MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 1 Prepare yourself for CS Examination Score 5 % higher RAJAT MOHAN B.com(H), A.C.S., A.C.A., D.I.S.A.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 2 QUESTIONS  Why do we forget?/ How to improve our memory?  What should I do “I have awful handwriting”?  How to attempt theory questions?  Girls can’t do it! Boys are the BEST-----  How to attempt practical questions?  Some TIPS for week before exam..  TIPS for exam day.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 3 QUESTIONS  What to do, if you don’t know the answer?  C.S. is a LONG COURSE. Is it worth it to invest 3 years?  How to write paper? When to start/ where to start?  How long should be our sitting?  Is cheating good or bad?  Coaching classes a boon or bane?  Internship a waste of time.  ANY OTHER as you may ask?___________________

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 4 SELF STUDY VS. COACHING CLASSES

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 5 Survey 17,800 professionals from around the world. ”Only 40% of people passing exams attended instructor-led training, and 60% used some form of self-study”

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 6 CA final student - 3 years of articleship period. He spent Rs. 1,08, hours in coaching's (i.e he spent 4 months in coaching 24 hours a day).

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 7 After completing classes, student says one of the following:  “I was not able to understand anything.”  “I missed many classes.”  “I forgot everything.”  “I was sleeping in the last row.”  “I did not do it side by side, so I will do it again myself”  “I know nothing.”

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 8 What is the benefit of coaching's? When u still know NOTHING?

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 9 TRAINING

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 10 Tough times never last, but tough people do. Dummy Articles “CRAP”. ‘ earn while you Learn.’

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 11 When will I reach at its end

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 12 CS is long Course  3 years (1000 days) For  Only a fraction of students pass?  1000 students join & 1 become CS.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 13 Life seems to be Longerrrr.  A man was prisoned in 8x10 room.  He came out after 27 years and said:  “Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.”

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MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 15 Girls cannot do it. (I met a girl. )

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 16 History is her - story too!!!!  Cynthia, -  Coleen  Sherron.

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MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 18 History is herstory too!!!!!!!!  Cynthia, - She uncovered $3.8 billion in fraud at WorldCom. This was the largest incident of accounting fraud in U.S. history.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 19 History is herstory too!!!!!!!!  Coleen - She wrote a 13 page letter to FBI Director on FBI's faulty response to evidence of terrorist activity in the US prior to 9/11 attacks. She basically fought FBI.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 20 History is herstory too!!!!!!!!  Sherron. - She helped uncover Enron scandal.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 21 CS Examination We will never have quotas.  June, 2011 Professional - Girls secured all top 3 positions.  June, 2011 Executive - Girls secured top 2 positions out of the top 3.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 22 CS Examination  Awards by ICSI in June, 2010 Examination – Total of 38 awards were distributed, out of which only 7 were awarded to boys.  Awards by Regional Council’s of ICSI in June, 2010 Examination –Total of 36 awards were distributed, out of which only 14 were awarded to boys.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 23 Girls performed in CS  What a performance.  Keep it up

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 24 Yudhisthira’s advice

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 25 BOOKS – NOTES – MODULES - TEACHER  “Which is the best book for ____________ subject? “  “Should I study modules?”  “Should I read books or notes?”  “Who is the best teacher?”

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 26 My advice  Before joining any coaching classes, make an appropriate research about his way of teaching.  Before buying any book, flip it through.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 27 Start your studies atleast 3 months before exam. REVISE!

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 28 I’m not telling you it is going to be easy — I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it. 7 things to be done while revising. 1.Time table 2.No Postponing - Do not postpone revising the difficult topics by more than 2 days. 3.Use Pen & Paper –

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 29 I’m not telling you it is going to be easy — I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it. 7 things to be done while revising. 1.Summary – 2.Friends - Discussing with friends is a good option to retain tough questions. 3.Mix & match - Try and study atleast 2 subjects a day, preferably 1 practical and 1 theoretical.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants "KIT KAT Break Banta Hai! – 60 Sec “Ram, Shyam, Akash, Manmohan Singh, Anurag, Dhruv, Ashish, Sandeep, Rohit, Amit, Rahul, Sumit, Anuj, Ankur, Pooja, Shilpa, Shipra, Sunil, Pankaj, Vishal, Deepak, Sanjeev, Alka, Vineet, Abhishek, Anil Ambani, Tarun, Neha, Gaurav, Akhil, Amit, Nidhi, Garima, Ritu, Shikha, Varun, Saurabh, Ajay, Vijay.”

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 31 Start jotting down the names 60 seconds

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 32 Lets check your results Ram, Shyam, Akash, Manmohan Singh, Anil Ambani, Varun, Ajay, Vijay When u take breaks, u remember more.

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MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 35 Wake up Sid U get Rs.86,400 on 1 st Day. Use it or Waste it.  If you use it – Next day, you will get it over Rs

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 36 Reality checks Daily time schedule Particulars Actual time schedule Total hours available24 Sleep hours10 Grooming hours1 Hours spent in taking meals3 Hours spent in social functions.2 Hours spent in doing ‘Nothing’5 Total hours spent21(21) Hours left for studies and training3

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 37 Reality checks Daily time schedule ParticularsIdeal time schedule Actual time schedule Total hours available24 Sleep hours610 Grooming hours11 Hours spent in taking meals13 Hours spent in social functions12 Hours spent in doing ‘Nothing’15 Total hours spent10(10)21(21) Hours left for studies and training143

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 38 WHY WE FORGET

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 39 WHY WE FORGET It’s easy to forget information we don’t understand.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 40 WHY WE FORGET 1.Dis use - Most people forget newly learned concepts after a day. 2.Interference - stress, anxiety, and environmental distractions contribute more to memory loss.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 41 MEMORY IMPROVEMENT

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 42 MEMORY IMPROVEMENT 1.Summarize -Read without looking at the text during study sessions. 2.Concentration 3.Develop Interest

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 43 MEMORY IMPROVEMENT 1.Even if it’s time consuming, focus on mastering new concepts. 2.Building Background 3.Sleeping Over It

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 44 HOPE

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 45 HOPELESS…… WITHOUT HOPE

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 46 HOPELESS…… WITHOUT HOPE

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 47 HOPELESS…… WITHOUT HOPE  Nick graduated from university at the age of 21 with a double major in Accounting and Financial Planning.  He is motivational speaker, travelling internationally and focusing on teen issues.  He has addressed over three million people in over 24 countries on five continents.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 48 7 DAYS BEFORE EXAM – FINAL REVISION

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 49 7 things to be done in these 7 Days  Revise all –  Backward revision  Go for at least 15 minutes of walk in the morning and evening.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 50 7 things to be done in these 7 Days  Revision of difficult chapters is important  Ask one of your family members to personally visit examination centre  Chant –  small breaks of 5 minutes after every 2 hours

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 51 7 things not to be done in these 7 Days 1.Try not to read any new concept or chapter. 2.Try not to eat any outside food or play any outdoor risky games 3.No self testing- 4.Don’t enter into long discussions with your friends. 5.No Mobile / No Facebook –

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 52 EXAMINATION WEEK

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 53 Exams are ON!

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 54 IN THE EXAMINATION HALL

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 55 IN THE EXAMINATION HALL

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 56 CHEATING OR NO CHEATING My Sanskrit Exam “Cheating is a shortcut, which will cut your career short.”

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 57 HOW TO WRITE CS EXAM? 1.Writing Roll no in answer sheet. 2.First 15 minutes are very crucial – read paper 3.Plan your time minutes/100 marks =1.6 minute per mark. 4.New Question, New page

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 58 How to write answer to a Theory ques? Question No. 1(a) Heading First Para Body of answer Last Para X

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 59 How to write answer to practical question?

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 60 Some more on writing papers Bad handwriting How to do questions for which you have no clue of an answer? Importance of first & last Last 5 minutes.

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 61 JOIN your friends Help me – Help YOU

MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 62 THANK YOU MOHAN CA. Rajat Mohan B.Com(H), ACA, ACS, DISA MOHAN AGGARWAL & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants Head Office 18A, IInd Floor, North Avenue Road, West Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi office Phone: /97 Website: