gate 2019 exam is one of the premier examinations in the country which defines the career of more than 10 lakh engineers then exam is scheduled on 2nd 3rd 9th 10th feb 2019 every aspirant who appears in gate exam has a defined goal to either pursue higher studies in best institutes of the country or to take the respectable in one of the psus in order to fulfil their dreams candidates rigorously prepare for more than 180 days for this ultimate examthe biggest challenge faced by aspirants in gate exam is scoring the required marks which makes them eligible to qualify jobs or higher studies and the prime obstacle while scoring high marks is negative marking in the race to the desired marks candidates often miss their the concept of attempting the exam and score unnecessary negative marksthe most important question among the candidates is whether they should attempt the questions whose concepts are unclear in fear of the resulting negative marking here we are providing tips to avoid negative marking which will directly enhance your score in gate 2019 examgate analysis mecseeceecivil 23910 feb 2019 subscribe press bell icon for updatespossibilities of negative markingquestions are generally set in a pattern where an incorrect answer in the first option is provided to confuse candidatescandidates esp those appearing for the first time tend to get nervous may be due to lack of preparation or pressure of the exam increases the possibility of negative markingthe most common reason of negative marking is overconfidence as few questions are based common concepts which usually the aspirants take casually and in haste they mark the wrong answertips to reduce negative marking in gate 2019if you want to reduce your negative marking in mcqs read the question carefully and try to eliminate options one by one to reach your final answer otherwise avoid attempting it this usual practice can be attained by practicing more more mock tests or quizzes with more practice you will come to know about the mistakes you might be doing in the questions and also topics in which you face any problem solving the related numerical you should keep a track of the mistakes you are doing and revise them thoroughly this way you should make sure to not repeat the same mistake twice try to stay calm and thoroughly read each question and check the requirement of the question then finally answer the questionwhile solving the numerical questions be careful about the units in the question and required for the answer candidates must ensure required conversions of the units to avoid wrong answerif you are confident of the answers for attempted questions and think they are sufficient to crack gate 2019 exam try not to answer other questions as it reduces possibility of negative markingthis was all about how to reduce negative marking and boost your score in gate 2019author vineet vijay is senior mentor at gradeup the authors views are entirely his own