Mock Tests How do they help

With the approaching CAT or GATE exams every aspirant starts feeling that he/she needs to take their preparations to final level. The best way to prepare for these very important management exams is taking Mock Tests. These are just the sample papers which are very important and helpful in practicing for the big CAT. Mock Tests act as vital tools to understand the pattern of exams like CAT, IBSAT, and GATE etc.

Benefits of Mock Tests

The main benefit which can be derived from Mock Test is it gives the right kind of simulation testing. Researchers have shown that simulation testing helps the students in getting prepared for the final event. Most of the Mock Tests are being created through simulation of the exam patterns as well as test-taking environment so as to:

• Helps in developing a strategy for the exam’s new pattern in an effective and very quick manner.
• Helps in deciding which are important topics and needs concentration to get a competitive edge.
• Helps in getting over anxiety by practicing as well as exercising self-control before the real exam as many times as you want.
• Helps in generating real time data for analyzing your performance against others.

Therefore to improve the percentile in CAT or GATE mock tests are the most effective tools. A thorough investigation of the mock test taken by you helps in finding more innovative ways for solving the questions in a more time-saving and smart manner. Thus it finally helps in saving time while solving real exams.

Benchmarking Through Mock Tests Mock tests for any exam help in creating benchmarks for oneself. Therefore mock tests are best tools for:

• Revisions: Helps in revising all the desired subjects like verbal, mental ability etc. in more scientific manner. These simulation tests help in getting feedback which areas need more attention and which ones you can ignore.
• Shift: It helps in thinking strictly form the point of view of the main exam you would be taking. It helps in finding what should be the right speed and accuracy for qualifying the exam as desired.
• Score: Tough exams like CAT are not about personal scores rather they are about your score versus others, means percentile has to be good.

Finding easy questions: These are simple one line answer questions which help in saving time. Mock tests help in finding these easy to do and solve questions.

Practice makes a man perfect and therefore mock tests are simple practice exercises for the main exam and will help you in becoming perfect.