Question : How Many Questions To Attempt In Prelims?

Answer :

  • Many aspirants ask these questions as to how much questions they should attempt in Prelims so that they are able to qualify Prelims. But how can anyone know, to the answer of this question. It all depend on the type of preparation that you have done and also the type of question paper that will come in the examination.
  • There is not a Prescribed or Standard no. of Questions to attempt the GS, i.e. if you know that your answer is correct then do it and if there are chances of ambiguity then think twice about it and attempt it.
  • For beginner’s guidance, all can be said that, if you have prepared sincerely and you can hold your nerves for the first ten minutes of receiving the question paper, then you can easily answer about 20-30 questions. This will also give you confidence and ease that initial anxiety. In the second round, go for elimination for questions you are partially sure of. Hopefully you will cover about 10-20 here. Finally, go for educated guesses, hopefully for not more than 10 questions in this round.
  • Of course, this is an estimate and not binding. You might know many more than this but do not be under pressure to meet a pre-determined target that you have to compulsorily attempt X no. of questions!
  • Later on when you check your answers and find that you might have many wrong because of guesswork, then that may cost you the exam. So, always think while attempting the paper. Do not make haste and be competitive regarding the number of questions that you are going to attempt.