Students' Speak: Tips to prepare for BITSAT 2020

By: Swapnaneel Bhuiya

All categories carry different marks. Prepare visual questions for all sections but don't waste time on unfamiliar sections. Don't make progress in your weakest category.

BITSAT is a university-level (computer-based) online exam. BITSAT includes all major components of the syllabus 10 + 2 including English Cognitive and Physical, Chemistry and Mathematics. Although the BITSAT contains a lot of questions, they need to be addressed very quickly. While preparing for the exam, all subjects should be given sufficient time. All categories must be answered with a quick demonstration, if one is hesitant and wants a long term solution, it is nothing but a waste of time. So time management is very important during the preparation process and even while giving the exam. 

With one month left, you should complete each of your sections separately, try studying all in one day and giving the same amount of time, particularly important lessons i.e. Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Don't waste time in solving unnecessary questions that have nothing to do with BITSAT. Make a reasonable plan and give each lesson a reasonable amount of time. When taking the test, spend only one minute on each question.

There is a difference between the JEE Syllabus and the BITSAT Syllabus. The JEE Syllabus focuses on minute questions and achieving long-term solutions while the BITSAT syllabus focuses mainly on quiz questions. In fact, some topics covered in BITSAT are not covered in JEE. These differences should be understood by the candidates. Unlike JEE, all categories do not have the same marks. Therefore, BITSAT candidates may set their own priorities. 

English and Logical Consultation do not require any formulas or extensions, these components need to be analyzed. Candidates from BITSAT 2020 can prepare thoughtful questions while preparing and answer them as a reflex. Prepare the scoring stages in advance and solve those question for which you are completely confident and requires less time to solve.

All categories carry different marks. Prepare visual questions for all sections but don't waste time on unfamiliar sections. Don't make progress in your weakest category. Each correct answer gives 3 marks, while each incorrect answer has a penalty of 1 Mark. Doubtful questions should not be answered. The first section of the paper should be the most promising. As you prepare, be aware of what your best stage is. Understand and recognize graphs while taking mock tests. Develop the skills of the weakest parts. BITSAT seems to have the largest number of all negative marks. Therefore candidates should remain vigilant and try only the questions that they are sure about.

After you have completed one-time preparation for all subjects in the test, you should give one or two months for review. Review all paragraphs (yes, even English) too. When a thorough review is needed, one should start with mock tests. Try taking online mock tests to become familiar with BITSAT. Take as many mocks as possible. There are many mock tests available on BITSAT online. Record the time whenever you solve a test and record it separately for all components. Analyze all samples and question papers for the past year. Understand the pattern of questions repeated in the question papers from previous years. 

BITSAT is the only exam that offers bonus questions for candidates. This is a set of 12 questions. These questions are not as easy as the rest of the paper. These questions will be given to the candidate once they have finished the paper in advance. One condition is that they must submit the entire paper before taking these bonus questions, you can't go back to those answers again. However, it is a good call to go for these questions as they carry high marks.

About the Author:

Swapnaneel Bhuiya is a fourth-year mining engineering student at IIEST Shibpur. He appeared for JEE exam in 2016 and scored 140 marks in the first attempt.