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With all the preparation, if you don’t write well, doesn’t your hard work go waste? Ultimately here, everything counts on your written work. Therefore, when you write an exam, your posture and the position of the answer paper count because you are going to sit two or three hours in the same place. So always sit erect and place your left hand on the top of the paper. In short, sit comfortably.

Your handwriting should be legible, regular, well formed and well spaced. Neatness counts. Your writing should be devoid of cuts, scribbles, scratches, cramping of words closely together.

The question numbers within the margin should be in the same order as given in the Question paper - either Roman numbers I,II, III or 1,2,3, with subdivisions like i) ii) iii) or a) b) c) etc.,. Keep to the same pattern. When you start writing, you may feel nervous. Relax and proceed. As far as possible stick to the order of the questions given in the question paper.

Don’t confuse the examiner by answering the subdivisions of a question at your convenience in a mixed order or at different locations and pages. It would be nice to leave some space if you don’t know the answer for a particular question immediately. You can write the answer in the end. Be direct while answering questions.

That is precisely what the examiner expects. You will make his work easier if you underline the key words or phrases in your answer. Leave a line after each answer. Please make sure that you find some time to read through what you have written. There will be some omissions, commissions, spelling or grammar mistakes. Prevention is always better than cure. What is written is written.

Finally, don’t give in the answer sheet without reading over, at least once, what you have written.

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