pnca5a078 : WHAT CRITERIA SHOULD I KEEP IN MIND WHILE SELETCTING RCS TO SOLVE?
gayathri : While selecting the RC passage you need to focus on the subject matter. you may read the first and last paragraphs and identify the domain. then quickly go through the questions to understand the question types. Thus you can get a basic idea of the difficulty level. Based on this quick analysis you can prioritize the passages.

surya : HAS THE DISCUSSION STARTED?
amitpoddar : Yeah...What's your query?

jrcab5a019 : HOW I INCREASE MY AIMCAT SCORE
amitpoddar : You may need to increase your attempts and accuracy by completing more chapters from the basic SM booklets. A thorough analysis of the AIMCATs can also help you understand the areas of improvements.

abhi : 1 HOW SHOULD I MANAGE UNDERSTANDING VOCAB IN RC
bharat : try to understand contextually... use the roots, prefix and suffix method... a particular word could have multiple meanings (primary, secondary, tertiary, etc.), learn two synonyms and two antonyms for each word.

surya : HOW TO SCORE 100 PERCENTILE
amitpoddar : By attempting around 50 questions with 80 % accuracy. For this you may need to complete the booklets,sectionals and the AIMCATs/SAMCATs.

abhi : 1 HOW SHOULD I MANAGE VOCAB DURING RC
darshanamishra : read regularly and when you come across a new word look it uo and then try to understand the usage by seeing the context again in the passage

chiranth : MY RC ACCURACY IS NOT GOING ABOVE 70% , WHAT SHOULD I DO
darshanamishra : identify your pain points by analysing your performance post every mock and practise those questions more

paca5a008 : HELLO HOW SHOULD I START FOR PREPARING
amitpoddar : Please start from the basic booklets and try to solve it chapter wise.Take some sectional tests to understand the pattern and make a study plan based on your weak areas. Also, keep reading from the Reading links provided on the SHP.

abhi : 2. HOW TO TACKLE GRAMMAR PART
darshanamishra : solve questions from SM and reading everyday takes care of grammar too

dwarakesh : FOR RC - I SOLVE 2 RC'S PER DAY(FROM JUNE 1)FROM PREVIOUS YEAR AS WELL AS TIME MATERIAL AND WHEREVER I MAKE MISTAKES I GO THROUGH IT AND UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THAT MISTAKE AND TRY TO AVOID IT NEXT TIME.I READ DIFFERENT TOPICS FROM AEON WEBSITE FOR ATLEAST 20MIN/DAY.
amitpoddar : The plan looks good.Additionally ,do some CR based questions and some questions from the VA booklets regularly.

dwarakesh : FOR VA - I SOLVE PREVIOUS YEAR CAT VA QUESTIONS AS WELL AS TIME MATERIAL AND WHEREVER I MAKE MISTAKES I GO THROUGH IT AND UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THAT MISTAKE AND TRY TO AVOID IT NEXT TIME. PLEASE SUGGEST ANYTHING ELSE THAT I AM MISSING OUT IN MY PREPARTION APART FROM THE ABOVE.
darshanamishra : should be good

ruhi : HOW TO INCREASE MY ACCURACY IN VARC AND HOW TO IDENTIFY WHICH QUESTIONS TO LEAVE AND WHICH ONES TO ATTEMPT. AND WHAT ARE THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS TO ATTEMPT
darshanamishra : the no. of attempts shall depend omn the level of difficulty and your comfort with the question types and subject areas of RC. Right now identify your challenges in terms of both questions types and subject areas. work on them more by reading upon those areas and solving questions from that type

jrcbb5a006 : HOW MANY SECTIONAL I HAVE TO GIVE BECAUSE MY COURSE IS NOT COMPLETED YET
asim : If you have finished around 50% of the syllabus then take the intermediate sectional tests. Before that take the foundation level.

gargi : SIR WHILE SOLVING RCS ... IF I STARTED SUMMARIZING THE WHOLE PASSAGE IT TAKES THEN ALOT OF TIME TO DO THE WHOLE PASSAGE .... WHAT TO DO THEN
gayathri : Summarizing is basically done to improve your comprehension skills. Here you needn't focus on writing skill and style. So it is better to avoid writing whole sentence. instead you jot down the key words with which you can get the main idea in each paragraph. this will eventually help in improving speed reading and comprehension.

dipendu : HOW DO I ANALYZE MOCKS EFFECTIVELY
asim : Please read https://www.time4education.com/blog/blog/getting-the-best-out-of-the-aimcats/

jrcab5a019 : MY ENGLISH IS VERY WEAK AND I AM NOT EVEN INTERESTED IN STUDYING IT, HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY ENGLISH
gayathri : If you are seriously preparing for CAT, then improving English is a necessity, though the test doesn't test your language skills. Your verbal reasoning is evaluated and hence you need to improve your comprehension primarily. Though you are not interested in English you need to start reading daily. First read things that you are interested in. After that focus on reading from various domains from variety of sources like BBC.com, aeon.com, aldaily.com etc. You should also do the passages in your study material.

aadya : CAN YOU SUGGEST A ROUTINE FOR STUDYING BOTH VARC AND LRDI LIKE WHAT I MUST DO ATLEAST IN A DAY
amitpoddar : Try to solve 4-5 DILR sets, 2-3 RCs and 15-20 VA questions on a daily basis from the SM booklets and the SHP.

ri : HOW TO SOLVE LRDI QUESTIONS..IF I AM NOT ABLE TO SOLVE SOLVING FROM SOLUTIONS IS OKAY?
asim : I suggest you go through the basic study material booklets, collect your doubts and discuss with the faculty members.

aspirant99 : GREETINGS, I HAVE CONCEPT CLARITY AS WELL AS MY FOUNDATIONS ARE STRONG, STILL MY ACCURACY IS LOW.HOW CAN I INCREASE MY VARC SCORE AND ACCURACY? I WANT TO TAKE MY SCORE RANGE TO AT LEAST 35 IN THIS SECTION
darshanamishra : There must be a few question types and some subject areas of RCs that you are struggling with. Try and identidy them and reach out to your FMs

jrcab5a019 : I TAKE TOO MUCH TIME FOR SOLVING A SINGLE QUESTION IN LR
asim : Do not worry the speed improves with practice, keep solving atleast 3-5 sets each day.Try to do more steps in mind and less on paper.

aadya : WHAT ARE THE MOST FREQUENT TOPICS ASKED IN LRDI?
asim : Do selectively prepare as it changes year to year, make sure you work on all the topics listed in the basic study material booklets

satyam : IS THE CHAT STARTED ?
asim : Yes

dlcbb5a662 : MY VARC SCORE IS FLUCTUATING I DONT HAVE IDEA THAT IT WILL BE GOOD OR BAD AFTER GIVING THE TEST. ITS LIKE ROLLING A DICE.
amitpoddar : You may need to practise 3-4 RCs and 20 VA questions on a daily basis as to understand the concepts of all the types of questions you get in the AIMCATs. Do it for a month and you will see some consistency in your scores.

chetan : HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY ACCURACY IN VARC SECTION
amitpoddar : By analysisng all the mistakes done in the AIMCATs and sectionals. And by practising a lot of questions from the SM booklets.

darshan : HOW TO REDUCE TIME TAKEN FOR QUESTION IN LRDI
bharat : Darshan, have you found the reason for taking considerable time in question selection? IF no, please analyze the reasons - is it lack of familiarity? Or lack of practice? Or lack of application? Once you zero in the reasons, please work toward finding the way forward. PRACTICE is the KEY here!

abhi : WHAT ARE THE MOST IMP TOPICS FOR VARC WHICH ARE MUST
amitpoddar : RCs,Critical Reasoning,Para formation,odd man out,para completion,sentence placement,Essence and summary, and a bit of Vocab and Grammar.

rs : GOOD EVENING, RESPECTED FACULTY MEMEBERS.
asim : Good Evening

: HTTPS://WWW.TIME4EDUCATION.COM/BLOG/BLOG/GETTING-THE-BEST-OUT-OF-THE-AIMCATS/ THIS LINK IS NOT WORKING SIR,IS THERE ANY BLOG TO ANALYSE MOCKS EFFECTIVELY
bharat : please write to info@time4education.com

arnima : I AM A WORKING PROFESSIONAL AND HENCE I AM UNABLE TO GIVE SECTIONAL TEST AS WEEKENDS GIVING 2 MOCKS BACK TO BACK I AM MISSING OUT ON ANALYSING AND IMPROVING AS WEEK DAY ALREADY HAVE STUDY PLAN FROM BOOKLETS, HOW SHOULD I TACKLE IT TO GET AN OPTIMISED APPROACH
amitpoddar : You have to take out some time in the weekends to take tests otherwise you will not be able to measure your improvements based on the study plan you follow during the weekdays.

bhcbb5a917 : IN VARC, ACHIEVING ACCURACY SEEMS DIFFICULT. IN LRDI ATTEMPTING ITSELF IS SCARY. HOW TO TACKLE THIS SIR
amitpoddar : To improve your accuracy in VARC you need to practise questions everyday. Also, analyse your mistakes and prepare a study plan accordingly. take some doubt classes on LRDI AIMCAT sets.

parth : SIR CAT 2025 WILL BE MY 3RD CAT ATTEMT
asim : Ok, by now you would have figured out areas that troubled you in past, work on those.

ksk12 : MOCKS SCORES ARE NOT IMPROVING ESPECIALLY IN QUANT AND VARC
asim : Analyse the performance and list out the topics/ kinds of questions that are troubling you and work on those.

jrcab5a019 : IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONDUCT LIVE ENGLISH RC CLASSES EVERY DAY SO THAT THOSE RC IS WEAK CAN BECOME STRONGER
asim : You need to work on all areas , you can cannot focus on one area alone, make sure you attend doubt clarification sessions apart from the classes

abhi : WHEN I DO RC SLOWLY IT'S BEING ACCURATE AND SEED LOSING ALL POINTS
asim : Do not panic, you just need to keep practicing the speed improves automatically.

darshan : I MISSED OUT ON MY AIMCAT IS IT POSSIBLE TO REWRITE THEM BY ANY MEANS?
asim : Yes, they will be provided around 1-2 months before CAT.

abhi : HIGH WEIGHTAGE TOPICS FOR LRDI
asim : You can go through the analysis of last 5 years CAT papers on our website. In terms of preparation do not skip topics make sure you prepare all the topics listed in our study material

vineet : SHOULD WE PREPARE FROM BOTH BOOKLETS LOGICAL REASONING 1 AND LOGICAL REASONING 2 FOR LR? DO TOPICS FROM BOTH BOOKLETS COME IN CAT TOPICS?
bharat : Yes... greater practice will boost your familiarity with different question models.

aaradhya : HELLO SIR, I AM FACING MAJOR PROBLEM IN PARA FORMATION. PLEASE GUIDE
gayathri : Identify the opening statement. Then try to find pair of sentences in which the idea flow is evident. this clubbing of sentences can be done by finding grammatical connections (like pronouns, conjunctions that connect sentences with contrast ideas etc.) or by identifying idea flow. If the opening sentence is identified and a pair with closely connected ideas , your next task is to position the remaining sentence.

dlca5a654 : SHOULD I SOLVE VARIETY OF DILR SETS DAILY OR SHOULD I FOCUS ON COMPLETING THE SYLLABUS FIRST IN SEQUENCE
asim : You must try to finish the basics across topics so that you can move on to higher difficulty level.

vineet : IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN RE-TAKE MY MISSED OFFLINE CLASSES?
asim : Please check with your T.I.M.E. center

parth : I WILL BE GIVING CFA LEVEL 2 EXAM ON 19TH NOV AND CAT IS PROBABLY ON 30TH . THIS WILL BE MY 3RD CAT ATTEMPTH I WAS ABLE TO SCORE MORE THAN 95%ILE IN LAST 2 BUT COULD NOT GET INTO TOP 15 BSCHOOLS. WHAT SHOULD BE MY STRATEGY AS MY FOCUS IS PRIMARILY ON CFA
amitpoddar : As your focus is the CFA exam and you have already taken the CAT exam twice, you may just need to take sectionals,AIMCATs/SAMCATs and work more on the specific areas where you get a lot of mistakes.

samarth : ARE DOUBT CLARIFICATION SESSIONS TAKEN FOR ONLINE LIVE BATCHES? I DID NOT GOT ANY LINK TILL NOW FOR DOUBT CLARIFICATION CLASS..
asim : Check your student homepage for the schedule of these sessions, you can also use the Telegram group.

darshan : CAN SECTIONAL TESTS BE RETAKEN
asim : Considering the huge number of sectional tests present you do not need to do this.

edwin : IM GETTING AROUND 50 PERCENTILE FOR MY AIMCATS, HOW CAN I IMPROVE IT
amitpoddar : You may need to increase your attempts and accuracy both. Revise concepts from the booklets and take some sectionals before every AIMCAT.

nihalumair : MY VARC SOCRE IS FLUCTUATING AND I CANT ABLE TO SCALE IT - HOW TO OVERCOME ?
darshanamishra : identify the areas where you struggle and work on them. It could be RCs' subject area, or question types in RCs or VA. Whichever it is work on them by solving more from SM and taking sectionals. Reach out to your FMs in case of concept clarity

darshan : IS THE MATERIAL BY TIME ENOUGH OR SHOULD I LOOK FOR OTHER SOURCES?
bharat : TIME material is very, very comprehensive - both hard copy stuff (like study materials and handouts) and online stuff (like Online Sectional Tests). Please put in a great deal of practice, analyze your performance especially in the AIMCATs... best wishes!

edwin : HOW MANY Q TO ATTEMPT FOR EACH OF THE 3 SECTIONS FOR THE CAT EXAM ?
amitpoddar : The number of attempts may vary as per the difficulty level of the paper. Attempt all the doable questions (as per your strengths) within the limited time with around 80-85% accuracy and you will get a good percentile. Keep checking the AIMCAT analysis for a better understanding of the score versus percentile.

vibi : SHOULD WE FOCUS ON SPEED FIRST OR ACCURACY?
darshanamishra : Accuracy, once you get this, speed will come by solving more sectionals and practicing by timing yourself

nikhil : HELLO SIR. MY GRAMMER IS GOOD BUT MY RC IS LITTLE WEAK. I AM GOOD AT READING. BUT I GET CONFUSED BETWEEN THE OPTIONS FOR THE CORRECT ANSWER. MOST OF THE TIME I FIND ALL THE ANSWERS SIMILAR. GUIDE ME.
gayathri : First understand the question. what does the question aim at. Then read each option and cross verify whether the same concept is mentioned in the passage. remember, the exact sentence in the passage may not appear as the option. it will be paraphrased. so read and comprehend each option and identify the one that depicts the author's point of view.

bhcbb5a403 : IN VARC,I AM ABLE TO SCORE GOOD MARKS WHILE DOING SECTIONALS BUT IN AIMCATS MY SCORES ARE LOW AND I GET CONFUSD IN THE OPTIONS WHILE ELIMINATING THEM
darshanamishra : Maybe you are solving sectionals at a level lower than AIMCATs. Anyway, analyse your performance and identify your pain points and work on them. Confusion in options could be due to inability to comprehend the passage fully or maybe that question type in CR could be your challenge. Identify all of this and work on them.

pranav : IF WE WERE AIMING FOR 99 PERCENTILE IN CATS HOW MANY ACCURATE ATTEMPTS SECTION WISE ARE WE LOOKING AT ACROSS VARC,LRDI AND QUANT? TAKING INTO ACCOUNT YEARLY CAT FLUCTUATIONS, WHAT IS A SAFE SCORE FOR ME TO TARGET.
amitpoddar : This may vary as per the difficulty level- for CAT 2023 it was around 75 for 99ile and for CAT 2024 it was around 90 for 99ile.

rohit : DUE TO JOB FOR CAT2025 I'M NOT CONFIDENT SO ANY SUGGESTION FOR ME WHAT SHOULD I DO ?
bharat : Rohit, it is ok to be low on confidence... make a schedule: number of prep hours you can spare on a workday and on the weekends, a list of strong and weak areas in each test area (like DI), spend prep time in 1:2 ratio, i.e. for every hour on revising strong areas, spend double the time on practice in weak areas. It is ok to fail, but it is greatly important that you learn from your failures. BEst wishes!

d : HELLO, MY DOUBT IS REGARDING VA/RC. I AM FACING A TIME CRUNCH CAUSE OF MY JOB AND AM NOT ABLE TO GIVE AMPLE TIME FOR PRACTICING, LEARNING NEW WORDS, READING NEW MATERIAL. CAN YOU SUGGEST SOME SPECIFIC TARGETED PRACTICE TIPS OR SOME AREAS OF IMPORTANCE(MATERIAL, TESTS, ETC.)
darshanamishra : Practice makes perfect. Do SM and sectionals of RC and VA followed by AIMCATs. Analyse your performance and work your shortcomings. Hope this helps

khushhal : IS IT BETTER TO READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN ATTEMPT THE RC, OR READ THE RC AND THEN ATTEMPT THE QUESTIONS?
amitpoddar : While choosing a passage (from the given 4 passages) you may need to read some lines from the passage and also may need to look at the questions. Once you decide on a passage, you can start reading it and then solve it one by one.

darshan : I AM TAKING MORE TIME IN ARRANGEMENT EVEN AFTER PRACTICE . ANY SUGGESTIONS?
darshanamishra : Work on understanding styles of writing of RCs. Once you get a hang of it Para jumbles become doable

ksk12 : FOR DILR MY ACCURACY HAS INCREASED TO 70 PERCENT BUT FOR VARC IT IS FLUCTUATING
gayathri : Analyse your mistakes. identify the type of questions you are struggling with. Practise consistently. you need to focus on accuracy first. You can gain speed by regular practice.

r : IN LR, ONE SET IS TAKING ME 40 MINS TO SOLVE AND I SOMETIMES DO NOT END UP WITH A SOLUTION.
asim : Do not worry, just work on your basic concepts and do loads of practice, speed automatically improves.

r : IN VA/RC, I AM NOT ABLE TO GO PAST ONE RC PASSAGE ALSO AND I AM UNABLE TO DO INFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS.
amitpoddar : Attend the CR classes and take doubts. Yor speed seems to be slow, so read regularly for at least 1 hr daily and practice RCs from the booklets.

e : I AM BECOMING REALLY UNDER CONFIDENT. WITH THE EXAM DATE COMING CLOSER, I AM BECOMING MORE ANXIOUS BY THE DAY. I AM NOT ABLE TO GET MYSELF TO SIT AND STUDY AND EVEN AT TIMES WHEN I FORCE MYSELF TO SIT AND STUDY, I AM UNABLE TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS.
amitpoddar : Think about your goal and enjoy the process to reach it. Do not take the preparation as a painful journey, just try to create interest in areas of your interest and keep solving questions. Think less, act more.

rohit : THANKS BHARAT!! BUT ONLY PER SECTION 3 CHAPTERS I HAVE COMPLETED TILL NOW & IN NOV WE HAD A EXAM SO ANY SUGGESTION FOR ME ?
bharat : The two best times to plant a tree is (a) 20 years back, and (b) NOW. So, start NOW!

nihalumair : WHERE DO I COULD GET THE VARC - RC PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND VA QUESTIONS OTHER THAN BOOK AND SECTIONAL , IS THE SECTIONALS AVBLE IN OUR WEBSITE AND TIME METIRIAL IS ENOUGH TO CRACK CAT ?
darshanamishra : More than enough. Complete these first

e : THANK YOU, AMIT SIR. IS THERE TIME TO START FROM SCRATCH NOW AND STILL CRACK CAT? IF YES, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE A WAY TO DO THAT PLEASE? IF NO, WHAT DO I DO?
amitpoddar : For the next one month focus on the basics of all the three sections and work majorly on the concepts and accuracy rather than speed. Once you get a decent accuracy start working on the speed. Keep taking the sectionals and the full-length mocks to gauge your improvement. Read regularly and try to finish the booklets.

soumiya : VA QUESTIONS WHERE CAN I FIND TO SOLVE MANY QUESTIONS CAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN LACKING IN THAT?
darshanamishra : SM and Sectionals on your SHP

xnxnxn : MY VARC SCORE IS SOMETIMES 24 OTHER TIMES 45 REALLY FLUCTUATING I ATTEMPT 20 GET 10 WRONG SO WHAT TO DO HOW TO PREPARE
darshanamishra : Right now, focus more on accuracy than no. of attempts. Identify why do you get 45 sometimes and 20 at other times. Work on those aspects

xnxnxn : HOW TO PROCEED WITH TIME BOUND PRACTICE
amitpoddar : Start from the foundation tests and then move to the Intermediate ones. Keep analysing the mistakes. Have an exit time of 1-2 minutes per question; if you are unable to solve it within this time, move out of it or keep it for review later.

xnxnxn : CURRENT PERCENTILE BEING 70 HOW TO GO TO 99+ IN SUCH A SHORT TIME
amitpoddar : 6-8 hrs daily practise can help you achieve this goal.

vineet : CAN I BOOK AN APPOINTMENT WITH A MENTOR/FACULTY? WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE FOR THE SAME? HOW DOES IT WORK?
darshanamishra : get in touch with your centre

e : OKAY, AMIT SIR. DO I HAVE TIME TO DO THAT? TO GET INTO IIM?
amitpoddar : Almost 135 days for the CAT exam. Do not worry just act.