The common admission test is an important entrance test for those aspiring to pursue an MBA. The season of CAT is here, and students aspiring to make a career in management are hoping for the best in this upcoming entrance test. But, one major problem candidates face is NEGATIVE MARKING.
Due to stress, confusion, and pressure, candidates tend to mark the answers wrong, and sometimes they guess and answer, which is a crucial step to take. This season of CAT-2018-19, we have developed tips to avoid negative marking.
Please Read the Question precisely.
Many students mistake not reading the question completely or carefully, maybe due to stress or because they want to finish on time. But please avoid this; completing it on time is important but make sure you practice skim reading. Skim reading will help you read and understand faster. You will learn to understand the question as well as read it faster.
When you understand the question, there will be no stress, and you can be the judge of your answer. If you don’t understand or don’t know the answer to it, ignore it and take some time to re-read the question to make sure if you can answer or not.
This is one of the ways to avoid a negative morning. Whatever you do, just don’t read it once and conclude. Be very cautious and precise.
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Don’t Guess
Know the fact that every mark matters so much. Please don’t take it for granted, and you simply don’t want to lose what you’ve gained. If you don’t know the answer, just ignore that question after reading it precisely. There’s no harm in doing so than guessing and losing marks.
Don’t come under pressure and guess; for some people, guesswork might work but don’t do it unless and until you have an idea about the topic. Guessing will mess up your exam, which will give you more stress leaving you with doubts.
Last Minute Answers
This is also probably a major mistake students make and be the prey of negative marking. Use your last minute to check your paper. Make sure you have entered the valid details. Please do not use this time to answer; it will completely ruin your mind, and answering in a hurry can cause a lot of mistakes.
Keep yourself calm and avoid answering at the last minute. You might not have understood the question, and maybe you end up answering wrong in a hurry, so don’t do that when you have the threat of negative marking.
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Take calculated risk
Even if you decide to guess and answer, hoping it might gain you marks, please be very sure to take limited risks only. Sometimes the guessing work doesn’t work well. Take chances but make sure not to cross your calculated risk.
Once you are happy about the performance, you won’t be stressing out about negative marking as you will not have complete expectations on those answered questions.
Firstly answer the questions you are confident about, and then concentrate on those questions which Are slightly difficult for you to answer. This way, you can save time and relax.
Do not overwrite; answer difficult questions first
Write with confidence, do not scribble or overwrite. This will leave you with a dirty answer sheet and a lot of confusion. Also, this will leave an impression that you were not confident or thorough about the concept.
Answer difficult questions initially as you will need some time to think and answer or understand the question. The next focus is on easy ones; after answering both, do the guessing to limited risk.
You can finish the exam relaxed and without pressure or fear about the results. These are some basic tips to avoid negative marking, which will work. Do not just answer without considering the risk of negative marking. Hope these tips will help you and all the best for the upcoming CAT 2018-19.
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