Addressing Logical Reasoning, Logically.

Well, reasoning logically, the Logical Reasoning section of the HSEE should figure in your scheme of preparation, as a crucial aspect of the exam to be dealt with. I remember this being attached with the Maths section, in most of the mock tests that I attended, at a coaching centre. Fundamentally, the LR division will decide your performance in the exam greater than the chunk of marks allotted to it. It is the part which can be completed real quick, even without putting in the brain-breaking memorization or going through the pain that the formulas are. The quicker you finish off this division, the more time you get to wrap your mind around the Math, the tougher questions in GK and the seemingly “choice less” Multiple Choice Questions in the English section. So, don’t miss the opportunity to prep for racing through LR, rightly (:P).

This section is more or less similar to Maths. So, the prep for this is also similar. Those of you super-cool aspirants out there, who’ve joined coaching institutes, would’ve noticed that there are many subdivisions under LR. For example, the Number series, the Letter and Symbol series, the Statement and Argument, Clock puzzles, etc. You take chapter by chapter to prepare for your board exams, right? Likewise, you deal this section topic-wise. Regular practice would make a helluva difference in the end. Towards the beginning of HSEE, you would do good to spend more time on the GK and Social Sciences sections, as they are based on complex and heavy-weight materials. And they take a lot of your time, when even glancing through them. So, regular practice for 2-3 weeks would make you damn good and you’ll be able to sail through by spending relatively lesser time on it.

For those of you super-cool aspirants, who haven’t joined coaching institutes, check this (http://www.indiabix.com/) out. 

Follow the same instruction, cover one topic per day. Your work for this section should be more extensive in nature, than in-depth. The more you know about the various questions that can be asked, the better. But I gotta wave a red flag here (Lite. Not that of the Communists :P). Ensure that you spend less time on the internet during/for your prep. They consume so much of your time, that you can sue them for a trillion US dollars. Set an alarm, search for the required info, practice the important/tough questions on indiabix, and come out of it. Don’t go looking for many resources, as you’d end up in confusion.

Practice such questions as:

1.      Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting around a circle (not necessarily in the same order) facing the centre.   B sits third to left of F.  E is an immediate neighbour of both B and H. Only one person sits between A and H. C and G are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither C nor G is an immediate neighbour of B. Only one person sits between C and D. 

Who amongst the following is an immediate neighbour of both A and H?

               2. If in a certain code language NOITCELES represents SELECTION, then what will AIDNI represent?

a. AIDS   b. INDIA   c. HINDI   d. HANDI

Acquaint yourselves with such questions, to the extent that the moment you see them in the exam the solution begins to form in your mind! This might sound dramatic, but I’ll now let you know why.

3.    An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the morning. Through how may degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2 o'clock in the afternoon?

A. 144º B. 150º C. 168º D. 180º

              

4.    A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the same day, when the watch indicated quarter past 4 o'clock, the true time is:

A. 59 7 min. past 3 12 B. 4 p.m. C. 58 7 min. past 3 11 D. 2 3 min. past 4 11

Hope you found them tough :P

If you didn’t, don’t start celebrating yet. There might be tougher questions. 

The point I’m trying to make here, is, only when you finish off questions of Model 1 & 2 quickly, you’ll be able to do better in other and tougher kinds of questions.

Attend the mock tests regularly, those on your modules, as well as those on indiabix. Even one mock test can make a difference.

Now to the most important part.

You might say

“It’s too late for all that stuff”

Well, to that, peeps, we say

“Been there, Done that”

You’ll probably be having a little more than 45 days to go for the exam, by the time you read this. But if there’s anything that I can emphasize the most on, it would be this. Don’t lose hope. Put your heart in, whenever you work. You’ll get it.

1 more week to go for your boards! Focus well on that. For now that’s more important. But keep the suggestions given above, in mind. Work slow and steady. Don’t be unsure of yourself. Not many have the courage to desire to get into IIT. You’ve shown courage. You can do this. So, get set to add more to our blog, as an IITian.

I’ll end by quoting one of my Professors,

“If you get into IIT, awesome. If you don’t get into IIT, that’s awesome too”

But don’t think much about the latter, I’m sure I’ll be “interacting” with you this August.

#instilife