#mains Time management in examination My target used to co | Shubham Kumar: Strategy and Notes for UPSC(CSE)

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Time management in examination

My target used to complete 15 marker first in 1 hr 50 minutes and then 10 marker in 1 hr 10 minutes

But in real examination, in both attempts it was 2 hours for 15 marker and then 1 hour for 10 marker

I used to select and 2 question from questions 4 to 10, to write towards the end
Logic was- I focused on writing well in the start of paper. So I used to give around 30 minutes in first 4 questions.
Towards the end I used to complete 2 questions in last 5-6 minutes

But I would suggest all to have a better time management.

In GS 1, since I used to draw a lot of diagrams, I was able to manage time well. The best case scenario is having 10 minutes for two 10 marker question (5 minutes each). This I achieved in GS1. (Got highest 115 marks in GS1)

I think, there are two things that I learnt are

1) Good time management with equal time to every question (15 marker-11 minutes and 10 marker-7minutes) is highly rewarding

2) Even if you are not able to manage time well- you can get very good marks by attempting 18/17 questions well and somehow managing in last 2/3 questions- writing 1 or 1.5 pages