This document provides tips for scoring excellent marks in the CBSE Class 12 Economics exam. It begins by noting that Economics had the highest failure rate of any subject between 2004-2015. It then lists various reasons for low scores, such as absenteeism, exam stress, not understanding questions, and not practicing diagrams or numerals regularly. The document provides many study tips, such as starting preparation early, practicing previous year papers, focusing on diagrams and numerals, competing with one's past performance, and avoiding distractions. It emphasizes the importance of self-study, asking teachers for help, and not cheating. The final message is that with hard work and the right preparation methods, students can succeed in Economics.

1. TIPS FOR SCORING
EXCELLENT MARKS IN
ECONOMICS
CBSE - XII
CS. SOHIL GAJJAR

2. PRESENTATION BY:-
CS. SOHIL GAJJAR
CS, MA(Eco), B.Com

3. INTRODUCTION
One in every five students who sat for a CBSE economics exam in 2015
failed. According to an analysis of CBSE results for Class 12 done by the
Hindustan Times, the subject had the highest failure rate between 2004
and 2015.

4. REASONS FOR SCORING LOW
MARKS IN ECONOMICS
The following are one of the most important
reasons for scoring low marks in Economics.
These reasons are based on my 6 years of
experience of teaching Economics to the CBSE
students.

5. SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM: Research has shown that
child’s attendance record may be the biggest factor
influencing their academic success. Not attending
the school regularly may have adverse effects on
academics of the student.

6. EXAM STRESS:- Exam stress is natural and is mostly
experienced by all the students. Be relax and confident. Don’t
let this stress affect your efficiency for attempting the exam.

7. INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS
CORRECTLY (LANGUAGE PROBLEM):
Go through the previous year’s QP and see the
pattern. Read the questions carefully twice or
thrice. Practice writing the answers at home to
avoid this problem.

8. NOT PAYING ATTENTION IN CLASS: This is one of the reason for
scoring low marks in Economics. Letting your mind wander or
not showing up at all are both likely to make you miss out on key
information.

9. INADEQUATE SKILL IN PRESENTING THE DIAGRAMS
Due to lack of practice student’s get confused in
diagrams e.g. Drawing of PPC instead of Indifference curve
and vice versa;
Confusion between expansion & contraction with increase &
decrease in supply and demand.
Kindly practice the diagrams several times.

10. NOT PRACTICING NUMERICAL REGULARLY: Since it has
been said that numerical are difficult some children have
the phobia of numbers and they are reluctant to practice
them. The formulae for the numerical are not difficult. They
can easily be practiced.

11. OVER – CONFIDENCE :- Students once understand something,
think that they know everything and stops learning thoroughly
and there is inadequate practice and revision. This leads to
confused presentation of answer. Please practice question
papers frequently.

12. LATE START OF THE PREPARATION:-Start preparation 3
months in advance. Frequently asked questions in the Board
Examination, should be revised thoroughly. Last five year CBSE
Question Papers must be solved. CBSE sample papers should
be practiced at home within stipulated time period.

13. EXCESSIVE INDULGENCE IN TUITION:- It has been
observed that the student spent too much time for
tuitions. Self study is the most important for examination.

14. TIME WASTAGE DURING STUDY LEAVE:- Some students waste
time for things which they think are very important, like Gym,
Chatting, Bike Racing, Game Zone etc. Plan & use the time
religiously.

15. NOT PRESENTING THE ANSWERS AS PER THE CBSE
EXPECTATIONS:- Kindly see the model Question papers of
the CBSE and see how answers are to be written. In the
website you will see the answer scripts of the students who
have scored 100 marks .Go through it.

16. LEAVING QUESTIONS UNATTEMPTED:- Students
sometimes leave certain questions thinking that they do
not know the answer. But kindly attempt all the questions
and write whatever you know.

17. WRITING QUESTION NUMBER WRONGLY:- Kindly put
the correct question number to each answer in exam.

18. SPLIT ANSWERING:- Writing the answer of one question at
different places is practiced by some students. Avoid splitting
of answer and write the answer at one place. Mostly the
second part of the answer elsewhere will not be given marks.
If you feel that the answer is incomplete leave some space
below the written answer and write later on when you
remember.

19. LAZINESS:- One of the biggest reasons why students fail
examination is laziness. When a student is lazy, he finds it
difficult to read, attend classes, do homework and make
projects etc. How is it possible to successfully sit for an exam
you virtually know nothing of? Exam success doesn’t work like
magic, it involves hard work and diligence.

20. BUSINESS ATTITUDE: Students who are from the
family of business take it granted that they can skip
studies and join father’s business even if they don’t get
good grades in class XII. With this feeble mentality it be
comes a major factor for poor performance in
Economics.

21. LACK OF NOTES: Most of the students do not make proper notes
of important topics and formulae. These notes come in handy
while doing revision and you do not have to read everything
again and again.

22. TIPS FOR SCORING EXCELLENT
MARKS IN ECONOMICS
Economics is a challenging and interesting subject. The subject is
considered as one of the important subjects for the Commerce students. As
a subject it requires hard work, clarification of concepts since it involves
theory and mathematical elements. Little effort, repeated practice and skill
full learning will sure fetch you good marks.
It is very difficult to cram a subject like economics. So, it is
beneficial if you take notes, attend lectures and study actively and enhance
your economic vocabulary by knowing the definitions, meaning of different
economic related terms and even participating in a discussion.
Before attending a class, try to skim the chapter so as to have an
idea of what are the concepts to be learnt in that chapter. Think about what
you read and ask questions of yourself.
So here are some important tips to score excellent m
arks in Economics.
Take Exam as Pleasure and not as Pressure.

23. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY;
RECOGNISE IT;
WORK ON IT
&
YOU WILL SUCCEED

24. PRAYER: One of the most stressful things students face is
examinations. While there is probably no prayer that can get you an
95% on an exam you don't prepare for. But you can rely on God to
help you study better and relax more when taking on exam.
Saying a prayer at exam time can help you focus better on what you
have learned so that it comes out by making smarter choices on your
exams.

25. ROLE OF PARENTS: Parents should accept the children the way
they are, mentor them to the best of your capacity and to give
them time, no matter how busy you are. It is the duty of the
Parents to make the atmosphere of home joyful during the
exam. Parents must create a festive atmosphere during exams.
Entire family must work as a team during exams.

26. BOOK:- The NCERT book is disorganised, hence it becomes
difficult for the students to understand the concept. So abstain
from it completely. Sandeep Garg (Dhanpat Rai Publication) is
the best book for both macro and micro-economics.
To the point approach is the feature that makes this
material most useful in subject of “Economics” for the students
appearing for Board Exam.

27. TIME TABLE: Prepare a Time Table for self-study for every day
in which Economics should get two hour slot. And strictly
adhere to it.
The students, who fail to get good sleep, eat well and find
time to relax are more prone to stress and anxiety. Don’t
become a bookworm and prefer to stay positive.

28. FOCUS MORE ON DIAGRAMS :- As diagrams can be your strenght to
show you better from others, don’t forget to label your diagrams as a
n
incomplete diagram leaves a dissatisfied impression on checker. Make
diagram with dark pencil. Prepare a list of diagrams which are
repeatedly asked and practice them.

29. GRAB THE NUMERICALS:- Numericals comprise of nearly 10-20
marks of the entire paper which can be completed easily within
15-20 minutes. Practise lots of them. Typical problems include
completing the table involving MC,TC, TFC,TVC etc., elasticity of
demand and supply, calculating national income, numerical on
aggregate demand and multiplier etc. With adequate practice, these
can be perfected. Although calculations are basically additions and
subtractions do be careful of making silly mistakes.

30. COMPETE WITH YOURSELF:- Create two instances of yourself,
first is your present and second one is your past. Now play a
game between your past and your present.
Keep defeating your previous percentage, your present
has to be perfect than your past. Make sure that your
percentage increases by 5% in each exam.
More than anything else, your target should be always
to do better than you have done before. What really helps in life
is competition with oneself and not with others.

31. FOLLOW THE SEQUENCE:- First complete micro and then
move to macro. The concepts in all the chapters are linked.
Going in a proper sequence will help to avoid any kind of
confusion.

32. FORMULAE: Make a list of Formulae for both Micro and Macro
Economics. In exams if your final answer is wrong but you
have written the correct formulae, than you will be getting
marks for it.

33. BASIS OF DIFFERENCE: While writing any distinguish
between, it is compulsory to write the basis of difference. To
show on what basis you have differentiated between the two
topic asked. Marks will be deducted if basis of difference is not
written.
Differences Positive Economics Normative Economics
Meaning It deals with the things “as
they are”
It deals with the things “as
they should be”
Basis Based upon real facts Based upon individual
opinions
Verification It can be verified with
actual data
It cannot be verified
Nature Pure and neutral between
ends
Suggestive & optimum in
nature
Purpose It aims to make real
description of an economic
activity.
It aims to determine the
ideals.
Value Judgments It does not give any value
judgments.
It gives value judgments.

34. TRUE OR FALSE: In the exams it is compulsory to write the
reasons for true or false. No marks will be given if the
reason to answer is not given. So kindly mention the reason
for true or false.

35. ASK FOR HELP:- Whenever you are having any doubt in any
topic, feel free to ask it to your teacher. Utilize the phone
number of your teacher whenever you are permitted to call
him/her. Consider your teachers as your best friends.

36. AVOID VEHILCES:- Avoid using the vehicles if you do not have
license. Even if you have a valid license, avoid using the
vehicles and going here and there during the study leave.
If it necessary, then please wear helmet and avoid rough
driving and stunts.

37. DO NOT CHEAT: To cheat in exam is to be cheap. So please do not cheat.
CBSE consider cheating as a UFM [Unfair Means] case. Such student
(a)may be disqualified by the Board from the examination in that year
(i.e. his/her examination for that year may be cancelled);
(b) may further be debarred from appearing at any examination of the
Board for a period which may extend upto five years; and
(c) in serious cases, may permanently be debarred from taking any
examination of the Board.

38. STUDY FREQUENTLY:-Studying hard for only a few hours the
night before the test isn't going to help ensure perfect scores. If
you really want to score good in exams, study every day.
Take study breaks when you study, make sure you take a
5-10 minute break after every 30 minutes of study. This will
help keep your brain from getting overloaded.

39. STUDY SOCIAL
MEDIA
STYLE:-
Facebook : Share your status. E.g. “Completed National Income”
Tweeter: When we tweet we can use only 280 words. In the same manner try to
make your chapter notes of important topics.
Snap Chat: Take a Selfie when your chapter is completed.
Story on Instagram: Studying together. Share your understanding with your friends.
Whats App: Make a group for the class to collaborate and share study tips.
You Tube: Look for YouTube videos and playlists for extra learning on the
most challenging topics.
Hike: Send video notes, audio lesson, questions, or reminders to your classmates.
Linkedln: Follow your teacher. You learn more and gain useful content from them,
this empowers you to produce great results.

40. For any suggestions please contact
E-mail: sohilgajjar77@gmail.com