His mother wiped her hands on her apron. "How much?"
He wrote the answer. He understood it. For the first time, he felt like a scientist.
"Aryan (if you’re reading this), look at Q.12. This EXACT question came in my board exam. Don't skip the 'HOTS' section. The 5-markers live here."
He hated the "Very Short Answer" questions. But then, on Page 23, he saw a box titled:
His father looked up from his newspaper, a slow smile spreading across his face. "That's my boy."
He started a new rule. He wouldn't read the theory—he already had the NCERT for that. He would only do the and the "Five Most Likely Questions" at the end of each chapter.