A lot to write in economics, focus on maintaining speed

If you wish to score good marks in economics, you must focus on understanding the concepts better. Many students find macro economics tougher as it revolves around national level issues. Hence, they should stick to micro economics only but don’t miss a single topic in the portion. This will help you secure at least 75% marks.
It is a common misconception that the long length of the answer would give you more points, but in reality, the relevance of the write up is seen. Even if you write a short passage but cover all important facts, you will get full marks. The question paper will have MCQs for 16 marks which you can crack and get sure shot points if you are well-versed with your textbook.

Read the entire question paper with a sound mind in ten minutes which you get in the beginning as this is your golden time. Your diagrams should be neat and while making graphs, don’t forget to specific the x and y axis. Use a good quality pencil which doesn’t smudge.

Make sure you that are inserting the correct values from the question. Be extra careful if you are penning down the definition of an economist as you would lose marks if you change the words. Attempt the entire question paper if you think you might be slightly wrong in some answers.

You are expected to write a lot in economics, so focus on maintaining your speed from the start. Double your time as per the weightage of the question, for example take 4 minutes to solve a 2-mark question.

Sometimes students get excited when they see a question from their favourite topic and immediately go ahead with it without paying attention to the sub-question or the specific angle.

(The writer, Manisha Kahate, is a lecturer at GS College)