In this tough world where competition is increasing every year, most of the admissions in colleges take place through entrance examinations. JEE (Main), JEE (Advanced), GUJCET, BITSAT and NEET are the examinations that get a student admission in engineering and medical colleges. Students work diligently for two years to crack these exams and get high ranks so that they get admission in the top colleges of India. There are many tips that can help a student achieve great results. Smart work gives a student the much-needed edge over hard workers. Ask the successful candidates the key to their success and one of the main points they emphasize upon will be solving previous years’ papers. Let us have a look at how solving previous years’ papers can benefit a student.
1. Helps you get acquainted with the pattern
This is one of the easiest and simplest ways of getting yourself acquainted with the exam pattern and the marking scheme. As you go through the previous years’ papers, you get to know the importance of the topics, the weightage of chapters and topics that are recurringly asked over the years. This also helps you to predict the questions that could be asked in your exam.
2. Builds up an Exam-Temperament
Along with the content preparation, one also needs to be mentally prepared for the examination. The pressure from all sides, be it from peers or parents, can lead a student to have a nervous breakdown and blank out during the examination. The mind also needs to be prepared to take stress during the exam. Solving previous years’ papers give your mind the required training to handle the pressure. Regular solving of papers increases your speed and reduces the chances of careless mistakes. As you score better with every practice paper, your confidence automatically gets a boost.
3. Effective in time management
During competitive exams, one of the most important factors contributing to your success is effective time management. Completion of the paper during these exams is a crucial factor towards your success. Regular practice helps you in managing the time during your exams. It gives you the speed, accuracy and practice needed to complete the task in time. You are able to analyse which part of the paper takes more time to solve.
4. The Best Practice before the Exams
There is a limit to the number of times a student can revise the topics and concepts. Finally, there is a point of saturation that comes in beyond which you cannot continue with the revision. At such a point, when all the concepts are clear, solving previous years’ papers is the best practice that you can give yourself. Rather than simply revising, mock tests and previous years’ papers challenge the mind and give you additional practice. There is a chance that you will come across questions that you feel you know but actually don’t.
5. A source of important questions
Going through reference books gives you access to a question bank that is very helpful. At the same time, solving previous years’ papers give you almost a library of a question bank and also the probable questions as you get acquainted with questions that are repeated year after year.
6. You know where you stand
The mock tests and previous years’ papers give you a fair idea of where you stand. You realize the areas that are your weaknesses, the silly mistakes that you make and the areas where you need to prepare more. It gives you an idea how the questions will be asked and whether you are prepared enough for the exams or need more preparation.
We, at Infinity Scholar’s Hub not only give you the requisite coaching but also make sure you solve enough papers to be able to successfully crack the competitive exams. So however hard you may work, ensure that you start solving previous years’ papers once your revision is over.
