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How to prepare for mat exam.. My mat exam is on 17 feb.. Plz suggest me how to score good? I m weak in mathematics.


Anubhav Gautam 8th Feb, 2019
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Sunil Su. 8th Feb, 2019
hello aspirant,

MAT exam preparation is not very difficult as the MAT question paper has remained unchanged over last many exams.

  • it is high time that MAT exam preparation must be started with out any further delay as per the MAT exam pattern.
  • in the view of the experts and past MAT toppers ,the MAT exam preparation must be well defined and one of the important points which differentiate MAT exam preparation from other exams is the seperate section with 40 question in MAT on data analysis and data sufficiency which is slightly different from data interpretation in other exams.
  • MAT  exam preparation should be focussed on following key points :
a) Be careful:

  • Be aware of negative marking ,one mark is given for right answer and 0.25 marks are deducted for the wrong answer.


  • b) Time mangement:


  • for each and every section,time is allocated to you , and plan in such a way that and manage as per the time.
  • c) Tricks :


  • practice more and more so that you will be getting an idea on how to approach the problem.
  • make sure to try for tips and tricks, so that the problem solving is very fast and efficient.
  • d) subject wise preparation tips:


language comprehension tips:

1) The simplest tip to score well in this area is to read news papers ,magazines and try as possible to watch english movies so that you will have a good command in language.

2) from the total 40 questions, 10 questions are supposed to be based on vocabulary comprising "synonyms ,antonyms, jumbled words and the blank filling "



mathematical skills:

  • regarding this subject, one has to be strong in basic fundamentals and formulas .Every now and then quick revision is required for this subject.
  • " practice alone makes perfect and boost your confidence levels"


  • Try for short cuts and trail and error methods ,it will be helpful in faster and efficient solving.
  • go through, online lectures and understand the concept involved and start preparing and practicing according to that.
  • since, preparation and practice is key to success ,and sure it will be helpful in your career ahead.
  • especially to be strong in maths, make sure to be analyze the subject and correlate the concepts in real time.
  • until and unless, you should be strong enough in correlating the concept in real time, one cannot be solve the problem efficiently.
  • To be strong in this maths, you should be start doing a question by using the formulas and keep going on, interest will creates you to do in more solving.
  • strictly speaking, Maths is the scoring section and one can easily score good marks in this section since the concepts are totally based on formula based.
  • make sure that, during your preparation ,make a note of all formulas and use those one at revision time, this will somehow help to be strong in formulas so that while you are approaching a problem, it will be easy and it takes not much time to solve.
for better understanding , i suggest to go through for the best study materials,  since because study materials are the important factors which plays an effective role in your preparation .

  • Always keep in mind that, the material you prepare should be in such a way that a normal / ordinary student can reach the understanding of concepts so that it is easy and more useful during a problem solving.
best study materials:

  • MAT preparation books by "Arun sharma"
  • especially in this book, concepts are explained elaboratively with clear cut description and also the keypoints are very helpful in approaching to a particular problem.
  • MAT preparation book by "Nishith k sinha"


well,  this book is designed in such a way that,  one who reads and done his preparation from this book cam solve any type of questions even though they are tricky and logical.

  • This book provides the best advanced and logical thinking knowledge.
referring previous year papers:

  • one of the finest way for the effective and fastest preparation is referring previous year question papers because it will get you an idea on what basis the questions are asking and you can prepare according to that criteria.
  • sure, it will be very helpful and it will speed up your preparation.
attending mocktests:

  • Both smart and aswell as hardwork is required to crack any type of exam.
  • prefacely, mocktests will help you in avoiding the tension and it is highly useful during the main exam because, due to the  frequent appearing of mocktests will makes your solving power more and it saves time during main exam.
  • mocktests will boost up your skills and you will get to know what are the mistakes you are doing, so that you will be avoiding mistakes during main exam.
conclusion:

To sum up, this is the right time to study hard and focus more on the topic /concept,  it requires smart and as well as hardwork .

also, an intelligent approach will be definitely implemented to crack the questions correctly in minimum time to acheive high score.

hope it will be helpful to you,

thank you
















Nithesh 8th Feb, 2019

Hello Gautham

General tips  should be prepared during the exam.

1.Be aware of negative marking. One mark is given for right answer and 0.25 marks are deducted for the wrong answer. For four wrong answers one mark is deducted. So, don’t be in a hurry will solving the paper.

2.Calm and cool: Stay calm in the examination hall i.e before you start the exam.

Confident: Just be confident i.e I can crack the MAT exam.

3.Time Management: For each and every section time is allocated to you, based upon your strength you need to plan accordingly and manage your valuable time.

4.Shortcut tricks: While you are solving quantitative aptitude and reasoning apply shortcut tricks to solve the problems and reduce the time in solving the problems.

As you are weak in Mathematics concentrate more on this subject and you can follow the below tips

1.For this subject, one has to be strong in basic fundamentals and formulas. Every now and then quick revision is required for this subject (the only practice makes perfect and boost your confidence levels).

2.Use shortcut tricks if it is applicable to the problem in order to save your valuable time in the examination hall.

3.Increase the number of solving the problems by setting a stopwatch to increase your speed.If you stuck in the middle while solving the problems just move on to next question without wasting the time.

4.Try to practise topics related to ratios, profit and loss, SI and CI, problems on ages etc.

All the best!!

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