TISSNET Preparation

Preparing for the TISS entrance test syllabus will not be as tough as you think if you are already preparing for other Management entrance examinations like CAT, XAT or GMAT. The only thing required is consistency for one month, syllabus is quite similar to other entrance examinations for management programs. Here are a few things to keep in mind to cover your TISSNET Syllabus in one month : • Solve the previous year's question papers, there is never a major change in the pattern of questions. You should solve at least past 5 year question papers to be familiar with the time management and question framing strategy in TISSNET Examination. • Solve as many mock tests as you can. No amount of theory based learning will be worth it if you have not practiced to retain it all during the examination. Join a mock test program with any leading institutes for mock tests. It's not impossible, You will rock it, all you need is consistency, and you're good to go. Good luck.  

TISSNET General Awareness section difficulty level stays between moderate to difficult every year. To prepare for this section candidates must device strategic study plan by staying updated about the current events and static GK. To improve performance in General Awareness section of TISSNET candidates must consider the following factors:Read newspapers andmagazines on daily basis. Reading newspapers like The Hindu will help candidates in gaining insights into current events and improve comprehension skills.Utilise social media applications by following the journalists or news channel for real time updates about the events happwning around. Join discussion grpups on social media platform. Engage in conversations with other aspirants or people and exchage information.candidates must ensure to take notes of the important events, facts and figures.Take ample number of mock tests or solve previous year question papers to become familiar with the type of questions asked in this section.Stay consistent in reading the newspaper and magazines. 

Candidates preparing for CAT simultaneously prepare for TISSNET exam. However, confusion prevails on how to synchronize the CAT exam preparation along with the TISSNET. TISS National Entrance Test is conducted at the University level for admission to Masters (Master of Arts / Master of Science / B.Ed-MEd Integrated ) Programmes of TISS campuses, whereas, CAT is a national level entrance exam conducted by Iims for admission to Iims and other top B-schools across India. The difficulty level of the CAT is relatively higher than the TISSNET exam. Here are the key tips to synchronize the CAT and TISSNET exam preparation:
1. CAT and TISSNET exam syllabus is divided into three sections. Except for General Awareness in TISSNET. Other sections are similar in both exams. Candidates can devise a preparation strategy for both exams simultaneously.
2. The CAT exam is conducted in November, whereas the TISSNET exam is conducted later in February. Candidates must focus on CAT preparation first, as the exam will have a sectional time limit along with the negative marking scheme, hence time management in CAT becomes important. Whereas, in TISSNET there is no sectional time limit and provision for negative marking.
3. Candidates must ensure to solve the previous year's question papers to become familiar with the CAT and TISSNET exam pattern.

Some of the important topics that are covered under English proficiency syllabus are: Word Choice/Sentence Correction, Odd one out, Analogies, Synonyms & Antonyms, Grammar, Verbal reasoning and Reading comprehension. As per the previous year question paper analysis, some of the questions that can be expected from the topics mentions above includes: word substitute in a sentence, right usage of word in fill in the blanks, right usage of word in match the following, fill in the blanks with homophones/idioms, matching and error spotting- words/ grammar/punctuation, short and long reading comprehension. The type of questions asked in Reading Comprehension passage are- strengths and weakness, purpose of the passage, assumption and supporting statements, passage based questions, author's point of view, inference and conclusion, main idea of the passage.

You should definitely make good hold on your general knowledge and Current Affairs as it is the main key aspect. - Daily newspaper reading is a must but I never did that (given my time constraint). I preferred watching daily news analysis of The Hindu from one of the youtube channels. There are plethora of options out there. SEE what suits you best. I never made notes out of it. It was just to remain aware of what is going on in the world. - Secondly, on the monthly basis I used to watch monthly GK capsule by a youtube channel named Endeavour (to cover the important highlights of the month for the quick revision)
Lastly, towards the end of my preparation, it was the time for a final revision. THEN IT COMES TO YOUR STATIC PART -
- GK by Manohar Pandey (Arihant publication). It costed me around 30 bucks back then (imagine how slim it was as a book). I referred to this book for polity and history. The idea was to cover the width and not the depth. To understand the topics better, I used to watch random youtube videos. However, my final point of reference was this book only. -History and Polity done, now comes the geography part. Here it was the game of visualization so I again took help from youtube. Please note that you can get the basic topics to read from anywhere, what matters is the medium you're consuming it from. Make sure your refer to the interactive sources. -Then there is the miscellaneous part- everything from the superlatives, the international organisation to tribes and what not. For these topics, I again watched random videos and many a times, I found amazing tricks to learn. While it may sound so unplanned, trust me that when you keep doing over a period of time, you realize its working. I hope it helps.