HOW TO SOLVE QUESTIONS IN THE EXAM

MRCPCH exam paper are set in a such a way that you will get very little time in the end to check all the questions. Many students fail the exam because they may not get enough time to complete the paper. My first and foremost goal in any exam is to reach up to the last question. Many times I found easy questions in last. Practice as many questions as possible from website in a time limit and in a manner described below. Part one paper has 70 questions as BO5  and 10 EMQ  .

Do first BO5 than EMQ.

 Start with BO5 questions. Read the question first,don't miss the key words.  Think for an answer first for seconds without looking at the options and then see the answers.If your answer is there then tick it and move on to another question. If you don't know the answer or in doubt or its a very long question than mark the question and move on to another question.Try to reach to the end of BO5 section. 

Once you finish BO5 than jump to solve EMQ, here read the questions very carefully because if you miss to read "initial management /definitive management than whole EMQ will be wrong than scan the choices and in last read the statements. If you don't know the answer or in doubt than mark the question and move to another question. Try to reach to the end of the EMQ section. 

Now do marked questions, first BO5 and than EMQs. This time answers all questions as there is no minus marking. 

There are some general rules to solve the question:-

a) Read the question carefully, don't miss out key words. If you are answering a question and you miss the word "except"in the phrase "all of the statements are correct except" you will put down the wrong answer. 

b) Trust your instinct- your initial answer is likely to be correct.

c) As a rule, answers with always or never are usually false.   

d) Beware double negatives, not uncommon and  not infrequently both mean often. 

e) Least common/most common

f) Initial management/ definitive management

g) In questions where one of the answers is "all of the above" if you know that at least two of the stem answers are correct then it is likely that they are all correct, and all of he above is the correct answer.