My friend has recently cleared Afcat 2 2020 in less than 20 days of preparation. Owing to the ongoing pandemic, his final semester exams were scheduled and after that, he had only 20 days to prepare for this exam. Prior to this, he had also cleared Afcat 1 2020 as it is not one of those competitive exams for which you need to slog hours.

Preparation Tips:

To clear AFCAT, here are a few of the things that are highly recommended for preparations.

• First of all, you should understand the pattern of examination. Check the previous year’s question papers. 
• Attempt one free mock from Grade Up. 
• Analyze your area of weakness.

Examination Pattern:

The examination pattern is discussed below. 

Quantitative Aptitude:

• This section contains 18 questions ranging from easy to moderate level. 
• Go through each topic from YouTube, practice 20–30 questions on every topic, and learn shortcuts like the elimination method or going through the choices to get the solution.

Reasoning: 

• This section contains 32 questions. It is also the easiest section to score well.
• This can be done if you focus and go through the previous year’s papers, and attempt mocks. Regularly attempting 2 mocks will be sufficient. 
• Analyze your weak areas and then solve multiple-choice questions.

Static GK and Current Affairs:

• This section contains 25 questions.
• AFCAT mostly focuses on questions about sports, awards, tournaments, and few current affairs questions. So, generic reading of sports events from Lucent is going to be enough.
• Since you do not have much time left for preparation, do not focus much on history, polity, and other subjects. These topics can’t be covered in 20 days.

English & Communication Skills:

• Daily newspaper reading is mandatory. 
• Attempt mock and it will definitely help you identify your strengths & weaknesses. 
• The more you read, listen and write, the better you will become. 
• It can't be wiped out in just 20 days. 
• The difficulty level of questions is from easy to moderate in AFCAT. 

Therefore, go through previous year’s papers and practice questions from any objective books of English.

The first and foremost thing you will have to crack any MBA exam is confidence and discipline. Even in a very short time, you can be well prepared, if you do not lose your focus and are ready with dedication.

IIFT questions section includes Quantitative Ability/Analysis, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability, General Awareness. Total 110 MCQs are asked which you have to complete in 2 hours. Most of the questions related to current affairs and general knowledge, generally 80-90% questions asked from Business Awareness. All questions are asked from related events in the past year. You have to plan and make a strategy based on this. 

Here are some tips on how you can implement your exam strategy.

• Do as much revision as you can. Only cover important topics, of which you have made notes. 
• Do not depend on the newspaper for current affairs at the last minute. By doing so you will end up consuming points that are not important. It will distract you with unnecessary happening and events.
• Watch national and international news channels. Since they are good sources of current affairs.

If you are preparing at the last minute, it is better that you watch videos for subjects instead of reading from books. Audio and visual information stays in your mind for a long time. Along with that, it will also save your time. 

You can download reading materials from online sources. Most of the sites have free GK and study materials for MBA exams.

You don't need to panic. 30 days are enough for cracking IIFT if you study with full dedication.

All the best

DSSSB PGT is a recruitment exam conducted for the post of Post Graduate Teacher by DSSSB.

Strategy and Books for preparing for DSSSB PGT exam:

• Buy NCERT books or purchase books subject wise in order to prepare for the general knowledge section.
• Refer to newspapers for the general knowledge section. 
• Use your post-graduation study material for the subject- concerning section,
• Go through teaching methodology and refer to pedagogy books available online.
• Refer to any two books from accomplished writers for the maths and reasoning section. Practice on a regular basis for the quantitative section. Cover the basics, and solve all the questions 
• Try to solve last year papers and sample papers to get a good idea about the type of questions you will get, especially for the language section.

General Information about DSSSB PGT:

Exam Syllabus for DSSSB PGT:

• The exam is divided into two sections: Section A and Section B. 
• Section A is of 200 marks and includes multiple-choice questions related to subjects like General Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, Hindi Language and Comprehension and English Language and Comprehension.
• Section B is of 100 marks and includes multiple-choice questions related to postgraduate qualification and teaching methodology. 

There is no specific way to prepare for competitive exams like DSSSB so try to be patient, consistent and regular with your preparation if you want to crack the paper.

There are two examinations through which you can take admission at ISI Kolkata for M.Tech CSE.

• GATE (CS) with a score greater than 720.
• Written test conducted by ISI Kolkata.

The written test conducted is of two types, i.e. Objective type questions will have mathematics paper (11th, 12th, and engineering level mathematics) and Subjective paper will have questions from Mathematics and one domain of choice.

One of my friends got admission to ISI Kolkata a few years back. Here are the reference books that she used for her preparation.

• Tomato - A book for B-stat and B-math by ISI
• Previous papers provided by ISI
• Solve the sample questions of JRF Computer science for more practice.
• Books from Ctanujit classes ( It contains a lot of mock papers)

You don’t need to solve the book completely but make sure that you know which kind of questions are asked by referring to the previous papers and then solve them accordingly.

For the technical section, the questions are very basic and test the fundamental knowledge in the chosen domain. You will see the pattern and important topics from the previous year and prepare for it.

It is important to score as high as you can in the written test as it has a higher weightage.

In interviews, you will face a panel of 12-14 professors from every domain. They often ask questions based on your background and ask to prove the theorems from the technical domain. The interviews differ for each candidate. If your written test goes well, you will see your name on the final list.