Well, before you get to the exam room, you should have the right move toward from the very start. Assuming it’s in the morning; you should try and walk to school, if that’s possible. You should avoid friends, because they can start worrying you. They’ll ask you how you do particular questions and so forth, and they’ll confuse you perhaps. They’ll say “No, you don’t do it this way, you do it that way.” So, it’s your examination and make sure you’re isolated as far as you can be.

When you go into the examination room, take six deep breaths and have glucose sweet, if the school allows you to do that, to help power go to your brain. Sit down and take another six deep breaths if that’s essential, and when the examination paper comes round, make sure you read it properly. You’ll only get marks if you answer the questions, and you’ve got to more often than not choose the questions you want to do, so make sure you take time to do that.

Make sure that you decide the ones that you think are going to be the best for you. Start, probably, with the easier ones, those you think that you are able to do, and build up to the ones which might be a little bit more difficult for you. Certainly, getting into that examination room is crucial; it’s crucial that you get in there with the right frame of mind, remembering that it’s your examination and what goes on around and about you have got nothing to do with you, so just ignore it and get on with your paper.

(1). A minimum 12-hour study is recommended.

(2). Butter cheese to be curtailed if not stopped.

(3).Make sure to eat adequate fruits with vitamin A and E, as they are the most important for the eyes and the brain. Avoid grapes [peak season] as they can cause sleep.

(4). Eat yogurt or curd once a day. Lemon juice with honey but without sugar is also suggested.

(5). Avoid pulses like gram and white peas in diet.

(6).Have a protein enriched food and a fiber diet. Soybean is the best and the cheapest.

(7). Do not study one subject for more than 2 hours. If you are stuck with something leave it and take another subject.

(8). Listen to music to unwind. Avoid television to the maximum extent.

(9). Recommended food is preferably vegetarian. If not keep oily foods and non-vegetarian to the minimum as meat, and non-vegetarian cause hangover.

(10). Have a proper intake of water and keep yourself adequately hydrated.

(11). Eat many salads as much as you eat your staple food like rice or chapattis.

(12). Sleep is optional for at least 8 hours divided into 2 intervals, of 1 hour in the afternoon and 7 hours during the night.

(13). Take an antioxidant that will make you feel fresh and rejuvenated. Consult your doctor for the same. You may gain wait for some time but it reduces after you stop them.

(14). Keep the study place clean and tidy.

(15). Take bath twice a day once in the morning and evening. Bathe with a splash of Dettol [one lid in one bucket of water] to de odour you body.

(16). Be positive and pray a lot.

(17). Do not over exert yourself, as it will cause only problems.

(18). Ensure to keep your favorite pens clothes and other personal effects in proper condition.

(19). Ensure to take a laxative preferably an Ayurvedic one 2 weeks before the exam to ensure proper bowel motions and cleaning up your system.

(20). Do not wear stale clothes. Change every time you take a bath. optional to have a hot shower so that it freshens up the mind and body.

(21). Do not study in air-conditioned rooms as exam atmosphere is at ambient temperature.

(22). Switch off mobile phones during study.

(23). Comfortable clothing with soothing colors is what you should wear in house and during exams.

(24). If you miss on any schedule, try to catch up with the work that has to follow. Skip what is lost.

(25). Working out or exercising for at least, one hour in a day is a must. Play and sweat out but do not go in polluted areas for workout.

(26). Ensure that your brain gets fresh oxygen every day. Evening walk or morning walks is what is recommended.

(27). If your seat no is in a college that is not your own then visit that place before the exam because you will be psychologically more familiar with the conditions and the environment in the place and that will help you to adjust better.

(28). Visit prayer halls and churches before people gather and try to meditate. If you do not visit prayer houses daily, try to meditate in house and recollect those moments, which you cherish a lot.

Appear, the bottom line is that no matter what you do, in this day and age you are always going to be in a situation where you will have to do some sort of exam, whether it is to get your license to drive a car, to get a promotion at work or to get a University degree, we are always going to be face with having to do some sort of exam. Even at my computer training centre, when you come to learn how to use Microsoft Office you have the chance to gain a official document as of Microsoft in using Microsoft Office, but to get it, you still have to do an exam. However there are certain things you can do that can help you get ready for you exams and give you a better chance of passing.

(1). Make Sure you recreate All the Practical Exercises

With many courses that you study for there will be practical exercises included. For example when you are doing our computer training courses, you will do a little bit of theory and then a practical exercise. It is extremely important that when you leave your training that you go back through those practical exercises as they will help reinforce the theory you have learnt.

Let say for example, you were studying bookkeeping. One of the things you are taught in bookkeeping is how to create a manual set of books such as the Journals, Ledgers and Trial Balance. During your course you would be given practical exercises to create your own Journals etc and it is extremely important that you redo those exercises in your own time to reinforce the elements you have learnt and the process as well.

Yet another example for university student, if you were studying say biology or chemistry, one of the requirements you have is to do certain experiments in a lab. It is absolutely essential that you practice those exercises as they will help reinforce the theory you have learned. In the case of University studies, most faculties will allow you to book lab time to practice your exercises outside the normal lecture time.

(2). Do A Minimum of 4 Hours Study per Week per Subject

People often say to me how much study we should be doing each week. Well, in reality, it really does depend on the course you are doing. For example if you are studying medicine or law, you will find that you will need almost the same amount of time to study as you attend lectures, so you are looking at 40 hours of study time per week.

However, for computer training courses or IT courses where you are studying for Certifications you will find that if you allocate 4 hours per week per subject, that it will be enough to study the material and to become proficient at it. Make note though that the learn period does not include doing your practical exercises; the study period is in addition.

(3). Make sure you Read All the Material Provided After Lectures

The number one error people make when they come and do any training, including computer training is that do not re-read and go through all the material they covered during the lectures within seven days of doing the actual lecture. So for example, if you do a one day processor training course, you need to go back through all the material within seven days.

Why?

Well there is lots of scientific research that has been undertaken that shows, if you do not reinforce the material you have learned within seven days of first hearing it, that you will 50% of that knowledge within the next seven days. If you do not review the material within 21 days you will loose 50% of the 50% left, which now means you will only remember 25% of the material covered. Some of the research I have read shows that for every 7 days you leave reviewing the material you keep loosing 50% of the remaining knowledge which means in about 6 to 10 weeks after the course you knowledge on the subject. If the textile has not been review, the retained knowledge will be virtually none, which means you may as well not wasted you time in attending the course in the first place.

Have you ever been to one of those tax seminars or financial planning seminars? Have you noticed that they only give you enough information to remember the good things, they do not give you a training pack to remind you of the potential flaws of their services, that is because they use the same issues outlined earlier in which as time goes on, you will only remember the things you have reinforced.

(4). Get Time to Meditate

Ok, I can hear it now, “Oh Yeah Hippy, Want Us to Meditate do ya.” Absolutely! Look whilst meditation has certainly been a thing of fringe groups in western society or linked with more eastern religions a lot of researchers are now coming to the distinct conclusion that meditation can make a huge difference to our day-to-day lives.

The core benefit meditation will play in your studies is to help you to relax. The more relaxed you are the more creative and the easier it will be to learn the material for the exam. I surely recommend that when you are meditating, that you use baroque music with your meditation as it will help increase the alpha waves which will help lead you to a calm feeling.

The bottom line is this, there is no shortcut to conquering exams but they do not have to be a life and death struggle if you put the work in. Whilst there is no fool proof way to go by exam, putting the work in will certainly mean you should see much better exam results plus hopefully the outcomes you are looking for.

(5). When Studying Have Light Music On

As I write this I be able to hear all the parents in the world cringing and crying out saying, NO! Well in fact, if you listen to the right music, music can in fact increase your ability to retain the material you are studying. Briefly, research shows that baroque music at 60 beats per miniature causes your mind to produce more alpha [calmness] waves. This happen on both left and right sides of your brain.

This simply means that you calm down and relax, in a way similar to when you whistle a happy tune, or when you daydream. This “alpha” state of mind is ideal for learning, creativity, or just relaxing. Baroque Music also makes the perfect background music for all training from playgroup to government “think tanks.” It is used in schools all over Australia. A quote from the teacher of a remedial class here in Australia: “It seems to slow them down so they can think.”

Corporate trainers can improve the effectiveness of training sessions dramatically by playing ornate Music during a session.. A colleague uses the music as background for his reminiscence training seminars and swears by it because remember and creativity are improved.

(6). Review Previous Exams

This is one of the most important things every person must do prior to sitting an exam and that is to review as many previous exams as you can. In most University courses, you will find that each year the lecturer will in fact lodge the previous year’s exams in the Library for use by the students. My recommendation has always been to go and copy the exam if possible and then study the examination as much as possible. Some universities and colleges allow you to do this others do not.

There are a few key reasons for doing this. The previous exams will give you an insight into the way the lecturers structure the exam questions and they also give you a very good indication of the sorts of questions that lecturers are likely to put on the exams, especially if you have three or four years worth of past exam papers.

 (7). Have a coworker Write Practice Exams and Questions for You

If you are doing long term study at a college or University it is always worthwhile to try to form a study group. Even if you are working in a corporate environment and working in a team that is doing study try to form a study group to help you with studies. The reason I advise this, is so that you can all work together and right a series of practice exams and questions for each other to try to answer.

See, the key with passing any exam is practice. The more do you have and exposure to the various ways questions could be possibly structured the more likely you will pass the exam. Getting every person inside you study group to write practice exams and questions also helps them, as they need to know the correct answer and how to structure the correct answer, which helps reinforce the fabric for them.

If you are studying in a corporate environment and you have people who have done the exams in the past, get them to write a set of practice exams. It would be even better if you could get three or four colleagues to actually write some practice exams for you as they will give you such a variation that you will be able to identify areas you may not have covered sufficiently.