IBS Strategy - Scored exemption in Jan2026 with only 1.5 days of prep.
Key is to FIND the answers.
Take your faculty notes and modules to the exam. Don’t bother with QBs and compilers.
Don’t bother watching lectures of SPOM, just skim the index so you have a better recall.
If you have appeared for both groups, I wouldn’t recommend revising. Otherwise, you can spend some time on practical subjects that you have NOT appeared in this attempt.
Watch Nikita Tinker’s playlist on YouTube. She solves 10 case studies, you have to do EXACTLY that in exam.
Practice FINDING answers of last three PYPs and ICAI case studies if you have time. Match your answer with suggested answers.
Reading Time - Mark the subjects beside every question, choose which one to leave. Start with one case study’s MCQs.
Writing Time - 4 case studies, 4 hours. One hour split - 15mins to MCQs, 15mins to each descriptive.If time exceeds more than 5mins for any case study, move on to the next.
Last but not the least, don’t shy away from writing in the exam, dil khol ke likho!