Time Management During an Exam/Which section to attempt First
Before learning the time management techniques let us understand how does an examiner set the paper. Normally questions in any competitive exams can be categorized into following types
Easy: Approximately 25% questions are easy
Average: Approximately 60% questions are average
Difficult: Approximately 15% questions are difficult
It is recommended we attempt the paper in 3 rounds
First round is for easy questions and should ideally be of 15 % of the total time
Second round is for average questions and should ideally be of 70 % of total time
Third round is for difficult questions and should ideally be of 15 % of the total time