1- COMPLETE NCERT NOTES FOR PCM

2- FULL CLASS NOTES OF PCM

3- KEEPING A REVISION BOOK
4- MAINTAIN DOUBT BOOK
5- RECALLING EVERY TOPIC IN GAP OF 2 WEEKS
6- TEACH YOURSELF WITH BLANK SHEETS
7- TEST ANALYSIS
8- REVISE 40 TIMES IN THE WHOLE YEAR,ONCE IN A WEEK
9- FOCUS ON IMPORTANT CHAPTERS
10- DO QUESTIONS FROM BOOKS YOU HAVE
11- MOTIVATE YOURSELF
12- FOLLOW FPA
13- FINISH ALL EMBIBE AND TOPPR GOALS
14- ATTEND ALLEN TEST SERIES SERIOUSLY
15- GIVE ALL EFFORT TO CLEARING DOUBTS
16- ATTEMPT AND LEARN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WHICH YOUCOULDNT
DO IN TESTS
17- DO ALL PROBLEM BOOKS AT LEAST 4 TIMES
18- MEDITATE AND EXERCISE DAILY
19- WATCH UP YOUR NOTES WHEN YOU CANT SOLVE A QUESTION

APPENDIX

FPA
Phase 1 Learning Phase

In this phase, you should

(a) Attempt the problem. Dont jump to the solution immediately. Try at least 5-20
minutes. 5 minutes, if you dont understand question properly and 20 minutes if you are
getting ideas or almost solve it. So average time spent on each question should be
around 10-15 minutes. If you have solutions, refer them otherwise mark them and refer
solutions later.

(b) Mark levels. After you have gone through the solutions, you need to decide the level
of the question and mark it with each question. There can be 4 levels.

Easy : Problem is easy if you are able to solve (without even looking at the solution) it
in less than 5 minutes.

Average : Problem is average if you are able to solve it by just glancing the solution.
You look at the solution for less than 1 minute and get the idea. Or you could do it
yourself by trying hard and spend more time to solve it.

Difficult : Problem is difficult if you are not able to do it yourself (after spending lot
of time) and to understand the solution you have to spend more time on each step and
finding little hard to understand the steps. But finally able to understand solution very
well.

Very-Difficult : Mark a problem a very-difficult if either you are not able to

understand the question or question is clear but finding almost impossible to
understand the solution or you find either question is wrong or solution is wrong. Dont
waste time on such questions. May be you can tackle them later when you get time. But
at this stage they are useless and pull your confidence down.

Once leveling is done, this phase is over. This is a Learning phase as you are learning
ideas/tricks to solve question which you cannot do yourself.

Phase 2 : Retaining Phase

In this phase you have to appear for a test. The questions of the test would be the
average and difficult questions you marked in phase 1. Just count how many questions
you marked average or difficult. If supposed they are x, then time for the test should
be 60x/25 minutes. If time is more than 210 minutes, then you can divide questions in
two parts equally and take 2 tests.You have to take test very seriously. It should be
like the tests you appear at the center. Taking these tests will improve your following
abilities.

Speed : As you know ideas of most of the questions, try to be little fast in solving
these questions, specially the one you know who to solve. This will improve your speed to
write fast.

Accuracy/perfection : Try to be accurate as much as possible. No room for calculate

mistakes. If you realize that you are doing mistakes in more than 5% of the questions,
focus on it and before you sit for the test, give a strong suggestion NO MISTAKES !!.
If you make it a target that you have to be perfect, after few tests you will start
seeing the results.

Concentration :There is a difference of concentration when you normally study or

when you appear for a test. While doing a test, you level of concentration is much
higher. So these tests will help you in improving your concentration on a regular basis.
So when you are doing these tests, make an environment that should resemble the
environment you face at test center (I know it is possible up to a limit, but try to do as
much as you can). Dont answer phone, dont respond to door bell, dont get up for water,
dont give your ears to what others are talking in house, no music and no day-dreaming
(living in your thoughts) :).

Sitting habit : In todays world everybody is so restless. You know why? Lots of
happenings around us. So it is very difficult to be just on one thing for a long time like
sitting on a table and chair and study for hours. If you practice FPA, it will help you in
improving your potential to sit and study for long hours.

Phase 3 : Strengthening Phase

After finishing phase 2 where you appeared for a test based on the selected questions,
you need to review your performance. If you could not solve more than 85%-90% of the
questions, you need to repeat what you did in Phase 2 to strengthen your preparation.
This is phase 3, where you take the test again. Do it after a gap of 4-5 days. You can
even change some ratings before you take the test like you can re-mark some average
questions as easy or difficult questions as average or average as difficult. This phase
will further improve your preparation and grip on the topic.You can even skip this phase
if either topic is not important or you are short of time.

Phase 4 : Finishing Phase

Finishing Phase is very important phase as it does the last act. This is the fourth and
last phase where you revise all questions orally. This phase should come after 4-8 days
of the strengthening phase.
Suppose there are 50 marked questions (average and difficult) that you want to revise
them. Keep 30 second for each question. So for 50 questions, you can take 25 minutes.
Go through each question and try to recall the trick/steps/concepts you applied to
solve that question. If you are not able to recall in 15 seconds, mark the question and
go to next question. You dont need to use pen in this phase. Just recalling
tricks/concepts from your mind orally. Repeat this for all the questions. After all the
questions are finished, refer solutions to see the marked questions and try to learn
their ideas.You should be able to recall ideas of 90% of the problems. If it is less, you
need to repeat this phase after few days.This phase is very important as it helps you in
building your confidence in the topic. While doing this phase, your attitude matters a
lot. After successfully recalling ideas needed to solve the question from your mind, feel
like you are a master/expert of the topic. Feel it after every question done

successfully. Do it with interest and full concentration, the way you watch movie or
match. You can do this phase anytime anywhere like while traveling in car or bus or
during your evening walk or in your school etc.

Final Note:It is not easy to follow FPA. You need to be regular and systematic to follow
it. Even result will start coming after you would have followed it for at least 1 month.
You also need a time table to plan these phases. Without schedule, it is impossible to
remember phases of various topics and subjects.I am sure you can take benefit of FPA
(if followed seriously) as it helps in proving the knowledge of the topic as well as it
prepares you for exams by improving your examination skills like speed, accuracy,
concentration, knowledge.