How do I prepare for the general awareness section of an MBA entrance exams?

Hi, In order to prepare yourself for the general awareness section, keep yourself updated with all the current affairs through regular newspaper reading. Hindu and Economic Times are the most recommended newspapers to improve your current affairs and vocabulary. There are many online websites where they give you mock test samples on the current affairs. This will also help you to remain updated. Read about the current topics of discussions such as GST, demonetization, current developments in India, cryptocurrency and Bullet train project. Also, read about famous personalities. If you are writing MAT, you need not worry too much about the current affairs sessions as they are quite general and simple in nature. However, for other entrance exams, I believe it is better to prepare yourself thoroughly. Also, these current affairs will further help you during your GD and PI.

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You can start reading newspaper on daily basis. Keep yourself updated with the current affairs. Look for the common trends happening in the market and industry. You can use mobile applications like mint or in shorts to keep you updated in real time. Plus they come in very handy as you can save/bookmark certain news or article which you can read afterwards. Do the full forms of many abbreviations which are asked in the entrance exams. Preparing for general awareness would not only help you in exams but also at the time of admission processes. As a lot of emphasis is given on your general awareness in GD/PI processes conducted by colleges. You will find most of the stuff for preparation available free online. If you are thinking about newspaper then go for Business standard it would help in your preparation.

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Hello, Read newspaper daily for current affairs and go for Lucent for static GK. You will get a lot of variety there.

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For this early habits should be developed. You can't start one month before exam. It would all be in vain. Generally develop a habit of reading newspapers as early as possible. It will be good if you read newspapers like The Hindu or The Indian Express as these cover sensible news unlike Times of India and it will also help you in improving your English. Generally read the newspaper thoroughly and try to develop your own opinion on the issues. It will be helpful for WATs for IIMs. You can use websites which have quizzes on current affairs. But don't waste too much time on it. Focus on your main preparation properly. So in short, read newspapers daily for half or one hour and develop your own opinions on issues and try to discuss/debate about the same with your friends or classmates.

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Preparation can be three types: Self, self plus coaching and coaching. It depends whether you are working or a student. So if you are working you have to prepare either by self-using the correspondence booklets or you can take option of taking weekend coaching classes or you can buy some famous books used for preparation of MBA entrance exams. But if you are a student then you have good amount of time to prepare so you can use the correspondence courses and books initially for self-preparation and later can join coaching classes for brushing up your preparation with added techniques. So any MBA entrance exam have generally three sections-Quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning and data interpretation and Verbal reasoning along with study of general current affairs. So depending upon your strengths, weakness and speed prepare the three sections accordingly and nail the exam.

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For the purpose of preparing for this section, there is no particular method. You have to keep yourself up to date as to whats happening around you and be aware of the current affairs, whether National or International. Best way to prepare for general awareness is by regularly reading newspapers, political and business magazines. Preparing for general awareness section is not an overnight activity, it is a process. General knowledge and awareness need to be built in course of time. To improve general knowledge for written exam as well as the GD/PIs keep a close watch on the major political, corporate, sports, economy, national-international events for last one year. Many of the MBA entrance exams ask questions on advertisements, current awareness etc. Hence, one should also watch television in a disciplined manner so that you don't miss out on these details. Watching informative TV channels like Discovery, National Geographic etc. and news channels are also useful in this regard.

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