Tips to Minimize Negative Marking in Competitive Exams

Hello Friends,

Negative marking implies to deduction of marks in lieu of wrong answer given by you.

Mostly all Entrance Exams contain Negative Marking. Some people can’t crack competitive examination just because of Negative Marking in examination. If you know How to Reduce Negative Marking in Entrance Exam, it will not be difficult to crack any competitive examination.

Impact of the Negative Marking: Impact of the negative marking can be huge as far as you final selection is concerned because you may have done well in your exam but while finishing of the exam paper you may have attempted many remaining questions by sheer guess work, it could result in huge deduction of marks due to negative marking.

Because of negative marking, a candidate loses his / her marks in competitive examinations. So now the question is that ‘How to deal with negative markings in Entrance Exams?’ you don’t need not to be worried for it, as we are here to tell you how to tackle Negative Marking in Entrance Exam.

How to avoid Negative Marking?

While giving highly competitive exams such as Bank PO, Bank Clerk & SSC Exams, you should try to maximize your marks and the only way for that is to attempt maximum correct answers and to avoid giving answers of those questions on which you are not sure. However in the practical situation some time it becomes difficult because of the time pressure you are not always sure of the correct answers and there are always few questions which you are not sure about.

There are also certain things to be kept in mind,

Don’t make random guesses.If you have some knowledge of that subject & can relate the question to the closest choice, then go ahead.
Do not waste time in thinking about the right answer.Do it or move on & return at last.Time allocation is more important.