Test Taking Strategies

Presentation of answer – How to impress checker from your answer to get high marks

It is not only to learn topics but also to learn the way u should present your answer on answer-sheet which assures your high grades in exam. If you learn but you don’t know how to present your learning in befitting way, there are more chance you may get less marks. Try to learn how to present your answer in a good way which convince checker to give you more marks.
Remember, your answer should

1. have all necessary data and should be to the point (no matter how short you answer may be)
2. have no unnecessary details
3. Expansion of answer should be according to it marks.
4. Easily understandable
5. Use headings and sub-headings
6. Draw diagrams and tables where needed
7. Good hand writing
8. Clean and clear. Having no cutting. Use eraser if you write something wrong.
9. Draw a distinction line when you finish one answer and start another.
10. If you are answering on computer sensitive answer sheet, darken the block in proper way, not just ticking inside block or encircling the blocks
11. Do the rough work either on one side of answer sheet separate by line having rough work or on extra sheet, checker may also see your approach there.

 

How to answer Questions
How to answer Essay Questions – long questions.

A question paper consist of several types of question, i.e essay questions, short questions, or MCQs. To attempt an essay question a student has to write a long explanation or description about what is being asked in the question. Essay questions carry more marks in comparison to other questions.

1. First read the question carefully that what is being asked in the question. You have to answer in detai but the point. Avoid unnecessary explanations.
2. Answer in paragraphs.
3. In first paragraph write a little introduction idea to the theme of what is being asked in thequestion. It may be a definition or in your own words.
4. In 2nd paragraph elaborate with required facts and write about the phases or types or process involved in the idea being asked in question. It depends on the nature of question. If there are not such points about the ideas asked or it is a plan explanation,  you have answer accordingly.
5. In a next paragraphs start to explain the idea (conveging and providing necessary details to what is being asked) with the help of other relevant ideas which supports the main idea.
6. If any paragraph needs a diagram or table, draw it in front of it with pointing to it.
7. Depending on the nature of your question, write heading and sub-headings for your paragraph with a marker or other pen which makes it prominent to the checker.
8. Your all paragraphs should be in right sequence, in correct order.
9. When you start new paragraph, start it from the middle of line, it shows distinction between to paragraphs. Expand your answer according to the marks carried by question.

Example: Let me give a rough idea by briefly explaining an example.
Suppose there is a question “Explain Digestive system of human being”  It is a biology question, it is about system of digestion in human beings. We eat food, it passes through mouth , Oesaphagus to stomach. Different secretions and enzymes work on food to digest the food.
Answering this question.

1. In first paragraph we write a little introduction of digestive system or what is digestive system. We may write its definition or we may write in our own words as introduction or meaning etc
2. In 2nd paragraph we write names of parts of human body or processes which are involved in digestive system
3. In next paragraphs we start to explain each part or process involved in digestion in each paragraph.
4. We draw the diagram of parts of human body in front of every paragraph

How to answer MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions).

Each MCQ has 3 to 5 choices. Out of which, one is correct and that is the answer. The wrong choices are called distracters, they distract you from the correct answer because they also have a little bit closeness to the correct answer. You have to choose the most correct or precise answer or which is closest to correct.