May/June 2016: Pakistan Studies, Islamiat and Urdu-B

[Muzammil ahmad]

Can anyone who got an A* in isl plz tell which book to study for islamiat

 

[Mussab_ Aman]

Can anyone who got an A* in isl plz tell which book to study for islamiat[/QUOTi ]
Farkhanda is the best, yasmin malik is very good indeed for life of holy prophet

 

[hamaad khan orakzai]

Guys, how to get an A* in urdu, and how shall i improve my urdu as i have much grammatical and vocabulary mistakes. Help would be much appreciated. !!!!!

 

[Muzammil ahmad]

Does anyone have 4 mark questions for the section 3 of history

 

[hussain777]

 

[Muzammil ahmad]

Hey everyone, I appeared for the May/June session 2015 last year and thought I could share some of my experiences with you guys.

I appeared for Islamiyat and Pak Studies only and got 2A*s with the Grace of God.
I did not make any notes nor did I learn from any notes written by anyone.

First of all , for both subjects follow the mark scheme carefully and read the examiner reports to see what the examiners really want. Trust me school teachers don't know much.
Also make sure you go through the syllabus contents of all subjects.
For Geography just do the past papers again and again following the mark scheme for every question you do. There are really good points written in the mark scheme. I used Huma Naz Sethi for Geo and frankly it isn't too good but it doesn't matter because Geo is sort of general knowledge. Apart for some very few things (locations , little facts here and there) not much from the book is really important. Like the guy above mentioned you have to follow a specific writing style to get good marks.

For History I used Nigel Kelly and Nigel Smith. A few relations were done from Nigel Smith and some topics like Siachen Glacier not present in Kelly. But 95% was done from Kelly. Try not to skip any topics and just follow Nigel Kelly. There is no need to go for notes by an acclaimed X ,Y , Z teacher. Trust me. Again make sure you go over the pastpapers although the mark scheme for History isn't as important as for Geo.

For Islamiyat I used three books - Farkhanda Noor , Yasmin Malik , Iftikhar-ul-Haq.
Again I used Farkhanda Noor mostly followed by Iftikhar-ul-Haq. Least from Yasmin Malik. Make sure you go through the syllabus content and again do pastpapers.
Just like history rattafy this and most importantly for A* learn verses. As many as possible from each topic. I used all three book to find appropriate verses for some topics.
Without verses and references even A is difficult in Islamiyat. To stay on the safe side try not to skip any topic although I left the Imams topic (it hardly comes).

Bottomline is this: If anyone is wondering whether its possible to get good marks in these subjects without following specific notes I can tell that it is.
Help each other too , there's nothing better than sharing knowledge with others .
Good Luck to all!
P.s sorry for the long post , one thing I missed , try to do left over topics as soon as possible so you don't get stressed out in last months.

For geo according to you, should
we only do past papers. Should we not read huma naz sethi

 

[darkvoid]

For geo according to you, should
we only do past papers. Should we not read huma naz sethi

Sorry for the late reply , but basically yeah , the book is mostly useless except for the maps and a thing or two. Pastpapers are vital for good grades in geo

 

[Mussab_ Aman]

Sorry for the late reply , but basically yeah , the book is mostly useless except for the maps and a thing or two. Pastpapers are vital for good grades in geo

I totally disagree because the book is full of data, and it is the basic thing, you cant just go with your ideas in answers they will look ambiguous... u need data to fill your ideas and then it will be credited...like just mentioning little rainfall is not enough.. unless you mention that it is less then 100 mm per year.. the population is growing at a fast rate is less likely to attract examiner unless you mention growing at a rate of 2.5 % per year..
Hence, you should not ignore the book even if you have very less time left for preparation, but book, coupled with past papers are the best way to prepare for it

 

[darkvoid]

I totally disagree because the book is full of data, and it is the basic thing, you cant just go with your ideas in answers they will look ambiguous... u need data to fill your ideas and then it will be credited...like just mentioning little rainfall is not enough.. unless you mention that it is less then 100 mm per year.. the population is growing at a fast rate is less likely to attract examiner unless you mention growing at a rate of 2.5 % per year..
Hence, you should not ignore the book even if you have very less time left for preparation, but book, coupled with past papers are the best way to prepare for it

Appreciate your opinion but I managed an A* without mentioning specific details such as the ones you have mentioned. This is o levels and its important you have good points , details of specific things although good are not mandatory to get a good grade. Or maybe I just nailed my p1 so p2 got compensated for. But really I didn't
find much stuff in the book. Not to mention the data in the book is years old. Finally quoting such figures don't really mean much if you don't have good content backing it up. And the best place to get content is looking at the marking scheme.

But.... if you have the knowledge there is nothing wrong in mentioning it

 

[Mussab_ Aman]

Appreciate your opinion but I managed an A* without mentioning specific details such as the ones you have mentioned. This is o levels and its important you have good points , details of specific things although good are not mandatory to get a good grade. Or maybe I just nailed my p1 so p2 got compensated for. But really I didn't
find much stuff in the book. Not to mention the data in the book is years old. Finally quoting such figures don't really mean much if you don't have good content backing it up. And the best place to get content is looking at the marking scheme.

But.... if you have the knowledge there is nothing wrong in mentioning it

I have messaged you directly, have a look at that too!

 

[cool.fireboy24]

Past papers are best for geography nothing else... the points are overlapped... and tbh book is very insufficient.... heck I doesn't even mention things written in syllabus... but of course it is important for getting good grade.... I remember my brother did past papers ONLY and had a High Achievement in Pakistan Studies

 

[SpotOnr7]

Guys! Please help me out with Urdu, how to improve it? i do alots of spelling mistakes ? im appearing in May/June 2016.

 

[SpotOnr7]

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[A*****]

Guys! Please help me out with Urdu, how to improve it? i do alots of spelling mistakes ? im appearing in May/June 2016.

Practice makes a man perfect...!

 

[SpotOnr7]

Practice makes a man perfect...!

Indeed, but seriously time itna kum hai Pak studies & Islamiat Urghhh! Practice kab se start karun? eg 12 april?

 

[cool.fireboy24]

Practise writing a few essays and letters..... that's all

 

[cool.fireboy24]

Guys can anybody tell me how are u guys revising isl???

 

[SpotOnr7]

Guys can anybody tell me how are u guys revising isl???

Bro, actually i'm revising all the notes again and again! and my Sir has prepared an Workbook in which all the questions are there and we are supposed to be completing it before CIE. Its for paper 1 and paper 2 topic wise, each topic has 12 questions! Quite helpful! Btw are you done with it all the syllabus?

 

[SpotOnr7]

Practise writing a few essays and letters..... that's all

thanks bro! Cheers! Happy CIE preparation

 

[A*****]

Indeed, but seriously time itna kum hai Pak studies & Islamiat Urghhh! Practice kab se start karun? eg 12 april?

If u carry urdu along with the other subjects & try to practice it daily like giving 1 hour...that won't create a pressure on u & u won't be in trouble in the last few days...honestly speaking, this is the best way...start today!!