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Free revision planner

Add a topic and the day you learned it. Get suggested reviews after 1, 3, 7 and 14 days, then download them to your calendar.

These intervals are a starting routine. Review difficult topics sooner and adjust around your exam date. Your topic list stays in this browser; it is separate from your account progress.

What to do at each review

  1. Close your notes and recall the method or key facts.
  2. Try a few questions or explain a worked example yourself.
  3. Check the answers and repair the specific gap.

Read the revision guide or open your next lesson.

Calendar entries are all-day events. Notifications depend on your calendar settings. Reimporting the same file may create duplicates in some calendar apps.

Why spaced revision works

Material you read once is mostly gone within days unless you meet it again. Spaced revision means meeting it again at growing gaps: soon after learning, then after a few days, then after a couple of weeks. Each time, the useful part is the effort of pulling the idea out of memory with the notes closed. Rereading feels productive but tests recognition, which is easier than recall.

The planner above gives every topic four reviews. This is a convenient starting routine, not a fixed law of memory: harder topics may need an extra early review, and well-known ones may need fewer. The aim is a routine you will actually follow.

The schedule, review by review

ReviewWhenWhat to do
1 of 41 day after you studied itClose the notes and write down the method or the key facts from memory, including one worked example.
2 of 43 days after you studied itAttempt a few fresh questions on the topic without looking anything up, then mark them.
3 of 47 days after you studied itRedo any question you missed from a blank page, and note whether the gap was a fact, a method or care.
4 of 414 days after you studied itDo a mixed check: a couple of questions on this topic placed among questions from other topics, as in the real paper.

Each review should be short, around ten to twenty minutes per topic. If a review shows the topic has not stuck, treat it as a fresh study session and restart the sequence from that day.

A worked plan: three topics, three days

Suppose you learn Number System, Analogy and Reading Comprehension on three consecutive days, starting on Mon 2 Mar 2026. The planner builds this calendar for you; the dates below are only an illustration.

DateTasks that day
Mon 2 MarLearn Number System
Tue 3 MarReview Number System (1/4); Learn Analogy
Wed 4 MarReview Analogy (1/4); Learn Reading Comprehension
Thu 5 MarReview Number System (2/4); Review Reading Comprehension (1/4)
Fri 6 MarReview Analogy (2/4)
Sat 7 MarReview Reading Comprehension (2/4)
Mon 9 MarReview Number System (3/4)
Tue 10 MarReview Analogy (3/4)
Wed 11 MarReview Reading Comprehension (3/4)
Mon 16 MarReview Number System (4/4)
Tue 17 MarReview Analogy (4/4)
Wed 18 MarReview Reading Comprehension (4/4)

Notice that reviews of earlier topics start landing on the same days as new learning. Keep reviews first and short, so that new material does not push them out.

What a closed-book review looks like

One example per subject, taken from the one-line takeaways at the end of our lessons. At the review, try to state each line from memory, then check yourself against the lesson.

Quantitative Aptitude

Number System: Number types, place value & counting

  • Multiples of k from a to b: \left\lfloor \dfrac{b}{k} \right\rfloor - \left\lfloor \dfrac{a-1}{k} \right\rfloor.
  • 'And' means the LCM; 'or' means add counts and subtract the LCM count.
  • Sum formulas: \dfrac{n(n+1)}{2}, \dfrac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}, \left[\dfrac{n(n+1)}{2}\right]^2, n^2 for odd numbers.

Open the lesson →

General Intelligence & Reasoning

Analogy: The idea of analogy

  • ":" means "is to"; "::" means "as".
  • Say the link as one sentence, then test all four options with it.
  • Keep the direction: the answer pair must go the same way as the model pair.

Open the lesson →

English Comprehension

Reading Comprehension: How to attempt an RC passage in SSC exams

  • Read the passage first, then the questions, then return to the lines.
  • Map each paragraph in 3 to 5 words.
  • However, yet, but: the key point follows.

Open the lesson →

General Awareness

Ancient Indian History: Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation

  • Harappa 1921 (Daya Ram Sahni). Mohenjo-daro 1922 (R.D. Banerji). Announced by John Marshall in 1924.
  • Bronze Age, no iron. Burnt bricks 1 : 2 : 4. Grid streets and covered drains.
  • Citadel in the west, lower town in the east.

Open the lesson →

Computer Knowledge

Computer Fundamentals: Five generations of computers

  • Ladder: Vacuum tube, Transistor, IC, Microprocessor, AI.
  • First: machine language, huge heat. Second: transistor, core memory, assembly, FORTRAN, COBOL.
  • Third: IC, operating system, keyboard, monitor. Fourth: microprocessor, PC, GUI. Fifth: AI.

Open the lesson →

Questions about the planner

What if I miss a review?
Do it the next day rather than skipping it. Do not try to catch up on several missed reviews at once; do the oldest topic first and let the rest follow over the next days.
How many topics should I add?
Only as many as you can review. Four reviews per topic add up: ten topics in a week is about forty short reviews in the following two weeks. Add topics at the pace you finish them, not the whole syllabus at once.
Can I use it for topics that are not on this site?
Yes. The planner takes any topic name; the suggestions are only a convenience.
Where is my list stored?
In this browser on this device. It is separate from the progress in your account, so clearing site data or switching device starts the list again. Download the calendar file if you want a copy.
What does the calendar file contain?
All-day events named like “Review Percentage (2/4)”. Notifications depend on your calendar app, and importing the same file twice may create duplicates in some apps.

Related: revising without forgetting, the error notebook guide, your saved mistakes and the formula sheet for quick closed-book checks.

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