Thursday, September 25, 2014

How to Avoid Typical Silly Mistakes Students Make in Exams

Pooja is an exceptionally smart kind when it comes to academics. She needs barely a couple of hours to perfectly prepare for tests, can recite poems from memory and can solve most practical questions in her math and science tests. One would easily think she must score a lot of 100s in her exams, right? Except, she ends up being a bit far from the three-digit score. What is she doing wrong, you may want to ask. Here come those infamous ‘silly mistakes’ that your parents and teachers always warned you about and scolded you for. It is those few things that she does not manage to remember while writing the exam that took away her chance to score full marks.

Pooja is not alone in this. There are several students across the globe who lose out on marks because of careless or silly mistakes that can be eliminated only with a few steps taken in the direction. We put together some extremely useful tips for you to ponder upon and refer to, as and when you are to appear for exams:

1. Do not be in a hurry to complete the exam and run

You have to be aware of the fact that the maximum number of mistakes made happen in a state of unnecessary hurry. There is no way you can make any unwanted mistakes if you have maintained your calm and composure through the entire length of the exam.


 2. Revise as you go through with the exam


We know that is a tough thing to do when we have loads of questions to answer. But believe us when we say that it is actually saving your time. When you check your answers as you go, you will require lesser time in the end for revision and the scope of having committed mistakes lessens by half.


 3. Keep some time in the end for revision too


We ask you to do this since there could be questions that you could have left out from the question paper. By keeping ten minutes aside for the revision of the entire exam in the end, one could avoid grave as well as silly mistakes liking the one mentioned above and others like marking answer serial numbers wrong or mismatching questions with answers.


 4. Check stuff like the date, question numbers, your name on each sheet


Though a very rare occurrence, writing the wrong serial numbers for questions and putting in wrong dates can get a lot of marks deducted from your answer sheet. Also, make sure you have written your name in every supplementary sheet you take. You may also want to check if you have written all the answers in the correct number and order.


 5. Spellings and labelling


Another important aspect of avoiding minor mistakes in exams is to check for incorrect words and spellings at different places in the answer sheet. This way you will find spelling mistakes if any, making your answer complete.


Now that you know some of the most important things to look out for. You may now go forward with these recommended tips and tricks in mind and be sure that you can score the best marks possible!

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