Suppose you want to know how will be the weather tomorrow and someone suggests you check the weather forecast. What will happen? It’s that simple – You would be able to predict the weather easily. Same is the case with solving previous year question papers for any class including class 10 Maths. You get to know the pattern and the weightage of the questions asked in the exam beforehand which immensely helps you to get the desired marks in the exam. However, one cannot expect that the same question will be asked in the exam, but once the pattern of the question is understood, you can easily solve the questions having a resemblance to the ones you have solved at home.
There are several benefits of solving previous year question paper that is elucidated below to help you understand the importance of the same:
There are several benefits of solving previous year question paper that is elucidated below to help you understand the importance of the same:
- You understand the question paper pattern and the weightage: Solving previous year question paper can easily make you well-versed with the pattern and the nature of the questions. You will be aware of the sections beforehand which in turn can save you a lot of time during your exam. It is imperative while preparing for Maths that you know, which area or what are the topics require that more attention than a few other topics. You will also get to know the weightage of NCERT questions and Non-NCERT questions as well. This will help you propel your preparations in the right direction. Isn’t that too many benefits in the first point itself? Hold on, there is more to come in the upcoming pointers. Let’s jump to the second point.
- Get the real time exam feel: Initially, it's ok to take your time to solve the sample papers questions of the previous year. But the problem arises if you are solving the previous year papers and taking a lot of time might be a bad idea for you. If you set a proper time (same duration as you would get in the actual examination) and start solving the previous year paper, you can make the most out of it. In this way, you will be able to get a good hold of time management skills which is highly beneficial not only for class 10 examination but for any other examination in your future.
- Get hold of your weak areas: In the above points, it is clear that you can understand the question paper pattern, marking scheme and also your time management skill will improve while solving the question paper in a particular time duration. While achieving all the mentioned points, you will also notice that you have got the list of all of your weak areas in which you need improvement.
- You might get lucky: Sometimes if a particular question is repeated multiple times in the past few years, there is always a good probability that it can be again asked in the upcoming year’s question paper. You never know you can get lucky enough.
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