MAKING BULLET NOTES ― In my opinion, it is imperative to read different books & some other topics as well. This broadens on...
MAKING BULLET NOTES
―In my opinion, it is imperative to read different books & some other topics as well. This broadens one's scope & clears the concepts on a particular topic. Hence, it enables one to tackle a question from various angles. However, retention of these concepts is possible only by making one's own notes instead of relying on those of others.” – ASP Suhai Aziz Talpur (CSS 2012)
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| HOW TO MAKE BULLET NOTES FOR CSS EXAM PREPARATION |
The more elaborative, thorough
and comprehensive your first reading is, the more you will learn, and the
lesser time you will need to revise that subject later. Now some candidates ask
if they should make notes or not. Making good notes is an open secret of
success of candidates. Making notes is a part of preparation for CSS Exam and
other competitive exams. The luxury of making full–length notes is available to
those only who spend more than 7–8 months preparing for CSS Exam. If you can
organize the material on your books by marking with pencil/pointer etc. that
should work, that will be your notes. But if you still want to write something
from your own hands (some people can‘t survive without it, including me) you
can make Bullet Notes. In Bullet
notes making, you need to highlight the facts and figures. For a 4 page answer,
you can easily write 10–15 different and unique points. Where complete notes
include the information as well as analysis, bullet notes only contain the information.
Bullet points help you in preparing for your MCQs as well. One page bullet
notes greatly assist in building Pictorial Memory. That‘s what you need. Good
Notes ensures high grades in the examination. Questionnaires filled out by
successful students show that 80% candidates attribute their success to good
notes. Making good notes is a skill.
THE IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF HELPFUL NOTES:
§
Easily understandable
§ Easily revisable
§ Save time – because you don‘t have to read book again for
learning them
§ Refreshes key points of topics
§
Help to learn how to
present answer in answer sheet in befitting way, to get more marks.
§ It contains collective information of books or guide books
§ Increase your interest
§
Notes are written in your
own hand writing, you feel acquainted to them and you pick up easily.
§
It gives you food for thought.
TAKING NOTES FROM BOOKS:
It is really important to
understand the technique of notes making. If you have at least two books for
any subject, it is better you open both for taking notes. The syllabus should
be followed. Don't read a book from beginning till the end. Only the related
topics should be studied. In this way, try and prepare your own notes about
every subject. Get focused on each sentence while you study. Extract key points
from each paragraph and write it down. Write down the important information
from both books which help to remind all the explanation attached to the topic.
Do write the technical terms used in book, you need to memorize these terms so
your notes should contain it. Write down the definitions.
Definitions are very much
important you can write it in your own words but you can‘t its idea. So your
notes should have them. This period must continue to enhance your English
abilities too.
SHAPING NOTES:
The notes should be shaped in a
proper way so that it can be properly used in future. Shaping notes according
to the question format of exam helps you present you answer in befitting way.
Candidates preparing for CSS
Exam prefer ―writing notes in points‖. Bullet notes should be very compact, yet
very detailed notes of every article, with the whole chapter covered on 2–3
pages at max. Write the main headings, write the keywords contained in that
heading in front of it in bullet form, and move to next heading. Make sure you
put all the headings you made on book on the paper. Bullet Notes satisfy the
craving of making notes plus they come handy during revisions and during the
exams when you do not have the time to go through the books. A cursory reading
of these compact notes can get it all refreshed in your mind.
WHATEVER YOUR METHOD IS BUT
ALWAYS REMEMBER SOME POINTS FOR MAKING
YOUR NOTES USEFUL.
1. Use heading and sub–headings
2. Use abbreviation and short words
3. All the lines or paragraphs should be in proper sequence
4. Skip the unnecessary explanation
5. Write in good handwriting
6. Make easy diagram or table for long description
7. Write page number on each page if you are use loose pages for
making notes.
8. Notes for different subject should be separate. Never write
notes for different subject on one page or in one note book which has no
separation line.
9. Keep your notes in a safe
place because you use it many times during preparation.
10. If you are using a note book or register for making notes, it is
good. Write on each note book, the name of subject of note it contain.
11. If you are making notes on loose pages, write page number on
each page. Keep all pages in a folder and write name of subject on its folder.
START WRITING NOTES
Start with the
books according to paper point of view. Use them to make the basic structure of
your bullet notes. But don‘t forget to leave a few pages for additional
note–taking after each topic. For research based books, you better get them
online or in hard, skim through them, and only get the relevant material for quality
arguments and add them to your bullet notes. The books for general reading
would expand your horizon and give you a deeper insight regarding your subject.
