How Much Time Should You Spend on Each Question During Board Exams?

How Much Time Should You Spend on Each Question During Board Exams

BY Team Aakash Byju's

Time management is critical when you are writing for your board exam.

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Even before you start your exam, you can come up with a plan and allocate time for each question.

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Know More

We’ll tell you how to calculate time and utilise it during board exams.

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Check previous years’ question papers and find out the scoring format and the type of questions asked in the exam.

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The initial 5 minutes should be allocated for going through the question paper.

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While going through the paper, you can mark the questions that you are planning to answer.

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15 minutes before the end, time has to be allocated for checking your answer scripts.

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This leaves you with 160 minutes to start writing the answers.

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If you split the time for 100 marks, you’ll get around 1.5 minutes per mark.

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If you can finish one-mark questions in under one minute, then you can use this time for all your essay-type answers.

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Keep up the hard work and share these tips with your friends.

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