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As Board exams come calling, CNN-IBN addresses issues that matter for all students gearing up for the exams in a special series Cracking the Code.

New Delhi: The countdown to the Board Exams has finally begun. As students spend sleepless nights battling with biology and juggling geometrical problems, one wonders what is really going on inside those heads.

“I get nightmares about geometry,” says a class 10 student, Dharna Tewari.

“I am really messed up and my mind is also really messed up,” says another class 10 student, Kayva Tripathi.

And when you are messed up the only people who can help you out are those who have done it all and in style.

Udit Mishra, Meera Sethi and Anant Jain cracked the CBSE Class 10 Board Exams last year. Udit scored 97.4 per cent, Meera scored 97.4 per cent and Anant scored 97 per cent. The toppers give tips.

Udit’s tips:

For maths, mark out the examples and the questions you did not understand and redo them everyday. Practice them thoroughly.

You must practice trigonometry and arithmetic progressions questions thoroughly with the help of reference books.

Get the basic concepts right especially in algebra or else you will lose marks due to careless errors.

Meera’s tips:

You have to deal with four subjects in social studies so it is always helpful to make notes and summaries, which you can always go through in the last days.

You should treat history like a story by keeping a track of sequence of notes, which is very important.

For geography make word codes and do your maps properly.

In economics you should emphasise more on analytical queries relating to poverty and unemployment drawing references from data.

Anant’s tips:

For science, read and revise thoroughly. Reference books should be used only when you cannot comprehend a concept. Practice your diagrams and exercises.

Concepts in physics must be crystal clear in your mind because application based questions do appear in the paper.

So following these simple rules could help you crack your exams.

And here are also some of the major concerns that IBNLive.com readers wrote in. Education Counsellor of Delhi Public School, Mamta Sharma answers them.

Raj (Bangalore): When should I study more? Morning or night?

Mamta Sharma: Timing is individualistic. If the morning hour suits you then study in the early hours of the morning or study late at night. Studying throughout the night is not recommendable.

Parama Gupta (Chennai): I am not able to study for long hours at a stretch. What can I do?

Mamta Sharma: The answer lies in your question. Do not study for long hours at a stretch. You need to take short breaks, freshen up, take a walk and maybe read something else, and then get back to your studies.

Manish (Bhopal): Which subjects should I focus on so that my aggregate percentage goes up?

Mamta Sharma: The students of Class 10 generally focus on Maths which is very scoring. Science can also help you score much because it is a paper having lots of short answers, it has practical marks that will supplement your average.

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