Top 4 Things Pre Exams M 25 | Sequence, 15 Mins Plan. Attempting 100 Marks & Avoiding Silly Mistakes

Summary

In this motivational address, Bhavik Chokshi aims to prepare CA final or intermediate students for their exams by providing strategic tips and mental encouragement. He emphasizes the importance of structuring your exam approach effectively, managing your time wisely, avoiding common mistakes, and maintaining a positive mindset. Bhavik's focus is on helping you build confidence and perform your best by managing nervousness and optimizing your effort within the limited exam time. Ultimately, he encourages you to give it your all, assuring that support and blessings are with you as you make yourself, your family, and your mentors proud.

Highlights

• Start your exam with questions you're most comfortable with to build momentum. 🎯
• Don't spend time making your answers look fancy; focus on correctness over aesthetics. 🎨
• Avoid getting stuck on silly mistakes; stay focused on each problem as it comes. 😲
• Plan your exam time effectively – allocate specific minutes to each mark and stick to it. ⏰
• Give yourself enough sleep before exams to stay mentally sharp. 💤
• Be gentle on yourself; positive self-talk can make a big difference. 😊
• Try to limit post-exam analysis; move on to the next subject with confidence. 🚀

Key Takeaways

• Prioritize questions you're comfortable with to build initial confidence. 📝
• Manage your time per mark wisely during exams to cover all questions. ⏳
• Avoid aesthetic distractions; focus on accuracy over presentation. ✅
• Positive mindset and adequate sleep are crucial for peak performance. 😇

Overview

Bhavik Chokshi provides essential pre-exam advice for CA students, emphasizing the importance of managing nerves and excitement as exams approach. He discusses the optimal sequence for solving exam questions, highlighting the need to begin with the most comfortable questions and work through more complex ones strategically.

He advises students to be mindful of their time, recommending clear allocations of minutes per mark and emphasizing that focusing on presentation over content can be detrimental. Bhavik stresses that minimizing silly mistakes comes down to maintaining concentration on the current problem, not letting the mind drift.

Beyond strategy, Bhavik emphasizes the mental game — getting sufficient sleep, maintaining a positive mindset, and not agonizing over post-exam evaluations. Confidence and composure, he suggests, will ensure all their hard work leads to successful outcomes.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Overview The introduction of the chapter sets the stage for students who are about to take their CA (Chartered Accountancy) final or intermediate exams. The instructor acknowledges the building nervous excitement among students and emphasizes the importance of discussing key strategies before the exams. The chapter outlines discussions on topics such as the sequence for solving exam papers and suggestions for exam preparation, although the exact continuation of these discussions is cut off.
• 00:30 - 02:30: Sequence of Solving the Exam Paper This chapter discusses strategies for effectively solving an exam paper, including the sequence of answering different types of questions. It highlights the importance of managing time during the exam, particularly the reading time, and ensures an attempt to complete the entire paper worth 100 marks without losing crucial marks. The chapter does not provide a strict rule but suggests preferences for attempting the sections, starting possibly with multiple-choice questions (MCQs).
• 02:30 - 03:30: 15-Minute Planning Strategy The chapter titled '15-Minute Planning Strategy' discusses an approach to tackling exams effectively. It emphasizes starting with the questions that one is most comfortable with to build momentum and confidence. By successfully answering one or two known questions, the person writing the exam can get into a rhythm and state of composure necessary to approach the entire paper methodically and successfully.
• 03:30 - 05:00: Time Management During the Exam The chapter discusses effective strategies for managing time during an exam. The focus is on completing multiple-choice questions (MCQs) within 30 to 35 minutes to allocate more time for other sections of the exam. It advises tackling consolidation or amalgamation questions immediately after the MCQs rather than leaving them until the end, as this could lead to incomplete papers. Additionally, it touches upon the importance of reaching logical steps in calculations, such as in stepwise marking for subjects like calculating goodwill.
• 05:00 - 06:30: Avoiding Silly Mistakes The chapter titled 'Avoiding Silly Mistakes' emphasizes the importance of strategic sequencing when solving test problems. It suggests prioritizing larger questions immediately after multiple-choice questions (MCQs) rather than leaving them for the end. This strategy aims to ensure that students don't miss out on scoring points for questions they know well. The idea is that if time runs out, it's better to forego answering questions they are less comfortable with. The passage implicitly advises careful time management and strategic planning to maximize test performance.
• 06:30 - 09:00: Mental Preparation and Composure The chapter titled 'Mental Preparation and Composure' focuses on the strategy of effectively utilizing the initial minutes of an examination. It suggests that in the first 15 minutes, one should not immediately start answering questions. Instead, identify which questions to begin with and which to leave for the end, prioritizing based on comfort level with the topics. Achieving clarity in this step can set a strong foundation for the rest of the exam. Additionally, it addresses the concern of having studied extensively but being unsure about being able to articulate that knowledge effectively within the exam timeframe.
• 09:00 - 11:00: Post-Exam Considerations and Conclusion The chapter provides a reflective analysis of the pressures and time constraints experienced during exam conditions where extensive preparation is condensed into a challenging three-hour assessment period. It emphasizes the importance of time management, likening the experience to playing an intense, fast-paced T20 cricket match where timing is crucial. The guidance suggests allocating approximately 140 minutes to answer questions worth 70 marks, after setting aside time for multiple-choice questions and a buffer period for unanticipated issues.

Top 4 Things Pre Exams M 25 | Sequence, 15 Mins Plan. Attempting 100 Marks & Avoiding Silly Mistakes Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 Hello everyone. I hope you guys are doing well and your studies are going in full swing. So just a few hours away from your CA final or CA intermediate exams and I'm pretty sure there's a lot of nervous excitement building up within you at this time. So I'll not take more of your time and we'll just get to the point quickly. We want to discuss a few very important things before your exams. Uh so the things we are going to cover here are what should be your sequence of solving a particular paper, when should
• 00:30 - 01:00 you solve the MCQs, when should the bigger questions come, how should you utilize the reading time and in terms of paper solving presentation, how should you ensure that you try to complete the entire 100 marks of the paper and avoid doing the thing which is going to take away most of your marks in your exam across all six papers. So we'll discuss this quickly. First in terms of sequence again there is no clear rule but I would say if I were solving the paper I would prefer that I would first solve the
• 01:00 - 01:30 first two questions which are the most comfortable ones for me. So if I read the paper and I find one or two questions which I know that I've done multiple times they're easy. I would try to get myself into momentum. I want to get into form. I want to get into that composure of writing the paper properly and that gives that will put me in a state of confidence. So definitely I would try to solve at least one if not two questions fully which I'm very comfortable with. Secondly, I will probably in the middle of my paper do
• 01:30 - 02:00 the MCQs and try to wrap them up within 30 to 35 minutes on an average so that I kind of leave a little more time for the other things and I will try to do the consolidation questions or amalgamation question somewhere immediately after the MCQs because if I keep it right for the end, what does happen is you are unable to sometimes complete the paper and as a result if you don't reach logical steps in a stepwise marking Well, stepwise marking is if you calculate a goodwill,
• 02:00 - 02:30 if you calculate a non rolling interest, if you're calculating these numbers, if you're just doing workings and someone comes and snatches your paper away because the bell has rung, you're not going to get anything for the last 15 minutes that you put in. So, I might as well do the bigger question immediately after MCQs and then continue further. Do the question which I'm the least comfortable at the end. So, if I'm unable to complete my paper, at least that is the thing that I lose out rather than losing out something that I know. So that is what should be the sequence of solving ideally. Secondly, in the 15
• 02:30 - 03:00 minutes that you have, you should not read question number one at all because that is something that you have to attempt within the other questions, you should go searching largely to answer two questions which is the question that I should start with and which is the question which I would want to keep for the end which is which I'm least comfortable with. If you can attain that objective in the first 15 minutes, you are at a good shape. Third, how do I ensure that I've studied so much but I don't know whether I'll be able to put everything up in those three hours, 3
• 03:00 - 03:30 months and maybe 3 years of preparation put into 3 hours and that is very challenging. You have so much to offer but just 3 hours to write it. But that is the thing where you have to focus on you're playing T20 cricket right now and hence you have to time yourself really well. So over here the general thumb rule is you have 100 marks and approximately 180 minutes which out of which I can say you leave around 30 minutes for MCQs at the upper end another 10 minutes with a buffer which leaves you 140 minutes for 70 marks. So
• 03:30 - 04:00 I have 30 marks with 30 MCQs maybe I have a 10-minute buffer here. So that brings me down to 180 to 150 150 to 140 and then two minutes per mark. So if it's a 10 mark question I'll have 20 minutes. If it's a five mark question, maybe 10 minutes. But the moment I'm going over that, trust me, it is heating up into some of your other things. You might want to present in the best way. But remember, this is not a beauty contest. You're not going to be just on your presentation. You are more going to
• 04:00 - 04:30 be just on what you are going to write. So if you have that temptation of make taking a pencil, making two boxes, double underlining, I'm saying keep that away. Those are your 12th and 10th. At this point get your numbers right and that is all that matters. So it is in the first paper. Students in general are very finicky. Uh you're quite nervous. You want to ensure that you present in the best way. I'm telling you chuck all of that from the very first minute. Let your pen go really fast and if the need be later if you want to use short forms
• 04:30 - 05:00 you can even do that but ensure that you try to play all your 50 or 20 overs as a guess maybe rather than focusing on playing a few overs really well and then leaving the other stuff. Okay. So ensure that you kind of try to time yourself from the very beginning whether you are a fast writer, slow writer does not really matter. Financial reporting is the paper where people don't complete to be honest I'm giving you some advice but when I wrote the paper I could not complete 20 marks of my paper and I mean it is heartbreaking to leave the paper
• 05:00 - 05:30 and hence at least try to target to complete the paper really well. And the fourth and the most important thing I would say across all the six papers which is going to eat up most of your marks 100% for any student what eats up most of the marks is not the lack of knowledge but the silly mistakes when you are going to solve your mind is going to wander you might have read a question which you're not very sure you might have solved something earlier which you which now you're questioning you are having that self-doubt I'm telling you this is the thing which is going to take most of your marks when
• 05:30 - 06:00 you're calculating something you put that extra zero or you forget writing a zero when you're writing it. These might sound really small things. You will rack your brains out of this that why did how did I make this mistake again you will not be able to avoid all of them. You are still a human but we want to minimize it and how do I minimize it? Well, when I'm writing a particular sum, when I'm doing a particular sum, all my energy and emphasis has to be in that problem only. what I see on the calculator, what I have to write down,
• 06:00 - 06:30 what I'm noting. I don't have to wonder, trust me, going back on what I've written in the earlier problem or what will I do in the next problem because that is where the silly mistake happens. That is where you lose that momentary focus and you forget writing a zero. You forget putting the decimal point and then everything goes for a toss. So, ensure that you kind of avoid those silly mistakes to the best extent possible. And how do you do that? You be present in the moment. you be present on the mark that you're writing, the sum that you're writing and not diverting away to the other things. So this is
• 06:30 - 07:00 something which is very important. Now this is for the top three four things that you should remember. But now your preparation, your understanding, your studies that you had to do is all done. Now the game is all in the mind as well. Now no one knows your examiner does not know whether you have done three revisions, four revisions or even one revision. So you don't go with that prejudit that oh I have just done only one revision two revisions how will I manage your examiner does not know that as long as you're writing the stuff properly you're going to get your due
• 07:00 - 07:30 marks and getting that mental composure is very important is easier said than done even I'm nervous while I'm writing the paper even you will be nervous but before that getting adequate amount of sleep I'm not saying you go and sleep for 8 hours no that's you're not going to even going to get that kind of sleep but ensure that at least 6 hours you get that sleep because when you want to fire the most, all your guns should be blazing and a good night's sleep does much better than probably studying five more questions which might even not even
• 07:30 - 08:00 land up in your exam. A guaranteed fresh mind is going to give you more than anything else. Further be a little more confident about yourself. I know as CS students you will be very conservative. We tell you to do conservatism but at this point you back yourself a little more. Don't be too harsh on yourself. Don't kind of uh tell yourself that this is what I could have done. No, you have done the best. I know you have put in so many hours. You have put in so many days, weeks, sacrificed so much. You
• 08:00 - 08:30 have put in so much on the line. And trust me, the exam is such that it will never get enough. No matter how much you have studied, everyone who is probably listening to this video is not or maybe over the last decades who has gone into the exam hall before the first paper they've not gone with that thing that oh I'm going to go there and I'm going to get that full score or the best marks. No, everyone over here is a little kind of jittery. You will feel that you are jittery. Well, everyone around you is also that does not solve your problem. But I'm telling you it is absolutely
• 08:30 - 09:00 normal. What you have to ensure is well you have to back yourself a little more. You have to speak a little more positively about yourself and if possible try to avoid giving yourself markings after your paper is going to go through because you're not going to check stuff which you're confident about. You're going to check stuff which you had two opinions, two minds and probability is 50%, you are going to be wrong about it. And invariably whenever you end up checking after the exam, we end up seeing that most of our things that we thought were correct were actually wrong. And that kind of gets
• 09:00 - 09:30 you into a spiral that that one and a half crucial days that you have, you're going to lose that very crucial thing. So even after your exams are over, just try to do limited postmortem if possible. I mean we will also give you a broad overview. I'm not going to give you a lot of students every time ask me that about assessed answer on MCQ. I'm not going to give that right now. After the exams you've required after all the six papers we can discuss that but in any case you will have those MCQs answers
• 09:30 - 10:00 from this or the other source and that's absolutely fine. It is on you whether you want to check it or not. You should move on to the next paper that is AFM. Move on into audit with that frame of mind that you gave your best. Now there would be things where you go wrong but keeping that right frame of mind is going to take you at a lot of places and there is so much that you have put in and if you be if you be have that unrealistic expectation with you that well you're going to do the best you're going to get 100 marks no that is not going to happen you're probably going to
• 10:00 - 10:30 lose out some marks but that is normal loss that you call it in costing let some buffer there with you be with you that is absolutely fine however please try to ensure that you kind of use whatever time that you have to the best possible ways and give your exam in the best possible manner. Okay. So with that I wish you all the very best. All the blessings, good luck and all our prayers are with you. You will go there, you will perform really well. You will give your best shot. It may not be the
• 10:30 - 11:00 perfect job but giving your best shot with all the efforts that you have and without any bias. uh go and make yourself, your family, your friends and your professors proud. We are proud of the efforts that you have put in and the way you're going and writing in the exam the results. Let the examiners decide. You don't go and do all of that right now. Okay. So, that should be it for right now. Good luck. Goodbye and take care.