CAT 2012: “Think Positive and act accordingly”: Preparation Strategy

You must understand that CAT is not impossible to crack. People have done it before and will continue to do it, so why not you? You just need to continue systematic preparation and CAT could be probably one of the easiest tests to crack. 

Besides IIMs More than 100 top B-Schools take CAT as a standard written test. Your idea of getting into a good B-School starts with CAT and such exams, and the route to the same is not as difficult as it is made out to be.

CAT is all about Time management. The most important part of any competitive exam is the strategy that you adopt. Given enough time, you will realize that you can solve almost all the problems in the mock test. The fact that the same has to be done within a fixed time and that too by making as few mistakes as possible is what makes the task challenging on the final CAT day.

Each one of you is capable of getting there if you prepare systematically. There is enough time to revisit your basics , get on to practice with Mock tests and achieve mission CAT 2012.

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CAT 2012: Strategy for attempting DI section in CAT

Strategy for dealing with DI while attempting CAT should be very straight as well as flexible. Do not start solving any set immediately, but read all the sets first and then make a call on which set is more structured and has lesser variables in terms of conditions that can be put in a structured table or a format easily.

 Make a good choice across the sections and, having decided that, give all the time to that set only. There are going to be hurdles but that does not mean you leave the set and move on to another set, as you have already taken a decision and invested a lot of precious time in that set. 

Hence you should make a sensible choice in picking up the right set and doing the right thing before investing any time in a particular set or just jumping from one set to another in DI

Moving from set to set will exhaust you and kill your time. But then even if you spend eight minutes in working out the entire set and the set is very clear, you can solve it immediately.

 Don’t be in a hurry that every two minutes you have to mark a question. Spend time on selection of the right set. Go for Mock Tests as number of times as you can.

The above should be top of mind while attempting DI section so that you can successfully achieve mission CAT 2012 !

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CAT 2012: Points to be remembered for LR

For attempting Logical Reasoning, here are some general test-taking points that should remembered and remain top of mind:

 Study the question carefully. A brief explanation of why each choice is correct or incorrect follows each practice question. If you understand this reasoning for the practice items, you will do well on the actual assessment.

 NEVER assume or use any information that the question fails to give you.Consider ONLY the information given in each reading passage when choosing among the alternative responses.

 Read both the factual passage and the sentence completion instruction carefully. Both must be considered in making your choice.

   Be sure to read all the response choices carefully before choosing one.

 In questions that ask you to select a valid conclusion, always choose the one conclusion that must definitely follow from the information you are given. In questions that ask you to find the invalid alternative, choose the one conclusion that does not definitely follow from the information.

 Pay special attention to words like "all," "some," or "none" when you read the factual information each question gives you. Other qualifying words such as "other than," "only" or "unless" are important, too. These words can play a critical part in precisely specifying the facts to be used in your reasoning.

Candidly for taking on LR best would be to go for Mock Tests and achieve mission CAT 2012

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CAT 2012: Speed and Accuracy in QA

In QA important facts are to focus on are speed and accuracy. They play vital role in your quant preparation and will help you score high in the Quantitative Ability part of the CAT 2012. 

You can also refer to the basic preparation material available on our website for the Quantitative Ability section and then progress towards the books meant for CAT preparation. NCERT arithmetic text books from classes VIII to X are the best to strengthen your basics for Quant Problems.

Apart from the NCERT books, the other books you may refer are:

• How To Prepare For Quantitative Aptitude For The CAT by Arun Sharma (TATA-McGraw Hill publications),
•   Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by NishitSinha (Pearson publications),

• Quantum CAT by Sarvesh Kumar Verma (Arihant publication) and

• Quantitative Aptitude for MBA Entrance Examinations by AbhijitGuha (TATA-McGraw Hill publications)

Preparing your own topic wise time table is also very useful. You should prepare it in such a way that you get to alternate days for preparing or revising each area. For instance, Monday - Arithmetic, Tuesday - Algebra, Wednesday - Geometry, Thursday - Modern Math, Friday - take test, Saturday - analyze, Sunday - revise weak areas. This way, you could cover all the areas in the Quant equally,

You must also take a couple of speed math tests every week and Mock Tests are the best. You will not only remain up to date with your preparation level of the Quantitative Ability section for CAT 2012 but will also be able to excel your speed and accuracy.

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CAT 2012: Vocab Tips - Developing a Winning Memory

We can easily recall things by their associations. When you set your mind to remember any particular word, your conscious effort should not be to vaguely mug it up but to understand it and retain so that it shall be impressed and retained. 

The student who will "cram" for CAT 2012 will not be able to makes any permanent addition to his knowledge. As recall without association is very difficult and sometimes confusing and "cramming" allows no time to form associations.

Therefore, if you find a word difficult to remember, do not waste your energy on mugging it up and then on emphasizing it to return. Try to recall some other fact or name associated with it.

If your memory is good in most respects, but poor in a particular line, it is because you do not interest yourself in that line, and therefore have no material for association.  

To improve your memory you must increase the number and variety of your mental associations. Many ingenious methods, scientifically correct, have been devised to aid in the remembering of particular facts. These methods are based wholly on the principle that that is most easily recalled which is associated in our minds with the most complex and elaborate groupings of related ideas.

Cramming is almost prohibited to raise vocabulary so go ahead with practice and usage and achieve mission CAT 2012

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CAT 2012: Useful Tips Section Wise

To give you a clear idea about the preparation strategy for each section of CAT 2012, here are few tips:

For Quantitative Ability, you need to brush up your basics well and focus on your calculation tricks to reduce solution time, lower the mistakes and emphasize on accuracy. Practice is what makes Quantitative Ability friendly to anybody. Just practice a lot and you won’t need to mug any formula and any trick. Things will turn out eventually in your favor.

Data Interpretation is all about studying and understanding the data that are in question. DI involves a lot of calculations and to get things correct in less time, learning the tricks and tips of Vedic Mathematics is the best idea. Analytic skills are tested extensively in DI; therefore the CAT 2012 aspirants need to practice DI questions well. 

Logical Reasoning section has neither any written syllabus nor any prescribed formula. You need to think logically in order to find out the solution of the problem stated in this section. You need to organize your thinking ability step by step in order to find out a solution. 

Unlike Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability, there is no limit to the possibilities in Logical Reasoning. It is most unlikely that any caselet that you have solved before will ever turn up in CAT. The section has only one thing to learn: approach and that again, could be learned through practice and more practice.  

Prepare with Mock tests and achieve mission CAT 2012.

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CAT 2012: QA -Understanding accelerators & speed breakers

CAT is more about smartness than about intelligence. In CAT nobody expects you to answer all the questions. There should be an elimination round for the questions as well. You should know what to select and what to reject. You have to be choosy while attempting your paper. There is no fun in getting +3 marks for a question and losing one mark for the next. So, unless you are very sure of the solution to the question, don't attempt it.

If you want to be the smartest, give priority to "accuracy". The act of choosing a question, in a way, is related to accuracy as you will select and reject a question based on the accuracy level you can achieve in solving the given question. 47 - 57 per cent of the paper done with 80 per cent accuracy will be much better than 80 per cent of the paper done with 47 - 57 per cent accuracy in QA.

Do put in some efforts to improve your calculation speed. For attempting a question, we can divide time into two parts, to grasp the question and to calculate it further. Fast calculation will definitely save your time which you can then allocate to other questions in QA.

Many a times there are language traps laid by the paper setter. Even simple questions confuse you with their tricky language which is a deliberate attempt to affect your understanding.

Go for Mock Tests and practice will make you perfect for QA for achieving mission CAT 2012.

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