patna with the clock ticking by for the 2013 class xii board examinees students are busy improving their weaker portions revising textbooks and scurrying through sample papers they dont want to leave any stone unturned to perform their best and attain cent per cent at the examinations moreover with the 12th graders taking different competitive examinations to get into engineering medical and other professional colleges they are putting in extra time to pass both tests with flying colours now there is not enough time to go through the whole textbook so im just solving ncert sample papers said utsav kashyap a class xii student of international school cbse section post the board exams he would also be taking jee clat and sat tests for which he plans to get enrolled in a crash course utsav agreed that upcoming tests have taken a toll on his internet surfing time students are gauging where they stand after their preboard results and preparing accordingly since we have very less time now im balancing all my subjects proportionately all extra activities have come to a halt too said akanksha priya a 12th grader of don bosco academy patna asked what she does to relax herself between studies akanksha said i spend some time with my family members and talk to them every 23 hours when i feel the need to take a break i also play with my pet dog to lighten up her schoolmate shashi kant is solving previous year question papers and board sample papers to take on the class xii board head on our teachers have told us to work out sample question papers and solved examples given in textbooks different subjects need to be tackled differently like learning important equations in chemistry and practice problems in maths he would also be taking jee and other exams for admission to one of the reputed engineering colleges however he is only concentrating on board exams right now our mentors have told us to focus on board syllabus and it will help us solve majority of questions in competitive tests too said shashi a number of coaching institutes that prepare students for competitive exams also organize mock tests on board exam pattern after it was announced that the jee would also give weightage to the marks obtained in board exams teachers advise students to focus on long questions 5 marks 3 marks while taking the examination students should concentrate on solving ncert textbook questions solved examples and be thorough with the diagrams said r k thakur a physics teacher in st michaels high school patna examinees should also work out question papers of at least last five years annual and compartmental since 70 questions are repeated check out the marking scheme of questions and importance should also be given to valuebased questions he added