How to Prepare For CAT

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How to prepare for CAT exam 2018 section-wise?
CAT preparation tips for beginners
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Introduction
To get admission in top-notch management
institutions aspirants need to appear in CAT
exam. While appearing for CAT exam aspirants
needs to do the right preparation for the exam so
that they can achieve excellence and fulfill
their IIM dream. To crack CAT exam aspirants can
make a proper strategy and follow it to score
outstanding results. Aspirants can start
section-wise preparation which will help them to
cover all topics of CAT Syllabus. It is not
necessary that aspirant should study 16-18 hours
a day, the smart preparation and exam tips will
help them to sore high.
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These are some points to start preparing
section-wise for CAT exam

• Start taking mock tests in revised CAT exam
  question pattern
• Attempting mock tests will help you focus on your
  strength and weakness to find out where you need
  help.
• Mock tests help you to improve the speed with
  accuracy to score high in CAT exam.
• Instead of wasting time on finding your weak
  areas this is the time where you need to join the
  Best Coaching Institute For CAT Exam.
• Bring improvement in a short time with regular
  mock tests and analysis.
• Prepare yourself for difficult levels questions
  that vary with test series and institute.

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2. Section-wise preparation strategy for CAT Exam

• A- Verbal Ability Follow conventional methods
• Always remember while preparing for Verbal
  Ability the sooner you start, the better it is.
• Diversify your reading with articles based on the
  topic such as Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy,
  and Literature.
• Be ready for a variety of different question.
• Keep the list of four things to crack the Verbal
  Ability section of CAT Exam 2018
• Para completion
• Confusing words
• Words usage
• Sentence completion

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B- Reading Comprehension- Understand what you read

• The Reading Comprehension covers 70 of VARC
  section in CAT exam.
• If you want to score high in VARC, then you need
  to have a good command of Reading Comprehension
  passage solving skills.
• 3-4 months before CAT exam, start practicing 2-3
  Reading Comprehension's passages a day by
  setting time limit according to the length.
• 60 mins are been given to you for solving 34
  question of VARC section.
• If you can solve 4 RC passages in 40 mins it can
  be a good achievement, then rest 20 mins you can
  focus on Verbal Ability.

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C- Data Interpretation Don't depend on the
screen calculator

• For last 3 years, CAT exam has been providing the
  facility of the on-screen calculator to help you
  in calculations needed for Quants and Data
  Interpretation.
• But most of the CAT toppers have found that this
  on-screen calculator facility for CAT exam is
  time-consuming.
• You should improve your own speed of calculation,
  especially for Data Interpretation instead of
  depending on the on-screen calculator.
• Prepare a chart for your numerical preparation
  which includes tables, squares, and cubes of
  first 25 numbers.

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D- Logical Reasoning Focus more on peculiar
questions

• The best way to prepare for Logical Reasoning is
  practice.
• If you do more practice of Logical Reasoning you
  can make a note on problems and analyze errors so
  that you will not repeat them in the CAT exam.
• This would help you to have the in-depth
  understanding of Logical Reasoning section.
• The workshops on Logical Reasoning conducted by
  CAT classes can help you to score high in this
  section.
• Always take notes of peculiar questions and
  practice by setting the time limit to crack CAT
  within shorter preparation period.

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E- Quantitative Ability Improve speed with
accuracy

• One of the Key preparations for Quantitative
  Ability to solve CAT exam is to make notes of
  formulas and theories.
• You should solve many questions and attempt mock
  tests to improve the speed with accuracy.
• You can broadly classify the Quantitative Ability
  in 4 parts and accordingly start practicing for
  CAT Exam
• Number system and Progressions
• Unitary methods and Algebra
• Geometry and Mensuration
• Modern Maths

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3. CAT Preparation tips for beginners

• You should always do self-study with need-based
  coaching which will save your time on topics and
  questions where you are stuck.
• You should remain unbiased and must aim to crack
  CAT exam by solving around 85 questions with
  accuracy.
• Attempt 3-5 Mock tests on the regular basis
  which will help you to improve your speed and
  accuracy.
• Prepare a proper strategy to achieve excellence
  in CAT exam.

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• Maintain a progress chart through which you can
  analyze your performance and accordingly can
  focus on weakness.
• Solve revised CAT Exam Question Pattern by
  setting a time limit to improve speed for exam.
• Fix your targets depending on the difficulty
  level of CAT exam.
• Solve vocabulary and grammar based questions for
  VARC section.
• Try to complete the preparation 40-50 days
  before the CAT exam.

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