How to prepare for CAT exam?

Needless to say, its gonna be very hard. But if you give your best, you may surprise yourself with the results.

Now the best material that I found along the road–

Quant Ability– Quantum CAT (very thorough & ideal for those weak in QA) + CL (short & exhaustive, exactly what u need 2 months before CAT).

Logical Reasoning – TIME (really very good, covers all the topics, CAT and NON-CAT as well, something that the CL material does not)+ Arun Sharma (really not that needed unless u still feel u are a bit weak even after 3 months of prep)

Verbal Ability-

•  Don’t ignored the flash cards & i request you PLZ DONT!!!
  IN NMAT, IIFT, XAT, SNAP, antonyms & synonyms or “what is the meaning of the word used in the passage” inevitably comes, whose meanings are given in the flash cards. So it will essentially take u 15sec to solve 5 questions while your friends are still wondering what the answer can be, through trial and error.
• Refer wren & martin from cover to cover. It really strengthens your grammar part & helps u develop almost a sort of sixth sense to the errors.
  Plz do that along with the common book that EVERYONE does, Norman Lewis.
  RC can only be improved ONLY by practise & you don’t need anything specific for this. U can solve them from past year papers or CL material.

Data Interpretation– Arun Sharma+ Past year . It will test your patience, u will develop this habit of avoiding DI questions, whenever u see it. So PATIENCE is the key here.

If u do this rigorously, then by october, you’ll be amazed at your reading speed + ability of picking the right questions. Plus coaching classes do provide u with tips like finding the KEYWORD for PJs, Reading the RC quickly, then going through questions, then again giving a read for greater efficiency etc—these tips are quite common & your teachers will groom you on this.

 

Your strategy should be completing these materials in the next two and half months thoroughly & then give 3 mock tests. If u see u are scoring 90+, then u r on the right track. If u see that u suck, then pick out the areas that are highlighted as ur weakness (mock test analysis does that) & go back to the basics. This road will be very testing but don’t give up.

All the best 🙂

Analysis of NMAT exam paper

nmat    final strategy with exact breakup

 

dream score:

230-240/360… don’t worry about normalization…your only focus should be on getting as many questions right as possible… only key to success!!!!!

breakup of scores:

quant/di/ds:-  75-95……..expected sectional cutoff score: 73

excellent score:-80+

verbal:- 60-70……. expected sectional cutoff score: 54

excellent score:- 65+

logical reasoning(most imp section):-75-90

excellent score: 85+

 

now comes the most imp question…….how do i achieve this?????

 

                          expected nmat 2012 paper pattern

 quant/di/ds:-

 

quant:-(32-35 ques expected)

• number system:- 3-4 ques
• simplification:- 2 ques
• ratio and proportion:- 2 ques
• indices and surds:- 1ques
• percentage:- 1ques
• profit and loss:- 2ques……very imp chapter
• partnership:- 1ques
• average,mix and alligation:- 2ques
• time,speed and distance:- 2ques…..(imp)
• simple and compound interest:- 2ques
• geometry:- 2ques
• learn all the formulas
• ques on area,volume
• sequence and series:- not imp…..
• linear,quadratic and inequalities:- 2-3 ques…..imp for nmat
• clocks and calendar……1ques (guaranteed)…….do illustrations only……
• logarithms…..1ques……
• functions…..1ques
• probabilty …..v imp…..1ques-2ques
• probability……2ques…..imp
• set theory…..imp….can appear in lr section also……
• co-ordinate geometry…….3ques….
• height and distances…..1ques

 

data interpretaion……(most difficult section in nmat)……calculation intensive…….(9-10 ques expected)…..calculation intensive……

topics:-

1)bar graph……1 set……3ques

2)pie chart…….most imp…….3ques

3)table……1set…….3ques

 

data sufficiency…….(jackpot section)……..

4-5ques expected……….do basic problems given in cmat arihant book……

 

 

                                               section 2(verbal section)

32 questions:-

expected breakup:-

1)reading comprehension:-   3sets

12-14 ques……expected time to be taken 8-9mins…….

2)vocab based question(most imp in nmat)

7-8 ques…….u will realize the imp of word power made easy after u are done with your nmat paper……so it’s better to start doing that book now……lol!!!!!

3)sentence correction,grammer based ques,fill in the blanks…….3-4 ques

4)preposition……3-4 ques…….it’s kind of a cakewalk!!!!!

5)strong and weak arguments,assumption……2-3ques

6)parajumbles……1-2 ques(not that imp for nmat)

 

 

 

 

 

                                         section3(lr section)……

 

lr section will decide whether u are going into nmims or not……trust me it’s a damn imp section. score of 80+ and u will be having fun in nmims campus for next 2 years.

expected breakup(all cet related topics comes in nmat)

1)number series–1-2 ques

2)family tree……1ques

3)strong and weak argument……2ques

4)course of action……2ques

5)assumption…..inference……3ques

6)cubes and dice…..1ques

7)matrix based problem…..3ques(v imp)

8)input output tracing…..6ques(nmat special)………very imp…..

9)arrangement based lr ques

linear arrangement:-3ques

circular arrangement:-3ques

condition based lr ques:-3 ques……

10)coding-decoding……2ques

11)direction based ques…..1ques

12)syllogism……2-3ques……

13)letter series…..1-2 ques

14)analogy,ranking based ques……1ques…..

 

overall difficulty level: easy to moderate……5-6 will be cat ques out of 120…….so don’t worry!!!!!!

final tips:-

practise cet lr ques

practise illustrations or solved examples from arihant cmat book……

verbal prep is same as what we are doing for cat!!!!

give as many mocks as possible…….

try to attempt all 120 ques in 120 mins!

so finally, it’s time to get your act together and get ready to crack nmat.

all the best for nmat 2015.                                                                                                  

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