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CLAT 2013 Pattern: Answer Every Ques

Ignore The Negative Marking
december 22, 2012 by tanuj

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Tanuj Kalia
Everyone would like to live in a perfect world. Perfect world for me in CLAT will be where the
works.

What is the law of averages? Its this: if I toss a coin 10 times; heads should turn up 5 times and so
Its a very fair law. As fair as a coin toss.
Consider this for CLAT now:

Out of 200, I answer 120 questions confidently. Am confused about 40. I dont have a clue about th
The confused 40 mean questions where I can eliminate at least 1-2 options out of the 4 available
Am still confused about the remaining 2-3 options.

The no-clue 40 mean question where I cant eliminate any of the options. I have no clue; I cant e
any of the options.
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So there are 40 no-clue questions. I mark all of them C. Because C stands for cool.
Ideally, in a perfect world, out of 40, there should be 10 questions with the answer option C.

(10 questions should have A as the correct option, 10-B and 10-D). Thats what a perfect question p
So by answering 40 no-clue questions and getting 10 answers right, I secure 10 marks.
For the 30 wrong answers I loose 7.5 marks. (-.25 for each wrong answer).
I still gain 2.5 marks! (Did I do my maths right?)

In a non-perfect world, even if I can cancel-out one option, I will DEFINITELY mark that and no
the negative marking.
-

So it makes sense to answer all the questions. Including the no-clue questions. Ignore the negativ
This is my personal take. Whats yours?
Youll get more of such strategy based inputs on enrolling for any of our courses.
PS- Not every strategy needs to be followed. Depends on what you find true and right.

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Suraj Singh says:
December 22, 2012 at 3:23 pm

Cool Idea . Dude

I was just thinking about this.
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January 27, 2013 at 4:36 pm

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ashutosh tiwari says:

March 14, 2013 at 6:37 pm

For issue of current im confuse So, i want to know with is a static g.k and and which issues will ask in cla
2013 Mins forcing point Just like a example in bilateral issue which country is importantetc
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