u/X-factor03

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Prelims Anxiety is affecting me

Four days are left for the prelims from now, and I am feeling very anxious. I was thinking about this yesterday as well — whether I will be able to clear it or not. Basically, I am anxious because my mock test scores are not going well. In full-length tests, I usually attempt around 50 to 60 questions and score between 40 and 50 marks .I even tried increasing the number of attempts, but I am still not able to cross 80 questions like many people discuss online.

I don’t know why these thoughts are continuously coming to my mind when very few days are left and I should only be focusing on revision. Could anyone help me out if they have ever gone through a similar situation or have been in the same position where I am standing right now?

Please help me, because these thoughts are affecting me a lot and I am not able to focus properly on revision at the moment.

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u/X-factor03 — 2 days ago
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Around 26 days are left for Prelims, and I am still scoring in the range of 40–50. Scoring this low, and the one reason I have identified is my previous full-length mock, I attempted around 52 questions then attempted 42. I don’t know what is happening, and it is making me quite anxious. I don’t know how to improve this because in this community I have seen people attempting even 80+ questions and still not being able to cross the threshold. I am not able to understand what I should do.

I have tried guessing as well. From my analysis, I make around 10 guesses per paper. In one test I got only 2 right out of those 10; in another I got 7 out of 14. So while it is relatively easy to eliminate two options, the remaining two options are very confusing, and that is where I am making most of my mistakes. I don’t know what I am doing wrong and also I haven't revise ENV enough

Should I continue attempting more full-length mock tests, or should I shift focus now to Previous Year Questions only? Please help me — I really need guidance.

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u/X-factor03 — 24 days ago