With one month left for boards, stop learning new things and switch fully into revision and past-paper mode, focusing on high-weightage topics and your weak areas. The last month is about consolidating and practising what you know, not starting fresh.
Make a realistic 30-day plan. List all subjects and topics, mark them strong, medium or weak, and assign days, giving weak and high-mark topics more time, with a full revision round and past papers near the end.
Solve previous years’ and sample papers. This is the highest-value activity now. It shows the pattern, the important questions, and trains your timing. Do them under exam conditions and review every mistake.
Revise from short notes. Work from your own summaries, formula sheets and key points, not full textbooks. If you have no notes, make quick one-page summaries as you revise.
Example: A CBSE Class 12 student in Pune with one month left solved one sample paper every two days, revised weak chapters in between, and used the final week purely for revision and formula sheets, going from unsure to confident.
Do not neglect presentation, and protect your sleep. Practise neat, point-wise answers, and avoid all-nighters, because steady study with proper rest keeps your memory and focus sharp on exam day.
One practical tip: In the final week, do a blank-page recall for each chapter, write everything you remember on an empty sheet, then fill the gaps. It shows exactly what still needs attention.