSE sample papers from here 2. Take time to absorb the marking scheme (Blue-print) There is a very little chance that the paper comes out of the blue-print like it came in my time but nonetheless understanding how paper will be set can turn th ings better for you. Lets take up the blue-print given by CBSE and I ll explain you how I went about it during my preparation. Regular Order Electrostatics 08 marks Current electricity 07 marks Magnetic effect of current and magnetism 08 marks EMI and AC 08 marks EM Waves 03 marks Optics 14 marks Dual nature of radiation and matter 04 marks Atoms and Nuclei 06 marks Electronic Devices 07 marks Communication systems 05 marks Modified Order (As per weightage) Optics (Both Wave and Ray optics) Electrostatics Magnetic effect of current and magnetism EMI and AC Current electricity Electronic devices Atoms and Nuclei Communication systems Dual nature of matter Electomagnetic waves As you can see in the second column, I rearranged the topics with the ones havin g higher weightage on top and so on.

I started from the bottom part. EM waves, saw the chapter for an hour, left it c ause I didn t understand much of it but noted only important definitions like Disp lacement current, and the wave equation. Dual Nature of matter, along with Atoms and Nuclei were finished next. Consideri ng my love for Atomic Structure (From class XIth), I fairly enjoyed doing this. Then Communication systems, didn t like the chapter, so left it for later. Now, there was a little digression here, as I went up the list, the chapters wer e becoming heavier and heavier, I had to reshuffle again according to what I kne w well. I just stuck to mastering what all halves I knew and finished them to pe rfection. Like Electrostatics, Current Electricity, Magnetic effects of current were some topics that were there in my mind though not perfectly. I finished the m off from my tuition notes first, did 1 and 2 marker conceptual questions from the sample papers book and solved some NCERT questions. Then came EMI and AC. EMI is fairly a theoretical chapter with Lenz law having t he maximum amount of questions floating around. I read its theory from NCERT tex tbook and solved 1 and 2 markers. Now for EMI, these short questions were quite useful as this chapter has very minute intricacies which one need to look after. Alternating Current felt huge, and totally new. I was already weak in Waves and that carried onto AC as well. I strategized differently for this. Did transforme rs, generator and their theory, working and principle really well. I felt these were bigger birds and if they had a chance they would appear as a five markers. Then read about Phasors over the Internet, came back and read the chapter again. Felt a little comfortable and finished it up though not up to the mark. Left it for sometime to settle in my head. I was now in the final stage with only Optics and few small chapters left. For R ay optics, I read my tuition notes atleast twice. Derivations like for focus of mirrors and lens, the lens maker formula were done till perfection. Didn t touch a numerical of it till the very last day of my examination, I felt if I knew the theory I could do the numerical as well. Didn t touch my textbook at all for Ray o ptics, only smaller concise notes. Do study optical instruments, their working and principle as they are almost sur e shot every year. For Wave optics, I read it from the NCERT textbook line by line and to tell you, YDSE(Young s Double Slit Experiment) is the most important thing in this chapter. If you had only one day in hand for it, YDSE, Huygens law and Brewster s angle wo uld be the only thing you would need to do from this chapter. With this, Communication systems and Electronic Devices (Semiconductors) were on ly left. I somehow mugged up Semiconductors but left Transistors altogether. I knew if th ey were coming, they had a higher probability of coming as five markers, and fiv e markers should ve an option. So, I am almost safe here. Communication systems made me yawn first, it made me again. I only studied the d efinitions of sky waves, etc., learnt the only formula in the chapter by-heart w hich is root (2rH) where H is the height of tower. I also had difficulty in remembering the Electromagnetic spectrum and its order. If you are just on the same boat as me, check this awesome song

Get the idea Most of the job is done if you work according to the blueprint. Jus t stick to it and you ll realize what to leave when there s no time left. But, try n ot to leave out on anything. My 94 were just because of leaving these smaller bi ts. Work on them and I am sure you ll touch a 100! 3. Underline important lines in textbook while studying Underlining text is essential to speed up your revision Underlining is important, as when you are done with the chapter, you just have t o read the underlined sentences to get the main gist of the chapter. Boosts your revision really well and saves time for your girlfriendboyfriend. 4. Never undermine the importance of graphs! Practice graphs regularly This may sound weird, but graphs are also aids to learn intricate things fast. W hen you see something changing, it sticks in your mind well. Draw all the graphs in the book as much as you can. 5. Get sample papers, Do them a bit I personally brought ULike Sample papers for this job. To be frank, I never went past the 1 and 2 markers given in the book. They were plenty in number and I ju st stuck to those. But avoid doing this, solve other parts as well. The more pag es you do, the more stronger your preparation would be. If you ve plenty of time in hand after this, do the mock test papers. Also, Consider allotting equal time to all the subjects, if you are acutely shor t on time, you may skip doing mock test papers in exam like conditions but just skim through them once. 6. Solve last 10-year question papers Solving the last 10 year question papers of DELHI region, OUTSIDE DELHI and othe r regions will make your 90+ score sure shot. Many of the times, the 1 and 2 mar kers are direct lifts and you can see there are many repetitions. By-heart the o ne markers if you are stuck somewhere. 7. Chillax and enjoy physics Scoring marks is not the primary goal, read to learn about our beautiful surroun dings. Enjoy the subject, try researching on how physicist thought and deduced t he laws and theorems. Then read your text, you ll find yourself enjoying the whole practice and you ll get the feeling of reading a novel. Nonetheless, skip the last point if it s January P