The preparation for MCA Entrance easily takes a few months with a daily and consistent input of about 5-6 hours per day. The test is purely objective in nature. Entrance of different colleges, there are different syllabi, hence it is difficult to have an integrated approach while preparing for it. MCA Entrance tests are unique in the sense that the attributes required to clear it are more than meet the eye. Not only is knowledge important, a capacity to stay cool under time constraint is also required.
Intelligence is no doubt crucial but a knack for basic common sense plays an equally important role.
We will try to explain these factors and their role in a successful attempt at the MCA Entrance examinations. Never ever spend disproportionately large time on any one question. The examiners tend to give you the toughest questions in the beginning or the end of a section to frustrate you. Always look for questions which are easiest. If you try to go exceptionally fast, you will commit not only mistakes but blunders and if you are too cautions about your accuracy, you may just fail to reach the desired cutoff.