Companion Practise Papers: Mechanics and Mechanical Vibrations ( Cambridge Tripos)

The Math Tripos at Cambridge is a fine example of intellectal rigour honed by practise to solve specific types of problems. As inheritors of Newton's legacy, it continues to defy students with intricate formula solving and mathematical gymnastics. It is the authors guess that the tutor system at Cambridge trains students on certain templates that are repeated again and again in the examinations. Having passed through the California Institute of Technology he went through a different approach to Engineering training.

The situation in India is very similar to the UK, as out of the box questions and solutions are seldom encountered. Students preparing for IIT, Medicine and other white collar professional degrees have to undergo coaching without which the chances of scorig well are almost nil.