వృక్ష శాస్త్రము

వృక్ష శాస్త్రము

preparation plan
     As First Year IPE exams are fast approaching it is time for the student to shift the mode of preparation to the IPE.

     To get good marks student has to maintain a strategy useful only to the IPE preparation.

     As the students are writing this kind of exam for the first time after their 10th class exams they have to be cautious not loose marks due to ignorance of the exam pattern. To avoid this, question paper model should be known first. Then approximate weightage for each chapter also should be known clearly.

     Student should write the exam in a booklet of 24 pages. No additional papers will be given. So the student has to confine their answers to that effect.

     The Botany exam will be of 3 hours duration. Paper is for 60 marks.

     The Botany paper consisting of three Sections viz A,B and C,

     Section- A is Very Short Answer Type Questions (VSAQ). 10 questions will be given. All the questions must be answered. Each question carries 2 marks. Section -B is Short Answer Type Questions (SAQ). Out of 8 questions 6 must be answered. Each question carries 4 marks. Section -C is Long answer Type Questions (LAQ). Out of 3 questions 2 must be answered. Each question carries 8 marks.

     For answering VSAQs student should not write more than 2-3 sentences. Diagrams are not necessary for this section. All the questions must be attempted at one place and in serial order..

     Answering this section should not take more than 20 minutes. A well prepared student should attempt this Section first in the exam.

 n    Student must be thorough with all most all the question given at the end of each chapter. Only the answer to the questions must be written. Student is adised not to write any unnecessary things here. It will save the time and probably avoid mistakes.

     It is always advisable for an average student to attempt SAQs first. Student can get maximum marks easily in this section.

     Answers must be limited to 20 lines for each question. Wherever necessary diagrams must be drawn. Answering each question may take not more than 15 minutes.

     Selection of 6 questions out of 8 is also important to save time and get good marks.

     The answers for these questions should have all the important points. Diagrams must not be left without labeling.

     For some questions in this section there is no need of drawing diagrams. Answers to these questions must contain all the important points. Students who are not good at drawing should select these questions.

     Students with good drawing skills always select questions with a scope of diagrams. First a neat labeled diagram should be drawn and description is added to it to get maximum marks.

     Diagrams always speak of the students' abilities.

     An average student can take full 90 minutes in answering this Section. A well prepared student can complete within 70 minutes. If time permits, at the end of answering the entire paper an additional SAQ can be answered.

     In writing LAQs in first year, drawing diagrams is invariable. Selection of the question is also important here. Question with time consuming diagrams can be avoided and selection with easy diagrams is essential. Each question needs 35 minutes to answer efficiently.
 
     Student should read the question carefully and answer to it. Certain question can carry break ups . For example.. " Define root. Mention the types of root system. Explain how root is modified to perform different functions?" Here for every part of the question marks will be allotted separately-marks for definition; marks for mentioning the type of root systems and marks for explanation.

     Student should practice to complete the answer for each question within 35 minutes.

     Question from anatomy takes longer time to answer as the diagrams are drawn carefully. But if a student can draw a diagram within 20 minutes, seeing his own diagram he can explain it easily within 10 minutes.

     LAQs can be given from 2nd chapter and 3rd chapter and 6th chapter.

     If a student prepares all the questions from these chapters. Question from Internal organization of Plants (6th chapter) is easy for the student with good drawing skills and practical knowledge.
 
 The weightage for the exam chapter wise can be as follows.
 Sl.No    Name of the Unit/Chapter    Weightage of marks
 1    Diversity in the Living World    14
 2    Structural Organization in Plants-Morphology    12
 3    Reproduction in Plants    12
 4    Plant Systematics    06
 5    Cell Structure and Functions    14
 6    Internal Organization of Plants    12
 7    Plant Ecology    06
     TOTAL MARKS    76