Students’ Speak: How to ace TISSNET 2020

By: Aman Kumar

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) conducts an exam for different types of Master programme that is approx fifty-two programmes. These programmes are related to various disciples of managed offered by the institute. Some of the unique specialisations include the environment, politics, health, etc.

The exam is a computer-based online test with three sections -- General Knowledge, Mathematics, Logical Reasoning and English Proficiency. There will be no negative marking in the exam. The exam will have 100 multiple-choice questions.

Now coming to the point, how to prepare for this exam. First, the time of the examination is coming close. So, instead of going through the whole syllabus, you should go for the crash courses. Begin with reading newspapers daily to gain general knowledge. And don’t forget about the mock papers, these are the key to the success of any exam. Many aspirants, who appeared for the exam last year, said that nearly half of the questions asked matched directly to the ones in the mock tests. Keep solving these tests until the examination date.

Since there is no negative marking in this exam, so it’s my advice to set a particular time to all questions and solve all the questions. It will be helpful to increase the score. But it’s my advice to you all that first solve questions which you are sure of. It will be helpful in saving time, too. Many students do common mistakes in this exam of solving questions chronologically without knowing that whether the answers they are marking are correct or not. This happens because there is no negative marking. So, it’s my suggestion to you all that don’t take these examinations too lightly. Don’t complete the paper in rush, and no need to follow the chronology.

About the Author:

Aman Kumar is an MBA student at Lovely Professional University with experience in marketing, banking, educational management and strategy. Some of the key skills include leadership, team building and strategy-focused work along with problem-handling skills. Experienced in crop residue management, Kumar has worked as an intern at Bihar State Milk Federation COMFED).