How candidates should utilize mock tests efficiently to enhance their performance?

Mock tests have a special purpose in every competitive exam and play a pivotal role in the success of the students who get decent ranks or are even the toppers. Similarly, mock tests play a crucial role in the preparation of the CUET exam (Common University Entrance Test), which students cannot avoid at any cost. It helps the student become familiarize with exam patterns such as they get acquainted with the structure of the exam, difficulty level, format of how the questions are asked, etc., which helps them in navigating through the exam more efficiently on the day of the examination. Similarly, mock tests help students assess their strengths and weaknesses, and to find those spots that require more input and better results. It also helps in identifying concepts that are weak and may require proper nourishing. Most importantly, it helps in tackling the last-day exam anxiety.

However, not only appearing for mock tests is important from the lens of students, but it is also equally, and may rather more beneficial, how students are able to utilize their mock tests efficiently to enhance their performance and to get better scores. Some students even after giving multiple mock tests are not able to materialize its complete benefit which they should have done. It is because many coaching institutes instruct students to give multiple mock tests but they do not explain students as to how they should utilize the maximum benefit out of it. Manu Law Classes has a very clear vision that the output of giving mock tests can only be duly taken out when students properly utilize and assess their results. Therefore, according to a vast experience in Manu Law Classes, some of the ways by which students can utilize mock tests efficiently to enhance their performance in CUET exam are:

Experimenting with strategies– Often when students prepare for CUET or other exams, they have multiple strategies coming to their mind to solve a particular question or to reach out to correct answers in a quicker manner. For example, when students are preparing for Section C of the CUET exam which is a general test and includes questions such as General Mental Ability, Numerical Ability, Quantitative Reasoning, and Logical and Analytical Reasoning, they have a view that their method of solving such questions could be easier as well as time savior for them. Nonetheless, they fear that their technique, which could be advantageous for them, may not be completely foolproof and can cause repercussions for them because of this, such students adopt the traditional approach of solving questions. However, students should understand that mock tests are one such thing where they could experiment with all their techniques and get them tested to see their efficiency and reliability. Mock tests are the best way of experimenting with your own strategies to gain confidence in using them or to get clarity in avoiding them. So, use mock tests as a way to experiment with your personally curated strategies.
Learning from mistakes– The actual utilization of mock tests is when students take those exams, and post that, also giving adequate time to analyze where have they gone wrong. Analysis of the mock tests is the key to making mock tests effective in actuality. Most often students complete their mock tests and are often concerned merely with the marks scored in such tests. In such a case, there is no assessment of strengths and weaknesses in our preparation. Therefore, what is required is that students should thoroughly examine their mock tests and see where have they gone wrong so that they can learn from their mistakes, and improve in their examination.
Time Management: Mock tests are also a relevant way to monitor time management regarding how one should allocate time for each section in the exam. CUET as a competitive exam requires a student to have a time management skill set so that one may answer maximum questions correctly in minimum time. In such competitive exams, the winning strategy is not to answer the most questions correctly, but what is important is that most questions are answered correctly in the limited time that a student has while giving exams. Just like answering questions correctly is one such battle in CUET, the other battle is to beat the pressure of time while solving questions. That’s where mock tests are useful as they not only prepare students to give exams in exam-like situations by replicating the conditions and environment of the exam, it also allow students to practice the best way out to attempt a maximum number of questions in a limited time, and therefore to make their own strategies to achieve such outcome.
Vary Mock Test Difficulty Levels– One cannot predict the level of difficulty of a real CUET exam that they would give. It is unpredictable as to whether the paper would be easy or tough, or whether any particular section out of a total of three sections of the exam, would be over-complicated or substantially simple. But the only solution that a student has against such unpredictability is to prepare themselves for the all-weather situation, meaning thereby, that a student should not give a standard mock test every time. Rather, the mock tests should be of varying difficulty levels so that the student can be prepared for the worst. Hence, a student before subscribing to any mock test series should inquire whether the mock tests are based on similar pattern or whether every mock test has some new element. With this, mock tests will help students to get prepared even for a tough exam, and in such exams, students would not suffer any kind of anxiety or pressure.

Overall, mock tests are a useful way of effectively preparing for the CUET exam. Such tests cannot be ignored at all and are rather a necessity for students to take so that they can perform comparatively well in their actual CUET exam. Manu Law Classes has the most unique and specially curated mock test series which is prepared by a team of specialists having experience of more than 10 years in competitive examinations. For any queries, kindly contact us at +91 9971444054, +91 9971335561, or you can visit our Website and we will be happy to help you.