Showing posts with label Quantitative Ability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quantitative Ability. Show all posts

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Quantitative Ability for CAT 2017

Quantitative ability is the section which is common to all MBA entrance examinations but is one of the very crucial section in CAT.

Quantitative Ability in CAT 2017 will also not be an exception and CAT aspirants are likely to face tougher questions this year hence, it is important to understand that what is Quantitative Ability and why you are being tested for this section?

Quantitative Ability as the name mentions is a section where you would be tested for your analytical behaviour and your mind at Quant. You would be getting questions from areas of Arithmetic which may comprise of questions on percentages, numbers, algebra, trigonometry, time & speed and distance.

While being tested in Quantitative Ability, you need to understand that in any business numbers are very important and primary data being collected in any business is very crucial for launching a product or for the projection of the sales hence, it is the Quantitative analysis on which brand manager is dependent upon and it is his Quantitative skills which directs him to control the market and ensures the brand growth. Because of this reason you are being tested in Quantitative Ability so to know your aptitude and Quantitative skills, afterall you would be selected as a future budding manager.

The crucial question for CAT aspirant is how to prepare and ace Quantitative Ability? Experts have suggested that for preparing Quantitative Ability, you need to practice and clarify your fundamentals from NCERT books and take sample questions from High School standard as that would give you immense confidence to deal with questions in Quantitative Ability.

34 questions in Quantitative Ability section of CAT 2017 would be a dreadful section as being an opening section of CAT 2017 this may either boost your confidence or let you down at the beginning of CAT 2017 hence, it is very crucial that you take this section with a piece of mind and since this section is calculation centric hence, you remain confident and attempt those questions only where you are fully confident on the answers.

Quantitative Ability in CAT 2017 will decide your overall percentile so start preparation and achieve Mission CAT 2017 !

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Procrastination is ill habit for MBA aspirants

MBA aspirants who wish to be admitted in one of the top MBA institutes must realize that you have to score high in MBA entrance tests either of CAT/XAT/IIFT /NMAT

Agreed that some of you are confident to crack any exam but the reality is that these exams are not based on theory but are application based and your analytical skill s will be tested.

Quantitative ability and Data interpretation almost remain same for all exams because with these sections you are for sure tested on your analytical ability.

You won’t be able to afford anymore now to procrastinate your preparation because these tests positively give you surprise each time hence, better get equipped with mock papers and make a mission for admission MBA

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What will be the pattern of the CAT 2013 exam?



One of the reasons why CAT is considered tough is that the pattern changes from year to year. In the 1990s, it was a four-section test with English making up the major chunk. However, from 1999, CAT has become a three-section exam with English taking up just one third of the total paper.

The pattern form the last three years is of a computer – based test. A candidate has to register and then he/she is allotted a centre, a specific date and time as well and when the candidate arrives at the centre, a computer machine is prepared for the candidate. 

Since the inception of this computer – based CAT, there are only two sections in CAT paper now. Quantitative Ability (QA) & Data Interpretation (DI) and Verbal Ability (VA) & Logical Reasoning.(LR)

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CAT is not that tough!



MBA aspirants who have planned to crack   forthcoming CAT 2013 which is being conducted from 16th October to 11th November perceive that exam is the toughest.
Indeed it is tough but this can be negotiated with meticulous execution of preparation plan.  
CAT will be testing your analytical skills with sections of DI/QA and VA/LR. Clearing fundamentals of these sections will lead you to success. Previous year aspirants are of the view that NCERT books will suffice for having conceptual clarity on sections.
CAT exam trends do have some value but with limitations as with CAT, IIMs are supposedly looking forward to bright candidates who may fit in with corporate in future.
CAT is not tough if regular analysis of weaknesses is being done with the help of Mock tests


 

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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 16th October to 11th 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


MENSURATION

TIME AND DISTANCE

TIME AND WORK



COORDINATE GEOMETRY

TRIGONOMETRY

STATISTICS




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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



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