TANCET 2025 Last Month Preparation Strategy
Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test 2026 ( TANCET )
TANCET 2025 exam will be conducted for admission to MBA and MCA courses in Tamil Nadu. Know the last month's preparation tips and strategies for the exam in this article below.
TANCET or Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test is expected to be conducted in May. With the TANCET exam approaching in March, candidates must focus on their TANCET last month preparation tips. Being a highly competitive exam, one can not make any mistake during the last month's preparation phase. Anna University is conducting TANCET 2025 for admissions to MBA and MCA courses in colleges across Tamil Nadu. Several aspirants would have completed the topics as per the TANCET syllabus. However, many might have started the preparation. In the last month, they must be ready with a test-taking plan to maximise their attempts and accuracy.
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TANCET 2025 Test Pattern
The table below brings the TANCET 2025 exam structure which test-takers must keep in mind while doing the final month preparation.
| TANCET Exam Pattern |
Details |
|---|---|
| Duration |
Two hours |
| Number of Questions Per Section |
20 |
| Total number of Questions |
100 |
| Total Number of Sections |
Five (Business Situations, Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Ability, Data Sufficiency and English Usage) |
| Total marks |
100 |
| Negative marks |
1/3 |
| Medium |
English |
TANCET 2025 Last Month Preparation Strategy
Candidates can ace the TANCET exam with a month's preparation if they plan their studies smartly. Here are some proven tips and tricks that would help in the last month preparation for TANCET 2025:
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Decide the topics from each section
The TANCET 2025 syllabus is quite diverse. Candidates can't prepare for each and every topic. Since candidates have gone through the syllabus by now, they should have a fair idea of their strengths and weaknesses. On the basis of their ability and the weightage on each topic, which they have observed in the past year's question papers, candidates should shortlist and finalise the topics they want to pursue from each section of TANCET. Aspirants must remember to measure both these factors while selecting the topics for preparation.
Revision
It is high time candidates start revising the sections of TANCET. Since revision is the key to cracking any exam, they should revise on the areas they have already prepared for. The revision will strengthen their learning and conceptual clarity. In case they falter in revising, they would gradually lose their understanding and ability of the topics.
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Solving Mock Test and Previous Years’ Question Papers
Along with revision, practice holds equal significance in preparation. Aspirants should focus on solving mock tests and previous years’ question papers. TANCET is still conducted in paper-pencil-based mode (PBT), hence candidates should solve the mock tests in offline mode only. While solving the practice papers, candidates should ensure that they solve the test within the stipulated duration, two hours, and ideally at the same time their test is scheduled. Regular practice would hone their skills and learning and familiarise them with different types of questions they can expect at the test. Moreover, they will also get habituated to take the test in a suitable environment.
Decide Test-Taking Strategy
With regular practice, candidates will gain familiarity with the exam pattern. By now, they should finalise the exam-taking strategy, which includes section-wise time management, the number of questions to attempt in each section and timing for each section. Without a concrete test-taking strategy, candidates may lose time on deciding on these factors. Hence, it is advised that candidates decide on test-taking strategies and practice accordingly.
Learn Short Cut Techniques and Revise Formulae
Along with revision and practice, candidates should chalk out shortcut techniques to solve questions more accurately and quickly. Since TANCET is a time-consuming test. Hence, candidates must resort to shortcut techniques and keep the formulae list handy to maximise the scores. They should write down the shortcut techniques and formulae in a notebook and revise them daily to memorise these by heart.
Focus on Speed and Accuracy
As stated earlier, TANCET is a time-consuming test involving negative marking. Hence, maintaining both speed and accuracy are crucial for cracking TANCET. Hence, aspirants should focus on these two areas while practising. They can improve on speed by using shortcut techniques, which has been discussed in the above point. For accuracy, the best way to improve is to find out the sources or reasons for committing mistakes. It can be either a silly mistake or a lack of conceptual clarity. If it is the former, one has to resort to more and more practice. For the latter, they have to focus on the concepts. The remaining days are expected to be enough to master the areas and avoid errors while attempting questions.
Strengthen Your Weak Areas
Aspirants may feel underconfident about their weak areas and may feel that the time is not enough, but in reality, they still have sufficient time left to study and improve on the weaker areas of TANCET 2025. However, candidates must focus on the weak areas at the earliest possible, as it is advised not to start a new topic or delve into the weak areas at the last moment. At this stage, candidates should brush up on the basics for the areas of their weaknesses and attempt the sectional or topic-wise practice questions. If candidates find the weak areas too tough or beyond their understanding to be managed within the last month, they may leave out those topics provided those do not carry a high weightage in the TANCET question paper.
Stay healthy and stress-free
Along with regular preparation, it is suggested that aspirants take care of their physical and mental health. They should not stress too much about the exam preparation and take regular breaks and sleep for at least eight hours daily to keep their body and mind refreshed and healthy. They should also maintain a healthy diet and drink lots of water to stay hydrated. It is even more important for the professional aspirants to balance their work and preparation properly to not miss out on either aspect.
Last but not the least, candidates should be confident about their preparation and ability and not let any fear or anxiety bog them down.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 4 weeks ago
Some of the factors that lead to determination of TANCET cutoff scores include the number of seats available for admission, difficulty level of exam, previous cutoff trends, number of test takers, performance of test takers, among other factors.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 4 weeks ago
TANCET counselling is conducted by GCT Coimbatore. DTE, Tamil Nadu has allocatted the responsibility for TANCET counselling to GCT, Coimbatore. Candidates will have to participate in the centralised counselling process for TANCET based admissions.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 4 weeks ago
The last date for TANCET exam registration is expected to lie around 20-30 days after the start date. Therefore, if the registration starts in January, candidates can expect the last date to apply for TANCET exam to be in the month of February. The timeline for TANCET registration is notified with t
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 4 weeks ago
No, there is no facility for revaluation in TANCET exam. The results declared by Anna University are final and will be considered for admissions in Tamil Nadu. Anna University will not entertain any requests for revaluation and rechecking of the TANCET answer sheet.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 4 weeks ago
TANCET exam has objective type questions, this means that each question will have four options. Candidates have to choose one correct answer option for the question in the TANCET exam.
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 4 weeks ago
TANCET exam is conducted once every year. Candidates aiming for admissions via TANCET in current year must appear for the current cycle of the TANCET exam. In case of change in the TANCET exam frequency, Anna University will notify the details on teh official website and the infoirmation brochure.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 4 weeks ago
TANCET scores remain valid for a period of one admission cycle. Candidates appearing for the TANCET exam in this year can only get admission in the current admission cycle.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 4 weeks ago
Yes, TANCET exam consists of negative marking. For each incorrect response candidates face a penalty of 1/3 mark. Therefore, candidates must avoid guesswork while answering questions in the TANCET exam.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 4 weeks ago
TANCET exam details are released around the month of January every year. Candidates find the start dare for the TANCET registration along with the TANCET syllabus, infomation brochure, and exam date. Additionally, the TANCET website mentions the notification release date beforehand. TANCET notificat
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 4 weeks ago
TANCET ranks are allotted based on the marks of the candidates. All candidates with a TANCET Bscore who get their documents verified before the counselling process will be placed in the TANCET rank list. the highest scorer in the TANCET exam who will get the documents verified will get first rank in
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Beginner-Level 5