How to Guess MCQs
Remember: If you know the answers already you wont have to guess but if you don’t know the answer then follow the following tips to guess the correct answer.
Step 1: Look for similarities in the answers choices and eliminate wrong answers, especially during a math test.
EX. If the answer choices to a question as like: A. 2X+5 B. 2X-5 C. 4x+5 D. 5X+23
Step 2: Eliminate answers that are different from others. “D” would be the first to be eliminated is completely different from the others. Next would be “C” because there are more answers with 2X so eliminate the 4X, leaving you with A and B.4
Step 3: Look for other similarities in the wrong answers. In this case, the + and -. All the other answers had + while B is the only one with -. Leaving you with A. (This will work 90% of the time with these type of answers)
Step 4: Try working backwards (works well in math). Plug the answers into the question to see if they make sense.6
Step 5: Do the same thing with reading comprehension questions. Read the paragraph on the test. Then look at the multiple questions. Eliminate one of the answers, because at least one question on every multiple choice test, no matter what subject, is entirely wrong and has nothing to do with the paragraph itself.7
Step 6: Eliminate that first one. Then read the paragraph again and see if there is a name of a person, in the story that is not in the paragraph you read.
Step 7: Know that you can usually eliminate most and remain with two possible choices. That's when you get stuck, but if you read the words and compare them with the paragraph you can do well. Look for words like he did not go as opposed to he did go...one is negative and the other positive
If anyone else have tips for guessing MCQs then please share because in CSS papers you cannot acquire complete knowledge of the 12 papers that you know the answer of every MCQ. Therefore a technique to guess the correct MCQ must be known to score more marks.