CLAT 2020 - Tips for Smart Study: How to study well for exams?

CLAT 2020 is expected to be held in the month of August 2020. The most important question that comes to mind of the aspirants is, "How to study well for exams?". In this post, we have discussed the smart approach which may help you to prepare for examinations and get closer to success.

Tips for Smart Study: How to study well for exams

Smart Study is the way of studying, which is efficient and effective and increases one’s chances to succeed. Though there is no alternative to hard work, hard work in the right direction, with a thorough understanding of the demand of the examination and analyzing the previous years’ examinations makes the perfect recipe for Smart Study. So the following are the ways which may help you to do a Smart study and get closer to success.

Know Your Goal

Before beginning to prepare, know the target well.

• Go through the detailed syllabus, previous years’ question papers, and paper pattern, cut off for every stage of the examination and analyze them. This will reduce your time and effort to a great extent and will be your guide for success in the exam.

Plan! Plan! Plan!

After setting up the goal start planning.

• Make a detailed schedule; set a timeline for every subject and plan for every hour.
• So, you don’t deviate from the track. This will help you judge your performance and how far you have reached in your preparations.

Diversify Your Learning

Don’t just stick to one source for your preparation.

• This doesn’t mean reading whatever sources available go through everything and end up learning nothing.
• Diversify the type of sources i.e. for a topic go through the reference books for understanding the basics.
• Read newspapers for any current updates, go through infographics, diagrams and flow charts to better retention of information and better presentation of answers in the examination, even watch videos on YouTube which will help to develop the holistic concept.

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Join Study Group

If you are comfortable, join some study group or form a group with your friends who have the same goals as you.

• This will not only help you keep track of your studies but will also develop a spirit of healthy competition.
• You may even join the education community like GradeUp, where not only the aspirants but the mentors are also available who will guide you and clear all your doubts in no time.

Revision is the Key

Periodic revision is the key to success.

• Revising the same sources ‘n’ number of times increases the chances to crack the examination by ‘n’ folds.
• Never leave any subject after reading it once as we cannot retain any information for a longer period. To perform well in the exam, revise the subject again and again so that you get a better hold on the topic.
• However, don’t just memorize but, understand a concept; this will increase the retention period and effectiveness of the study.

Make Concise Reference Material

Revising through bulkier reference materials and going through ‘n’ number of sources is not possible right before the examination.

• Thus, making concise reference material, which comes handy and helps you to go through all the crucial points before the last few hours of the examination, is always beneficial.
• It will help you remember more information without consuming much of your memory and will produce better results.

Test Yourself

• Attempt Daily Quizzes published on BYJU'S Exam Prep regularly. 
• Attempting previous years’ question papers is also beneficial as it helps you understand the exact demand and the level of difficulty for questions asked in the examination. Go through the previous years’ question papers available on BYJU'S Exam Prep. This will improve your score by many folds.

Reward Yourself

Reward yourself after achieving the short term targets or performing well in the practice test.

• Give yourself a treat, pursue your hobby, or listen to music or watch a movie whatever relaxes you and keeps you motivated to reward yourself with that. It increases our efficiency and motivates you to perform well next time.
• Gradeup, the largest education community, also incentivize your hard work and rewards your efforts from time to time with their BYJU'S Exam Prep Guru programme. Go to Gradeup, take daily quizzes, read articles and download study notes, involve actively and get benefitted for your sincere efforts.

Take Care of Yourself

Get plenty of sleep, eat healthily, and do regular exercise.

• It will not only keeps you fit, increases your metabolism, induces blood flow to the brain but also improves your performance, increases tour retention power, and improves concentration.

At last, 

The examination is all about discipline.

The more disciplined you are, the more likely you will succeed.

However, this does not mean that you study mechanically and detach yourself from all worldly affairs. Just prioritize things, take breaks, pursue your hobbies but, get back to studies with more zeal and enthusiasm.

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