You Just Need To Be Up To Date

Deeksha Saksena Graduated in English Literature from Delhi University and then worked with Delhi Times and Hindu Metroplus. In 2013 Deeksha got into RTV department. She worked as the Marketing Head for VOX POP 2014 (Annual Fest of IIMC) along with other colleagues. Currently, she is working with Digivaasi (a digital marketing agency) as a copywriter.

With the entrance exams approaching the tension must be soaring amongst all the aspirants. Don't worry cracking IIMC is not a rocket science. You just need to be up to date and aware of all the current affairs and news. Do read newspapers regularly and yes, keep jotting the names of important personalities who made news in the recent past. Also try to put in as many facts as possible in your answer, make it crisp and interesting to read.

India just witnessed general elections and the historic win is one of the most memorable. Such a victory is also very significant for the entrance examinations as the paper might have questions related to the elections, your analysis on some significant candidates and their constituencies. Moreover the campaigning of Narendra Modi is also an important topic for the exam. Role of social media in the elections, digital campaigning of BJP, AAP and Congress are also important topics which should be studied.

Other than elections topics like Telangana (a brief history and the pros and cons of dividing Andhra Pradesh), Supreme Court's ruling on "The Third Sex", LGBT in India, Coverage of Muzaffarnagar riots (the riots on the whole and the steps taken by the government), Tarun Tejpal ( Tehelka of Thelka :D), Assembly Elections in the 5 states(Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Mizoram), Sahara-SEBI Case, Crimea Issue and most importantly the election coverage by media, like assume the question can be Do you Feel media covered the elections responsibly?

Remember one thing, be very clear in what you write, take a stand and do not confuse the examiner. Put in as many facts in the answer but yes the facts should be very correct. Also do not play with numbers like if you don't remember the exact date or figure it would be very safe to add approx before the particular figure or date (it saves you from the danger).

As I have already mentioned in the first paragraph that do note the names of important personalities who made news in the recent past, as it is one of the most scoring section in the entire paper. Do not exceed the word limit (most important).

All the Best to all of you. Hope to see you soon in the campus. :)