Sunday, November 30, 2008

Strategy from December 2008 - April 2009

Many have to learn some new materials/chapters. Some institutes have completed the full syllabus.

If you have not yet completed full syllabus, you have to learn daily some new materials by sitting in the class, studying at home and doing problems in these chapters.

Revision: Have a plan to complete one full revision of all chapters by December end.

Mastering chapters: Have a plan to master at least one chapter for day. I earliest said five point revision per hour. Do five point revision for the chapter you want to master on a day.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Study Plan for Examination - JEE 2009

Complete revision of all chapters once before Dec 31.

Jan 1 to Feb 15. Complete revision of all principles at the rate of 3 chapters per day.

Daily solve 100 problems including some difficult examples

Second revision of principles Feb 16 to 31 March

Daily solve 100 problems including some difficult examples

Third revision 1 April to 7th April - 15 Chapters a day. Revise some difficult problems.

Relax for one or two days.

Do revision as you feel without tiring yourself before the examination.

All the best for the examination. Go with all the confidence. You have done your best preparation.

Your comments and plan welcome

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Pursuit of Goals - Motivation Essential

Bonnie St. John Deane

Winner in Disabled Olympics, Harvard and Oxford Degree holder, White House Official on National Economic Council

Who or what motivates you?

Her answer: "I motivate me."

Her method: Five step exercise.

Five steps

1.What are your payoffs? List down the benefits or rewards from achieving or completing the task.

2. Find deeper meaning in your goals. Find compelling reasons for completing your goal.

3. Get your dreams at half price. Find more goals which can be reached with the work that you are putting in for reaching this goal. Work with a friend. Develop a plan to achieve the goal efficiently with less cost.

4. Stop underestimating your odds for success: Underestimating your odds to succeed can stop you dead in your tracks. Believe in your success till the end of the task.

Err on the side of optimism. Spend less time with people who discourage you on the task or goal. But don't just believe in positive thinking. Investigate the odds, have a real confidence that they are within your teach and always work on improving the odds.

5. Change your real odds or winning or improving odds: Learn from people who have succeeded in reaching the goal before.

http://knol.google.com/k/kvssn-rao/pursuit-of-excellence-and-success/1zb6eis38d7or/8#

Monday, October 13, 2008

JEE 2009 - Get ready to increase your effort

In the last lap of the preparation you have to put in more intensive and focused effort.

13 hours per day from 1st January to 31 March 2009.

12 hours per day December

11 hours per day in November

10 hours per day so far.

Targets: Complete study of all the chaters one more time before 31st December 2008.

From January: Every day

Revision of important points 3 chapters 1.5 hours
Problems and questions from 3 chapters 5 hours - target time for each question 2 minutes
preparation for the board examination 3.5 hours

Attending the coaching class 3 hours (if coaching class is not there additional preparation in studying the details of the three chapters/revision of difficult problems in the chapters)

By 15th February all chapters revision of important points and formulas to be over.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

IIT JEE 2009 ENTRANCE EXAM NOTIFICATION

IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE 2009) Schedule

Examination

April 12, 2009 (Sunday)

09.00 –12.00 hrs Paper – 1
14.00 - 17.00 hrs Paper - 2

Paper – 1 and Paper – 2 will each have three separate sections on Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. Both the papers will be objective types, designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates.

Eligibility requirements for this examination and syllabus for Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Aptitude Test will be available on the websites of all IITs and will also be given in the Information Brochure of JEE – 2009.

Candidates will have the option of submitting either on – line through internet) or paper application form- offline.

Important dates regarding Application Form and Brochure:

Sale at designated branches of Banks and at all IITs: Nov 19 - Dec 24 2008
Postal Request of Application form: Nov 19 - Dec 16 2008
Last date of receipt of completed application forms at IITs : Dec 24 2008

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Inorganic Chemistry Past JEE Fill Blanks Questions

Fill in the blanks

1. The increase in solubility of iodine in an aqueous solution of potassium iodide is due to the formation of ___________ . (1982)

2. Galvanization of iron denotes coating with ___________ .(1983)

3. If metal ions of group III are precipitated by NH4Cl and NH4OH without prior oxidation by conc. HNO3 ___________ in not completely precipitated. (1984)

4. Sodium dissolved in liquid ammonia conducts electricity because _________. (1985)

5. Hydrogen gas is liberated by the action of aluminum with concentrated solution of ___________. (1987)

6. Silver chloride is sparingly soluble in water because its lattice energy is greater than __________ energy. (1987)

7. _______ phosphorus is reactive because of its highly strained tetrahedral structure.

8. In extractive metallurgy of zinc, partial fusion of ZnO with coke is called _______ and reduction of the ore to the molten metal is called ____________ .
(smelting, calcining, roasting, sintering) (1988)

9. The salts _________ and _______________ are isostructural.
(FeSO4.7H2O; CuSO4.5H2O; MnSO4.4H2O; ZnSO4.7H2O)

10. ______________ acid gives hypo ____________ ion.
(hydrobromic, hypobromous, perbromic, bromide, bromite, perbromate) (1988)

11. Sulphur acts as ___________ agent in vulcanization of rubber. (1989)

12. The basicity of phosphorus acid (H3PO3) is ____________ . (1990)

13. In P4O10, the number of oxygen atoms bonded to each phosphorus atom is _________ . (1992)

14. The lead chamber process involves oxidation of SO2 by atmospheric oxygen under the influence of __________ as catalyst. (1992)

15. Ca2+ has a smaller ionic radius than K+ because it has __________- . (1993)

16. The formula of the deep red liquid formed on warming dichromate with KCl in concentrated sulphuric acid is ______________ . (1993)

17. The two types of bonds present in B2H6 are covalent and __________ . (194).

18. The type of magnetism exhibited by [Mn(H2O)6] 2+ is ________________ . (1994)

19. One recently discovered allotrope of carbon (e.g., C60) is commonly known as _________ . (1994)

20. Among PCl3, CH3+, NH2-, and NF3, ___________ is least reactive towards water. (1997)

21. A solution of sodium in liquid ammonia at -33˚C conducts electricity. On cooling, the conductivity of this solution ______________ .

22. When an aqueous solution of sodium fluoride is electrolysed, the gas liberated at the anode is ___________ .

23. Silver jewellery items tarnish slowly in the air due to their reaction with ___________. (1997).

24. Compounds that formally contain Pb4+ are easily reduced to Pb2+. The stability of the lower oxidation state is due to _____ . (1997)



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INorganic Chemistry - Past JEE - True or False questions

State whether the following statements are true or false

1. Red phosphorus is less volatile than white phosphorus because the former has a tetrahedral structure. (1982)

2. MgCl2.6H2O on heating gives anhydrous MgCl2. (1982)

3. When PbO2 reacts with a dilute acid, it gives hydrogen peroxide. (1982)

4. Copper metal reduces Fe2+ in an acid medium. (1982)

5. Silver fluoride is fairly soluble in water. (1982)

6. Dilute HCl oxidizes metallic Fe to Fe2+. (1983)

7. In an aqueous solution chlorine is a stronger oxidizing agent than fluorine. (1984)

8. Silver chloride is more soluble in very concentrated sodium chloride solution than in pure water. (1984)

9. Solubility of sodium hydroxide increases with increase in temperature. (1985)

10. Sodium when burnt in excess of oxygen gives sodium oxide. (1987).

11. Both potassium ferrocyanide and potassium ferricyanide are diamagnetic. (1989)

12. Cu+ disproportionates to Cu2+. (1991)

13. Nitrous oxide, though an odd electron molecule, is diamagnetic in liquid state. (1991)

14. Diamond is harder than graphite. (1993)

15. The basic nature of the hydroxides of Group 13 (Gr. III B) decreases progressively down the group. (1993)

16. The tendency for catenation is much higher for C than for Si. (1993)

17. HBr is stronger acid than HI because of hydrogen bonding. (1993)

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