Execution is more important than planning

Planning is okay but it is execution of planning that is really vital because while executing, you might notice flaws of planning which remains theory till executed. 

MBA aspirants who plan for taking multiple entrance exams need more of execution in form of practicing with mock tests. 

Further, it is analysis of exam preparation that forces you to change strategy to succeed. If coming CAT 2013 is likely to test you more analytically then you need to prepare more on QA and DI.

Experts say that it is execution mode that strategizes planning also many a times and not vice versa hence, whatever plan is on table, it is execution only, that will get you success! 

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QA Syllabus in CAT 2013

CAT aspirants who are taking exam from 16^th October to 11^th November   must note that there is no fix syllabus for QA but the following sections are considered as the most relevant by the experts in this section who followed the pattern over the years.

NUMBER SYSTEM: Number Base System, HCF / LCM,

SET THEORY

ALGEBRA:    Simple Equations,   Quadratic Equations, Inequalities and Modulus, Special Equations, Functions and Graphs, Maxima and Minima, Progressions, Logarithms, Indices and Surds

PERCENTAGES

PROFIT AND LOSS AND PARTNERSHIPS

SIMPLE INTEREST AND COMPOUND INTEREST

AVERAGE, MIXTURES AND ALLIGATIONS

RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

GEOMETRY

MENSURATION

TIME AND DISTANCE

TIME AND WORK

PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS

PROBABILITY

COORDINATE GEOMETRY

TRIGONOMETRY

STATISTICS

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Make Vocabulary strong for CAT 2013

For CAT, a good vocabulary is very essential, although CAT does not test candidates on their knowledge of difficult words directly. This is because the passages and answer options given in the Reading Comprehension section may have some difficult words. Not knowing their meaning could decrease the candidate’s ability to understand the passage. 

Questions based on testing one's vocabulary - the plain "synonym - antonym" questions used to appear in CAT in the early 2000's; these have become very rare over the past 10 years. 

Although a good vocabulary definitely helps in handling CAT, purely vocab-based questions are almost non-existent these days. Quite a few words have an interesting origin, and there is a story, legend or myth associated with them. A number of words come to us from Roman or Greek mythology.

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CAT Background and Sections

The difference between the paper and pencil test and the online test is that now the tests are conducted online otherwise, almost everything remains the same. Candidates are provided with sheets for rough calculations. 

The right answer is clicked using the mouse. Candidates can also scroll the entire paper and start from wherever they want.

Likewise they can also change their answers. But all these has to be completed within stipulated time as there will be an on-screen countdown timer for each section. Once the time ends for the first section, candidates will move on to the second without having the option of being able to come back.
Thus, time management will have an inevitable part to play in CAT 2013.

There will be only 2 Sections in CAT 2013

• Quantitative ability and Data interpretation (QA & DI)
• Verbal ability and Logical reasoning (VA & LR) 

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CAT 2013 important dates

CAT 2013 aspirants may note the important dates as follows: 

Notification of CAT 2013 is likely to be out on July 21, 2013

Sale of CAT 2013 Vouchers 

(Monday) July 29, 2013 TO (Tuesday) September 24, 2013

Registration for CAT 2013

(Monday) July 29, 2013 TO (Thursday) September 26, 2013

CAT 2013 Dates

(Thursday) October 16 - (Monday) November 11, 2013 

Only valid CAT scores will be considered by 13 IIMs. But there are other 100 plus top B schools which will also accept CAT scores for their MBA programs.

It will be a 140-minute exam. Candidates will have 70 minutes to answer 30 questions in each section, although, the number of questions and difficulty level remains the same.

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