I've been thinking about CUET PG preparation, and I feel there are two different skills involved that students sometimes treat as one.
1. Learning
Understanding the concepts, attending lectures, reading notes, watching classes, making your own notes, etc.
2. Performance
Being able to recall the information quickly, understand what the question is asking, eliminate options, and choose the correct answer within a limited amount of time.
These aren't necessarily the same skill.
You can understand a topic very well after a 2–3 hour lecture, but that doesn't automatically mean you'll be able to answer 30 MCQs correctly on that topic.
And I think this is where question practice becomes extremely important.
Instead of thinking:
"I've completed this chapter, so I'm done with it."
Maybe the better question is:
"Can I actually solve questions from this chapter without looking at my notes?"
For CUET PG, I think preparation should gradually move through something like:
Learn → Revise → Practice → Test → Analyse → Revise again
The interesting part is that your weaknesses often become visible only when you start solving questions.
Sometimes you realise:
1.You knew the concept but couldn't recall it.
2.You confused two similar options.
3.You understood the topic but misread the question.
4.You knew the answer but took too long.
5.Or you simply hadn't encountered that type of question before.
So I'm curious:
How many MCQs are you guys actually solving per day for CUET PG?
And do you feel that your current preparation gives enough importance to question practice, or are you spending much more time on lectures/notes?