When you give test series,you'll get the opportunity for question-wise time analysis.
I would say I've learnt the most from the test series I've given.
You've studied,but you have the fear of getting demoralized due to bad results in test.
The fear is normal,but till when will you keep fearing? You'll eventually have to start giving the test.
I know many of you may have not even started the test series.
The common question is,how to prioritize revision,the portions not yet covered and tests?
So as you have seen,I've said everywhere to 'give test series','give test series',give test series'.
The reason for that is because test series helped me improve my marks and therefore,my rank.
It is because of test series that I analyzed what do I lack and what's my scope of improvement.
So,we can get a lot of feedback from analyzing the test series.
That's the reason I am making this video,so I can share how I utilized test series during my gate preparation days.
I hope you people properly analyze and utilize the test series,for your own benefit.
But there are people who believe that test series is secondary and studying for GATE and revision is the main thing.
Well,it does have importance,but test series has a special place.
For example,if you have to drive a car on the highway i.e.,you have to give the GATE exam.For that,you should have practice.
First you'll drive the car in your street. You'll find out where the clutch is,where the brake is,where the gear is.
So,that's when you'll be able to drive your car on the highway,or you know what the consequences will be.
And exactly,that's what happens in GATE.
So,before going for GATE,you should have proper practice,and that proper practice is test series.
So without any further delay,let's get started with the video.
The obvious thing is that anyone who's giving GATE or any other competitive exam wants the best rank.
So,how do we do it? To do that you'll need to score maximum marks.
The next question is how do we do THAT?
So,if I say a simple thing,what will be the formula for 'Marks Obtained'?
We can say that'll be 'Total Marks' minus 'Marks Deducted'.
I have observed that there are '3 reasons' due to which we are not able to score the marks
Before going to these 3 reasons,I would like to say that we are all human beings,and we all have imperfections,we all make mistakes
So expecting 'everything is going to be perfect' is totally wrong. Imperfections will always be there,they are out of our control.
But,the only thing we have in control is that we can put maximum effort on minimizing the mistakes and imperfections,so that our score will be good.
So now,we go into those three reasons due to which we are not able to score perfect marks or those reasons due to which 'marks we couldn't score' increases
So,the first reason is 'WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING'
That means,we don't study everything
On average,I've seen that most of the people don't cover the all the subjects or topics
The people who have a great preparation prepare almost 95-98% of the topics, i.e they cover 98% topics
But if it so happens that you don't study a topic and a question from that topic comes,you will most probably leave that question
The second reason is 'WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SOLVE QUESTIONS EVEN FROM THE TOPIC WE KNOW' 36 00:04:51,00 --> 00:04,58,00 Maybe it'll feel like you are very close to the answer.Maybe it'll feel like you are forgetting the formula.
Maybe,you'll get confused with what formula to use in that particular question.
Maybe,you are not conceptually clear about the topic,you might have studied the topic,but it so happens that you will feel blurry.You won't be able to solve questions in this case as well.
But,if you have studied the topic and also attempted the question,I'll still say that we are imperfect.
That's how we come to the third reason 'WE WON'T GET THE CORRECT ANSWER OF ALL THE QUESTIONS WE ATTEMPTED'.
We are all humans and we make mistakes and have imperfections. Because of that,it so happens that we may make silly mistakes which may prove to be very costly.
For example,if the formula has 'x square',but you remember '2x'.
Sometimes,it may happen that the question has the given value '238',but while copying,you write '328'.
Sometimes,you may write '2+2=8' while calculating.
These are very practical things.These things are holding you back.But if you improve upon them,you will be able to score more marks.That's why I am telling you about these things so that we can work on them.
I would say that 'TEST SERIES IS THE FIRST STEP TO IMPROVEMENT'.
So,the first rule is 'YOU'LL HAVE TO START GIVING TEST EVERYDAY'.
Because you can improve a lot by analyzing the tests.
It so happened with me that in a test of duration of 'half an hour',one hour would go into analyzing the test.Just like that 'one and a half hour' test would take 2 hours of analysis,and 3 hour test wil take 3-4 hrs in analysis.
So,you'll have to spend a lot of time in this,but in the end,it'll be worth it.
I strongly believe that the time remaining towards the end should be dedicated to solving test series.
So,the time table should be like this- Decide what test you want to give that day. In the morning, wake up and revise the topic on which you want to give the test.
After that attempt the test. Analyze the test after that. Give time on analysis.
In analysis,you'll analyze what your strong point is and what your weak point is.
Strong points will boost up your confidence. They will be the questions which you are solving consistently.
The weak points will help you improve a lot. It acts like a negative feedback mechanism.
It can be silly mistakes,or the topics which may appear blurry to you,i.e. you are not able to remember fully. Because of this,slowly and steadily you'll be able to improve.
Also,I know that maximum of you may not have covered most of the subjects. So,devote the rest of the day on covering that subject.And,if you cover that topic,start giving tests on that topic as well
So,I'll suggest you to follow this schedule,because it covers a lot of things.
The common question is,we have to study,revise and give tests as well. How do we manage that?
So,the schedule I would suggest is 1. Revise,2. Attempt Test,3. Analyze test,4. Work on the points you analyzed,5. Study the remaining.If you keep at it with this schedule,you'll be able to cover most of the part,and you'll be able to cover tests as well.
I've stressed a lot on the term 'Analysis',so the next question is 'HOW DO WE ANALYZE?'
First off when you give the test,a portal will open,through which you can analyze a lot.
First thing I want you to analyze is 'IDENTIFY YOUR WEAK AND STRONG TOPICS'.
It has two benefits- First is that when you see your strong topics,it will boost up your confidence,because you are able to solve those questions consistently.
Also,find the weak topics and improve upon them. I would say you follow this approach - give the test,analyze your weak topic and work upon that.
It may happen that you won't get hold of the topic by reading once,but gradually,you will improve upon that topic, and will ultimately be able to solve questions from that topic,after which you will notice the increase in marks.
The second benefit is - When you sit to give the exams,you'll get 65 questions and there's a time limit of 3 hrs,so time is limited,which means you'll have to work smart.
So,what I used to do is I used to solve the questions which were within my comfort zone,and I was confident enough to solve them.
So,choose the questions smartly,because it'll save your time and most probably they'll be correct.
For example,if 1 and a half hour have already passed in the exam,and you have solved 30-35 question within that time,and because they were in your comfort zone,they'll most probably be correct.
So,you will get a confidence boost because you have one hour left. From the remaining 30-35 questions,I hope you'll be able to solve atleast 20-25 questions.
So,at the end,your questions attempted will be very remarkable.This is a smart way,which you can get by analyzing your strong and weak points.
Plus,I would like to say that analyze your mistakes.What happened with me was that when I was giving tests,I would usually forget the formulas.Sometimes,I mixed up the formulas,or make a silly mistake in it
Also,I observed that for example,the given data was in 'Hertz',but the formula I used had the unit 'radians/second'. So,I usually forgot to change the units while applying the formula.
So,what I did was I became careful not to make the same mistake again. So,the next time,whenever there was frequency given in the question,so my mind became alert.
So,slowly and steadily,you will also reduce your mistakes,and your marks deducted will also be reduced.
And third,I would say is concentrate on time management.After giving the test series,there is a special column to analyze the time taken in each question.Giving importance to time management is necessary.
Once upon a time,I was giving a test on 'Network'.Later,I realized that I spent 12 minutes on one question.
I did not spend 12 minutes in a stretch,but it happened because sometimes I spent 3 minutes on that,and come back again and spent 2 minutes.
Just like that,in a test of 30 minutes,I spent 12 minutes on a single question.And at the end,I was not able to solve that question,and I scored very poorly on that test.
Then I realized 'Why did I get poor marks?',because I was not able to attempt most of the questions.
So,the conclusion came out that if I would've spent that 12 minutes I spent on a single question to other questions,maybe I would've scored in 2-3 questions more.Which means I could've scored 5-6 more marks.
So,time managementis very cruicial,because time is limited,and you have to solve 65 questions.
Also,focus on one thing that I told so much of analysis,but I didn't say anything about rank.That's because it is the starting stage.
This is the phase of improvement.What all I have told you till now is improvement. Never did I say to compare. Compare yourself with yourself.
Compare your yesterday's self to today's self. Don't focus on your rank in the start. When rank will increase,it'll boost your confidence.
But,when your rank is not good,it is the indication that you have to work hard,not the indication that you are worthless and you should quit.
And when you buy a test series,it comes in a package.It means that it has basic tests for every subjects and also advance tests.
So,I would suggest you that no matter how many test series you buy,atleast complete one test series.
Because it is our tendency.For example,if you buy 2-3 test series,and give only easy test papers in both of them or only difficult in both. That'll be very wrong.
Because you have to adapt.No one can say that the GATE paper is going to be easy or going to be tough.So,you must have habit of both of them.
For example,the 2018 paper of Electronics was more challenging than usual.So,what happened was the cut-off was lower than usual.
But the people who prepared well,who gave tests,they had the ability to solve almost all questions.and consistently they used to score almost 80 marks.
But when they sat for the main exam,the main exam was out of their comfort zone. It was because they had the habit to solve maximumm questions,but in the main exams,they weren't able to solve much.
Because of that,they became depressed,and they weren't able to score much in the paper.So,that's why,make the habit of mixing up easy and tough,because no one can predict what the paper will be like.
Plus,there are 10 subjects in GATE. Give importance to all 10.
We have the tendency of only solving the subjects which are strong to us,because we are able to score marks in them,which makes us feel good.
But,the weak subjects are equally important,because nobody can tell what the weightage of subject will be in the next year GATE exams.
Most of the people make this analysis,but unfortunately,they are of no use,because nobody can tell what's going to come in the question paper.That's why,I would say,every subject is equally important.
I would say that atleast try to cover the easy topics of your weak subjects.It will increase your coverage.And when the questions from them may come,there will be high chance of you solving that question.
Plus,I would say that when you sit to give a test,you have to do it with full seriousness.
When I used to sit,I did not think of it as a practice or mock.When you sit down,think of it like its the final paper,and proceed as such.
So,I would suggest that you experiment with what suits you,what your approach should be regarding to solve the test,if you want to solve faster,or solve slowly with giving more importance to accuracy.
Like,I liked solving aptitude questions first,then 1 mark questions,then 2 mark questions.
So,don't hesitate while experimenting.But when you sit for exam,solve by the method you follow.You should solve with the same attitude and pattern 10-15 days before the exam,no matter if you focus on speed or accuracy.Experiment,observe what works best for you and proceed.
Also,I would like to say that 'ROTATE SUBJECTS REGULARLY'.Don't continuously solve the subjects in which you are able to solve on a consistent basis.If you do that,you will end up giving all the tests for that subjects,and in the end,you'll end up with nothing to practice.
The benefits of rotating subjects is that the GATE paper has 65 questions in random order,so it may happen that one question will be of one subject,but the next question may not be of the same subject.So,switching between one topic to another is very important.
So,that's why,I say that keep on rotating and mixing. What will happen is that you finish up test for one subject,before that you'll revise for that.Then the next day,you give another test. Before that,you revise for that. Because of switching,you'll be in touch with all the subjects.
Or else,what sometimes happens with us is that you'll forget some subject if you haven't revised it for days.
Before ending the video,I would like to give some smart tips.
If you pick up GATE paper of any branch of any year,what you'll see is that there are about 5-10% of questions which can be labelled 'tough'.
Apart from that,30-40% can be labelled 'easy'and 40-50% can be labelled 'medium'.
So,the smart way will be to identify to question. For that,you'll have to practice a lot,and you'll have to identify which questions can be solved in one shot.
Through my short analysis,I can say that if there is an easy question worth 2 mark,you'll get 2 mark. Whereas if there is a tough question for 2 mark.,you'll still get 2 mark.
But the difference between both the 2 marks is that the tough question uses a lot of your energy as well as time,but you'll easily be able to solve the easy question,and hence save time for further questions.
So,choosing to solve the easy question is the smart approach to save time and to solve paper quickly.
At last,I would like to say to give mock tests in the month of January,and preferably opt for Centre Based Tests,which can give you the feel of the real exam.
When the admit card comes,see what slot your exam is in.
For example,during GATE 2017,my time slot was 9am-12noon.So,I used to give mock test exactly at that time.
The exam used to start at 9'o clock,so I planned that when I will give the GATE exam,I'll have to wake up at 7,and by 8:30 I'll have to reach the centre.So I used to wake up at 7,and would get ready and revise by 8.By that,our body adapts to that time frame. This will create a little difference,but with that level of competition,that little difference can make a lot of difference.
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