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IB ACIO Grade II study plan

IB ACIO Grade II · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Quantitative Aptitude & Logical/Analytical Ability and Reasoning

  • Solve 60 arithmetic questions (percentages, ratio-proportion, averages) under a 45-minute timer and log every error by cause.

  • Build a one-page formula sheet covering percentages, ratio, averages, profit-loss and simple-compound interest, then recite it from memory twice.

  • Complete 40 series and analogy reasoning questions and write the underlying rule for each wrong answer.

  • Set up a single error log with columns for topic, cause, fix and re-test date, and back-fill it with this week's mistakes.

Your checkpoint

A dated error log with at least 80 logged questions and a one-page formula sheet written from memory.

Week 2

Quantitative Aptitude & Logical/Analytical Ability and Reasoning

  • Solve 50 time-work, time-speed-distance and boats-streams problems, timing each set at 1.2 minutes per question.

  • Drill 40 syllogism and blood-relation questions, drawing Venn or family-tree diagrams for each before choosing an option.

  • Attempt two 20-minute sectional mocks (one quantitative, one reasoning) and record accuracy and attempt rate.

  • Re-solve every question missed in Week 1 without looking at the solution first.

Your checkpoint

Two timed sectional mock scorecards showing accuracy above 70 percent in at least one section.

Week 3

Quantitative Aptitude & Logical/Analytical Ability and Reasoning

  • Cover mensuration and geometry basics (area, volume, Pythagoras, circle properties) through 40 applied questions.

  • Practice 40 seating-arrangement and ranking-order puzzles using a fixed notation system for positions.

  • Learn and apply shortcuts for percentage change, successive discounts and mixtures to 30 questions.

  • Review the error log and reclassify recurring mistakes into at most five named weakness categories.

Your checkpoint

A weakness summary listing no more than five categories with the question count behind each.

Week 4

General Awareness & General Studies / Current Affairs and National Security Awareness

  • Compile and memorize a fact sheet on the Indian Constitution: key articles, fundamental rights and duties, and the three lists.

  • Memorize the structure and key functions of the Union executive, Parliament and the judiciary, and self-test with 50 one-line questions.

  • Build a timeline of major Indian national movement events from 1857 to 1947 with dates and associated leaders.

  • Read one week of national news and note five items relevant to defence, security or appointments, with source and date.

Your checkpoint

A handwritten or typed fact sheet of at least 150 dated facts across polity and modern history, self-quizzed to 80 percent recall.

Week 5

General Awareness & General Studies / Current Affairs and National Security Awareness

  • Memorize Indian geography essentials: states and capitals, major rivers, mountain passes, and mineral belts, tested by a blank-map exercise.

  • Revise basic general science (units, human body systems, common inventions) through 60 rapid-fire questions.

  • Track current affairs for the last six months using a single monthly digest and summarize each month in ten bullet points.

  • Explain the mandate and structure of at least three national security bodies in your own words.

Your checkpoint

A six-month current-affairs digest of 60 bullets plus a completed blank map with 30 labeled features.

Week 6

English Language & Descriptive English (Essay and Précis Writing)

  • Complete 80 grammar questions on error spotting, sentence correction and fill-in-the-blanks, noting the rule violated for each error.

  • Learn 60 high-frequency vocabulary items with usage sentences and revise them on three separate days.

  • Practice two reading-comprehension passages per session with a strict eight-minute limit per passage.

  • Write one 250-word essay and one 150-word precis, then self-evaluate against a written checklist of structure, grammar and conciseness.

Your checkpoint

One graded essay and one graded precis with an annotated checklist showing at least three concrete improvements over a first draft.

Week 7

Descriptive English (Essay and Précis Writing) & English Language & General Studies / Current Affairs and National Security Awareness

  • Write two timed essays (30 minutes each) on current national issues using a fixed introduction-body-conclusion template.

  • Produce two precis in 20 minutes each and check word count against the one-third rule.

  • Revise the current-affairs digest and the polity fact sheet through spaced recall on two separate days.

  • Complete one full-length mixed mock covering all objective domains and analyze section-wise accuracy.

Your checkpoint

Two timed essays and two precis with recorded completion times and word counts, plus a full-mock analysis sheet.

Week 8

Quantitative Aptitude & Logical/Analytical Ability and Reasoning & General Awareness & English Language & General Studies / Current Affairs and National Security Awareness & Descriptive English (Essay and Précis Writing)

  • Take three full-length mocks on separate days, each followed by a two-hour analysis session.

  • Re-solve every question in the error log flagged as unresolved and mark it resolved only after a correct re-attempt.

  • Final-revise the formula sheet, polity fact sheet and current-affairs digest in three short passes.

  • Draft one final timed essay and one precis under exam conditions and compare them against Week 7 work.

Your checkpoint

A final readiness report with three mock scores, a resolved-versus-unresolved error count, and a one-page exam-day strategy.

Milestones

Week 2: Both quantitative and reasoning sectional mocks attempted under time with accuracy recorded and at least 70 percent in one section.

Week 4: Polity and history fact sheet complete and self-quizzed to at least 80 percent recall; error log shows five or fewer named weakness categories.

Week 6: One essay and one precis written to length within time limits and self-evaluated against the checklist with at least three documented improvements.

Week 8: Three full mocks completed with rising or stable scores, all error-log items resolved, and a one-page exam-day strategy written.