TIPS FOR PASSING DSSC ENTRANCE EXAM

• THERE ARE 6 PAPERS-YOU HAVE TO PASS IN ALL TO QUALIFY. DISTINCTION IN

5 PAPERS AND FAIL IN 1 PAPER-YOU DON’T QUALIFY. HENCE, BALANCE YOUR
PREP TIME FOR ALL PAPERS.

• ATTEMPT ALL REQD No OF QUESTIONS. DON’T LVE ANY QUESTION

UNANSWERED.

• 200/500 MARKS IN EACH PAPER-YOU QUALIFY 100%.

• MODERATION OF MARKS-EXPLAIN. YOU HELP YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE

WRITTEN SOME ANSWER RATHER THAN LEAVING IT BLANK.

• ANSWER IN PT FORM. YOU SAVE YOUR AND EXAMINER’S TIME.

• USE AN ANSWER SHEET FOR ROUGH WK. EXPLAIN.

• MIL HIST-DRAW MAPS WHEREVER POSSIBLE-SAVES YOUR TIME AND IS

EXAMINER FRIENDLY.

• DO NOT EXCEED WORD LIMIT. KNOW YOUR No OF WORDS PER LINE UNDER
EXAM CONDITIONS. EXPLAIN.

• GO THROUGH COMPLETE QUESTION PAPER, UNDERLINE WHAT YOU ARE

SUPPOSED TO ANSWER IN EACH QUESTION, MARK QUESTIONS YOU ARE
CERTAIN TO ANSWER, WRITE ANSWER CODES ON THE SIDE, PREFERABLY
ANSWER IN SEQUENCE OF QUESTIONS, ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU KNOW
FIRST, LVE BLANK PAGE FOR UNANSWERED QUESTIONS TO ANSWER THEM
TOWARDS THE END.

• SUGGESTED TIME MGT- TOTAL TIME FOR EACH QUESTION PAPER IS 3 HRS IE
180 MINS. 10 MINS TO PERUSE QUESTION PAPER, 10 MINS TO GO THROUGH
YOUR ANSWER SHEET AT THE END, BALANCE TIME (160 MINS), (500 MARKS/160
MINS= 3.125). DISTRIBUTE TIME AS PER MARKS ALLOTTED FOR THE
QUESTIONS. THUMB RULE IS, 1 MIN = 3 MARKS IE, FOR A QUESTION CARRYING
30 MARKS, DO NOT SPEND MORE THAN 10 MINS, ELSE YOU WILL HAVE LESS
TIME TO ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS.

• PREP ‘LAST MIN REVISION NOTES’ FOR ALL SUBJECTS, AT LEAST A MONTH
BEFORE THE EXAMS.

• A MONTH BEFORE THE EXAMS, ALLOT TIME FOR REVISION OF 3 SUBJECTS PER
DAY. THUS, EACH SUBJECT IS REVISED EVERY ALT DAY. ALLOT TIME FOR A
PARTICULAR SUBJECT, DEPENDING ON HOW THOROUGH YOU ARE WITH IT.
TOUGH SUBJECTS-START EARLY IN THE MORNING.