✍️ IBA DU Written Section #1: Forget the Written Part - MCQ is King 👑

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Hello Adaanists,

IBA DU’s written assessment test has 2 parts: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Written. Let’s discuss the written section of the exam.

You will usually get 90 minutes (1 and a half hours) to complete the MCQ part, and then 30 minutes for the written portion. In total, you will receive 120 minutes (2 hours) for the entire test.

Before I dive deep into the written part, I want you to take note of this:

Never start the written part until the first 90 minutes for your MCQ section is up. ⚠️

Both the MCQ and written questions will be in the same booklet. You can turn the pages over and see the written questions at the back of the booklet.

So what some students do is they start answering the written questions once they receive the booklet/question. And when the first 90 minutes go away and the invigilator comes to them to take their OMR sheet (this is the sheet where you bubble your MCQ answers with a black pen 🖊️), they realize they have made a serious error in judgment. Because of 2 reasons:

1. The first 90 minutes of the test are allocated only for the MCQ part, not for the written section. 
   
   So if you have first answered the written part and then started the MCQ section, you will have very little time to finish the MCQ part.
   
   
   

2. MCQ is the key to get into IBA, not the written section. 
   
   IBA faculties won’t even check your written answers unless you first pass in all 3 subjects (English, Math, and Analytical) in the MCQ section. Most students fail to pass in all 3 subjects.
   
   So just like people often say “Cash is King” (by the way, it really isn’t 💸), you may say “MCQ is King” because it really is 👑 - at least for the IBA DU exam.
   
   

Therefore, we have 2 key takeaways here:

A. Complete the MCQ section first.

In the first 90 minutes, forget about the written part. That’s not important. Your entire focus and energy should be on the MCQ section for the first 90 minutes.

I can claim this with certainty from my experience: even your viva carries very low importance in a lot of cases if we were to compare the importance between MCQ and viva. I will discuss this later. But just to satiate your curiosity, people who have scored really well in the MCQ usually get in - unless they do something completely crazy in their viva. 😅

B. During your admission preparation, put all your energy into preparing for the MCQ part.

Don’t waste any time prepping for the written or viva. Only worry about viva after you have been selected for viva, not before that.

In the next part, we will talk about what usually comes in the written part so that you don’t feel surprised. ✍️