Friends we all know how dicey the Prelims exam is. Fortunately I was able to clear it in both attempts with very good score. It is the stage of the CSE that I am most frightened about. Hence, I gave the prelims exam the due respect it deserves and it too hasn’t disappointed me. I will share many nuances that have propelled me to get ~+140?(Applied for Forest Service so my marks are not released yet).
1. Focus for entire 2 hours on the paper. Don’t look left or right….simply look down on the paper and start applying your basic logic. It is 2 hours that quantify your 1 year hard work. Don’t fool around. In my IIT JEE exam in 2016, I was very casual in the way I attempted the paper so it did affect my rank then.
2. General Consensus among toppers is that pleasant mood and sharp attention can overcome any FOMO and Revision Regrets. Don’t fret about what you could have studied in last 2 months. I guarantee you 100% even if prelims is postponed by 6 months then also everyone will feel that revision was inadequate.
3. Mock Paper is for acquiring knowledge and general performance guessing. FLT, Abhyas, Simulator, etc…. are like Pre-Wedding Photography. Even if you didn’t do well in them the real marriage is still pending. FOCUS on real exam. If you are feeling the exam paper is hard…then always remember it is hard for everyone.
4. Always be sure that in multi-statement options, the basis on which you have chosen to eliminate options is foolproof. Else you will be lead to wrong answer. Ex: Which grows on rocks/barren land? Correct answer was Moss and Lichens. But logically even Mushroom seems legit. If I had chosen Mushroom as fundamental basis for eliminating a,b,c,d….then my answer would be wrong. Hence, be careful about logical guessing.
5. PYQ must be at your fingertips. Start from 2021-2011 in reverse order. Since time is very less leave some weird questions like: Where is Medieval Kingdom called Kuluta State found(Himachal Pradesh near Kulu Valley). I can show atleast 15 questions from 2021 that have come from PYQ of 2011-2021. But still many aspirants don’t do the PYQ’s and revise them: Ex: Money Multiplier(2019), Constitutional Government(2020), Virus in Synthetic Medium(2013), Sea Horse is not detrivore(Deduced from PYQ once asked before), Inflation & Repo Themes are repeated atleast 5 times in 2021 and Env Prem about Lichen, Moss , Diatom all terms have appeared previously. No excuse for not knowing that Diatom is called Phytoplankton(So it becomes Primary Producer).
1. Focus for entire 2 hours on the paper. Don’t look left or right….simply look down on the paper and start applying your basic logic. It is 2 hours that quantify your 1 year hard work. Don’t fool around. In my IIT JEE exam in 2016, I was very casual in the way I attempted the paper so it did affect my rank then.
2. General Consensus among toppers is that pleasant mood and sharp attention can overcome any FOMO and Revision Regrets. Don’t fret about what you could have studied in last 2 months. I guarantee you 100% even if prelims is postponed by 6 months then also everyone will feel that revision was inadequate.
3. Mock Paper is for acquiring knowledge and general performance guessing. FLT, Abhyas, Simulator, etc…. are like Pre-Wedding Photography. Even if you didn’t do well in them the real marriage is still pending. FOCUS on real exam. If you are feeling the exam paper is hard…then always remember it is hard for everyone.
4. Always be sure that in multi-statement options, the basis on which you have chosen to eliminate options is foolproof. Else you will be lead to wrong answer. Ex: Which grows on rocks/barren land? Correct answer was Moss and Lichens. But logically even Mushroom seems legit. If I had chosen Mushroom as fundamental basis for eliminating a,b,c,d….then my answer would be wrong. Hence, be careful about logical guessing.
5. PYQ must be at your fingertips. Start from 2021-2011 in reverse order. Since time is very less leave some weird questions like: Where is Medieval Kingdom called Kuluta State found(Himachal Pradesh near Kulu Valley). I can show atleast 15 questions from 2021 that have come from PYQ of 2011-2021. But still many aspirants don’t do the PYQ’s and revise them: Ex: Money Multiplier(2019), Constitutional Government(2020), Virus in Synthetic Medium(2013), Sea Horse is not detrivore(Deduced from PYQ once asked before), Inflation & Repo Themes are repeated atleast 5 times in 2021 and Env Prem about Lichen, Moss , Diatom all terms have appeared previously. No excuse for not knowing that Diatom is called Phytoplankton(So it becomes Primary Producer).