Time management issue here. For the last 3-4 mocks or so I've noticed by the time my 40mins elapse i often fail to even view the question or don't have enough time to solve it.
Here is how i attempt mcqs:
As soon as the section starts I open DILR set and I take upto 5 mins to try and solve it, if I manage to, then great, if not, still fine.
After this I go back to the first question and start solving (If I find it easy). Whichever question seems solvable without a lot of thinking/time required, I solve it. While I solve these, i mark for review the questions that I feel can be possible if I try. I manage to solve around 15-16 questions with good accuracy (around 3-4 wrong max). However, by the Time i reach the 20th question I often have around 5 minutes left. This essentially puts me in a position where irrespective of the difficulty of the question, the max i can solve from those 5 is just one, even if there are 2-3 easy ones there.
This also leads to me not being able to review the questions that I marked.
I tried ABC method for a few mocks, but doing those after DILR just took upto 5 minutes and the moment I realise I've spent 7-10 mins without solving a question, it throws me off alot, so for now I'm just sticking to my memory of the questions.
Is this something I'll learn to manage over time or am I doing something wrong?
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Leave the DILR in ~2 minutes if it's not getting solved.
Don't stop to solve other questions, go through all of them in the remaining 2 minutes.
ABC isn't supposed to take 7-10 minutes. You're glancing/skimming questions; not reading it fully.
okok, I'll try that in the next few mocks. Thanks!