Here are some tips that you might find useful in preparing for your exams-

• Know your syllabus well. It just might be a good idea to refer to the updated syllabus for your class from the CBSE website just so as to ensure that you have not missed out on any topic.
• Be thorough with your NCERT textbook. Being completely familiar with all question types from the NCERT text book is good way to study while preparing for your exams, particularly Board Exams.
• Solve previous years’ Board Papers. Lay your hands on Board Papers from the previous years and practice. Do make sure that the publisher is authentic
• Understand the marking scheme followed by CBSE. Your familiarity with the marking scheme will help you work along by keeping in mind the marks allotted for the various steps in the correct answer.
• Avoid last minute cramming. It is important to understand your concepts well if you really want to score high in your exams.
• Sleep well the day before exams. Getting a good night’s sleep will only help you remember all that you have studied and will help you focus better
• While writing the exam, pay attention to the number of marks allotted to a question and write your answers accordingly. Just cos’ you may know a lot more than is asked, writing it all down will not fetch you extra marks!
• Pay particular attention to the key terms used in the question and organize your answer accordingly. For example if the question has ‘Differentiate’ your answer should look different from the answer when the question is ‘Explain’. Simple stuff, yet critical to get those marks!

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• Each question in the long answer section would now carry 10 marks as compared to 8 marks earlier and the suggested word limit for each long answer has been enhanced to 500 words (earlier word limit 250 words).
• The number of very short answer questions of 2 marks has been reduced from 5 to 3.

Weightage of Questions

Note: Each Passage based question will have 3-4 questions with marks ranging from 1 to 4.

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A common aptitude-cum-advanced knowledge test is all set to replace the IIT-JEE and AIEEE in 2013. The single Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) proposed for admission into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)/National Institutes of Technology/Indian Institute of Science Education and Research/Indian Institute of Information Technology and state government-run engineering colleges, will be based on a system of varying weightages to class XII results.

Thus, while there would be single test for admission, class XII weightage would have variations that would cater to the needs of the different engineering colleges and state governments. The variations in the weightages have been devised to deal with the different systems of evaluation in each state. Put simply, the weightage given to class XII results would be different for admission to IIT and different for other engineering colleges.

So, whatever the ‘weightage band’ one thing is clear – good grades in school can now go a long way in realizing your career goals! Schools across have welcomed this move, as they feel that now the students will start focusing on their class XII exams and not blindly run after coaching centres that merely “equip” the candidates to crack competitive exams, caring little for concept-based teaching.

A single exam would also mean that as students you do not have to prepare for multiple exams! A step in the right direction, would you say?

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Class X – ICSE exam date sheet 2012

Class XII – ISC exam date sheet 2012

You can view the complete date sheet at www.cisce.org We wish you all the very best! Cheers! Team Meritnation

2012 CBSE exam date-sheet for class X

2012 CBSE exam date-sheet for class XII

You can check out their website www.cbse.nic.in for the complete date-sheet. We wish you all the best as you gear up for your exams.

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Meritnation’s NDA Test Pack will equip you with model tests and practice tests for the following eight sections – Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, General Science, History, Geography and Current Affairs. These model tests and practice tests will help you prepare for the written exam that is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

The pattern of the written exam is as follows-

For more details do keep a look-out for the NDA entrance exam 2012 notification which is scheduled to be out on December 31, 2011

So all you students studying in classes XI & XII subscribe to the NDA Exam Preparation Test Question Pack now and become 100% confident of a great performance in the entrance exam. An adventurous and exciting
career in the Army/Navy/Air Force might just be waiting for you!

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So the next time all you class XI students studying Economics struggle to understand concepts such as Environment and Sustainable Development, Rural Development in Economics or face problems while solving sums related to Correlation, Index numbers in Statistics etc. you know where to log on to! To refer to Meritnation’s free NCERT solutions for Economics, all you need to do is to register at Meritnation.com. It’s that simple!

We assure you that our efforts to make schooling easy for you do not end here. Watch out for regular updates on launches as we continue to spread more cheer into your lives by bringing quality study resources and a host of other exciting features closer to you.

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• A scholarship exam for class VIII students conducted by NCERT
• Selection procedure is divided into two stages
• Stage I – Written exam is conducted by the by States/UTs
• Stage II – Selected candidates appear for Stage II written exam conducted by NCERT
• Written exam comprise two sections-Mental Ability Test (MAT) & Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) covering Social Science, Science and Mathematics
• Exam dates
• Stage 1 (State Level): 20th November, 2011
• Stage 2 (National level): 13th May, 2012