Imagine a hypothetical situation. You checked in a hotel suite for the
first time and there is darkness all around. After groping in the dark,
you find power switch board. Once you have located it, you will start
playing with the switches to check the role of each of the switches. But
once you have used the buttons a few times, you can use the precise
button for the specific purpose. This is a way of programming your sub
conscious mind to perform some task as per needs.
“Proper Planning & Preparation Prevents Poor Performance” Stephen Keague.
In India, most of the competitive examinations are held once in a year for eligible candidates. How can a candidate get the above mentioned sub conscious approach for one of the most important activities of his early career? The answer is – he should test his state of readiness by taking a number of Mock Tests of varying difficulty levels.
The word ‘mock’ means make a replica or imitation of something. Mock Test Series is a series of test papers similar in nature and conduct to that of GATE exam. It is a very useful and effective tool to optimize your skills – both in terms of time management as well as solving problems under pressure. Some of the benefits of appearing for mock tests can be listed as under:
“Proper Planning & Preparation Prevents Poor Performance” Stephen Keague.
In India, most of the competitive examinations are held once in a year for eligible candidates. How can a candidate get the above mentioned sub conscious approach for one of the most important activities of his early career? The answer is – he should test his state of readiness by taking a number of Mock Tests of varying difficulty levels.
The word ‘mock’ means make a replica or imitation of something. Mock Test Series is a series of test papers similar in nature and conduct to that of GATE exam. It is a very useful and effective tool to optimize your skills – both in terms of time management as well as solving problems under pressure. Some of the benefits of appearing for mock tests can be listed as under:
- Skill Optimization: Competitive exams usually are based on defined syllabus & pattern. If you face similar type of question/problems regularly before the final examination, you will feel that the final exam is just one more Mock Test.
- Time Management: Appearing in the similar type of tests with final exam like restrictions will make you habitual for the test and enable you to make optimal use of time maximising number of CORRECT attempts.
- Competition Analyzer: Since you are evaluating your performance in mock tests by competing against a large number of serious test aspirants, you can easily analyze your standing vis-a-vis competition.
- SPREAD : Check the number of students/candidates who are likely to join and what is their geographical spread. Larger the number of candidates spread across multiple regions, more accurate will be the measure of your performance vs competition.
- CORRECTNESS: Look for a test series that has a track record of being error free. A test series with large number of errors will lead to non serious approach towards the test series.
- Solutions & Explanation: Being a replica of actual examination, one of it’s key objectives is to develop problem solving skills which gets highly facilitated by way of innovative solutions/alternate approach to solving questions in a time efficient manner.
- Test Pattern: Look for a test series which makes you test your skills based on questions which are in sync with the type which is usually faced in an actual exam situation – mix of topics as well as degree of difficulty.
- Result Analysis: Is there any mechanism for the analysis of your result? A good analysis will make you identify your weak areas - to the extent of identifying topics/ subject which need to be strengthened to improve yourself.
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