CAT 2012 Preparation: VA

We may speak excellent English, yet when it comes to written English, many of us tend to flounder. Verbal Ability is an important part of the CAT exam. 

CAT's Verbal Ability section tests basic grammar and your vocabulary through questions on analogies, antonyms/ synonyms, logical sequencing of paragraphs and sentence completion.  This section cannot be mastered in one long cram session or within a scheduled number of days. You need to start small and then pick up fast, until the desire to know the language becomes second nature to you. 

In order to do well in Verbal Ability you need three things, reading, clarity on English grammar basics and building up your vocabulary. It consists of questions which are vocabulary based, English and grammar usage, verbal reasoning and reading comprehension. 

The Vocabulary-based questions of VA can comprise of synonyms & antonyms, fill in the blanks, matching words with their appropriate meanings etc. The grammar usage mostly comprises of questions which test your understanding of grammar. It could be questions where you are asked to spot the section of a sentence that is grammatically incorrect or it could be questions where a part of a sentence in underlined and you are provided with four or five alternative choices. 

You have to select the choice that corrects the error in the underlined part. The verbal reasoning questions could take multiple forms. The most common one is that of rearranging sentences of a paragraph. It could also include paraphrasing what has been said in a paragraph.

This section consists of basic questions of English language. In order to get a decent score in this section, all you need is to be well versed with grammar, words and verbal reasoning. The concepts have to be clear, as well as you should know the right usage of words, sentence construction etc.

Practice, practice and practice for achieving mission CAT 2012. 

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CAT 2012: Reading Comprehension in VA & LR

Reading Comprehension is an essential part of Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning Section. No one can even imagine keeping away from reading comprehension because not only for this section but to clear CAT exam with a decent percentile it becomes important to excel in this set of questions.

The Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning section in the Common Admission Test comprises of Reading Comprehension. 

Reading Comprehension is basically to test your understanding. In this section, you will be provided with paragraphs and some following questions. You will have to read and understand the passage before answering the questions that follow. The passage could be of diverse nature, it could be of Economics, or Psychology, or History, or just some piece of information. You should be capable enough to understand the mentioned passage and provide the solution correctly.

You should ensure in your mock tests that you understand the gist of the topic/ passage in the first reading itself. To improve your comprehension, you must read a variety of topics and keep increasing your repertoire of knowledge. 

Hurry up and go for practice sessions to achieve mission CAT 2012.

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CAT 2012 Preparation : LR

Logical Reasoning is considered as the toughest part of CAT by many aspirants. In CAT Exam, Logical Reasoning section questions usually come with 2/3 bits. A paragraph is given with full of information followed by 2/3 questions. You have to read it and apply your logic for answering these questions. 

In two sections of CAT paper there is no special section on LR but one can expect LR questions to be present in the section with verbal ability. 

The most important and first step in solving an LR problem is to write down all of the information given in a box, table or diagram e.g. if the problem involves seating arrangements at a round table, always draw the table first and then try various permutations and combinations of people seated around it. 

Once you have drawn the figure for the problem, you are free to think with a clear mind. LR problems usually contain several statements which serve as clues to solving the problem. 

Thus, the problem should always be attempted in a methodical manner, and solved step-by-step, because trying to look at all the information at once will confuse even the best of us.

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CAT 2012 Preparation: Bank 45 days for revisions.

Any mission that has been achieved has warranted methodical planning and impeccable execution.

Serious CAT aspirants are already working on the shortcomings based on their SWOT for each section of DI, LR, QA and VA. 

Self realization might lead to right actions for the preparation of CAT 2012. Both mock tests and testing water while attempting September MAT 2012 will be helpful.

Intense Competition at CAT 2012 is likely to be more than last year as industry is demanding more skills from MBA pass outs so IIMs might look forward to more than usual exam skills.

Last minute preparation is something which gives jerks and creates anxiety so better would be to bank 45 days for revisions and practice sessions to achieve goal CAT 2012.

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CAT 2012: Get, Set & Go

What a caution line for athletes to race for winning in sports meets. A bit of understanding each word would be worthwhile for self introspection and to feel rejuvenated.

‘Get’ denotes to understand the rules of game. ‘Set’ is to plan for the game and mould yourself for the game and competition.  ‘Go’ is final word to run now and compete finally.CAT aspirants must take cue form athletes who plan, practice then execute to be winner. 

Understanding exam procedure and it’s all sections viz; VA,DI,QA & LR will set an agenda. Having set the goal and path for execution, practice sessions will help to analyze the pluses and minuses for perfection.

Like athletes practice with stop watch to keep up timings and do better than gold medalist, CAT aspirants equally need to practice and zero tolerance approach which  has to be implemented and maintained to score high every  time in mock tests.

Athletes participate in pre tournament meets to test water and find shortcomings besides to boost self confidence. Same way CAT 2012 aspirants must take up multiple mock tests and September MAT to understand the level of achievement.

Days are numbered for athletes to compete in forthcoming July 2012 London Olympics and same way time is very less for CAT 2012 also so get ready, set and go for achieving mission CAT 2012. 

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CAT: So tough to crack?

All historical monuments, scientific inventions, development of technology, development of medical science etc. took human being years of time and highly focused efforts to achieve beyond his capacity.

‘Tough’ as word reflects the conditioning of mind. Taking leap at pole vault looks tough but athlete enjoys and crosses the bar in ascending order to win medal at Olympics.

‘Tough’ also reflects fear of failure. At operation table patient fears but surgeon smiles and declares operation as successful because of the fact that doctor has already overcome fear with knowledge and practice and self confidence has been achieved.

Indeed ‘tough’ reflects opportunity for those who will dare to take on firm stand to win over tough in any form.

CAT is also not tough as it is achievable and every year this is proved by aspirants that those with great perseverance and obsession have achieved success.

Date for CAT 2012 is approaching fast and focused students are ready for the show.

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