Whether an exam is for admissions or recruitment, MCQs form the common pattern for all such entrance exams. Hence, they need to be approached in a different, properly defined way in order to score well.
Clearing the FMGE exam requires good skills and better decision-making ability in selecting the correct answer promptly without sinking into guesswork. Despite the best preparation and hard work, candidates may get baffled by some tricky questions.
Over the years, the level of complexity in the FMGE exam has gone up considerably. The students who recently participated in the exam feel it to be of a ‘post-graduate’ level. Despite securing top-notch medical education abroad, a candidate must prepare with an increased level of intensity since there is no room for blunders at this stage.
In this article, we will throw light on the few techniques that will add up in your preparation for solving MCQs to crack your FMGE exam
MCQs Solving Techniques for FMGE
1. Time management
How are you managing your time?
Do you plan what you have to study every day?
How much time are you spending on studying each topic?
How much time are you spending on attempting FMGE mock tests?
Make sure to ask yourself these questions. This will help you to plan your study and be watchful of how you’re utilizing your time and help you to study effectively by managing your time and making full use of it. Toppers have one thing in common and that is that they have mastered the skill of time management.
2. First come, First mark
Always follow your intuition. Most of the time, the first answer that comes to your mind is usually the correct choice. Therefore, the first weightage must be given to that choice. Preparation along with gut feeling will definitely score you a point.
3. Method of exclusion
It is advisable to go through each option one by one and keep excluding the ones that are not appropriate. Select the option logically and opt the one which is near to what you have studied related to that topic.
4. Don’t be a despondent
The brain stores everything in its subconscious mind, therefore, by reading the options, again and again, the answer will automatically click in your mind. Look out for the trick in the question and answer it accordingly. Don’t be downhearted by the difficult question. Don’t be afraid of failure by simply judging the difficult questions. No paper can defeat you until you accept defeat.
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5. Benefit of NO negative marking
Don’t panic seeing the difficult questions as there are few questions you may not know, so it’s a boon for FMGE aspirants that there is no negative marking. First, answer the questions you are confident about and then resort to the difficult ones and answer them by logical guesswork.
6. Solve previous year Mocks
The easiest way to being familiar with the type of questions asked in the FMGE exam would be to solve as many previous year papers as you can. You can easily find mock tests online and practice them regularly. Doing this will help you to get a better understanding of your exam and will enable you to understand the technique you should follow to attempt the exam on the final day. This will also help build accuracy and time management that are essential for the exam.
We hope that this blog will provide you some important points in solving MCQs which will be found supportive during your exam preparation. Keep the above-given pointers in mind and reach your goal with PrepLadder.
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"The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it"
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