Editorial

Dear PMT Aspirants!

The PMT exam season has storied and the exam fever if catching fast. Its a nervous time for oil the students as well as their parents. Here are some last - minute valuable lips that every exam going student must know:

• Set up a review schedule and stick to it and review selectively.

• Try to predict questions; write these down so you con rehearse possible answers.

• Study groups eon work. if they (it your learning style, but study together early, not just before the exam.

• On the night before the exam, try to maintain o natural schedule. Eat the way you usually do; sleep a normal amount. Eat a light meal before exam time.

• Accept your tension and think of good ways to release that tension. Remember that some Tension is normal and even beneficial.

• Get to your exam ahead of time, so you can be relaxed. Breathe deeply and keep your body related,

• Be sure you bring all necessary items needed for the exam with you.

• Don't cram at the lost minute! Remember the brain requires time to process. Lost minute studying con actually impair your memory, causing facts and ideas to scramble and anxiety to increase.

• Read the directions. Understand what is expected of you. Ask questions to the instructor if you don't understand. Read: the directions once more.

• Determine which questions are easiest for you and consider doing these first.

• Don't expect to know all the answers. Expect to do your best with the answers you know.

• Answer all the questions you ore sure about first, pulling a small mark by the ones that give you trouble.

• If you guess, put down the first answer that occurs to you. Don't change On answer unless you ore positive that another answer is right. (Don't exchange one guess for another.)

• Pay particular attention lo key words and qualifiers

• Read the questions over several limes, explaining them to yourself, sometimes rephrasing the question in a way that you better understand.

• Check your answers. (But be very careful about changing them unless you know the correct answer.)

• Watch the clock.

• Sleep well before the exam- Reach the examination hall well in lime. Try not to enter into any discussion before the exam.

• Fill in your name, roll number in the OCR sheet correctly. Try not to be nervous, even if you are that is being very natural.

• Attempt your exam with confidence. Rarely you will find a student who would have completed the full syllabus. When you come back home after the exam write  down the questions with their choices. Discuss these with your friend/teachers or refer to standard text books lo check for the answers. (You can also send it lo MTG and get Rs, 5 for each complete question), if you have scored Ground 70% you will definitely get a merit ranking. Have firm belief in yourself and God. Hard work never goes in vein. Biology Today wishes you oil the success in PMT