You are expected to lead in GD

Some time MBA aspirants become too eager to take lead in GD and on this pretext they get hyper and start speaking loudly as it is perceived that they will be understood as leader.

But that is the blunder one may do because in GD your soft skills like communication, attitude and interpersonal skills are on anvil. If you are good in these skills then you will be able to lead the way. 

With the above skills you will be able to put your point forcefully even with mild but audible voice. That will facilitate you to become leader. 

Leader in GD is that candidate who leads others with thoughts pertaining to theme of GD.

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CAT is not that tough!

MBA aspirants who have planned to crack   forthcoming CAT 2013 which is being conducted from 16^th October to 11^th 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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Update your General awareness for IIFT

MBA aspirants who are planning to appear in forthcoming IIFT in November 2013 might note that you will be tested in current General awareness also besides your quantitative skills.

Questions on who is who or dates pertaining to historical facts may not be asked as that is history. Now you are expected to be updated with your surroundings hence, you must be updated with happenings nationally and globally.

Indeed you can raise your awareness with daily newspapers, magazines but current affairs program on radio will also be handy to analyze news.

General awareness topics should be read from all walks life. Be it sports, science, politics, economy, tourism etc. 

Besides clearing exam, GK topics gain you confidence which will be a base for facing GD & PI

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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 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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