Hello everyone!

I have my CBSE Boards Maths Examination on the 20th. I don't have a good preparation. I failed all my Maths Preboards (though not by much). I have simply no command over any topic, but know the bits and spurts of every topic - a direct outcome of some haphazard attempts at learning Maths. In the month of February, I focused all my energy on Chemistry and Physics and didn't even touch Maths. Now I'm regretting it.

Let me make the background of my misery a bit clearer - I am not sure if I'll pass in Physics. So it has become absolutely necessary that I pass in Maths, otherwise I will not be allowed to sit in the Compartmental Examination. And I don't want to do Class 12 again. I hope you can understand the kind of pressure I'm feeling right now.

There is not time for me to even look at refreshers now. But I wanted to know if doing the NCERT textbook will be enough. Seriously, I have no clue what sort of questions are asked in the Maths Examination and going by the faithlessness shown by the CBSE towards the sample papers in Chemistry and Physics, I guess no one can be sure that the examination will be based on those.

Could somebody please tell me what percentage of questions are asked straight out of the NCERT textbook? Can they ask questions beyond the textbook? Would it suffice if I practise from the textbook through and through - all the examples and solved exercises?

Let me make it clear that all I want to do is to PASS the exam. I don't care about what marks I get as long as they are up and above 33. So please give your opinion with that aim in mind!

I cannot get through the syllabus in these 8 days. So what I'll do is that I'll tell you people what topics I have done and what I haven't. Please guide me according to that, please!

Relations & Functions (5 marks) - I have completed this chapter once from the textbook. Would it be enough?

Inverse Trigonometry (5 Marks) - I have done a few questions from the textbook. I think it's a relatively easier topic. Will the textbook suffice?

Matrices ( 7 Marks) - I have completed this chapter from the textbook. I need to revise it though. Once again, will the textbook stuff be good enough? I am really banking on this chapter to see me through.

Determinants (5 Marks) - I have done it from the textbook once; need to revise it, banking on it.

Continuity & Differentiability (8 Marks) - If I have ever 'studied' any topic in Maths all through the year, it was just this chapter. I completed it from RS Aggarwaal in December and, to my relief, haven't as yet forgotten it! Should I strengthen it further to ensure that I don't leak marks here?

Applications Of Derivatives (13 Marks) - This is the chapter I'm working on right now. I have completed it uptil 'Approximation' from the textbook. But the important topic of 'Maxima & Minima' is yet to be touched. I really don't want to lose marks here, or I'll be in big trouble. Should I complete it from some Refresher also or is the textbook good enough?

Integral Calculus (13 Marks) - This chapter is really the source of all my worries. I did it in December, but not fully. Now I am afraid I don't remember anything. I am thinking of revising it from the textbook only. Will it be enough?

Areas Under Curves (6 Marks) - My ability to do this chapter will depend on the previous chapter. So please, please tell me a way to do the previous chapter quickly and effectively!

Differential Equations (6 Marks) - My elder brother says that it's an easier topic. Is it so? But the same condition as above applies! Will the textbook be enough?

Vectors (6 Marks) - There is something about vectors that I like very much. Though I haven't studied it exhaustively, I somehow managed to do all the problems in the Preboards correctly! I think I had better made it fool-proof!

Three Dimensional Geometry (10 Marks) - No clue whatsoever. Cannot afford to waste my time this, can I? But the textbook has only 4 exercises and that makes me wonder if I can just manage to sneak it in. Is it the kind of topic that can be finished quickly and will hold me in good stead? Or does it require thorough drilling?

Probability (10 Marks) - My elder brother says that it's an easy and scoring topic if one gets it from the beginning. Now, considering that I had a good command over it in Class 11, should I give it a try?

Linear Programming (6 Marks) - I'll do this one and I'm sure that the textbook will suffice.

I know I have asked too many things. But when you are in a condition like this, you don't really what you are talking about!

As you must have noticed, my biggest dilemma is whether I should cover more topics and have a wider range to get those 33 marks from, or cover fewer topics but in such a way that I don't lose marks there. But even bigger a question is - IS THE NCERT TEXTBOOK GOOD ENOUGH?

Please give your opinion! It's a very sincere and earnest request. Please help me develop a broad strategy. But, above all, please help me.