Greeting Readers as requested we have study tips for class 12
th
Political Science :D by my friend Rahul Chaudhary. He scored 97 in political
science board exam! This is our first feature blog hope you find this helpful.
Tip 1: NCERT is God
Each pol.sc. chapter is in itself a carefully explained story containing huge (
I admit ) but relevant information to the events that happen .Most if not all
chapters have kind of a story. My personal favourite was the chapter which narrated
Indira Gandhi's political battle to reclaim the might congress' lost power in
the 1967 elections. How and why congress lost how Indira dealt with it and her
major comeback is an awesome political plot I would never turn down.
Long story short: Use the NCERT as it narrates the story in the best way possible.
NCERT gives you a kind of a ''script '' which you can further improve on using
other guide books and sample papers.
Tip 2: NCERT First, then the guides:
As mentioned above, NCERT provides a fairly articulate ‘’story’’ of the
chapter you can follow in a systematic and well understandable sequence. This
sequence, you should know, is extremely important if you want to have long-term
and stable knowledge of the chapters.
Rather than memorizing random questions and dates from the guides on the
last day before the exam, give some time to the ‘’story ‘’ told in the NCERT. In
the long-term this will be really benefiting, even if it doesn’t helps you
immediately in the first UT’s (which, nobody gives a damn about except those
petty little nerds who think everyone is supposed to be scoring good all the time.)
According to me this is the perfect way to go:
1.)
Read NCERT ALONGWITH YOUR TEACHER
( I didn’t do this and then suffered
, that’s why I know this is important ) and whatever is taught in the school ,
revise it at home . Now you are not expected to memorise all the dates ,
political figures , countries , summits , meetings etc the very day they are
taught but at least you would develop a fairly good idea as to what the chapter
is about and basically ‘’class mein kya chal raha hai ? ‘’ (my personal favourite
question)
This also allows you to give special attention to each single chapter rather
than rushing through them and then mixing them up.
2.) After the chapter ends, give it a
RE-READ on a free-day or a weekend, to
know the entirety of the chapter’s events and ‘’story ‘’.
3.) Now
hit the guides. This will help you know what kinds of
questions can be posed and regarding which part of the chapter, which questions
are more relevant and will let you have an idea of what kind of and how the
language of the answer is to be. Pro tip: Try to be better than even the guides,
even though if it’s just by a notch.
3.) Big words work, but not all the time.
You gotta have the
bookish and technical language in your mind to make your
answer look more technical, informative to let the teacher know that you are
through with the bookish vocabulary. The teachers openly say that you need to
have the bookish language to get the upper hand. I am not personally a fan of
writing long and complicated answers when they can be simple, but desperate
measures for desperate times. Bookish language works wonder 90% of the time.
But then again your answer should also have some sense and cohesiveness in it.
It should not be just random information being thrown like holi balloons. It
should be a systematic, well-written answer with a sequence.
4.)
Maps, Boxes, Table, Graphs.
The notorious map questions and 5 markers are the area where you must know
all about the maps, boxes, tables, graphs etc provided in the NCERT. These
often include newspaper clippings, cartoons, images, maps, (extremely brief)
descriptions of important personalities. The 5 markers are where I am sure I
lost my marks because I never focused enough on all this stuff just because it
was not a part of the main text.
5.) The most cliché:
Regular study
I don’t even need to explain this. Everyone must have since... like... the 6th standard.
Revise what you have been taught at school , don’t be shy to ask doubts , go to
the teacher personally if you think some douches will make fun of you for
asking a particular doubt . No doubt is TOO small.
6.)
Other tips:
i.) Do
sample papers. First try to attempt 50 markers with 2-3 chapters.
Then the next bunch of chapters with the same format. After you’ve done all the
chapters, try to do 100 marks’ papers with the entire book.
ii.) Try to
understand chapters are now
evaluative questions are too a part
of the paper format. Evaluative questions are the ones which don’t have a
specific answer to them. You cannot use the ‘copy-paste ‘strategy in these
questions as they require understanding of the chapter, context. In some cases
you may even be needed to be well aware of how each chapter (from both the books)
correlates to the other chapter (across both the books). The chapter on
planned economy, rise of popular movements have a common link: agricultural
growth and focusing on rural agricultural groups (farmers). US’ hegemony
helps in understanding globalization better.
iii.) Last but not the last,
don’t neglect any question just because it
was ‘’ never there in any of the sample papers or last year’s paper ‘’. Yes,
there are some important questions that should be your first priority in the
short run, but to be safe in the long run, every question should be in your
mind and the answer for it.
By
Rahul Chaudhary
Additional Tips by Yoshita Mehta
#Reading is the best way along with your teachers, bench-mates etc so that you should understand the depth of each and every chapter.
1. One should surely makes lists of the events happened along with countries, dates and additional information.
2. Make side notes or write on sticky paper so that you remember the relevant part with the text, that notes can be followed with examples or important questions for better understanding.
1. It's a must to work on the cartoons because they are a little difficult for students who never watched news as in textbooks we have different faces which are similar to the political figures. Ask your teacher the story behind every cartoon or use a guide find those cartoons and make a side note describing the cartoon.
2. Step notes with connecting chapter , most of the chapters are connected to each other but some are independent in themselves , so while preparing for the exam one should separately prepare for those chapters.
Note: Words of your teachers are not less than bible .. one should drink the mixture as a whole.
Additional Tips by Sagrika Behl
I think I should mention the names of reference
books!
1. Together with Pol sci
2. U like Sample Papers
3. For cartoons, maps, paragraph questions JPH but just for those, question
answers are irrelevant in this book!
And yeah while studying the chapters have a tiny small notebook in hand and keep writing names and events as they come by. It will prove to be very useful for you while revision.
That’s all
Mail me your thoughts at dolcereflection@gmail.com
And message me your queries at same.
Comment if you found this post helpful or if you want me to add something
else :)
Regards,
Sagrika Behl
