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How to Succeed in Indian Competitive Examinations (with special stress on Screening Tests/Objective Type Tests)

How to Succeed in Indian Competitive Examinations-UPSC Civils/State Public Service Commissions/Other Recruitment Boards Prelims/Objective Tests 

(PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS OF UPSC CIVIL SERVICES, STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS AND SCREENING TESTS / OBJECTIVE TYPE TESTS OF VARIOUS RECRUITMENT BOARDS - RRBs | BSRBs | SSC )

 

I-INTRODUCTORY TO SUCCESS IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS


Preparation of Competitive Examinations
Performance in Competitive Examinations
Practice for Competitive Examinations
The significance of practice in success of Competitive Examinations


TIME MANAGEMENT FOR SUCCESS IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS


Time management before the examination for succeeding in Competitive Examinations
Reasonable targets and near achievements
Time management during the examination for succeeding in Competitive Examinations


CAUSES OF FAILURE IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS


Closed attitude as failure in Competitive Examinations
Practical causes for failure in Competitive Examinations


Going beyond the given item
Offhanded preparations


Study related causes


Inadequate grasp over the subject as failure in Competitive Examinations
Information overlap as failure in Competitive Examinations
Inadequate notes as failure in Competitive Examinations


II-TYPES OF COMMON OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS


1. Simple Multiple Choice


2. Complex Combine

3. Matching

4. All the above/none

5. The “NOT” Questions

6. Assertion and reasoning


When context is given
When no context is given
Further Analysis
 

7. Ordering

8. On General Mental Ability



MODES OF PREPARATION


Inadequate preparation for Competitive Examinations
Handling the syllabus for success in Competitive Examinations
Nature of desired Study Material for success in Competitive Examinations
Analysis of the Question Paper for success in Competitive Examinations
Study plan for success in Competitive Examinations
Reading habit for success in Competitive Examinations
Comprehension for success in Competitive Examinations
Retention for success in Competitive Examinations
Revision for success in Competitive Examinations

Participation and Discussions for success in Competitive Examinations
 

STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR SUCCESS IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS


Management of time and resources for success in Competitive Examinations
Identify the question patterns for success in Competitive Examinations
Choosing the optional subject for success in Competitive Examinations
Is there a right method of choosing the optional
Approaches and methods necessary for sure success in Objective type Tests
What to study and what not to study for success in Competitive Examinations


ON MAKING NOTES


Scattered notes versus complete condensation
More light on note making for success in Competitive Examinations
Noting the detail for success in Competitive Examinations
Organizing the data for success in Competitive Examinations
 

AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR SUCCESS IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS


Learning and memory for success in Competitive Examinations
Transfer of learning for success in Competitive Examinations
Distribution of practice for success in Competitive Examinations
Motivation for success in Competitive Examinations
Memory for success in Competitive Examinations
Recall for success in Competitive Examinations
Retention for success in Competitive Examinations
Degree of learning for success in Competitive Examinations
Method of learning for success in Competitive Examinations
Amount of material for success in Competitive Examinations


REMEDIES AND METHODS: HOW TO TACKLE OBJECTIVE TYPE TESTS BETTER


Type of preparation required for Objective type Tests

Wide extensive preparation for success in Competitive Examinations

Intensive study for success in Competitive Examinations
Test preparation for success in Competitive Examinations
Ability to conceptualize for success in Competitive Examinations
Better and improved study practices for success in Competitive Examinations
Daily revision for success in Competitive Examinations
Repetition for success in Competitive Examinations
Rest periods for success in Competitive Examinations
Recall, at intervals for success in Competitive Examinations
Process of sorting out for success in Competitive Examinations
Better organizing leads to better recall for success in Competitive Examinations
Having business-like attitude for success in Competitive Examinations

Having the correct understanding for success in Competitive Examinations
Improving the memory for success in Competitive Examinations
 

IV. PERFORMANCE


Precautions before the examination for success in Competitive Examinations
On answering the objective type questions during examination
The psychological state while answering the Objective Type Tests
Difficulty Level
Discrimination discrepancy
Factors that determine discrimination

Presence of mind for success in Competitive Examinations

Careful study of the question for success in Competitive Examinations

Attentiveness for success in Competitive Examinations

Power of observation for success in Competitive Examinations
 

ERRORS IN ANSWERING IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS

Tempting answers over the right one
Marking errors in Competitive Examinations
Judging errors in Competitive Examinations
Errors in matching items Competitive Examinations
Difficulties in answering correctly in Competitive Examinations
Answering as a duty than out of deliberation in Competitive Examinations
Improper appreciation of the question in Competitive Examinations
Inefficiency and inappropriateness in Competitive Examinations
Tie between the last two responses in Competitive Examinations
Mental set in Competitive Examinations
Functional fixedness in Competitive Examinations
Anxiety in Competitive Examinations
Incubation in Competitive Examinations
Identifying the errors in Competitive Examinations
Mistakes in answering conditional questions in Competitive Examinations
Lingering over correct or not in Competitive Examinations
Presumption mistakes in Competitive Examinations


MULTIROUNDED PERFORMANCE


 

 

 

 

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