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Most of the board exams including CBSE, ICSE, ISC, UP, MP, Rajasthan, Bihar will be held between February to April 2025. Pre-board exams are going on in schools these days. With this students can understand the board exam pattern. Students are given 15 minutes reading time in each paper of the board exam. Using it properly helps in time management during board exams.
15 minutes reading time is called golden time in CBSE Board Exam 2025 (15 Minutes Reading Timer). Students can solve only half of the paper before the exam starts i.e. during this time. Preparing for the finals of every subject is not enough to top the board exams. What and how you do after entering the exam center is also very important here. Know what to do in the 15 minutes study time available inside the board exam center.
Board Exam Preparation Tips: Why 15 minutes are given before the exam?
CBSE and other boards give 15 minutes time to read the question paper before the start of 10th, 12th exam. Meanwhile students can better understand all the questions asked in the question paper instead of just reading. You can also prepare a strategy for writing the paper. With this they will not have to waste time later. In these 15 minutes, prepare a rough plan in your mind as to how you will solve the question paper in the next three hours.
Board Exam Study Time: What to do in 15 minutes study time?
A plan should be prepared to solve the entire question paper properly before getting the answer sheet of the board exam. You can prepare this strategy in 15 minutes.
1. As you enter the exam hall, take a deep breath, calm your heart and mind. Then strategize for the next 3 hours.
2. Now check your question paper. Note if any questions or pages are missing or the ink is unclear. If so, you may face problems while writing the exam.
3. Read and understand the long answer questions carefully. If you want you can divide these questions into two categories, easy and hard.
4. Allot time for each section of the question paper. This helps to solve the entire paper in 3 hours.
5. Try to solve one word or MCQ like questions on the question paper with the help of pencil. Also, you will be able to spend more time answering long answer type questions while writing the exam.
6. For other questions which seem easy, write pointers i.e. important points in your question paper with the help of pencil. Later you can write them in detail. However, to write anything on the question paper, please take permission from the examiner.