Students’ Speak: Subject-wise tips to crack WBJEE Main 2020

By: Kandarp Patel

West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam (WBJEE) is one of the important entrance exams for Science students of West Bengal. Now that not much time is left for the exam, here are certain tips that make WBJEE Mains preparations a cakewalk. 

Preparation Tips:

• The most important thing for an effective and satisfactory score in WBJEE is your goal for this particular exam, your hard work, dedication and efforts for fulfilling your goal and lots of motivation to achieve your goal. Self-motivation plays a vital role in it. 
• The second most important thing is to do smart work and effective work for excellent output. 
• And the third most important thing is time management, which is the key to success in any area. 
• Before preparation, you need to work out and analyse your strengths and weaknesses in all three subjects. This can be done very effectively by keeping the syllabus with you and then write the topics in which you are good or thorough with, then write the topics in which you are not completely sure of i.e. the topics which you have practiced but not thorough with it. And lastly, write the topics which you find difficult or which you have not practiced. This strategy should be done for all three subjects. 
• After this workout or analysis, try to concentrate more on the second list i.e. topics you are not completely thorough with. The reason for this that you need some quick revision for thorough topics and much more time for difficult or non-thorough topics. So concentrating more on the second list will make those topics thorough and good for you. This list varies from student to student. 

Now another key element for best preparation and a good score is the sequence of the subjects. 

This sequence is made according to difficulty level and scoring elements in WBJEE Mains paper. So, Chemistry is easy, Mathematics is medium and Physics is a bit hard as compared to the other two subjects. And one can score better and more in Chemistry, then in Mathematics and then lastly in Physics. 

Note: This is not according to any particular student but it is in a general manner by analysing the paper and subject-wise score in it. 

Below are subject-wise tips for the effective preparation of WBJEE Mains. 

Chemistry

1. Try to take less time to solve the questions of Chemistry.
2. Follow NCERT Book for Chemistry.
3. Create your personal notes of chapter-wise important topics from NCERT books in order to enhance retention. 
4. You might be aware of this but then also, the weightage of Chemistry: 

            35% - Physical Chemistry 

            35% - Organic Chemistry 

            30% - Inorganic Chemistry 

Maths

1. The good thing about Mathematics in WBJEE Mains is that a lot of questions can be solved or attempted by substituting the answer, putting the values in it or by eliminating the options. 
2. Mathematics in WBJEE Mains is highly predictable with a similar number and type of questions asked in each chapter. 
3. Time can be saved if we learn how to answer the questions by substituting the values or eliminating the options. 

4. Weightage of Maths: 

           35% - Algebra 

           32% - Calculus 

           25% - Coordinate Geometry & Vector 

           8% - Trigonometry 

Physics

1. Pick up and solve easy topics first. 
2. Try not to over attempt. 
3. Solve previous years' WBJEE Mains questions.
4. Weightage of Physics: 

           35% - Mechanics 

           20% - Current Electricity & EMI 

           18% - Electrostatics 

           17% - Optics & Modern Physics 

           10% - Heat & Thermodynamics 

About the Author:

Kandarp Patel is a student at Nirma University, Ahemdabad, pursuing Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (final year). He is also a campus representative with Shiksha.com since 2016.