CAT 2012: How to maximize scores in VA?

CAT aspirants must be thinking how does one maximize ones chances of clearing the cut-off of Verbal Ability Section? 

One obvious but humanly impossible task is to end up reading all the literature in the world. A more realistic and do-able solution is to read up some of the best books on as diverse topics as you can.

RC Passages, Idea Completion Questions, Multi-blanks, Jumbled Paragraphs etc. have appeared from very diverse areas. So why not read up sufficient amount of material in each area and make yourself at least less uncomfortable, if not more comfortable when they appear in the paper.

When you have read more and diverse topics, your comfort level and understanding (especially of passages) will shoot up dramatically. This will save valuable time in comprehending very complex data and make you more convinced about the answer that you think is the most appropriate one among the five choices.

There is no other answer to ensure competence in the Reading Comprehension Questions for

CAT 2012 than reading extensively, reading a lot and reading diverse subject matter. The more varied books and magazines you read; the more familiar you become with different presentation styles and techniques of sentence formation.

Go for VA mock tests and achieve mission CAT 2012.

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CAT 2012: 106 Institutes have registered to use CAT 2012 scores besides 13 IIMs

CAT aspirants note that besides 13 IIMs who will primarily use only CAT 2012 scores for selection process, 106 other Institutes will also use CAT scores this year.

To know list of B schools you can visit MBA Rendezvous

You are getting enormous opportunity to seek admission in top hundred B schools besides thirteen IIMs at all India level. 

As reminder, you need to keep top of mind that CAT 2012 exam dates have been announced and important dates are: 

• CAT 2012 Exam:  11th October 2012 to 6th November 2012 
• Registration: 30th July to 19th September 2012
• CAT 2012 Result will be out on 9th January 2013 

If time and speed are the ingredients in CAT exam then anxiety and stress also club with the preparation hence, you need to go for SWOT for each step as that would ensure that you are at peace with pace of CAT exam.

Have bold face and be persistent with your preparation, you will achieve mission CAT 2012!!

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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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