GATE 2022 1 Month Preparation Strategy: IIT Kharagpur (KGP) is all set to release the GATE 2022 Admit Card for the upcoming PG Engineering Entrance Exam soon. While the exam conducting institute has delayed the release of GATE Admit Card 2022 by a few days, the exam date has remained unchanged so far. According to the official schedule GATE 2022 exam is scheduled to be held on 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th February 2022. Going by this timeline, GATE aspirants have exactly 1 month’s time at their disposal to chalk out the last minute preparation strategy for one of the toughest and most popular entrance exams of the country. But, can GATE 2022 be cracked in 1 month? Let’s find out!
How to crack GATE 2022 in 1 Month?
One of the most common questions that GATE aspirants have about the PG Engineering entrance exam, is ‘What is the right time to start preparing for GATE 2022?’ Like all important things in life, even this question has no simple and single answer. When you should start preparing for GATE 2022 exam and whether 1 month is enough for this difficult task, depends on a variety of factors including your expertise and commitment to the cause. While many coaching institutes and crash courses claim to offer guaranteed success in GATE 2022 within the last month; experts believe that there are no short-cuts to success, especially in such highly competitive examinations. Therefore, a detailed and thoroughly thought-out strategy is necessary to ace GATE 2022 in 1 Month.
To help aspirants achieve this lofty goal, we have put together a guide that that can help them chalk out an effective preparation strategy for the last month and crack GATE 2022 Exam.
Assess GATE Exam Pattern and Changes
The first and foremost thing to do when you start preparing for GATE 2022 exam is to go through the detailed exam patter notified by IIT KGP in the official notification. Like all highly competitive entrance exams, GATE 2022 exam pattern is also designed to candidate’s subject knowledge along with other skills including time management and accuracy. Therefore, it is important for candidates to not only know but internalize the GATE 2022 exam pattern, understand any new changes introduced in it this year. A thorough analysis of the exam syllabus will help you in understanding the marking scheme, weightage has given to topics, etc.
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Complete Coverage of Syllabus
With just 1 month to go, it is important for GATE 2022 aspirants to have completed a majority portion of the subject syllabus for the chosen discipline. In case, you are still in the preparation phase and have not covered the complete syllabus, you should try to do it as early as possible. While completing syllabus, you should adopt a time management technique that allows you to focus on key topics and chapters from the syllabus that are important from the exam perspective and those that have higher weightage in the marking scheme.
Prioritize Revision of Easy Topics
Every GATE 2022 guru will tell you that Revision holds the key to success when it comes to the PG engineering entrance exam, but rarely any of them will touch upon how revision is actually to be done. For success in GATE 2022 exam, you should focus on revising the topics or subjects which you are comfortable with or the ones that you find easier during your earlier preparation phase. Similarly, try and revise formulas and equations that you are familiar with, as there is more chance of retention of the same and in-turn better chance of scoring well in the exam.
Solve Previous Years Papers
During the last leg of preparation for GATE 2022 Exam, it is important for candidates to be familiar with the type, style, and format and difficulty level of the questions that are going to be asked in the examination. One of the easiest and most effective ways of doing so is by going through previous years question papers and understanding their exam pattern. Therefore, during the last month, it would be wise for GATE 2022 aspirants to solve previous year papers and get familiar with these aspects.
Use Question Banks, Mock Tests
While, previous years question papers can be good yard stick to understand the type of questions being asked in the actual exam; when it comes to practicing the same they not prove to be enough. Therefore, during the last 1 month of GATE 2022 preparation, aspirants should focus on attempting more mock tests and solving question banks. Solving more questions, especially for a particular branch or subject, will help aspirants get familiar with certain calculations and how they are to be done quickly. Solving Question Banks and attemping Mocks will help you to build speed and accuracy, which are vital for success in GATE 2022 exam.
Learn to use Virtual Calculator
From 2016 onwards, for GATE exam, the exam authority has introduced virtual calculator which can be used by aspirants to make simple calculations to solve the questions. However, most of the candidates who are due to appear for GATE 2022 would use a physical calculator to solve questions, which may consume more time. Therefore, it is important for candidates to get familiar with the online or virtual calculator and start using it to solve GATE 2022 exam papers. Being familiar and at home while using the virtual GATE 2022 calculator may save a lot of them for you in the exam.
These are just a few of the things that can help you augment your preparation strategy for the last month before GATE 2022.
Also Read: GATE 2022 Exam Dates (OUT): Check at gate.iitkgp.ac.in
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