Use Of Diagrams In Exam: To Boost Your Score

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” This English idiom says it all. A picture can tell more thins than we wrote in the exam. You should have seen cartoons in newspaper, there are some or no words but this tells  more for readers.  Use of diagrams, flowcharts and other illustrations in the writing is most important parts of your writing. So we will discuss importance of diagrams in answer writing in this article. Which will help you to score more marks in PSC competitive exams.

Importance of Diagrams

• They enhance your answer quality.
• They show your understanding of the concept.
• They explain a lot in less time. This saves time during your mains exam.
• If you are running out of time during the exam, you can always rely on illustrations to get at least a few marks.
• It is an effective tool to provide a summary of the information contained in the written answer
• To fill your copy margin.
• To prove or justify something with figures.
• To describe your writing more easily, without to be stopped.

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Use of Diagrams

In Nepalese context only few people suggest to use diagrams in PSC exams, in the reference of UPSC mains exam of India most of the students and expert suggest use of diagrams as a part of answer writing. In Nepal generally our answer writing model is that Introduction, Body and Conclusion. But in UPSC exam in the body part they use some diagrams. Top rankers of section office of Nepal also suggest use of diagrams in exam. So should be prepare to use diagrams in the exam/

What PSC says about Diagrams

If we read PSC rules there is indication to write or draw different illustrations in their answer sheets. The questions will be also related to illustrate figures where examinees can use diagrams. But only few of us use diagrams in exams because we aren't prepare for it or we don't need it. But I suggest you to be prepared about diagrams inclusion in your answer sheet.

Types of Diagrams

There are many types of diagrams to be included in exams. These are tables, bar graphs,, charts, flowcharts, line graphs, pie charts and other drawing.

How to draw Diagrams

If you practice some time you should have enough idea what type of diagrams you can include in your writing. More videos which are available in  you can watch these for general ideas of diagrams. Here is one best video to watch which is available in YouTube.