[Patrick D'souza]

My strategy for the exam was ...
I had identified that I usually used to solve around 175 Qs in CET paper. So I identified 25 Qs which I was weak at and which took a lot of time. Which was RC and Jumbled sentences.
For the remaining Qs I divided it into two areas .. one consists of Math, DI, Logic, Visuals, (around 135 Qs).. which I was good at and the second was Verbal ability (40 Qs) questions where my accuracy was low but it did not take much time.
I realised that in the second part my accuracy was low but I also realised that I could solve each question in 20 seconds. For question like synonyms, antonyms, fill in the blanks, analogies, I realised that despite going fast i could get 50% accuracy. So even if I solve 3 Qs per minute I could still get 1.5 marks per minute. So I had to attempt the second part. So i finalised my strategy ..
I decided that for first 2hrs 5 mins I would solve the first part of 135 Qs. As this was my strong area I would get most of my marks in this section. Also as my mind would be fresh in the start I will be able to attempt it better. Also as I would solve it from 1 to 200 .. I did not waste time in searching for questions.
After solving how much I could in the first part I would spent around 15 to 20 mins for the 40 Verbal ability Qs. And last 5 minutes for guess marking. (I also ensured that in my 1st 2 hours if I came across any VA questions I would write it in the corner of the paper so that I did not have to search for Qs in the end).

Actual exam it went out as planned. In the first 2hrs 10 mins I could solve all the Qs from the 1st part, then I could solve 40 Qs of VA in 15 mins flat (time pressure made me solve faster) and I still had time to solve RC and Jumbled sentence in the end.

This was my strategy for the exam .. But yours could be quite different depending on your strengths and weakness.