In this series, A2A (Asked to Answer), get answers to the most often asked questions by CAT and other MBA entrance exam aspirants. In this blog, let us look at one of the most common queries I get asked by test-takers during the SimCAT (mock test) phase of their preparation: I know how to solve…
The CAT is done and dusted!! The next BIG test of the 2020-21 MBA Admissions season is here – the #IIFT2019 entrance test. This test is the gateway to IIFT Delhi and IIFT Kolkata, B-Schools that are counted amongst the top 30 B-schools in India. Both campuses have a integrated selection process with common cut-offs…
With the countdown on for CAT 2019, the moods and anxieties are varied. Some of you will be studying hard, some may be fine-tuning the strategy, some of you will be looking for shortcuts, while a few will be quite confident! Here is a list of Dos and Don’ts in the run-up to the CAT on…
Chinnappa R – Mentor (IMS Delhi NCR) Read this blog by Chinnappa Reddy, an alumnus of XLRI (Batch of 2012). He cracked XAT 2010 and made it to the renowned HRM program of XLRI. Chinnappa has been mentoring MBA aspirants for over 3 years now. In this post, he shares a few important tips that could…
The XAT conducting body has retained the change that they had introduced last year – in XAT 2017 students have a choice of not attempting 12 questions(compared to 13 last year). Beyond this, any unattempted question will carry the negative mark of 0.05. What this means? You can skip upto 12 questions without being penalised for…
In this post, I will cover the Verbal & Logical Ability Section and Decision Making Section of XAT. 2. Verbal & Logical Ability Traditionally, the Verbal section in XAT has known to mainly comprise Reading comprehension questions – with a majority being inferential in nature. Do not be surprised if you encounter some really long…
For the few of you who are still wondering what are TITA Questions – this is the acronym for “Type in The Answer” type questions that are going to make an appearance for the first time in the history of CAT. For TITA questions, test-takers will need to key in the required answer using the online…
Until last year, Data Interpretation was clubbed with Quantitative Ability while Logical Reasoning was clubbed with Verbal Ability. Students could simply choose to concentrate on QA and VA-RC and still end up clearing the sectional and overall cut-offs in CAT (though I know it was the exact opposite for quite a few students). But the biggest change in CAT…
This blog is dedicated to all those who have been struggling with the Verbal section right through the mocks and also to those who are looking at marginal improvement in this section in the limited time available before #CAT2015. To get a 95%ile in this section you should be aiming to attempt around 25-28 questions…
I keep getting these queries on how should one increase their score in a particular section. With just 10 days to go for CAT 2015, is it really possible to increase the score in Quant? The answer is, YES!! There are 2 possible scenarios: Scenario 1: You can’t solve more questions because you don’t know…
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