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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Important dates of CAT 2013

CAT aspirants may note the following important dates: 

• Notification for CAT 2013 will be out on Sunday 21^st July, 2013 and you can see in major dailies.
• Sale of CAT Vouchers  will be from Monday,29^th  July to Tuesday, 24th September 2013
• Registration for CAT 2013 can be done from Monday, 29 July to  Thursday, 26 September 2013
• CAT Test Dates will be with window from Thursday,16^th October to Monday, 11^th  November 2013

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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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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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Make Vocabulary strong for CAT 2013

For CAT, a good vocabulary is very essential, although CAT does not test candidates on their knowledge of difficult words directly. This is because the passages and answer options given in the Reading Comprehension section may have some difficult words. Not knowing their meaning could decrease the candidate’s ability to understand the passage. 

Questions based on testing one's vocabulary - the plain "synonym - antonym" questions used to appear in CAT in the early 2000's; these have become very rare over the past 10 years. 

Although a good vocabulary definitely helps in handling CAT, purely vocab-based questions are almost non-existent these days. Quite a few words have an interesting origin, and there is a story, legend or myth associated with them. A number of words come to us from Roman or Greek mythology.

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