CPT DECEMBER 2010 EXAM

Common Proficiency Test CPT Exam for the year December 2010, conducted in following modes :

* Paper Pencil Mode of Examination – Sunday, the 19th December, 2010

10.30 AM to 12.30 PM (IST)
First Session (i.e. Morning Session) Section - A Fundamentals of Accounting
Section - B Mercantile Laws

2.00 PM to 4.00 PM (IST)
Second Session (i.e. Afternoon Session)Section - C General Economics
Section - D Quantitative Aptitude

Fro CPT December 2010 Admit Card http://icai.nic.in/admit.php

Tips to DO IT NOW

We have all been faced the problem of procrastination some time or another. For some, it’s occasional and for others its chronic. Others find that it hits only some areas of their lives.

Whatever may be the case, the results are usually the same – waste of time, missed
opportunities, poor performance, and / or increased stress. Procrastination is letting the low-priority tasks get in the way of high-priority ones. This often
results in important jobs going lower down the priority list. Suppose you prefer to socialise with colleagues rather than studying for the exam. Or watch TV instead of doing your homework.
We all seem to do fine with things we want to do or enjoy doing. But, when we see some tasks as difficult, inconvenient, or boring, we may switch into a procrastination mode. We tend to avoid these tasks. In effect it is we who is getting fooled. Check out the following list and see how many are true for you:
• I'll wait until I'm in the right mood to take it up.
• It's OK to celebrate ... besides; I'll start my diet programme next week.
• My health isn't all that bad. And time is a great healer.
• There's plenty of time to complete this task.
• It's too hard to talk about. It’s difficult to decide where to begin.
• I work better and faster under stress, so I don't need to do it right now.
• I've got too many other things to do first.
Once expressed and examined, these self-defeating statements don't sound so convincing. But, when we tell these excuses to ourselves, they seem quite believable. Don't be carried away by their simplicity. They are enough to force us to postpone important tasks and duties.
How to overcome procrastination
1. Be realistic: we all have good reasons for postponing important work. Those old excuses really do not hold well. Write down all your excuses on one side of a piece of paper. Start challenging the faulty reasoning behind each of the excuses. Write down your realistic thoughts on the opposite side of each excuse.
2. Positive Attitude: Include a list of positive and motivating statements into your thoughts.
Consider ...
"There's no better time like now."
"The sooner I get the job done, the better it is."
"Perfectionism an illusion that keeps me from doing what I have to do right now."
"It's cheaper and less painful if I do it now rather than wait until it gets worse."
3. Do not jump to conclusion: Doing this will only fail you and reinforce you belief that you are no good at something. It will only create a wall of fear in you. Recognize that your negative predictions are not facts. Focus on the present and what positive steps you can take toward reaching your goals.
4. Be focused: Think about what you want and what needs to be done. Be specific. If it's getting that work completed by the deadline, figure out a timetable with realistic goals at each step. Keep your sights within reason. Having goals too big can scare you away from starting.
5. Set clear priorities: Write down all the things that need to be done in order of their importance. The greater the importance or urgency, the higher their priority. Put other distractions in its proper place – preferably in the last! Start at the top of the list and work your way down.
6. Break the complex tasks: Big projects are generally overwhelming. Break them down into the smaller and most manageable subparts. You'll get more done if you can do it piece by piece. For example, make an outline of the report before you start writing it. Do a small portion of the chores rather than all at once. This technique works especially well with the unpleasant jobs. Most of us can handle jobs we dislike as long as they're for a short time and in small increments.
7. Be organized: Have all your materials ready before you begin a task. Use a daily schedule and have it with you all the time. List the tasks of the day or week realistically. Keep a record of tasks that you have completed them.
8. Be committed: Commit yourself to doing the task. Write yourself a "I will do it" statement and keep revisiting it. Better still; be your own supervisor about your plans.
9. Use post-its: Have post-its to be used as reminders to yourself. Put them in frequently seen places like on the TV, refrigerator, bathroom mirror, front door, etc. The more we remember, the greater is the likelihood that we will follow our plans.
10. Reward yourself: Self-reinforcement has a powerful effect on developing a "do it now" attitude. Celebrate the completion, pat yourself on the back, smile, and let yourself enjoy the completion of even the smallest of tasks. Don't minimize your accomplishments. Remember, you're already that much closer to finishing those things that need to be done. Go ahead, get started ... NOW.

EFFECTIVE LEARNING

You may like it or not, the fact is that in order to be successful, one have to study – at least up to some level. Even if you ultimately decide to avoid studies by joining some vocational/professional course, you are required to study at least some minimum. And yes (if your objective is to become a doctor, an engineer, professor, scientist or administrative officer or a manager, you have to study and study very hard.

It is easy to sit down and look at the book. Real study, however, is a concentrated attack on the book or other resources of information until (a) you understand it (b) you have learned as much the information as you wish to learn. Many students despite being intelligent, may find that the hardest part of the study is settling down to it - - i.e. the beginning. Very often a student decides to become serious about his studies from the next morning. And when the alarm rings he gently presses the button (of the alarm) and honestly re-decides to work in the evening and so on. And the process continues. If you happen to be one of such students – Don’t worry. Follow some tips to start studying and learning the subjects efficiently.

Work out a schedule for yourself. It acts as a challenge and as a guide. It is better to begin with a general schedule which is flexible. After following it for a few days, you will know which subjects require the greatest allotment of time and then you adjust your schedule accordingly. Try to spread out your time allocation in a rational way. With more and more experience you will be your best judge: you may then re-schedule your timing, depending on your weakness or strength in various subjects.

If your study is interrupted every ten minutes to attend to something for your comfort, you will loose concentration, break the threads of argument and waste a great deal of energy. Therefore before settling to the spell of hard study, adjust the window to you liking, get a drink if you are thirsty, keep a bottle of water with you, and attend to any other small physical matter that may otherwise distract you later. At the same time never try to be over comfortable: don't study on the beds using pillows, always use a table and chair and keep your back upright. Try to use natural day light rather than artificial.

Learning is an active effortful process. Just to read the words passively is ineffective. You must have interest in the matter and should get involved in the task actively. Retention of the subject matter will be better if reading is supplemented by self-recitation. If a psychological research it was found that when the students devoted all their time to reading, recall (memory) of the five biographies averaged 16% after four hours. However, when 3/5th to 4/5th of the learning time was devoted to self-recitation, recall after four hours was nearly twice as great. The advantage of recitation over passive reading is that the student is forced to react to the subject matter rather than merely trying to absorb it.

Tricky Questions

1. A murderer is condemned to death. he has to chose between three rooms.The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions thta haven't eaten in 3 years.Which room is safest for him?

2.A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday,Friday or Sunday?

4. This is unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think
nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! But it is highly unusual, though. Study it and thin about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!


Answer
1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. That one was easy, right?

2. The woman was a photographer, She shot a picture of her husband, developed it,
and hung it up to dry.

3. Sure you can name three consecutive days: yesterday, today and tomorrow!

4. The letter "e", the most common in the English language, does not appear even once in
the paragraph

Full form of LLB

L.LB is the correct form
L stands for Legum which means Law

LB stands for Baccalaureus which means Bachelor

Hence L.LB means Bachelor of Law .