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Some tips for students taking Common Entrance Test

Last Updated 20 April 2015, 20:56 IST
For most students who complete their pre-university course, the common entrance test (CET) brings them more anxiety. For, it holds the key to admissions for professional courses.

With a week to go for CET 2015, experts advise students to keep calm and not give in to anxiety. The examination is scheduled to begin on April 29.

Revise, don’t learn afresh

The first important thing for students to do is to not try and learn anything new, but revise what they already know, according to experts who have been training several batches of students for the CET. “Trying to learn anything new at this moment is a recipe for disaster. Revise what you already know,” said Sridhar G, founder, Deeksha Network.

Since CET is a timebound examination, speed and accuracy matter a lot. Solving one mock test every day would help in managing time. On a similar note, Jayaramappa Y K, academic head, BASE, said now was the time for consolidation. “The candidate has to solve at least one mock paper every day in each subject. This way, over the next six days, they will be able to solve 360 questions in four subjects. This will take care of all the concepts and give them a good sense of managing time.”

Don’t panic

Sridhar observed that usually, every year, one of the papers would be difficult. The important thing for students here is to not get panicky about a difficult paper. The way students approach the question paper holds the key to scoring better. “Usually, 40 questions are directly from the textbook. Students have to attempt these questions. If there are difficult questions, mark them and move on to the next. One can revisit these questions later.”

Over the next week, students need to answer the mock papers in the exam mode, added Jayaramappa. “Once you answer the paper, analyse where you went wrong and learn solutions for those questions.”

He proposes that students answer the paper in two rounds. To begin with, students need to segregate questions into three categories. Firstly, mark all the questions that are simple. The second category are questions for which they do not know the answer. The third category are questions where the student feels that he can solve the questions by investing some time on it.

In the first round, students must finish the all questions for which they are sure about the answers. “Right after this, they have to attempt the questions for which they do not know proper answers. Since there is no negative marking, there is no harm in attempting it,” Jayaramappa advised. After this, they have to take up the second round of answering where they attempt questions that need time to solve.

The most important of all is to keep calm and relax. “Tension will make you choke on what you already know,” Sridhar pointed out.

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(Published 20 April 2015, 20:56 IST)

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