Question : How To Utilize Your Time Between Prelims And Mains?

Answer :

Some of the tips for better time management during Prelims and mains are:

• Cut off from all social media-WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram. Switch over to a not so smart phone!
• Start your Mains preparation 3 days after Prelims, don’t wait for the results to come. Study anyway, even if you think you won't be able to make it! This preparation won’t go waste!
• Make a time table and do everything to stick to it!
• Constantly tell your mind that it is a do or die situation. It’s now or never!
• This is not a time to read new books- try to cut down on new reading as much as possible, except current affairs, and REVISE, REVISE and REVISE!

Write at least 30 mock tests for GS and 12 mock tests for the optional subjects. Remember, people who clear mains or who fail in it are more or less at par in terms of knowledge. What matters is if they can deliver in those 3 hours, day after day. And the only way one can do is to practice mock after mock in exam like situation!

• Take a good diet- the time between Prelims and mains is physically, mentally and emotionally taxing. Ensure that your body is able to take it. Eating well will ensure that you don’t waste time by falling sick!
• Do not waste time in brooding over low marks in mock tests. Just note down your errors and move on as swiftly as possible.