Don't panic: Solved board papers will make you battle ready

By Esha Birnur If you were to picture yourself as a character in a comic strip, what do you think the thought bubbles would look like during the excruciating time of board exams? Terrifying images of head buried in books, puffy red eyes (dreaming of your bed!), excessive stress and infinite cups of tea, to etch out a few. The last few panels would probably be of you doing cartwheels, free from slavery at last! [caption id=“attachment_2173215” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Stay cool before board exams. Getty Images[/caption] Board exams are never easy and students go through a roller-coaster of emotions during this trying time and the ordeal doesn’t end till the results are declared. The fear of the results hangs over your head like a knife. The anxiety of how many questions you got right and what your score will eventually be is a constant threat and a nagging feeling. Back in the day, information on when the results would be available online was most prized and with a few prayers and bated breaths you would punch in your roll number to see your fate. If you were not among the lucky ones to have an internet connection, you would have to wait the entire day or night to check the results on the school’s notice board or in the newspaper the next day. Thankfully, internet expansion in the country has been rapid and its use is no longer limited to just checking results on the D-Day. Now there are amazing resources like solved board papers now available online, just within a few days of the exam. The suspense of whether your hard work was worth it is dispelled giving you much needed relief and the run up to the results doesn’t seem as stressful. Solved board papers are available for boards across India on sites such as TopperLearning. Since these solutions have been prepared by academic experts, they are precise and accurate; in line with the syllabus and guidelines of the respective boards. Technology has now made it possible for students to access such resources from the comfort of their homes just at the click of a button. With the help of these solutions, students can gauge their performance and estimate how close they are to achieving the big hamper of high marks. They also help ease out the tension that has been built throughout this demanding period. Board exams are viewed as the deal breaker. They have the power of shaping your future. A lot rides on your performance and the outcome of the results. Without disregarding their importance, it won’t be an exaggeration to say that these exams can turn out to be monsters-in-waiting if they are not dealt with properly. There is no escaping the pressure and it is hardly surprising that many a time students become vulnerable to nervous breakdown ahead of the exams. The silver lining is that there is a way to keep the nerves calm in such tense moments through better and methodical preparation. What better path could be than going through solved board papers of earlier exams which would give the future warriors in the examinations hall a sense of the nature of questions, a direction to their preparation and a rough idea of what to expect. So do your hard work in a smart way and the results won’t ditch you. Before signing off, all the best for the rest of your exams. Disclosure: TopperLearning is a part of Network18 Media & Investments Ltd., which also owns Firstpost.