The Common Admission Test (CAT)

requires a casual yet dynamically

active person, who is totally required

all through the test. The CAT tests

these skills, to be specific: time

management, intensity and stamina

as much as it tests the intensity of

essentials. Give us a chance to take a

look at the how to avoid mistakes

during the three tests i.e. VA/RC, QA

and LR/DI.

Some common tips:

The test conductors of CAT are very experienced in the specialty of mixing up feasible and

out-of-the-box questions. In this way, don't attempt any segment without appropriate

checking. It is the way to success and it gives you a decent picture with respect to the great

number of efforts and in addition the logical sequence or guide to get the desired number of

attempts. Spending more than reasonable amount of time means that you have fallen into a

trap. Repeating this for even 4-5 questions will drive you out of the race of a good percentile.

Never approach any segment with a pre-set focus of questions to be attempted. This will

change according to the difficulty level of the exam. On one hand, making unforced mistakes

because of artificially high number of attempts in a tough exam is a typical issue. While, then

again, complacency because of high number of attempts in a segment can be similarly

harming!

VA/RC:

Most applicants have a tendency to pick entries in the RC segment based on the passage

topics. The more important parameter is the presence of direct/inferential questions. Also, the

most people have a tendency to misread the questions and answer based on what they

understood rather than what was asked.

In the VA segment, don't avoid reading any question. You can absolutely choose the request of

reading the questions is based on their length however don't skip any questions basically on

the grounds that they are from area of interest. In the para- completion questions, don't

choose lines that just proceed with the passage. Search for something that completion

"finishes" the section.

Quantitative Aptitude (QA):

Read the questions carefully to maintain a comprehension mistakes. Be more careful towards

words and expressions like At least, At most, Some/All, And/Or, not exactly, Distinct, Integer,

Positive/negative, Not positive/Not Negative, From/to/ in between and so on. Wrong

interpretation of these words may change your reply.

Do not attempt the questions at face value. E.g., in the event that you are in great at numbers

then it may be possible that the question at your screen is out-of-box or the hardest question

of this segment. Then again, in the event that you think that you are weak in geometry and

the question on your screen is one of the least easy questions of QA segment. Keep the feelings

away while you filter the answer the question!

Neglect the silly mistakes and simply back off while you are finally clicking the option or

inserting the reply in the box.

Logical Reasoning/Data Interpretation (LR/DI)

LR and DI segment tests your ability to comprehend the restrictions, translation and the case

study in the fastest way possible. It also maps your analytical and representation skills.

LR and DI are the two subsections, yet the distribution of feasible questions is not as even as

the quantity of questions appears in these two sub- sections. Shortlist the sets according to

your strengths and order of attempts the questions. Your performance depends upon your

ability to filter out the feasible ones first and after that attempt a couple of tougher ones to

score over the rest.

The normal strategy in LR/DI area is " easy to comprehend- easy to solve ". Keep away from

those questions as your initial few attempts which convey lots of conditions and restrictions.

The on-screen calculator is accessible yet it won't save your time. It can be a distraction and it

is not as quick as a telephone/physical calculator. Prefer alternative approaches like

approximations, answer choice ends before intensive calculations.

Most of candidates found that the reasoning based D.I. somehow. "Out of reach” because they

give up due to concentration lapse. Keep in mind that "patience is the key" to solve this

section particularly when you are finished with clear questions.

All these things are simpler said than done. So compile a list of errors that you typically

commit and thoroughly practice those on every day. Last but not the least, whatever your

planning level is, but a bit of alert on the test day always pays you a vast profit and assumes a

noteworthy part in your performance.

We wish you all the best for your exam!!!

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