What are strategies to solve MCQs effectively & fast:
Multiple-Choice Test Taking Tips and Strategies
- Read the entire question. Read a multi-choice question in its entirety before glancing over the answer options. …
- Answer it in your mind first. …
- Eliminate wrong answers. …
- Use the process of elimination. …
- Select the best answer. …
- Read every answer option. …
- Answer the questions you know first. …
- Make an educated guess
NOTE:
- Don’t guess too soon! You must select not only a correct answer but the best answer. It is, therefore, important that you read all of the options and not stop when you come upon one that seems likely.
- Utilize information and insights that you’ve acquired in working through the entire test to go back and answer earlier items that you weren’t sure of.
If you don’t know the correct answer, sensible guessing can help you eliminate all the wrong answers and gain marks.
Negative Marking is used by examiners to discourage blind guessing. But sensible guessing can help you get the best of it.