Managing time in KAS Mains Examination

 

 Mains examination is a written one where you have to write about 8 theory papers comprising of four General studies papers, two optional papers, one essay writing paper and one general english paper. You need a perfect stretagy for management of time in KAS mains examination because even a fraction of second is very crucial for fetching marks. So here we are discussing some of the important steps that can make you save and utilize the available time during your KAS mains examination. 

1. Reach early in the examination all. At least half an hour before the actual examination begins.

2. Check all about your hall number, row number and seat number before entering your hall as early as possible.

3. Bring your wrist watch with you. Reset your watch before the examination begins. 

4. Sit on your seat at least 15 min before the examination starts. Fill up all particulars on the answer sheet.

5. Go through the question papers for 5 mins at most. During this process you have to choose the questions you want to do first. Make an order in which you have to attepmt the questions.

6. Mark the question you have attempted on question paper with pencil so that you may remember the questions you attempted. Do not write anything on your question paper except your roll number.

 
7. Speed of writing matters a lot. You must practise the writing in english. Preapre your pen and hand well before writing mains examination.and practise drawing diagrams if your subject belongs to biology, anthropology, physics, chemistry, etc.

8. Do not waste time by going out for washroom frequestly. Do it at the beggining.

9. Write in your own words. Don't use craming words as it will waste your time when you forget someting you have crammed. 

10. One of the most important stratagy is that do not write all questions in the same pattern. Some questions needs smart answers. Some questions need answer in simple paragraph. Some are required to be answered in a graphical representation or in flow chart way. To save time, answer some questions in graphic or in a flow chart way. For example if the question is Write about causes, effects and mitigation of Air Pollution. You can represent the answer in a graphic way only and save time for writing other answers. 

 
11. Bring a pouch with you in which you can place your pens, pencils, sharpners, erasors. You might bring your pencil leads so that you do not waste your time while sharpening the ordinary pencil. Bring simple calculator instead of scientific calculator to save time while calculating answers.

12. Yes water bottle is also important. You can keep your own water bottle in order to save time. If you do not carry water, you will waste time by asking the attendent to arrange water for you. 

13. Do not stop writing. Keep writing untill you finsih the whole paper. If you are not able to write in a particular answer, do not wait. Shfit to other question and start writing the answer. If you are able to remind the previous answer then only you can write that particular answer. Stoping and thinking is a wastage of time. 

14. Saving time in mains examination is directly proportional to the preparation level of the candidate. If you are more efficiently prepared, you will be able to write the answer quickly. If preparation is not up to the mark. You may waste your time while thinking what to wirte and what not. So prepare well before entering into KAS mains examition. 

15. Make sure that you carry extra pens and pencil and other useable material. So that if your writing machine exhausts, you need not to ask help from somebody else as it will waste your precisous time.


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The article is written by Amit Kumar KAS 2016 batch by his own experience of KAS preparaion.