muca4a601 : HOW TO PRACTICE LR DI IN A PROPER WAY
thomas : lrdi can be improved only by practice. try to solve as many sets as you can. your speed will gradually improve as you become familiar with different models

adca4a295 : WHICH BOOKS SHOULD I PREFER AS MY BASICS ARE NOT STRONG FOR QUANT?
thomas : you just need to cover the basic SM books we have provided( first set) and practice the basic online tests

dhee : KINDLY PROVIDE ME WHATSAPP/TELEGRAM JOINING LINK AS I AM UNABLE TO CLEAR MY DOUBTS?
thomas : kindly contact the centre where you joined. if an online student, call on the number provided when you joined.

diksha : HOW MUCH TIME IN A DAY I SHOULD GIVE TO LR DI WHILE WORKING
thomas : 2- 3 hrs per day or all the areas together on days you are working

cjcb4a098 : I AM FACING DIFFCUILTY IN RC . HOW CAN I ENHANCE MY EFFICIENCY
thomas : please post this question in the chat for va and rc

33413 : I'VE STARTED MY PREPARTION SERIOUSLY FROM THIS WEEK. WHAT ARE THE THINGS I MUST DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO ENSURE I BUILD SPEED AND ACCURACY? WHAT SHOULD MY DAILY PREPARATION LOOK LIKE?
siddhartharora : First try to go through the concepts and solve questions from Books, ideally you should finish one topic from each section in a week. Once, able to solve questions, take sectional tests and at least one SAMCAT every 15 days. Increase the frequency of mocks as we move ahead.

cccb4a142 : WHAT SHOULD I FOCUS MORE ON THIS PARTICULAR SECTION?
siddhartharora : Everything is important in CAT, so there is no topic to focus more or less. Start from first module and once the questions are solved from the book, start with sectional test

diksha : PLEASE PROVIDE THE TELEGRAM LINKS AS WELL
siddhartharora : Please contact your centre

chaitali : HOW TO GET ACCURACY IN DI ?
thomas : select just two out of the 4-5 sets in the test and try to solve them slowly but accurately. 2 sets done accurately should get you close to 99 percentile.do not rush through the questions thinking that you have to solve all the four

kavya : HOW TO PREPARE FOR DATA INTERPRETATION I AM NOT ABLE TO SOLVE QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC FAST, PLEASE GIVE ME SOME TIPS
thomas : similar question already answered. please read transcript

manavi : WHEN WOULD BE THE RIGHT TIME TO PRACTICE SECTIONAL TESTS??
renufrancis : Foundation sectional tests are topic-wise assessments that you can begin once you have understood the basics of the topics and practiced an adequate number of questions from your study material.

dlcb4a260 : HOW MUCH TIME I NEED TO GIVE FOR PERFECT PREPARATION?
thomas : it depends on the level you are at the beginning. can vary from 2 to 6 months approx

dhruv : GOOD EVENING SIR/MA'AM. I WANTED TO KNOW IF THE CHAPTERS IN SM06 FOR QA ARE THE ONLY IMPORTANT ONES MAINLY FOR CAT QUESTIONS. IS THE OTHER BOOK FOR QA ALSO IMPORTANT FOR QUESTIONS IN CAT OR IS IT ONLY FOUNDATION BUILDING?
siddhartharora : Study Material are for concepts and problems. Once done, you should take sectional tests and SAMCATs for further practice. All chapters are important

shivani : I FIND DIFFICULTY IN SOLVING BASIC QUANTS QUESTIONS AND FEEL LESS CONFIDENT SEEING A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF QUESTION, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
renufrancis : Attend the classes, grasp the basics, and independently solve the handout once more. Subsequently, start solving the Concept review questions in your study material, followed by exercises (A) and (B). Refer to the solutions and seek assistance from faculty at your center.

manavi : WHAT SHOULD BE THE STRATEGY FOR GIVING AIMCATS??
pradeeppandey : Right now utilising every second of AIMCAT should be your target. Shortlist the doable questions as per your strength and optimize the score.

nikita : I AM A NON ENGINEER (BA LITERATURE GRADUATE) WHO DROPPED MATH AFTER 10TH GRADE. ANYTHING I CAN DO TO IMPROVE IN QUANT/DILR?
pradeeppandey : Initially, you are required to give good amount of time on topics like Percentages, Profit and Loss, SI and CI, Averages Mixtures and Alligations. It will provide you the solid foundation of Arithmetic as well as Arithmetic based DI's. You are highly recommended to start every chapter from Special Support Booklet of Quant.

ramagopal : I'M ABLE TO SOLVE CONCEPT REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH EASE BUT WHEN I HAVE TO REVISIT (A) EXERCISE PROBLEMS I'M UNABLE TO SOLVE THEM SIR, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
renufrancis : Refer to the solutions and seek help from faculty at your center.

cccn4q115 : HOW MUCH TIME I SHOULD GIVE TO QA IN A DAY
pradeeppandey : Parallel to your classes,2-3 hrs per day in a consistent manner is more than sufficient.

drca4a686 : MY QUANT SECTION IS NOT SO GOOD SO WHAT TO DO
renufrancis : Attend the classes, grasp the basics, and independently solve the handout once more. Subsequently, start solving the Concept review questions in your study material, followed by exercises (A) and (B). Refer to the solutions and seek assistance from faculty at your center.

hocn4q079 : HOW TO PLAN THE SCHEDULE FOR QA TO COVER ALL THE TOPICS
siddhartharora : Finish one topic a week from SM and Sectional Tests

manavi : HOW SHOULD I ANALYSE MY AIMCATS RESULTS??
raman : Please go through the student home page.

jrcn4q041 : PROVIDE ME WHATSAPP GROUP FOR DOUBTS
raman : Please check whether you have a telegram group or not with your centre

richa : HOW SHOULD I BE PREPARING FOR DI AND LR
thomas : start with the basic SM BOOKS and after you finish each chapter, do the online basic tests for that topic.

muca4a601 : IT SEEMS EASY WHILE SOLVING HANDOUTS BUT THERE ARE SUMS THAT ARE DIFFICULT IN BOOKLET HOW TO SOLVE
renufrancis : Refer to the solutions and seek help from faculty at your center.

dhee : PROVIDE ME LINKS FOR JOINING GROUP FOR DOUBTS CLEARANCE..
siddhartharora : Check with your centre

aditya : I AM NEW TO CAT AND MY ALL THREE SECTIOS ARE VERY WEAK WHAT CAN I DO TO IMPROVE?
raman : Please look at the foundation level lessons in each area. Also look at videos of each of the fundamental topics. Further, start believing in self and have positive frame of mind. As you keep working the fear element will be driven off for sure.

riri : I AM WEAK IN QUANTS.
thomas : take the class 9 and 10 cbse maths books and go through all the topics. make sure your basics are clear.

mucb4a022 : SIR WHAT SHOULD BE THE BASIC FOCUS DURING , WHICH SECTION SHOULD BE GIVEN PRIORITY TOO ?
raman : Try to be as comprehensive and holistic. In the sense, in addition to focus on basics, also take up some questions in exercise and tests

darsh : SIR I M ONLY ABLE TO DO SOME QUESTIONS AS FOR OTHER I COULD NOT FIGURE WHERE TO BEGIN WITH WHAT SHOULD I DO
raman : Look at the solutions and if required write the same on a white paper. Focus and concentration is an important aspect of learning.

mayank : I'M NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN MY TIME WHEN I MAKING QUESTION (QUANTS) I PHASE TO MANAGE TIME IN OTHER HOW I MANAGE IT PLEASE HELP ME I DIDN'T STARTED ENGLISH YET MSMMMSMM.
siddhartharora : focus on understanding the concepts right now, once done take sectional tests and with practice, you should decrease the time required per question

riri : I AM WEAK IN QUANTS. IS TIME MATERIAL ENOUGH FOR QUANTS OR SHOULD I REFER TO ARUN SHAEMA?
siddhartharora : TIME material, Sectional Tests, SAMCATs and AIMCATs are enough for the same

krcb4a034 : HOW MUCH TIME IN A DAY IT REQUIRES TO PREPARE FOR CAT ?
thomas : there is no fixed time. some can manage with just 2-3 hrs while others might need upto 8 hrs

riri : IDEAL TIME TO COMPLETE SYLLABUS AND WHAT SHOULD BE THE SCORE FOR AIMCATS?
siddhartharora : Finish the syllabus by August and then do more problem solving using Sectional Tests/SAMCATs/AIMCATS. There is no ideal score, your percentile will show your standing and that needs to be improved.

dhee : I'M AN ONLINE STUDENT KINDLY PROVIDE ME THE NUMBER FOR JOINING TELEGRAM GROUP
pradeeppandey : Please speak to the center where you have enrolled. They will provide you the same.

krish : I AM A STUDENTFROM COMMERCE
raman : b-schools need you too!

keyuar : HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY SUMS SOLVING ABILITIES IN QUANTITATIVE ABILITY
renufrancis : Attend the classes, grasp the basics, and independently solve the handout once more. Subsequently, start solving the Concept review questions in your study material, followed by exercises (A) and (B). Refer to the solutions and seek assistance from faculty at your center.

riri : DILR SETS IN BOOK ARE VERY BASIC, FROM WHERE CAN I PRACTICE MORE AND IDEAL TIME TO SOLVE 1 SET
pradeeppandey : Intermediate and Advanced Level Sectional tests are available on your Student Home Page.

krish : I AM A STUDENT FROM COMMERCE BACKGROUND, FACING DIFFICULTIES IN QA, HOW CAN I OVERCOME THEM?
renufrancis : Attend the classes, grasp the basics, and independently solve the handout once more. Subsequently, start solving the Concept review questions in your study material, followed by exercises (A) and (B). Refer to the solutions and seek assistance from faculty at your center.

riri : HOW TO EFFICIENTLY ANALYZE MOCKS
raman : Every test you write analyse and figure out the mistakes that you make. Start implementing the corrective actions in every test you take in future.

drcb4a196 : I AM NEW TO CAT AND MY ALL 3 SECTIONS ARE VERY WEAK, I DONT KNOW FROM WHERE TO START AND HOW TO GET A GOOD GRIP OVER ALL THE 3 SECTIONS FROM SCRATCH.
pradeeppandey : Focus upon your classes and complete the basic SM Booklets first. Then gradually move to Intermediate and Advance Level sectional tests. You are recommended to do Special Support Booklet before the main booklet.

manavi : HOW SHOULD I DO SELF ANALYSIS OF MY AIMCAT RESULTS AS DISPLAYED ON STUDENT HOME PAGE?
pradeeppandey : We should invest considerable amount of time to analyse our performance. We should give the top priority to those questions in which time is invested but answer is wrong. If you are observing any particular pattern in your mistakes, then it would be fairly easy to rectify it after identifying the cause of errors. The second priority to those questions in which question is shortlisted after proper scanning but due to some or other reason it takes more than the allotted time. One should not forget that performing well in CAT purely based on one’s ability to filter out the easier ones first the relatively tougher ones to score over the rest. The difficulty level questions or out of the box questions which remained unattempted is the last priority, but one should try to learn the hidden concept so that similar question can be attempted in the forthcoming tests, if time permits.

bhcb4a582 : WHAT ARE THE BOOKS SHOULD BE SOLVED TO PREP FOR DILR EFFECTIVELY AS ARUN SHARMA BOOK DOES NOT CONTAIN THE SIMILAR SET AS WE SEE IN CAT
siddhartharora : Solve TIME material, once done take sectional tests

dlca4am22 : HOW TO MANAGE COLLEGE ALONG WITH COACHING?
raman : As you keep prioritizing the works of college and coaching you will figure out that you are actually managing! Identify small tasks that are college related and also coaching related. Complete them and start feeling the sense of accomplishment. Move on. The journey is a first step in managment!!

riri : ANY RECOMMENDED YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR QUANTS? BCOZ VIDEO LECTURES ARE NOT PROVIDED FOR OFFLINE STUDENTS
pradeeppandey : Don't waste your time in watching sub-standard videos. CAT require the logical application of your concepts. Focus upon your classes. Take the back ups and doubts sessions whenever required.

dlca4am22 : WHAT SHOULD BE MY PRIORITY FOR LEARNING QUANTS?
pradeeppandey : Basic mathematical skill is just one dimension of QA section and the other dimensions are more important. These are the ability to perform in a pressure situation, observation skill, decision making, adaptability/flexibility and finally an ability to comprehend the questions. Solving a CAT quant problem is a step wise process and the basic algorithm is Step-I: Comprehension of question, Step-II: Interpretation i.e. what is given and what is required etc. Step-III: Problem solving (If required). Before moving to step -III one should explore all the possibilities of answer option elimination through various approaches like observation or through finding out the range of guesstimate values after analysing the extreme cases. To inculcate the above set of skills, one needs to practice hard. Time bound practices will help the students to understand what concepts they require to revisit. Prepare a compendium of formulas topic-wise in a logical order.

dlca4am22 : SHOULD I FIRST COMPLETE MY HANDOUTS AND NOTES THEN PROCEED FOR BOOKLETS OR WHAT SHOULD BE THE PATTERN FOR SOLVING BOTH QUANTS AND LRDI?
renufrancis : Attend the classes, grasp the basics, and independently solve the handout once more. Subsequently, start solving the Concept review questions in your study material, followed by exercises (A) and (B). Refer to the solutions and seek assistance from faculty at your center. Also start taking foundation sectional tests in your SHP.

riri : SHOULD WE START ATTEMPTING SAMCATS NOW? OR SHOULD WE ATTEMPT LATER IN JULY/AUG
thomas : you can do a couple of them now as you can always attempt them anytime. do the aimcats in the slots provided as if you miss them you will have to wait till october to attempt them

aman : HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD I DIVIDE TO COMPLETE DIFFERENT TOPICS IN QA?
siddhartharora : Try to finish one topic within one week, this will include all exercises from the book and study material.

saha : IS SOLVING THE TIME MATERIAL SUFFICIENT FOR QUANTS OR SHOULD WE REFER TO OTHER MATERIALS ALSO ?
renufrancis : TIME Study materials, sectional test, aimcats and samcats are more than sufficient. First try to complete the Lot 1 materials. By June or July you will get the lot 2 materials for practice, which would be of advanced level questions. this would be more than sufficient for your preparation.

ishika : I AM ABLE TO SOLVE MOST OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE MATERIAL AND GET THE CONFIDENCE BUT STILL AM UNABLE TO SOLVE THE QUESTIONS IN THE MOCKS, HOW SHOULD I SOLVE THOSE QUESTIONS?
renufrancis : In Mocks, there will be some easy questions. try to solve it first and once you are done with the easy question, you can start doing the moderate questions followed by difficult questions only if tome permits. In order to do this effectively, you have to cover the basics all topics of QA as early as possible.

riri : DAY IN LIFE OF CAT EXAM, HOW MUCH TIME IN EACH SECTION DAILY?
raman : Make a weekly plan to accommodate all the three section. This would be feasible over a daily plan.

arka : I AM WORKING PROFESSIONAL. IS TWO TO THREE HOURS DAILY WITH PROPER CONCENTRATION AND COVERING EITHER OF THE THREE SECTIONS PER DAY ENOUGH OR DO I NEED TO INCREASE THE HOURS?
raman : Make a weekly plan for studies and execute the same by spending not less that 3 hours per day. Preferably wake up as early as possible every day.

nikita : IDEALLY, HOW MANY CHAPTERS (INCLUDING CONCEPT REVIEW QNS, EXERCISES,SECTIONALS ETC) SHOULD WE AIM AT COMPLETING PER WEEK/MONTH?
raman : Focus on expertise and building confidence. Prepare an excel sheet. Put down the topics in a column and week days as a row. As you start this, ideas will flow. Just start .

sandra : WHICH SECTION REQUIRES THE MOST OF OUR ATTENTION DURING PREPARATION?
thomas : all sections are equally important as the total marks is nearly the same for all of them

saha : BASED ON THE CURRENT CLASSES SCHEDULE, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR SYLLABUS COMPLETION ?
thomas : depends on when your batch started. for batches other than those starting very late, it will be completed at least one month before the exam. or long term batches it will be even earlier

tanmay : HOW TO HANDLE INTERNSHIP, CLASSES AND STUDY CONSIDERING A GOOD PREPARATION? INTERNSHIP TIMINGS ARE FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM, CLASSES ARE FROM 6 TO 8PM WEEKDAYS
siddhartharora : You can manage to study 9pm to 11pm on weekdays if you like to study in night or wake up early if you like to study in morning. Weekends you can fully devote to Sectional Tests.

archit : HOW IS MDI GUGRAON'S MBA-IB PROGRAM? WHAT COLLEGES WOULD YOU KEEP THAT COURSE AT PAR WITH?
thomas : you will have a chat for b school selection pretty soon. our experts will be able to guide you when you post during that chat

riri : IF I PICK ONE CHAPTER TODAY, SAY SICI. IN HOW MANY DAYS SHOULD I COMPLETE IT FROM SMBOOKLETS?
raman : Instead take up 3 to 4 topics for a week. Firstly, do Concept review on all these topics in 1 day. Two days for Ex(a) Another two days for EX (b) Then take up test. After a couple of months, increase to 6 chapters a week and so on.

charan : HOW DO I MANAGE WORK AND PREP SIMULTANEOUSLY. I KNOW I WILL HAVE FIGURE OUT, BUT YEAH, NEED SOME TIPS.
pradeeppandey : Give on or average 2-3 hrs in week-days and devote more time in weekends. Do more and more time bound practices in order to optimize the outputs.

snehaa : I AM ABLE TO SOLVE DILR QUESTIONS OF HANDOUTS BUT I AM UANABLE TO SOLVE DILR OF AIMCAT.
thomas : the handouts contain the easy questions. after that, you will have to practice the online advanced tests and the aimcat-sa. the aimcat-sas are just below the aimcats in terms of difficulty level

ramagopal : IN WHICH ORDER SHOULD I PRACTICE :- EXERCISE(A), EXERCISE(B), SECTIONAL TEST(FOUNDATIONAL)?
renufrancis : Attend the classes, grasp the basics, and independently solve the handout once more. Subsequently, start solving the Concept review questions in your study material, followed by exercises (A) and (B). Refer to the solutions and seek assistance from faculty at your center. Also start taking foundation sectional tests in your SHP.

rajkalyan : HI SIR/MAM, I'M NEW TO CAT, JOINED THE INSTITUTE AT THE END OF MARCH, I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT TESTS
thomas : there are mock tests on your student home page( shp). try a couple of them, the aimcat - sas

riri : WHEN SHOULD WE START DOING DILR PYQ
pradeeppandey : As soon as you are done with 75-80% of the syllabus.SAMCATs, Intermediate and Advance level sectional tests will provide you enough exposure of CAT Replica DILR Sets. Focus upon these instead of PYQ.

shubhra : I AM PANICKING BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO VISUALIZE WHEN WILL I COVER EVERYTHING. WATCHING 1 VIDEO OF 2 HOUR TAKES 4 HRS WHEN I PARALLELLY WRITE NOTES. WHEN I START WITH 1 SUBJECT I CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT OTHER 5 SUBJECTS TO COMPLETE. THESE ARE NOT JUST 3 SUBJECTS BUT ARE BIFURCATED TO SO MANY OTHER SUBJECTS. WHEN TO WATCH ALL VIDEOS, THEN GO THROUGH HO, BOOKLET QUESTIONS, THEN SECTIONAL AND THEN MOCKS.
siddhartharora : Relax, its fine if you take 4 hours for a 2 hour video. Pause in between and take deep breath if required. You need to solve Handouts with the lecture. Once done read solved conceptual questions from the book, post that solve the questions from the particular topic and give sectional test. Take one concept at a time one by one from each section. Do not start with many things at a time. Just one concept at a time. It is not difficult.

krish : HAVING STARTED PREP. FROM APRIL, CAN I CONCENTRATE JUST ON ARITHMETIC TILL THE END OF MAY, THEN GO ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC TO COVER, SINCE ARITHMETIC HAS A HIGHER WEIGHTAGE THAN THE OTHER TOPICS?
thomas : yes, that topic will take mre than a month to cover. if you plan to cover arithmetic first, it is fine

riri : IS SCORING 80%ILE OK IN AIMCAT AT THIS POINT?
siddhartharora : By and large fine, but you need to analyse what you did wrong or where you took more time. Analyze and try different strategies in each Mock and see what works for you. You can then improve this to 99+

gowtham : WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES OR GAMES WILL IMPROVE OUR LOGICAL THINKING?
thomas : you can try Sudoku.

riri : HOW MANY HOURS TO STUDY EVERYDAY EXCEPT COACHING
thomas : that is entirely upto you.it depends on your level right now and whether you are studying , working etc. o not ignore the college studies while doing the prep

riri : I STUDY BUT SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE I AM NOT ABLE TO GRASP. LIKE HOW TO IMPROVE CONCENTRATION
raman : Use white paper and pen. Write it on paper even as you look at the solution. Do not look at solving more number of questions. Even if you solve 5 questions properly it will be a good begining.

saha : WHAT SHOULD BE THE EXACT PREPARATION PLAN FOR QUANTS, HOW TO KEEP TOUCH OF THE CHAPTERS THAT ARE COMPLETED SINCE THERE IS A TENDENCY OF FORGETTING THE TOPICS? ALSO HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD I SPEND ON 1 QUANT CHAPTER ?
siddhartharora : Time spent on each concept varies as per student. ideally try to finish one concept in a week. For revision best way is to give mocks, Sectional tests, SAMCATs and AIMCATs will help you in revision.

siddhant : KINDLY PROVIDE A DAILY COUNT OF QUESTIONS AND SETS OF DILT QUANTS AND TC TO GET THOROUGH AT ALL 3
siddhartharora : There is no fixed answer to this query. Best way is to finish the topic before the next topic is started in the classes for all sections. The topic is to be finished from book and sectional tests.

janvi : BEING A GRADUATE FROM NON MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND I'M FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO START OR APPROACH OR PREPARE A MENTAL FLOWCHART FOR ANY QUESTION IN QUANTS AT ALL LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY...SO IN SUG SCENARIO WHAT SHOULD BE MY STRATEGY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE ? PROVIDED I UNDERSTAND ALL THE CONCEPTS TAUGHT IN THE QUANTS CLASS
siddhartharora : Start by solving the questions in SM1002220

riri : TIME CP FACULTY IS REALLY GREAT BUT THEY MOVE AT HIGH PACE AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO COPE UP IN CLASS SOMETIMES. ANY TIPS?
thomas : you can request the faculty to little slow or meet the faculty after the class and get your doubts cleared.

manavi : AT WHAT FREQUENCY SHALL I PRACTICE SECTIONAL TESTS??
siddhartharora : Start with one from each section at least once a week, as you go ahead increase the frequency

riri : HOW MANY QUESTIONS I SHOULD AIM TO ATTEMPT IN ACTUAL CAT PAPER IN QA TO CLEAR CUTOFF OR SCORE ABOVE 90
raman : Varies from paper to paper. It depends on the difficulty level of the paper

shubhra : IN QA, EVERY QUESTION OF BOOKLET COMES WITH A NEW TWIST OR A POINT WHICH IS NOT THE PART OF JUST BASICS. SO HOW TO REVISE ALL SUCH NEW TYPE OF QUESTIONS? BECAUSE THE PATTERN OR SOLVING METHOD IS NOT UNIFORM. SOME EXTRA ELEMENT IS THERE IN MOST OF THE QUESTIONS
siddhartharora : Start giving sectional tests, they will help you to understand different logics in questions

pihu : ARE WE ELIGIBLE TO GIVE CAT AND OTHER MANAGEMENT EXAMINATION IN SEM 5 OF GRADUATION?
thomas : yes, if are in the final year. not in semester 5 of engineering as that will be only the third year.

arka : I FEEL MY QA AND LR/DI SECTION IS BETTER COMPARED TO ENGLISH. SO WHICH ONE SHOULD I FOCUS MORE ON IMPROVING?
siddhartharora : you need to have good score in all three sections. So, focus on all sections equally.

krish : I STRUGGLE WITH QA. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO LEARN MATH AND WHAT RESOURCES, INCLUDING HANDOUTS, SHOULD I START WITH?
renufrancis : Attend the classes, grasp the basics, and independently solve the handout once more. Subsequently, start solving the Concept review questions in your study material, followed by exercises (A) and (B). Refer to the solutions and seek assistance from faculty at your center. Also start taking foundation sectional tests in your SHP.

sanjana : I AM ABLE TO SOLVE 70-80% OF EXERCISE PROBLEMS BUT NOT ABLE TO SOLVE SECTIONAL TESTS IN QA. HOW DO I IMRPOVE?
siddhartharora : Analyse the sectional tests and see where you go wrong, is it wrong selection or pressure of doing the test in 40 minutes. Do not worry about the number of attempts initially, just see what questions you can solve and solve them.

dlca4ar57 : WHAT IS THE ABSOLUTE SURE SHOT OR WAY OF SCORING 99.5+ IN CAT STARTING FROM NOW FOR THE NEXT 7.5 MONTHS??
pradeeppandey : Be regular in your studies. Do more and more time bound practices from Students home page. Analysis your performance and take the corrective measures. Don't miss any of the AIMCATs and SAMCATs. . Don’t be unnecessarily burdened with the fluctuation of scores. This could happen because you have been involved unwarranted/not well thought out experiments with your strategy, or have been writing mocks when you are tired or not able to concentrate.

kxca4a412 : I AM FACING DIFFICULTIES DURING SOLVING DI QUESTIONS. HOW TO PREPARE FOR DI ???
siddhartharora : Best way is to practice more, take more sectional tests and analyse where you go right or wrong or where you take more time and see what is lacking there.

pihu : SIR WHETHER I DO MASTERS IN MBA IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS WILL IT BE A GOOD CHOICE AS I M FROM SCIENCE BACKGROUND CURRENTLY PURSUING BY BSC DEGREE WILL I ABLE TO HANDLE THE STREAM PROPERLY?
pradeeppandey : MBA in Analytics is alaso a very good choice. Some of the IIMs and few other good B-schools offers this programme.There is no any prerequisite, you can easily handle this stream.

gaurav : WHAT IS ONE THING THAT SHOULD BE DONE REGULARLY TO ACE CAT?
raman : Practice and perform ( take more tests!).Progress...Have lots of self confidence.

drcb4a196 : WHERE I CAN FIND SECTIONAL TEST?
renufrancis : In your Student Home Page.

drcb4a196 : WHERE I CAN FIND SECTIONAL TEST?
renufrancis : If you are a T.I.M.E Student, you need to register for your Student home Page using the following link-https://www.time4education.com/login/aspregister.php?. Once you registered, you can login to your SHP and access the sectional tests. Please contact your T.I.M.E. Center for more help if required.

riri : BY NOW, HOW MANY CHAPTERS OF QA SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED?
renufrancis : it depends on when you started your preparation.

nitin : SIR, HOW TO IMPROVE ON COMPREHENDING THE DI QUESTION?
pradeeppandey : Go deeper into data followed by restrictions very carefully. Try to comprehend and interpret correctly. The most important step in solving a problem is to study the problem statement with utmost care - NOT read it, NOT skim through it and think about why the data has been given and how to get information out of that. There are a few rules of this game, which help in solving DILR problems systematically. • Inspect the conditions. • Identify the most important condition, if any. • Picturise the information. • Organise the information in some ways like grids/tables and symbols/notations. • Elimination of the answer choices. • Be careful of language used since certain words and phrases form important clues in framing the solution.

riri : HOW TO IMPROVE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AS IT PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN SCORES IN MOCKS
raman : By facing many setbacks before you take the main CAT!!

riri : I STARTED MY PREP FROM JANUARY BY NOW, HOW MANY CHAPTERS OF QA SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED?
siddhartharora : It depends on student, best benchmark is that you should have donce modules thast are already done in class.

kcxa4a159 : SIR I AM CURRENTLY IN BCOM, 4TH SEM. I HAVE MY UPCOMING SEMESTER EXAMS AND AM NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND ANY TIME TO GO ABOUT MY CAT PREPARATIONS. PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE!
siddhartharora : Try to take out time by reducing any non-priority activity. Devote an hour minimum to CAT preparation without hampering your graduation study. Try to solve papers while travelling or reading RC from SHP while travelling.

nitin : SIR HOW TO COMPREHEND THE DI SETS ACCURATELY WITH FULL CONFIDENCE
pradeeppandey : Go deeper into data followed by restrictions very carefully. Try to comprehend and interpret it correctly. The most important step in solving a problem is to study the problem statement with utmost care - NOT read it, NOT skim through it and think about why the data has been given and how to get information out of that. There are a few rules of this game, which help in solving DILR problems systematically. • Inspect the conditions. • Identify the most important condition, if any. • Picturise the information. • Organise the information in some ways like grids/tables and symbols/notations. • Elimination of the answer choices. • Be careful of language used since certain words and phrases form important clues in framing the solution.

riri : HOW MANY MOCKS TO GIVE BEFORE CAT
siddhartharora : ideally all SAMCATs and AIMCATS should be given, along with sectional tests. You can also give few previous years papers.

abc : SIR I RECENTLY GAVE AIMCAT AND MY SCORE WAS 30 IMPROVED FROM PAST TWO AIMCAT FROM 10 & 20. BUT I REALLY DEMOTIVATED AND ALSO WHAT STRATEGY SHOULD I FOLLOW. I ATTEMPTED AROUND 30 QUESTION OF WHICH 12-13 WERE RIGHT AND OTHER WRONG.
pradeeppandey : Complete all the backlogs and do enough time bound practices between two AIMCATs. Analyse your performance and take the corrective measures.Don’t be unnecessarily burdened with the fluctuation of scores. This could happen because you have been involved unwarranted/not well thought out experiments with your strategy, or have been writing mocks when you are tired or not able to concentrate.

krish : HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD BE DEVOTED IN READING NEWSPAPER?
raman : Not less than 30minutes a day. Also include financial newspaper.

riri : THERE ARE MANY SMART PEOPLE, IITIANS, SRCC STUDENTS. I FEEL SCARED HOW WILL I BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THEM
siddhartharora : Who told you that you are not smart. CAT is an aptitude-based exam, and every student coming from different profile holds as good a chance as anybody else. So, relax and focus on preparation.

krish : HOW MUCH TOPIC PREP IS ENOUGH TO GUVE THE SECTIONAL TEST?
pradeeppandey : As soon as you are done with 70% of the topics, start taking the sectional test selectively.

dlca4ar57 : MY QUESTION IS STILL NOT QUEUED
siddhartharora : your query is already answered

ramagopal : WHEN PRACTICING DI I MISS THE DATA OCCASIONALLY AND CAN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND AFTER 15-30 MINS I REALIZE MY BLUNDER. HOW DO I AVOID THIS?
pradeeppandey : It is just the begining. Do good amount of practice from SM booklets before drawing any conclusions.

sonam : SIR, WHEN SHOULD I GIVE MY FIRST MOCK TEST. LIKE AFTER HOW MUCH PREP?
pradeeppandey : Taking Mock test is independent of course completion. Start taking the AIMCAT right away.Mock tests help students in revision, making strategies and discover what works best for them.

riri : BEFORE AIMCAT WHAT SHOULD ONE DO?
pradeeppandey : Nothing special. Be regular in your studies.It is basically a simulated test environment in which CAT aspirants can experiment with themselves by applying different permutations and combinations of approaching the test so that one could zero on one single strategy that produces best comparative score.

riri : BEFORE AIM CAT WHAT SHOULD ONE DO, LIKE I TREAT IT AS GIVING ACTUAL CAT. SO HOW MUCH TO STUDY BEFORE THE PAPER
siddhartharora : keep on doing your usual study and give AIMCAT without any special study to see how you perform and analyse the same for improvement.

muca4a511 : HELLO.I DO STUDY BUT AFTER A POINT MY BRAIN STOPS WORKING AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO KNOW IF I AM ON RIGHT TRACK. PLEASE TELL ME THE RIGHT METHOD OF PRACTICING.
siddhartharora : Take 5 to 10 minutes break when you feel overburdened. Relax a bit, take a light walk and breath heavily, it will help.

sam : SHOULD AIMCATS BE ATTEMPTED ONLY VIA OFFLINE?
siddhartharora : they are computer-based tests and should be given accordingly as CAT is also computer based.

kcxa4a159 : CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST SOME MOCK TESTS WHICH CAN BE TAKEN FOR GIVING THE XAT EXAMINATIONS.
pradeeppandey : Don't worry. We will provide you the AIMXATs just one-two months prior to the examination.

krish : HOW MUCH TIME TO INVEST IN SPEED MATHS DAILY?
raman : Best way is to incorporate it in solving every problem of quant or DI.

damu : SIR HOW MANY HOURS DO WE HAVE TO STUDY DAILY
pradeeppandey : Average 5-6 hours daily in a consistent manner is sufficient.

kcxa4a159 : HOW TO GO ABOUT THE DIAGRAM BASED QUESTIONS IN DI?
pradeeppandey : Solving first five chapters of DI bbooklet will provide you the good exposure of diagram based questions in DI.

harry : SIR I HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE CLASSES BUT NEVER REVISED THE THINGS AND FACING A LOT OF PROBLEMS NOW IN EVERY SUBJECT. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME NOW. WHAT SHOULD I DO TILL NOVEMBER?
siddhartharora : Start with sectional tests and keep on giving the same. Also, give all AIMCATs and SAMCATs. You still have time to prepare, so relax.

diksha : PLEASE PROVIDE THE TELEGRAM GRP LINKS
siddhartharora : please contact your centre

aaru : WHAT ARE THE BROAD CATEGORIES LIKE ARITHEMATIC, ALGEBRA ETC. INTO WHICH QA AND DILR ARE BROKEN DOWN? AND WHAT IS THE WEIGHTAGE OF EACH? WHICH ARE THE TOUGH TOPICS IN QUANTS THAT NEED A LOT OF PRATICE?
pradeeppandey : There is no any general list of tough and easy topics. It totally depends upon your comfort level.

muca4a511 : HELLO, I COULDN'T SCROLL DOWN FOR OPTIONS IN THIS AIMCAT, WAS THERE A GLITCH?
pradeeppandey : There is no any glitch. Use the horizontal and vertical bars to scroll up and down.

swathi : I HAVE STARTED PREPARING FOR CAT TWO WEEKS BACK AND PLANNING TO WRITE AIMCATS TONIGHT. IS IT OKAY TO GET BAD GRADES. I MIGHT GET VERY DEMOTIVATED THROUGH THE SCORE. WILL THERE BE ANY CONSEQUENCES IF I GET BAD SCORE
siddhartharora : AIMCATs is not for marks only. It is to analyse and see what strategy works for you. See what type of questions take more time and work on them.

padmini : WHAT IS THE PATTERN TO BE FOLLOWED TO START PRACTICING, ONCE YOU WATCH THE VIDEO CLASS?
siddhartharora : Solve the questions from SM, all exercises and attempt Sectional tests post the same. SAMCATs and AIMCATs should also be given once a fortnight initially with frequency to be increased moving on.