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ATTITUDE TIPS

As is said "It's the Attitude, not only the Aptitude that decides your Altitude." Most of the tests happen to be manageable, but it's all about how you tackle them. It's the competition and the pressure that makes the difference. If you have the right focus and are ready to put in consistent efforts, you can definitely clear any exams, may it be the toughest one or the easiest one.

As Vivekananda said "Believe in yourself and the world would be at your feet". A few tips to keep in mind for the sincere aspirant:

•  Have a Positive Approach: Keep in mind that you can do it, and this mantra will certainly bring positive changes in you. Do not look back; you are not going that way.

•  Focus on the Goal: Keep a sharp focus in your mind on what you want to do. Break apart a big goal into smaller goals, and keep accomplishing these smaller goals in short periods. You'll see for yourself that the big goal is within your reach.

•  Work on Communication Skills: It does not matter that how much you speak in Group discussions or Interview. The differentiator here is how well you convey your ideas to the group or to the Interviewer.

•  Develop Diverse Reading Habits: It really helps while solving Reading Comprehension passages. It works in two different ways - firstly, awareness of diversity of topics, and secondly, the big reason, developing a good reading speed.

•  Work on your Body Language: Body language is the subtle and silent indicator of your persona. A negative body language can destroy the chances of an otherwise intelligent person.

•  Broaden your Horizons: Start thinking with an open mind. Just as we can't see with closed eyes and can't hear with closed ears, similarly we can't think without an open mind.

Golden Tips

However well prepared one may be for the test, his/her success is ultimately determined by the techniques adopted in taking these tests. The following tips may be useful in this regard.

•  Proper pattern of attempting the questions: A candidate should resolve in mind the time that can be allotted to each section and to each question. Some questions are especially designed to be time wasters; when these are encountered a candidate ought not to spend more than a reasonable amount of time trying to work them out and when one cannot, such questions should be marked in some way and left to be reviewed later if time permits. Lingering on such questions will eat away the time and consequently one may not be left with sufficient time to attempt all the questions. Candidates should bear in mind that there might be simpler questions further on.

•  Candidates should not allow a difficult question to weigh on them: If one allows oneself to be psychologically affected by a tough problem then one is likely to spoil the rest of the questions too.

•  To guess or not to guess: By all means one should go ahead and make an intelligent guess. Even in tests with penalty points, it is better to make a well reasoned guess rather than leave a question unanswered. Wild guessing should however be avoided.

•  Speed: This is one of the critical elements in most entrance tests. In these admission tests, speed is of the essence. Through proper time management, a candidate can answer the optimum number of questions in the given time. One good way to improve speed is to practice numerous questions with the timer on.

•  Train for the test: Candidates should thoroughly acquaint themselves with the structure of the test, the time limit and the level of difficulty (if possible) of the test they plan to take.

•  Work backwards from the options: In all your entrance tests, the questions are objective type and you can save a lot of time working backwards from the options. This technique gained from first-hand experience can definitely save you at least 5-7 minutes in a 30 minute test and must be gainfully employed wherever possible.

•  Consolidate strong points and strengthen weak ones: One should consolidate areas of strength to such an extent that one does not lose even a single mark in questions of those areas. Simultaneously, one should work on the weak areas so that one can gain as many marks as possible.

•  Read the instructions carefully: Most of the entrance tests of Indian universities/institutes have different instructions for a particular set of questions. Candidates should watch out especially for tricky words like "Least resembles", "Most resembles", "All of these except.", "None of these except.", "Opposite of the opposite of.".

•  Candidate should take a good night's sleep before going for the actual test. Take this point very seriously.

•  Don't study anything just prior to your exam. Keep the mind light and fresh.

Tips to non-math candidates

First try and get comfortable with numbers. There are some basic tools that will help you to tackle the math section.

1. Learn Tables up to 30 × 30

2. Learn Squares up to 30

3. Learn Cubes up to 15

4. Learn Square roots up to 10

5. Learn Cube roots up to 5

6. Learn Reciprocal Percentage Equivalents up to 20

•  Always think and arrive at an answer on your own, look at different ways to arrive at an answer because the first method may not always be the fastest. Math is a constant learning process, so practice is the mantra.

•  Right from the beginning, try to do all the calculations mentally and say goodbye to your calculating devices. Take this point seriously. This may lead to a lot of grumbling in the beginning but if you stick to doing calculations mentally, within a fortnight you'll start saving a lot of precious time. This is very helpful especially while solving Data Interpretation questions which, at times, don't require exact calculations but very large and approximate calculations instead. Those who don't resort to doing calculations mentally in Data Interpretation may find the section just too tough.

•  Besides mastering the theory conceptually you should also have all the direct formulae at your fingertips. This can be a major step towards improving your scores.

Caution : The tips given above are of general nature. Minor variations are always possible depending on the person. Hence, take the advice with a pinch of salt.