Satsang Exams
Satsang Exam Revision Tips
February 2006
Contents
• Aims and Objectives
• Revision Tips – week and
night before
• Exam Tips
What is your aim?
Our aim should be to:
1. Please Swami Bapa!
2. Increase our knowledge of Satsang.
3. Obey the agna of Swami Bapa
What are your objectives?
Objectives:
1. Prepare well
2. Revise effectively
3. Pass your Satsang Exams with high marks
TECHNIQUES TO HELP
YOU PREPARE FOR THE
SATSANG EXAM
You will need the following skills:
1. Develop and maintain 100% concentration
2. Determination to pass
3. Hard work + Regular reading
4. Self discipline and the need for you to give
your best at all times
When should you begin
your revision?
1. For some – it starts 1 week before the
exam day.
2. For most – it starts the day you fill in
your entry form
3. For the ideal – it starts as soon as the
previous exam is over.
How to prepare for revision:
1. Make sure that you have the correct books
for the Satsang Exam you are giving:
Prarambh – Ghanshyam Charitra,
Yogiji Maharaj
Kishore Satsang Prarambh
Pravesh – Neelkanth Charitra
Shastriji Maharaj
Kishore Satsang Prarambh
Satsang Reader – Part 1
Parichay-Sahajanand Charitra, Bhagatji Maharaj,
Kishore Satsang Parichay, Satsang Reader – Part 2
2. Prepare a timetable for the
next 4 weeks or more
Set 10 min in
the afternoon
Set 15 min in
the morning
Sun
Mon
Set 45 min in
the evening
Tue
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
3. Planning your revision:
1. Prepare a revision plan before
the Exam
2. Be realistic as to how much
you can do in any one day or week
3. An unrealistic program will
not be of any help to you in
preparing for the exams
4. Make a time-table and stick
to it as much as possible
4. Managing your Book(s)
1. Balance your time between your book(s)
2. Spread your effort so all the things are covered
and nothing is left out
3. Take a break after every 35minutes of revision
4. Go through chapters you feel at ease with
and concentrate on things you find difficult
“You must stick to your timetable”
How to make good revision notes:
1. When reading – always make sure you have a pen
to use to underline/highlight important info
Places, Objects, Names, Dates, etc (POND)
2. Summarise the notes on a sheet of A4 – so you can use
them for quick revision before the exam
3. Use spider or bubble diagrams
4. Review past exam questions and note important notes
The key to doing well is to:
1. Remember your info. and prasangs
2. Make good notes
3. Apply your knowledge
4. Do as many past paper questions as you can
To memorise you may:Read and write from memory
Read and say in your mind
Read and say aloud
Read and repeat in front of your Family/friends
Don’t worry about all the dates – learn the main ones.
10 reasons why some students fail?
1. They haven’t planned how to study
2. They don’t concentrate when studying
3. They waste time doing unimportant things
4. They don’t learn things properly
5. They don’t fully understand what they read
6. They don’t ask for help when they don’t
understand
7. They don’t obtain and attempt past Satsang
Exam papers which would give them an idea of
the layout of the exam and style of the questions
8. They spend too much valuable time watching TV,
playing PC games or getting engaged in other
unnecessary activities
9. Only revise things they are comfortable with
10.They don’t try to increase their understanding or
memory of difficult things to get higher marks
11. They don’t attend on the day of exam
Exam Preparation - Month Before
Begin each session reading the books
and revise in your mind
the most important points.
Then you have to go through the past
Satsang Exam papers and test yourself.
Practice things with
friends or ask a
family member to test you.
Remember:
Don’t try and
study where there
are things that
can disturb you
Repetition is the secret of 100%
Repetition is the secret of 100%
Repetition is the secret of 100%
Always think positive
(as Dr. Swami would say: “try to do the BEST”
“It’s going to be easy…”
“I will pass…”
“I’m going to get
over 80%…”
Go through a past
Satsang Exam paper
under strict exam
conditions
After completing the
exam paper, mark it
using the textbook.
Revise your mistakes very carefully
and
commit to memory the correct answers
“Preparation
is the key to
success”
Exam Preparation - Night Before
Exam Preparation - Night Before
1. Go to sleep at your normal time
(Latest by 10pm)
2. Pray to Maharaj and Swami
in bed & puja to help you
tomorrow in the exam
3. Don’t stay up revising
until late at night
Pray to Maharaj and Swami
to help you tomorrow in the exam
“SUCCESS IS WHEN
HARD WORK AND
PRAYERS COME
TOGETHER”
AGAIN
Always think positive
“It’s going to be easy…”
“I will pass…”
“I’m going to get
over 85%…”
Don’t wake up late
and then rush
Plan to be there
30minutes
before the start of the exam(for
some: at least plan to be there)
EXAM TECHNIQUES
DURING THE EXAM
Remember !!!
Don’t try and copy anyone.
This Satsang Exam is to see
how much you know,
not your friends. (BAPA is watching!)
- Remember -
“To copy is like cheating God.”
Jina Bhagat
In the exam
1. Pray to Maharaj and Swami before starting
2. Read the questions carefully before you
start answering the questions
3. Do the easy questions first
4. If you cannot answer a question,
go to the next one
5. Always make sure you write neatly
6. Manage your time carefully so you answer
all the questions in the paper
Put a mark of some sort
next to incomplete questions,
And attempt them at the end
If you left any questions out
during the exam,
do not leave them unanswered;
attempt them, if need be by a guess
It might be possible
to gain a mark
with a guess
So don’t leave
ANY question
unanswered.
If you require any help
or extra paper,
don’t look around at others.
Just raise a hand and
ask the exam supervisors.
When writing essays,
make sure you fill
almost all the space provided
using neat handwriting
You will have plenty of time,
so think carefully before
answering the question.
On completion, check
and double check that
you have answered
the questions correctly
When given a choice of questions,
decide carefully,
before you writing the answer.
Qu. 10. Birth Place of Ghanshyam:
A.
Ayodhya
B.
Chappaiya
C.
Chansad
Before handing in your answer sheet(s),
make sure you have filled in the details
asked for on the front cover.
(don’t forget your name)
If you are not sure about anything,
ask the exam supervisors for help.
(not answers)
Also make sure all the sheets you have used are
stapled together before you leave the exam hall
Things to know & remember!!!
Make sure you know the timings for your Exam:
- Bal Satsang Part 1 – One Paper – 2 hours – 100marks
- Bal Satsang Part 2 – One Paper – 2 hours – 100 marks
- Prarambh – One Paper – 3 hours – 100 marks
- Pravesh –
Paper 1 – Neelkanth Charitra
+ Satsang Reader
Paper 2 – Kishore Satsang Pravesh
+ Shastriji Maharaj
(See handout for further details)
2h15m
75 marks
2h15m
75 marks
Thank you
For your time & attention!
Good luck in your exams in March!
Now start reading and revise everyday
Satsang Exams
Satsang Exam Revision Tips
February 2006
Jai Swaminarayan