Is Ncert Miscellaneous Exercise Important for Examination?

The National Council of Educational Research and Training is an autonomous organization set up in 1961 by the Government of India to assist and advice the Central and State Governments on policies and programmers for qualitative improvement in school education.

One of the major jobs of NCERT is to prepare and publish model textbooks as per the syllabus based on recommendations of National Curriculum Framework. NCERT books have been designed by world famous authors like Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra, Bipin Chandra and Arjun Dev etc. These authors have been recognized as the best in their respective fields.

The NCERT books have been recommended by CBSE schools countrywide. The CBSE is a national level Board of Education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Union Government of India. CBSE affiliated schools, which are around 20,299 in number, follow NCERT curriculum. In this perspective, the NCERT books are scientifically designed to help the students grasp various concepts clearly and retain them efficiently.

A better understanding of the concepts help students excel with the basics as well as advanced level of questions asked in different competitive examinations.

It is important for students to study thoroughly various topics given in their school recommended books. A deep understanding, developed through avid reading combined with an attempt to solve the recommended exercises will definitely help students to grasp as well as enjoy their subjects.

There are Miscellaneous exercises given in the books that are meant to felicitate the concept building in students. These Miscellaneous exercises are specially designed for students to clear their concepts and develop a proper understanding of the subject .They play a vital role in the preparation of examination.

They are equally important as exercises given in the mid of the chapter. Students are sometimes asked questions in paper that require deeper understanding of the chapter. Such questions need attention. They are often based on Miscellaneous exercises and those who have practiced these exercises well are able to answer with ease.

Their weightage vary from 30 % to 60% in any question paper and that is why they need to be done carefully. The CBSE paper is sub –divided in three segments ie. Easy +medium +hard, which covers (15+70+15)% of the paper. Hard questions are often from Miscellaneous Exercises and often some medium questions too. So to get good score these exercises need to be solved.

The Miscellaneous exercises prove very beneficial at the time of revision. A student is able to revise the subject well through solving various questions given in the miscellaneous exercises of each chapter. The questions are designed in a way that covers almost all the important concepts that has been discussed in the chapters.

Hence, a quick revision of all the chapters just before examination is made easy. Also, Miscellaneous exercises help students to assess themselves as to how much they have learned and what else needs to be covered. It is kind of self- assessment.

In the absence of these exercises it becomes difficult to check if the topics have been retained properly or not. If not for these exercises, it would be tough to asses which topics need more focus. Students will be left helpless how to gauge their progress.

The questions given under the heading “let us try” or “let us discuss” motivate students to develop a better understanding and enhance their learning. They also provide key words to students which helps them in memorizing the answers. Further, students get a guideline about their answer writing style too.

NCERT Miscellaneous exercises, however, has been blamed for being tough. Few students say they find it difficult to solve the questions even after having done the chapter.

But this is not true. They are easy if practiced well. They may be a step ahead in problem solving just to take students to a slightly higher threshold. This clears their understanding of the chapters and increases their caliber as well. If a chapter has been read thoroughly, there is no difficulty in solving the Miscellaneous exercises.

As has been mentioned earlier, these books are authored by the best writers in the country and are scientifically planned. Questions have been framed in such a way that those who have read carefully come up with answers automatically. Practice makes a lot of problems easy.

Students just need to relax and be absolutely stress free while attempting these exercises. A relaxed mind is in a better condition to retrieve what has been taught. Moreover, with the advancement of technology, quite a lot of problems can be traced online to get help in finding the correct answers.

This assurance of online help being handy, make students more confident and relaxed while solving problems. Hence, mere acquisition by a handful of students about the level of questions being tough, does not actually demean the importance of Miscellaneous exercises.

They are like model papers being designed to grill students about their clarity of concepts. A variety of questions put up before students play very significant role in preparing students to score higher grades in examination. Miscellaneous exercises contain important questions which have high probability to be asked in the examination.

Be fully prepared. Practice them well and may you get great score.