Exam

For IELTS Academic, you describe chart, map or graph. For IELTS General, you write a letter to someone explaining something. These are the types of questions which will be asked in IELTS exam.

No, it depends on the question type. For example, in Advantages/Disadvantages essays, you generally only present both sides without an opinion unless specifically asked. Make sure to follow the task requirements for each essay type.

IELTS writing is assessed on four criteria, each contributing 25% of your score - 

• Task Achievement/Response

• Coherence and Cohesion

• Lexical Resource

• Grammatical Range and Accuracy

For IELTS Writing, you gotta write 150 words in Task 1 and 250 words in Task 2. If you write less, then they cut your marks. You don't need to count each word, just look at how many lines you wrote and guess.

The Writing test is 60 minutes long. You can spend 20 minutes on Writing Task 1 and 40 minutes on Writing Task 2. The task 2 has more marks so your time management is necessary.

Writing test has two parts: Task 1 and Task 2. The total time is 60 minutes. For academic IELTS you have to describe a graph. But in General Training, you have to write a letter.

Spend time every day practicing writing under timed conditions. You can use practice exercises provided by official IELTS resources. 

There is no passing marks in MAT as the selection of candidates is based on MAT cut offs. The MAT accepting colleges fix a minimum cut off percentile for shortlisting of candidates for MBA admission. This cut off varies from college to college. In some colleges the MAT cut off can be above 90 percentile and in some colleges it can be 50 percentile too.

The confusing one is True/False/Not Given. Many students make mistakes there. You also get Matching Headings where you give title to paragraphs. You must learn to skim (read fast) because text is very long.