BASIC RULES:
- Divide the time for each section based on your command over it. Generally (45-50) minutes for Quant, (45-50) minutes for Reasoning and (25-30) Minutes for English is the ideal allocation of time.
- Most of you will start solving the paper from English section because it’s the easy one, but it’s not a good idea. Start solving paper from either Quant or Reasoning according to your preference and command over the subject/topics. And at last in last 25-30 minutes go for English section. 25 minutes is more than enough for English section to get 90+ Percentile.
SECTION WISE TIPS:
Data Interpretation, Reasoning, and Problem solving (20 Questions):
- Start solving this section with Data Sufficiency. There are four questions, among them if you try, you can solve 2-3 questions easily (15-20 minutes).Data sufficiency questions are easy to solve compare to other type questions in this section.
- Then if you are good in crypt arithmetic type questions, you can get more than 85%le in this section by solving just 4 Crypt arithmetic questions. No need to bother about remaining Questions. You can skip to next section. If you have no idea about crypt arithmetic questions, my sincere suggestion is just to skip this one, because these are very tough and need more practice
- And then solve Data Interpretation. It will be a lengthy question with 4 questions with it. You have to be very good in data interpretation to solve this one.15-20 minutes is the maximum time you can take for this question
If you solve at least 7 questions from the above topics, you can get 85+ percentile in this section. So don’t waste your time by looking at the remaining questions in this section. Time management is very important.
Quantitative Aptitude (200 marks for 20 Questions):
- Start solving this section with the type of question in which you have strong command. You can expect 4-5 questions from Number systems and 4-5 questions from Geometry. So if you are good in these, start solving from this topics.
- And then there are some topics from which you will get at least 2 questions such as Permutations and Combinations, probability, Time and work and Time and distance. So now it’s your turn to select the topics in which you are strong and start solving.
- If you solve at (8-11) questions from the above topics, you can get 85 to 90 percentile in this section. So Prepare well in depth on selected topics and do more practice on those. Accuracy is very important.
Section C: Verbal Ability (200 marks for 20 Questions):
- English is easiest part in Elitmus pH Test. These are very easy questions compared to the level of difficulty in other sections.
- There will be 3 Paragraphs with 4 questions in each. Read full Paragraph thoroughly before going for questions. You can answer these questions easily if you are average in your English skills. And then there will be 2 Jumbled Paragraph questions and remaining 4 are Fill in the blanks.
- If you solve at (12-16) questions from the above topics, you will get 90 to 95 percentile in this section. So try to solve Paragraph based questions accurately. And finally if any time remains, try to solve remaining questions
SUMMARY:
Assume the following Scenario
- 8 questions in Quantitative Aptitude (85-90 Percentile)
- 7 questions in Problem Solving (85-90 Percentile)
- 12-14 Questions in Verbal Ability (90 to 95 Percentile)
Which means you can get 90+ Percentile by solving 30 Questions out of 60 Questions in 120 minutes of time. So Plan your time according to your strengths and don’t try to solve more questions because Negative marking will show impact on your percentile very badly.
Hope this will be helpful in your preparation. If you have any doubts regarding this post, your queries are most welcome. Thank you.
