Are you passionate about working for ISRO and contributing to India’s space missions? If yes, then you need to ace the ISRO exam with flying colours. But how do you prepare for such a competitive and challenging exam? Don’t worry, we have got you covered with some amazing ISRO preparation tips and strategies that will help you sail through the exam with ease.
In this blog, we’ll discuss some of the key steps that you need to follow to master the ISRO exam in one go.
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Given below are the best ways to ace your preparation and revision process to get the desired results:
The first thing you need to do is to get familiar with the exam pattern and syllabus of the ISRO exam. Depending on the post you are applying for, you will have to face different questions and topics. For Scientist/Engineer posts, you will have to showcase your technical expertise in your chosen engineering branch, while for other posts, you will have to demonstrate your general knowledge, aptitude and language skills.
One of the best ISRO preparation tips is to go through the past year papers of ISRO exams (2006-2016) and identify the questions that get repeated every year. These are your golden tickets to score high in the exam. Make sure you practice these questions thoroughly and understand the concepts behind them.
Did you know that many questions in ISRO exams are taken directly from the GATE papers? Yes, that’s right! You can use your GATE preparation as an advantage for ISRO exam preparation as well. In fact, you can also use your GATE scores to get shortlisted for Interview rounds at ISRO. So, don’t forget to solve previous years GATE papers of the past 15 years along with previous years ISRO papers.
Check out these useful GATE Preparation Tips that will also help you in ISRO Exam Preparation.
Some topics carry more weightage than others in the ISRO exam. For example, topics like Strength of Materials, Engineering Maths, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics and Production account for around 60% of the total questions in the paper. If you focus on these topics and prepare them well, you will have a higher chance of clearing the written ISRO exam. Analyze several previous year question papers to find out the topic-wise weightage of questions for the ISRO exam.
Knowing the weightage of various questions is not enough. You also need to know which topics are time-friendly and which ones are not. Some topics involve lengthy calculations as mostly numerical are asked of them. When you solve past years’ question papers, make sure you learn how to judge the length and difficulty of calculations just by reading the questions.You can then skip the questions that require too much time or effort. Remember that each question carries the same marks. So, attempt the ones that need the least time first. In short, if a question gets you 3 marks but is hard or takes 6 minutes to solve, you need to skip it and move on to a question that can get you the same 3 marks in less time. The exam has 95 questions that you need to solve within 120 minutes. You cannot solve every question and need to pick wisely!
The written exam is only a screening test. Your marks in the written exam do not matter in the final selection. So while preparing, keep your focus on concept building. The interview is much more important weightage-wise in the ISRO exam. So make sure you use your preparation time to make your conceptual knowledge stronger. The interviewer will test your concepts and practical knowledge of various topics.
For every wrong answer, you will lose 1 mark. This means, that for every 3 wrong answers, your 1 correct answer will be wasted. Therefore, you should not attempt the questions you are unsure about.
As a result, according to the ISRO preparation tips given above, your attempt strategy should be to first solve the least time-consuming and familiar questions. Your preparation strategy should be to cover the topics carrying maximum weightage first and learn to estimate the time each question could take, just by looking at them.
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Now that you have gone through all the points that can help you ace your preparation and revision, it’s time for action. Get practical and start taking ISRO Mock Test to gauge your knowledge and skills fully and properly. Giving Mock Test will help you achieve your ISRO dream faster. Take a FREE ISRO Scientist/Engineer (Mechanical) 2023 Mock Test to know how you can:
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