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Respected seniors since i am not going to join any academy for css preparation. and i feel i have the capacity to read and understand even memorize stuff and i am good at reproducing it. But my concern is after reading a lot of stuff how can that knowledge be presented in the form of effective answers? How can i Learn this skill?
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There is no fixed way of doing it. I can tell you what I did (though I myself await the result to see if my method bears fruit).

-The most important thing to make your answers stand out among the crowd is to make them as structurally coherent as possible. Before picking up the pen and starting the answer, you must make a complete mental/written outline of what you're going to write. The answer must make sense; from the outset up till the very end, it should all look coordinated and your position/standpoint must appear proven as you conclude the answer. Moreover, the added advantage of this approach is that you won't be wasting time in thinking what to write if you have already made a complete mental/written outline of it all.

-Make liberal yet judicious use of headings. Whatever you are going to write, your headings must be a precise and accurate representation of it. A heading, in my opinion, can even be a one-liner (not have to be a single word). The only requirement it should fulfil is that if the examiner chooses to just read your headings, he should get the gist of what you wrote under those headings.

-Use a separate pen (I used black and blue combo) when you write an important/central idea and a stastic or quotation within a paragraph. That would make your answer even more attractive. Sometimes, examiner would simply read the heading, and under the heading those lines you have written in different colour. The principle is that the examiner should be facilitated; his convenience will translate into marks for you!

-Ensure that your answer is qualitatively adequate—compromise can be made on quantity but not quality. You must ensure your answer remains relevant throughout. Articulate the most important points first.

-Lastly, it should go without saying that a solid, comprehensive introduction and a sophisticated conclusion are necessary.
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Thank you for the valueable suggestions. I Have another query regarding notes. Mostly seniors have been suggesting to make our own notes. How can i make notes of my own out of the books i read?
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Thank you for the valueable suggestions. I Have another query regarding notes. Mostly seniors have been suggesting to make our own notes. How can i make notes of my own out of the books i read?
List down important things in keywords and short forms. Highlight important things in books. You can also make your own headings and write the down separately.
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I personally do not suggest making notes of each and every topic. After having gone through past papers and contents of syllabus, and giving it all a thorough first reading from the book you are following; it is always possible to pin point a few topics that are what you may call "exam worthy". I made notes only for these "exam worthy" topics for most subjects (for one or two optional subjects I made full-length notes that helped me ditch the books and saved me from resorting to them for a second reading, but I don't suggest this time-consuming approach for every subject).

Now, as regards what to write in the notes, I would like to add to what the above person has said. Making effective notes is a highly subjective affair. One person's notes can never cater to the needs of another in a fullest sense. So, you need to identify your own weaknesses and strengths. For example I considered myself weak in memorizing/cramming dates and statistics. But I had no problem with understanding concepts. So, my notes always comprised of all the important dates, statistics and related important stuff that I knew I would need to revise over and over. The conceptual topics I learned were simply put in the form of keywords and headings in my notes; these were enough for me to recollect everything about the topic. Bottom-line: don't follow someone else's pattern, tailor your notes to meet your personal requirements.
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