TANCET 2025 will be held in March. To crack the exam, candidates must follow a smart and targeted preparation plan. Here are a few tips on how to prepare for TANCET 2025 exam.
How to Prepare for TANCET
Anna University is conducting conducts TANCET exam for admission to MBA and MCA courses offered by the colleges in Tamil Nadu. TANCET 2025, this year’s entrance exam, will be held on March 9. TANCET exam is critical for MBA aspirants as more than 20,000 candidates fight for seats in Tamil Nadu colleges. To clear the exam, candidates must adopt smart and targeted preparation strategy. Test takers need to plan, prioritise and execute their tasks accordingly. Once you have fixed a goal and the right plan to prepare for TANCET 2025, start executing it. This article of Shiksha presents some crucial and essential preparation strategies for TANCET.
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How to Prepare for TANCET 2025?
A focused study plan divided across 1-2 months should be sufficient if candidates have prepared for the exam before. Investing 3 months is enough for anyone.
In terms of difficulty, TANCET exam is considered moderately difficult. If compared with other state or national level MBA entrance exams, such as CAT, XAT, or MAT, TANCET is considered easy. Primary reason for easier exam level is the competition and the colleges accepting TANCET scores.
The tips below are meant for those candidates who have just started their TANCET preparation. The beginning of any exam preparation is based on knowing the details of the test. Let us check the preparation pointers in detail.
Know the topics well
Once your target is clear and the goal is set, the first and foremost step is to know the subjects/topics. To ensure that you are heading in the right direction of preparation, knowing the exam pattern and syllabus is imperative.
Focus on conceptual understanding
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Understanding the concepts is crucial as it will help you to retain the knowledge of the subjects for a longer period. Once you know the subjects and topics well, focus on conceptual learning rather than memorising from books or study materials. Candidates can simplify their learning by making short notes to recall formulas, theorems, and equations.
Solve previous years’ question papers and mock tests
Candidates should not forget to attempt TANCET previous years' question papers and mock tests. It shapes up the right temperament for the examination, which will eventually help to deliver an optimum result. Besides, it will let you self-evaluate your preparation.
Work on improving speed and accuracy
Speed and accuracy are the two most important factors to achieving success in TANCET 2025 exam. While solving previous years’ question papers or attempting mock tests, keep track of your speed. Besides this, make sure that you have solved the questions accurately.
Time management
There are several study materials available for TANCET exam preparation. Candidates can choose a TANCET preparation book after checking the content in the book.
TANCET exam's English Proficiency section is further divided into two sub-sections. These sub-sections include Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability followed by General English which evaluates the grammatical skills of the candidate. Candidates should develop a habit of reading newspapers, magazines and books to have a better understanding of English Knowledge. They can also refer to High School Grammar by Wren and Martin for developing a strong foundation. Basic Grammar forms the base of this examination and a candidate should be good in basic grammar such as Articles, Parts of Speech, Tense, etc. A candidate needs to read the basic grammar books and can also learn the rules of grammar online by practicing more. Following areas require candidate's attention to score well in the TANCET English section:
- Vocabulary
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- One word Substitutions
- Idioms and Phrases
- Spotting Errors
TANCET MBA exam has 5 sections. All sections have an equal weightage. With a total of 100 questions, each section has 20 questions in MCQ format.
Candidates must have a proper time-management strategy for attempting each section of the paper. Try to finish the paper on time and improve your timing with every attempt. The time management strategy has to be built while taking mock tests. Note the time spent for each question. According to experts, you should not spend more than two minutes on one question. In case you are stuck in a question, just leave it and move towards the next question and come back to the previous question later.
Learn from mistakes
After every mock test, do not forget to analyse your performance. Note down the questions which you could not attempt correctly. Thoroughly revise the topics so that you can improve your weak areas before the exam.
Focus on weaker areas
Mostly, candidates allot time to the areas they prefer and are therefore stronger. We suggest you spend more time on the weaker areas. Especially in the initial preparation stage, put their best foot forward to improve the weak areas. But at the same time, don't compromise on preparing the strong areas or leave it for last-moment preparation. At the later stages, do not start new topics or spend much time on the weak areas if you could not make much progress. Since confidence is key, shortlist and select topics that one can solve accurately, which improves your confidence level and leads to a high score.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 4 days ago
Sections in TANCET exam include Analysis of Business Situations, Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Ability, Data Sufficiency, and English Usage/Grammar.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 days ago
No section of TANCET exam is mandatory as there is no sectional cutoff. However, candidates must try solving as many questions as possible to obtain a good score in TANCET exam.
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 4 days ago
A good score in TANCET depends on the course for admission. Generally, a score of 60+ marks (out of 100) for MBA and 55+ for MCA is considered good for admission into top-tier colleges via TANCET.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 days ago
Last date to apply for TANCET exam is notified when the registration starts. Candidates must apply for TANCET exam before the last date notified by Anna University.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 days ago
TANCET exam is considered easy to moderate by most of the test takers. Those who have already prepared for other MBA exams find TANCET on the easier side.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 days ago
Anna University has not change TANCET eligibility criteria in the past sessions. However, notification release may indicate a change in TANCET eligibility conditions.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 days ago
Yes. Candidates can use mock tests and TANCET previous year question papers to prepare for the exam through self study. Candidates must create a plan to study for the exam in a structured way.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 days ago
TANCET exam is considered easy if compared with other MBA exams. Candidates generally find TANCET exam the easiest among other state level entrance exams, like TSICET, Karnataka PGCET, etc.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 days ago
Candidates preparing for TANCET can complete the entire syllabus in less than three months. However, if one has prepared for other MBA exams, he/she may complete the syllabus in less time.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 days ago
The toughest or the easiest section of TANCET exam is subjective based on preparation. Candidates typically find the Quantitative Ability section to be the toughest.
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Contributor-Level 6
Candidates must clear the concepts followed by appearing for mock test. One must focus on increasing speed as well as accuracy. Candidates can use TANCET books recommended by toppers and tutors to prepare for exam.