Introduction
To crack any government job one should have a proper Planning, Strategy, Hardwork and Determination. As rightly said by Pareto’s Principle “for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes” so by figuring out the 20 percent important things in your preparation one can crack any exam with ease. Also this article helps you to understand how to crack any government job by revealing those 20 percent of the important things in simple steps here we go…
Table of Contents
Syllabus
Exam syllabus plays a crucial role in determining the scope of the exam. To have an eye on the syllabus take a photocopy of the syllabus and paste it near your study table or study room.
Previous Year Questions
These previous year questions help the aspirant in understanding what is important or in other words it helps to read the mind of examiner. Previous Year Question Papers act as a Filter for eliminating the unimportant content.
Analysis
- Analysis forms the back bone of your success in any competitive exam. It helps to understand the importance of topics and prioritize them accordingly.
- To carry out the analysis take atleast 10years previous year question papers and analyze how many times a particular topic is repeated in one or the other forms and highlight these topics in the syllabus photocopy that you have pasted.
Practice
- As the saying goes “Practice makes a man Perfect” the success in any competitive exam is pronounced by how much you have practiced, the more you practice the more you will be successful.
- Most importantly one should make a habit of marking those questions which are typical in nature, those which may be new to you and those which must be revised at regular intervals, In doing so you will be able to filter out what you already known to you which of course requires less practice, what you don’t know or what is difficult for you and requires more amount of focus.
Time Management
- Time is the most important part of any competitive exam one who manages time effectively is pretty much sure enough to crack any exam. So to manage time effectively you need to follow what is known as “DEVIDE AND CONQUER RULE” i.e, you need to split the time available for any exam into many small elements so that these small time elements will be dedicated to different sections by which time can be managed effectively helping you to score even better.
- One most important blunder that any aspirant would commit is that to waste too much time on a particular question which you are unable to solve so in wasting time for that one question you end up losing 3-4 questions which you could answer but didn’t due to lack of time, so keep in mind that every second counts and solve those questions first for which the answers are straight forward and later spend time on those which may take time.
Test Series
- Once you have understood what is more and less important and had certain amount of practice you are good to test your knowledge by writing several mock tests at different levels like basic level, intermediate level & advance level to know where you stand and to know where things have to be improved.
- It is important to note that one should not get depressed if he/she scores less in the test as the score can be gradually improved by more practice and revision.
Test series analysis
- By doing proper test series analysis one can be able to understand what is known as “Strengths and Weaknesses”. Focusing more on weaknesses to increase the performance i.e, Dedicating sufficient time for the topics where you have scored low and knowing the reason for low score this could be less practice or less amount of revision or even lack of understanding on the concepts, whatever the reason is identify it and try to improve by allocating enough time.
- Also, the golden tip here is that mark the questions which answered wrong and try to include them in your revision schedule.
Revision
- Revision forms the heart of your preparation, a proper revision schedule is most crucial process to crack any exam. One should organize the revision in such a manner that something’s have to be revised on daily basis, some on weekly basis and some may demand monthly basis.
- Hence one has to allocate sufficient time for revision during their preparation phase typically revision has to be allocated 30percent of the time available for preparation.
- During revision one has to keep in mind to revise the difficult topics and also those questions which were marked during the practice and also those questions which have been marked in test series.
Being Healthy
- During the preparation journey one has to take utmost care of their health as any amount of negligence may spoil your health resulting in lack of time for preparation and reducing the chances of success.
- Also it is more important that one week before your exam avoid any kind of junk food, eat and sleep properly to stay healthy during the crucial phase of reaching your goals.
General Awareness
- Most aspirants ignore preparation for General awareness which makes them score low in the exam and ultimately fail to clear the exam.
- One has to understand that there is a cut-off for each section in the exam pattern and this cut-off must be cleared to qualify for the exam hence there should be any negligence in preparation for any particular section.
- Golden Tip for General Awareness preparation is that after analyzing the previous year question paper and identifying the important topics one has to read in the periphery of the topic i.e, whatever is related to the important topic should also be included in the preparation.
Common mistakes by aspirants:
- Failing to understand syllabus and exam pattern.
- Unable to analyze previous year questions and important topics.
- Lack of Time Management.
- Avoiding Mock Tests.
- lack of commitment and focus towards the goal and getting distracted easily.
- Nil or Less preparation for General awareness
Benefits of clearing government jobs:
- Social Status: People in the society treat you with utmost respect and dignity since you are the one who cleared the exam conducted all over India/State and are chosen to be the best among those lakhs of applications received for the exam.
- Job Security: Government job offers you stability and sustainability for your future despite there being lay-offs or Recession in private jobs.
- Financial stability: Government jobs offer better financial stability offering high salaries and allowances for the employees.
- Leaves, perks & allowances: Government jobs offer numerous benefits like leaves which are paid & adequate enough to have wonderful time with your family and personal needs, perks and allowances like House Rent Allowance(HRA),Dearness allowance (DA), Leave Travel allowance(LTA), Uniform Allowance, Washing Allowance etc.
- Work Life Balance: Government jobs offer better work life balance due to conventional 8 hours working shifts unlike private jobs where you have to stay long hours to complete the task without any strict working hours.
Conclusion
Government Jobs are easier to crack provided you adopt a proper Planning, Strategy, Discipline and Commitment in your preparation. However each aspirant have their own strategy this article provides you the basic frame work of your preparation for sure shot success.
FAQ's
Can i crack any government job in first attempt?
Yes it is highly possible to crack any government job easily provided you plan, strategize your preparation with Discipline and commitment.
Does Government Jobs have medical exams also?
Yes some Government Jobs do demand medical exam and the level of medical examination depends on the type of job. For example in railways loco-pilot has more stringent medical requirements like defect free distant vision etc.
Does the score in test series indicate my score in the examination?
Yes since test series simulates the real time exam scenario hence the marks scored in final test series is more or less same as actual result in the exam.
Can I clear any exam with the same strategy?
Yes basic framework mentioned in the above article is same for any competitive exam. However depending on the level of exam some additional tricks may be included during the preparation like writing down the important things to revise on a daily basis on a chart and pasting it on your study table or study room.
Can I use the same strategy for other competitive exams like JEE Mains, Advance or NEET etc?
Yes the same strategy works good for exams like JEE, NEET, EAMCET, GATE or any other competitive exams.