Get to know your syllabus. Find out in each section the depth required. Don’t rely too much on your text books - they contain a lot of extra information to help explain what you need to know or to make it more relevant or interesting. Make the most of your teacher’s expertise.

Listen to your teachers and ask their advice. They will be delighted to see you thinking in such a proactive way about your own study progress and will save you a lot of time that you could waste trying to find out for yourself.

If it’s been a while since your last standardized exam, you’ll probably need to spend some time brushing up on your test taking skills before you actually take your test. Most standardized exams consist of multiple choice or true/false items, or a combination of the two types of questions.

During the weeks prior to your scheduled exam date, it’s a good idea to complete one or more practice tests specific to the exam you are going to take. Score your practice test questions, and look closely at the items you missed. By making sure you understand the reasons the answers you selected were incorrect, you’ll be in a better position to interpret the questions correctly the next time.

Students will now be able to know their question-wise marks secured in examinations, under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The much-awaited decision was taken on December 22, 2008 after a petition was filed by Ajeet Kumar Pathak, a class XII student from Bihar, who sought the question-wise marks secured in his Chemistry paper.

The CIC has directed authorities from all education boards across the country to follow the guidelines.

Earlier, all the information regarding the conduct of examinations was kept confidential under Section 8 (1) of the RTI Act.

CIC Commissioner, Shailesh Gandhi said, “None of the exemption clauses in the RTI Act are applicable in this case. The ruling is now ‘in principal’ applicable to all authorities conducting exams in the country.”

Earlier in March 2006, Treesa Irish from Kerala also filed the same petition but her petition was rejected stating that the petition was ‘personal’ in nature.

G. Ravinder, Joint Director, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) said, “This ruling is in line with the National Curriculum Framework 2005, which emphasizes transparency in conducting examinations.”

Students will be given an extra 15 minutes to go through the question paper. They will, however, not be allowed write answers during this time.

Exams for both Class X and XII begin on March 2. The datesheet for Class XII has already spread panic among the students since it shows consecutive exams without a break.

Thursday,05th March, 2009 10:30 AM
HISTORY 027

Friday,06th March, 2009 10:30 AM
PHYSICS 042
STENOGRAPHY-ENG 608
STENOGRAPHY-HINDI 610
ELE.COST A/C &AUD 612
SALESMANSHIP 614
LENDING OPERATIONS 620
ENGINEERING SCI. 622
RADIO ENG.&AUD.SYS 635
M PROD TPT &M COOP 640
OPTICS 658
CLINICAL BIO-CHEM. 661
COMM. HEALTH NURII 664
RADIOGRAPHY-I GENL 667
ACCOMODAT. SERVICE 691
TRAVEL TRADE MGMT 694
BUSINESS DATA PRO. 700
CLSFN.& CATLOGUING 703
COMPUTER& LIFE I A 706
POULTRY PDTS& TECH 717

Saturday,07th March, 2009 10:30 AM
ACCOUNTANCY 055
STORE KEEPING 617
AUTOENGINEERING 627
CIVIL ENGINEERING 629
D EMICROPROCESSOR 638
MEAL PLNG & SERVIC 676
BAKERYSCIENCE 697

Monday,09th March, 2009 10:30 AM
POLITICAL SCIENCE 028
BIOTECHNOLOGY 045
MARATHI 109
SECT PRAC & ACCNTG 605
MARKETING 613
CASH MGMT & H-KEEP 619
ELECTAPPLIANCES 624
AUTOSHOP REP& PRAC 628
FABRICATN.TECH-II 630
AC & REFRGTN-III 632
ELN.DEV.&CIRCUITS 634
MICROBIOLOGY 662
RADIOGRAPHY-II SPL 668
TPT.SYSTEMS &MGMT 712
ACTG FOR BUSINESS 722

Friday,13th March, 2009 10:30 AM
ENGLISH ELECTIVE 001
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH 101
ENGLISH CORE 301

Saturday,14th March, 2009 10:30 AM
DANCE-KATHAK 056
DANCE-BHARATNATYAM 057
DANCE-KUCHIPUDI 058
DANCE-ODISSI 059
DANCE-MANIPURI 060
DANCE-KATHAKALI 061
DANCE-MOHINIYATTAM 062
MULTIMEDIA & WEB T 067

Monday,16th March, 2009 10:30 AM
BIOLOGY 044
OFF.COMMUNICATION 606
TYPEWRITING-HINDI 609
FINANCIAL ACCNTG 611
CONS BEHV & PROTCN 615
MGMT OFBANK OFFCE 621
ELECTRIC MACHINES 623
AC & REFRGTN-IV 633
TV &VIDEO SYSTEMS 636
DAIRY PLANT INSTRU 641
POST HARV TECH&PRD 644
YOGA ANATOMY &PHYS 656
OPHTHALMIC TECH. 659
MAT.&CHILD H.NURII 665
ESTB & MGMT OF FSU 677
DESG & PAT MAKING 685
DYEING &PRINTING 688
FOOD & BEV SERVICE 692
CONFECTIONERY 698
DTP CAD & MULTIMED 701
REFERENCE SERVICE 704
POULTRYDISE & CNT 718

Tuesday,17th March, 2009 10:30 AM
ECONOMICS 030

Wednesday,18th March, 2009 10:30 AM
PUNJABI 104

Thursday,19th March, 2009 10:30 AM
GEOGRAPHY 029
ENGG. DRAWING 046
INT TO FINANCLMKT 723

Friday,20th March, 2009 10:30 AM
PSYCHOLOGY 037

Saturday,21st March, 2009 10:30 AM
MATHEMATICS 041
FLORICULTURE 643
COSMETIC CHEMISTRY 655
TEXTILESCIENCE 684
TOUR MGMT & MP PLN 695

Monday,23rd March, 2009 10:30 AM
PHILOSOPHY 040
ENTREPRENEURSHIP 066
TYPEWRITING-ENG 607

Tuesday,24th March, 2009 10:30 AM
INFORMATICS PRAC. 065
COMPUTER SCIENCE 083

Wednesday,25th March, 2009 10:30 AM
URDU ELECTIVE 003
MUSICCAR.VOCAL 031
MUSIC CAR.INS.MEL. 032
MUSIC CAR.INS.PER. 033
MUSIC HIND.VOCAL 034
MUSIC HIND.INS.MEL 035
MUSIC HIND.INS.PER 036
URDU CORE 303

Thursday,26th March, 2009 10:30 AM
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 048

Saturday,28th March, 2009 10:30 AM
HINDI ELECTIVE 002
CR WRTNGTR STUDY 069
TAMIL 106
MANIPURI 111
ORIYA 113
ASSAMESE 114
ARABIC 116
FRENCH 118
PORTUGUESE 119
GERMAN 120
RUSSIAN 121
PERSIAN 123
NEPALI 124
LIMBOO 125
LEPCHA 126
BHUTIA 195
SPANISH 196
KASHMIRI 197
MIZO 198
HINDI CORE 302
MECH. ENGINEERING 626

Monday,30th March, 2009 10:30 AM
HOME SCIENCE 064
AGRICULTURE 068
MILK & MILK PRODS. 639
I T SYSTEMS 699
B P O SKILLS 724

Tuesday,31th March, 2009 10:30 AM
PAINTING 049
GRAPHICS 050
SCULPTURE 051
COMMERCIAL ART 052

Wednesday,01st April, 2009 10:30 AM
SANSKRIT ELECTIVE 022
BENGALI 105
TELUGU 107
SINDHI 108
GUJARATI 110
MALAYALAM 112
KANNADA 115
TIBETAN 117
SANSKRIT CORE 322

Thursday,02nd April, 2009 10:30 AM
SOCIOLOGY 039
STORE ACCOUNTING 618
PRIN &PRA-LIFEINS 705

Wednesday,04th March, 2009 10:30 AM
SOCIAL SCIENCE 087

Friday,06th March, 2009 10:30 AM
URDU COURSE-A 003
BENGALI 005
TAMIL 006
SINDHI 008
MARATHI 009
GUJARATI 010
MANIPURI 011
ORIYA 013
KANNADA 015
TIBETAN 017
FRENCH 018
PORTUGUESE 019
GERMAN 020
RUSSIAN 021
PERSIAN 023
NEPALI 024
LIMBOO 025
LEPCHA 026
BHUTIA 095
SPANISH 096
KASHMIRI 097
MIZO 098
BAHASA MELAYU 099
URDU COURSE-B 303

Monday,09th March, 2009 10:30 AM
COMM. SANSKRIT 122

Saturday,14th March, 2009 10:30 AM
MATHEMATICS 041

Monday,16th March, 2009 10:30 AM
MALAYALAM 012
MUSIC CAR.VOCAL 031
MUSIC CAR.INS.MEL. 032
MUSIC CAR.INS.PER. 033
MUSIC HIND.VOCAL 034
MUSIC HIND.INS.MEL 035
MUSIC HIND.INS.PER 036

Wednesday,18th March, 2009 10:30 AM
ENGLISH COMM. 101
ENGLISH LNG & LIT. 184

Friday,20th March, 2009 10:30 AM
PUNJABI 004
TELUGU 007
ASSAMESE 014
ARABIC 016
HOME SCIENCE 064

Monday,23rd March, 2009 10:30 AM
HINDI COURSE-A 002
HINDI COURSE-B 085

Wednesday,25th March, 2009 10:30 AM
PAINTING 049

Saturday,28th March, 2009 10:30 AM
SCIENCE-THEORY 086
SCIENCE W/O PRAC. 090

Monday,30th March, 2009 10:30 AM
SCIENCE-PRAC SKLS 486

Surmounting pressure from parents and teachers has made the students nervous. The tension seems to escalate when parents start keeping count of the hours their children studied or not allowing them to use their cell phones to chat with their friends.

For some, studying the entire syllabus for the half-yearly exams and then again for the pre-boards is a tedious affair. For others it is a revision exercise that helps them to secure good marks in the board exams.

Chemistry

1 NCERT Chemistry XI & XII Basic Text Books
2 P. Bahadur Physical Chemistry Recommended for Physical Chemistry
3 Arihant Prakashan Organic Chemistry Recommended for Organic Chemistry
4 O.P. Agarwal IIT Chemistry Recommended for Inorganic Chemistry and reference book.
5 Ebbing General Chemistry Reference Book
6 J.D. Lee Concise Inorganic Chemistry Reference Book
7 R.T. Morrison, R.N. Boyd Organic Chemistry Reference Book
8 R.C. Mukhrjee Numerical Chemistry Reference Book
9 Francis Carey Organic Chemistry Reference Book
10 I. L. Finar Organic Chemistry-Vol I Reference Book.
11 Bahal & Bahal Organic Chemistry Reference Book
12 Sienko & Plane Chemistry Principles & Applications Reference Book
13 P.W. Atkins Physical Chemistry Reference Book
14 Bruce H. Mahan University Chemistry Reference Book

Mathematics
1 R. S. Agarwal Maths XI & XII Basic Text Books
2 S.L. Loni Plane Trigonometry Part I Recommended
3 S.L. Loni Co-ordinate Geometry Recommended
4 Hall & Knight Higher Algebra Recommended
5 I.A. Maron Problems in Calculus of One Variable Recommended
6 Vectors & 3-D Geometry Arihant Prakashan Recommended
7 Vectors Shanti Narayan Reference Book
8 V Govorov, P.Dybov, N.Miroshin, S.Smirnova. Problems in Mathematics Reference Book
9 Bernard & Child Higher Algebra Reference Book
10 Dr. Gorakh Prasad Co-ordinate Geometry Reference Book
11 K.P. Basu Algebra Made Easy Reference Book
12 DoroFeev, Patapov Elementary

Priliminary Examination-5th April,2009(Sunday): Objective type
The CBSE PMT Preliminary Examination consists of a single paper containing 200 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology(Botany and Zoology).This paper needs to be compeleted in 3hours(10.00 AM to 1.00 PM).

Preliminary Examination : Single Objective type paper
Physics : 50 questions
Chemistry : 50 questions
Botany : 50 questions
Zoology : 50 questions
Total : 200 questions with 600 marks(3 marks/question) to be answered in 3 hours

Each answer has four answer options from which you need to choose the single correct answer and mark it in the machine-gradable answer sheet by darkening the circle for the option completely with a Ball Point Pen Only.You need to take care while darkening the circle for the correct option - the circle should be darkened completely.The answer sheet is evaluated through OCR (Optical Character Recognition) Software.

Final Examination - 10th May,2009 (Sunday): Descriptive (non-objective)
CBSE PMT Final Examination is held only for those people who qualify the Preliminary Examination. You can find whether you have qualified in the AIPMT result in CBSE results website around the second week of April. Also,if you qualify the prelims,you are supposed to recieve the admit card for CBSE PMT Mains exam by 1st May 2009.The CBSE PMT Final Examination is Descriptive type non-objective to be answered in the Answer Book supplied.It consists of two papers each of 2hours duration.

Paper-1 Physics and Chemistry questions.It would be held from 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon.
Paper-2 Biology (Botany and Zoology) qustions.It would be held from 1.00 PM to 3.00 PM.

Final Examination : Two Descriptive papers
Paper-1:
Physics: 10 questions.
Chemistry : 10 questions.
Total : 20 questions with 100 marks (5 marks/question) to be answered in 2 hours

Paper-2:
Botany :10 questions
Zoology : 10 questions
Total 20 question with 100 marks (5 marks/question) to be answered in 2 hours.

Awareness of persons, places, Buildings, Materials.) Objects, Texture related to Architecture and build~ environment. Visualising three dimensional objects from two dimensional drawings. Visualising. different sides of three dimensional objects. Analytical Reasoning Mental Ability (Visual, Numerical and Verbal).

Part II:

Three dimensional - perception: Understanding and appreciation of scale and proportion of objects, building forms and elements, colour texture, harmony and contrast. Design and drawing of geometrical or abstract shapes and patterns in pencil.

Transformation of forms both 2 D and 3 D union, substraction, rotation, development of surfaces and volumes, Generation of Plan, elevations and 3 D views of objects. Creating two dimensional and three dimensional compositions using given shapes and forms.

Sketching of scenes and activities from memory of urbanscape (public space, market, festivals, street scenes, monuments, recreational spaces etc.), landscape (river fronts, jungles. gardens, trees, plants etc.) and rural life.

Note: Candidates are advised to bring pencils, own geometry box set, erasers and colour pencils and crayons for the Aptitude Test.