HOW TO ATTEMPT A PAPER TO SCORE MORE MARKS

 

STRATEGY 1 : LINEAR APPROACH

      This is the most simple and straight forward approach to attempt a paper . in this approach you attempt a paper as it comes , which means you start from quesn 1 annd go to quesn 120 in a fixed sequence. A slightly modified and better form of this approach is that you decide the sequence in which you would like to answer the questn paper . for example if  after browsing you find that chemistry is easiest followed by physics and ultimately maths , so you attempt the paper in that sequence  but once you start with one subject you attempt it sequentially and completely

    the disadvantages of this method are

- since all the subjects have individual cutoffs , so over performing in one  subject and under performing in another ,will be of no use.

-since you are attempting the questions in a sequential manner there is a possibility that you may not be able to reach the last question. so you may leave some questions which were easy .

STRATEGY 2 : DIVIDE TIME BETWEEN DIFFERENT SECTIONS

      In this approach you spend 5 minutes to browse the paper and than decide the sequence in which you would like to attempt  the paper and also allocate time to different sections of the paper and follow it subsequently.

STRATEGY 3 :JAYASURIYA APPROACH

       Jayasuriya the Sri Lankan batsman changed the way one day cricket is played . Initially the  playing strategy used to be to play safe in the first 15 overs so that you dont loose wickets but Jayasuriya played with a different strategy to take the advantage of field restrictions in the first 15 overs. In this approach you spend 15% of total time (approximately 27 minutes) to run through the entire paper . During this you find out memory based quesns and solve them immediately . So by the end of this time

-you have seen the entire paper
-solved all easy questions of the subjects
-clearly decided the sequence in which you would like to attempt the  paper .

STRATEGY 4 : THREE ROUND APPROACH

           this approach is based on the examiner's mind of setting the paper .Always keep in mind that normally questions in any competitive exam can be categorised into 3 areas

-easy - 25% questions
-average - 60% questions
-difficult - 15% questions

      In this approach we attempt the paper in three rounds

 first round for easy questions and should be ideally 15% of the total time

 second round is for average questions and should be ideally 70% of the total time
 
 third round is for difficult questions and should ideally be of 15% of the total time

   So you should focus on careful selection of the easy and average questions and avoid difficult questions in the first and second round .Come back to them once you have completed the entire paper
 
     while starting the second round it is recommended that you attempt the paper in reverse order . That is instead of going back to quesn 1 , you start from quesn 120 . The reason for this is that you have just read quesn 120 and it is fresh to your memory so you would take less time to solve that question.