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Tips to Reduce Negative Marking in Physics and Biology for NEET


NEET is one of the most competitive exams. With the exam seeing a large pool of candidates appearing for the coveted opportunity to crack the best colleges, the competition gets stiffer. The pattern of the exam is such that the more wrong answers you give, the higher are the chances that you might be eliminated in the exam. The negative marking scheme of the exam is the game-changer for the students.
The only difference between the topper of the exam and the ones who don’t make it to their dream college are the negative marks. More than 33 percent of the students fail to make it to their dream MBBS college due to the negative marks.
This article becomes very important in helping you know how to tackle the negative marking. Though most of the errors made by the students are silly, yet it becomes pertinent to talk about them. Before we move on to the best 5 tricks to eliminate the negative marking from your NEET answer script, let us discuss the most common errors made by the candidates.

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7 Most Common Errors Made By NEET Candidates With most of the NEET candidates, the biggest error made by the students is panicking during the exam. Paying too much attention to the results and stressing less on the preparation is the biggest drawback.
In this section, let us look at the top 10 mistakes made by the students in the NEET exam.
Reading the question once: One of the major issues with the students is that they read the question only once. They attempt to solve the question by reading it once, which might not always show a clear picture of the question.
Starting with the toughest section: NEET is an exam of the temperament. If you wish to make sure your exam goes great, you need to start on a good note. Starting with the toughest section would lead to low morale and poor performance.
Selecting the wrong question: Often regarded as the biggest crime when it comes to competitive exams, it has led to major failures. Students have repeatedly answered the question which could have been left. Let us not forget, Rahul Dravid, one of the greatest players in the Indian cricket played only in his strengths and left the bad balls.
Skipping the questions in the middle: Often, the students have ended up skipping the question with the pretext of answering them at the end of the paper. Sadly, the end of the paper sees them forgetting the particular question or facing a time crunch.
Doing calculation orally: Let us get it clear, you are not giving the MENSA test wherein your mathematical skills or IQ are being tested. The NEET exam is clearly testing the ability to remember the concepts and their application. Using the pen and paper for solving the numerical is the best method.
No unit conversion: This is one of the crimes in the NEET exam for which there is no excuse. It deserves the strictest punishments. In the exams like NEET, if such an error happens it is a clear display of the lack of practice.
Not writing down the formulas: NEET is an MCQ exam. But, that doesn’t mean you can attempt the numerical without noting down the formula and solving it. If you try such things during the NEET exam, it will lead to complete failure of the exam, since you will not be able to solve the paper quickly.
Now, that we have come across the major errors made by students in the NEET exam, let us look at the 5 most important tips to reduce the negative marking. The tips should be followed for both Maths and Biology section of the NEET exam.
5 Proven Techniques to Reduce Negative Marking in NEET Exam
Tackling this problem in a tabular form shall be very interesting. The guide to reading the table is as follows:
The first column of the table is the name of the technique you must use. In the second column, an explanation is given followed by the mistake that can be countered using the technique.
Technique Description Problem Countered
ROUND 2 When you are unable to solve a question in the first attempt, instead of spending more time on the question, mark it and move ahead. Once you have done answering all the questions, go through all the questions again. Once you encounter the skipped question, attempt it now. Reading the question once
PYQ Most of the questions in the NEET exam follow the pattern of the Previous Year Questions. Focussing on the PYQ help in finding easy questions in the real exam time. Selecting the wrong question
SIMULTANEOUS OMR Mark the OMR sheet simultaneously as you answer the question. It prevents in mixing up of the answers in the OMR sheet and help to increase the accuracy. Skipping the questions in the middle
SHARP CALCULATIONS If you perform your calculations cleanly, in case of any errors they can be rectified. The rectification of the calculation is only possible if you can read them. Hence, doing the calculation cleanly, saves time to tally the steps, in case of mistakes. Doing calculation orally, Not writing down the formulas
UNITS METER While doing the calculations, it is very important to keep a tab on the units used in the question. If your answer doesn't take proper care of the units used in the question, you are sure to make a bigger mistake. No unit conversion

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