You Want To Pass Objective Examination Questions? Read This

Easy ways to pass Objective Questions 

When it comes to objective questions otherwise known as multiple choice questions, students are happy and full of hopes that all is well. Why is it so? Probably, it has options that only require you to tick one out of the some few given options.
To this fact, most students tend to believe that the principle of guessing will always work in objective questions and so they tend to neglect the good advice of ‘read the questions and understand it’.

Despite most students' perspective of how easy objective questions are, the truth is that it could be as well difficult. Sometimes, you might just get into a question whose options are all alike and you are confused. The correct option is there, but there you are faced with the challenge of picking the most correct one.


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Objective questions require a good skillful approach when answering them.
Below are the tips you could follow when faced with objective questions.

#1. Answer the easiest questions first

Most students tend to waste much time on a single question that seems too difficult to answer. When you find them, quickly skip to the next question but always note any skipped question. 

I could remember one objective exam I wrote. After I found out that the most difficult questions are the first questions, I immediately jumped to the last question and thereby started from the last question to he first. 

After all, no examiner is going to penalise you or deduct your marks for this. Therefore, you need to answer the easiest questions first.

 #2. Follow RUA tip

You may wonder what is RUA. Well, it’s one of the tips I use in answering any objective questions that comes my way. Here is what RUA means:

R means "READ" : When  you are faced with any objective question, the first thing you should do is to read the question. It’s only an unwise student that goes into an examination hall, pick up his/her pen and begin to tick any option that rings in their head without even reading the question.

When reading a particular question, fix your eyes closely on the important words. Don’t be surprised, you might find the answer in those keywords.

U means "UNDERSTAND" : After reading the question, it doesn’t stop there. Don’t rush to pick an answer yet. Understand what you read. Understanding a particular question gives you an insight of what that question is all about.

Take for example, let’s say you understand five different languages and I now talk to you in any of those five languages you understand, it will be very easy for you to note the exact language I use.
It will be very easy for you to tell which is and which is not.

The same also apply to answering objective questions.

A means "ASSIMILATE" : To assimilate something is to deeply understand it. After understanding a question, it’s important you let it sink well in your brain. Your brain works on it to make sure it is well understood.

#3. Do an Evaluation Work

After reading the question and the options well, also learn to work on the options given to you. Form your own opinion of the options and know if they are in line with the question.

Like I said, note the important keywords like ‘NOT’, ‘EXCEPT’, ‘NONE OF THE ABOVE’, ‘ALL OF THE ABOVE’.
So, when answering your objective questions, note some of those keywords in relation to the given options and evaluate them.

#4. Always Strike Out

This method is good after your evaluation on the given options. All the options will not be the particular answer to the question, therefore it’s important that you pick an option one at a time, and if the picked option does not go in line as the answer to the question, strike it out.
Do likewise to all other options. It helps to avoid error in choice making.

#5. Don’t Discourage the Brain

There are times you will have to encounter some challenging questions. These questions seem not to have an answer. The best way to tackle such questions is to leave them. Working on a particular question for too long will take a lot of the time you would have used to answer other questions and worst of it all, it will get your brain weakened and discouraged.

If you leave the tough questions and proceed further, there are chances that you will later answer them correctly.

#6. Guess it Out

I made mention of the word ‘guess’ at the beginning of this article. I don’t advise students to fully depend on guess work.
Guess work is mostly applicable when all other method fails.


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