holycat : GOOD EVENING EVERYONE
siddhartharora : Good evening, please ask your query

holycat : HOW MANY QUESTIONS DO I NEED TO ATTEMPT IN VARC TO GET 95 PERCENTILE IF MY ACCURACY IS 100%?
thomas : It will depend on the difficulty level of the paper. Generally, a score just above 30 should be good enough for 95 percent ile. So 11 questions should be good enough

a : HOW TO IMPROV QUANT SCORE IN MOCKS, FINING PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPERS EASIER THAN QUANT IN MOCKS
thomas : Previous year papers are not easier. You feel they are easier because you would be familiar with such questions as they are available in material after they come in cat. Actually the mocks recently have been easier than last year papers and doing the mocks and Previous year papers and analyzing them should help you improve

awaru : HI
amitpoddar : HI....Pls ask your query.

awaru : HOW TO PROPERLY REVISE
siddhartharora : Revise all formula weekly and also try to do good questions also weekly to revise.

awaru : WHAT ARE IMP TOPICS TO BE COVERED IN QA
siddhartharora : All are important and questions can come from anywhere, better make a formula book of all topic and revise that twice weekly even if you are not doing practice of all topics with questions.

likhita : GOOD EVENING, HOW TO IMPROVE SPEED IN DIRL AND QUANT SECTION
siddhartharora : Practice 2 sets everyday from any topic in DILR. In case you are not able to solve, go through the solution and mark the set. Revisit the set after few days and see if you can solve now. Do keep a note of good sets which require many concepts, keep on solving them once a week till CAT. For Quant, find topics which you do good and solve questions for the same first, for others keep on revising the formulas.

kaveri54 : GOOD EVENING
siddhartharora : Good evening, please ask your query

kaveri54 : SIR, APART FROM CAT WHICH EXAMS TO WRITE
amitpoddar : XAT,SNAP,GMAT,CET Mah.And if you are interested in Branding and advertising then MICAT as well.

kaveri54 : I MISSED FEW AIMCATS WHEN WILL I GET THEM
amitpoddar : yes...It will be available soon.

bunny : MY ACCURACY IS BEING DECLINED HOW WOULD I CHOOSE THE QUESTIONS WHILE ATTEMPTING MOCKS
philipthomas : Select only those questions to answer , where you can eliminate the wrong options

: HELLO
siddhartharora : Hello, please ask your query

kaveri54 : CAN YOU SHARE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THIS AIMCAT, WAS IT MORE DIFF THAN CAT 2024
thomas : Varc and qa was easier than last year cat paper while dilr was similar to the morning slot) the easiest slot). Overall, the paper was easier than last year cat paper

: I'VE BEEN GIVING MOCK AND ANALYSING MY MISTAKE STILL, STILL I HAVEN'T IMPROVED MUCH IN VARC , WHAT SHOULD BE MY FOCUS CONSIDERING 60 DAYS IS LEFT
philipthomas : Revise the Basics for the next 20 days, focus on advanced levels for another 20 days and do only tests and mocks during the last 20 days.

kaveri54 : HOW TO IMPROVE RC PLEASE GITVE TIPS
gayathri : Read a variety of topic from various sources like aeon.com, aldaily.com, bbc.com, newspaper articles with equal emphasis on speed and comprehension. Do sectional tests regularly. Understand the position and purpose of the author.

kaveri54 : HOW TO WRITE INVIGILATED AIMCATS
siddhartharora : Visit T.I.M.E. Centre and write just like an actual exam

kaveri54 : WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOT 1 AND LOT 2 MATERIAL?
amitpoddar : Lot 2 has advanced practise exercises.

mayank : IN VARC SHOULD I START WITH COMPREHENSIONS WHICH HAS LONG PASSAGES BUT 4-5 QUESTIONS FROM IT OR SUMMARY AND OTHER TYPES OF QUESTIONS?
philipthomas : Start with the RCs as it takes time and wrap up with the VA part at the end.

monkeyman : HI
thomas : Please post your question

monkeyman : IS IT OK TO LEARN NEW TOPICS NOT OR SHOULD WE PONLY REVISE
thomas : If you have covered most of the topics it is better to just concentrate on them now rather than learning anything new

monkeyman : PLEASE SHARE STUDY PLAN FOR THE REMAINING DAYS
amitpoddar : Solve the advanced booklets and take regular sectional tests apart from the SAMCATs and AIMCATs.Mix all of these and have weekly targets.

cbcbb5a073 : SIR,ANY TIPS TO IMPROVE THE SCORE IN DILR SECTION
siddhartharora : Practice 2 sets everyday from any topic. In case you are not able to solve, go through the solution and mark the set. Revisit the set after few days and see if you can solve now. Do keep a note of good sets which require many concepts, keep on solving them once a week till CAT.

neha : IM NOT ABLE TO TACKLE DILR
thomas : Similar question already answered. Please read transcript

monkeyman : I AM WEAK IN DI PLEASE HELP ME
thomas : Di and lr 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 the different models

monkeyman : PLEASE SHARE FEW DOS AND DONTS FOR PREPARATION IN LAST 2 MONTHS
philipthomas : Analyse your performance in the AIMCATs and work on your weak areas.

monkeyman : HOW DO YOU RATE DILR IN THIS AIMCAT
thomas : Qa and varc was easier than last year cat paper. Lrdi was similar to the easiest slot last year. Overall, easier than last year cat paper

gocn8394 : WHEN WILL MICAT NOTIFICATION COME
siddhartharora : expected in October

gocn8394 : CAN WE WRITE AIMCAT AGAIN
siddhartharora : Collect hard copy from your centre and write again with the same

: IS THE QUANT SECTION SLOWLY BECOMING A BIT MORE DIFFICULT ?EARLIER I USED TO SCORE ABOUT 24-29, NOW THE SCORE HAS DROPPED. COULD YOU SUGGEST SOME STEPS TO IMPROVE QUANT
thomas : Yes, this test was more difficult than the few previous aimcats. But this is still easier than last year or the one before that cat paper. Just focus on the basics and try to solve the questions slowly. A score of 25 should get you more than 95 percentile. So, attempting 9 to 20 questions is more than enough

gocn8394 : IS MAT GOOD EXAM TO WRITE
thomas : If it is just for practice, it is fine. Bone of the top colleges consider mat score

gocn8394 : HOW TO SPEAK FLUENTLY
gayathri : Practice speaking in English atleast a few minutes daily on a selected topic or situation. Listen to quality talks in English or audiobooks. Read extensively and try to summarise it in your own words and speak on the same. You may also take the help of language learning apps. Engage in conversasions with people who can guide you. Fluency doesnt happen overnight. it demands regular practice.

k : MY SCORE IS FLUCTUATING TOO MUCH IN LAST AIMCAT I GOT 70PEF
amitpoddar : Do a proper analysis of the question types which you were unable to attempt in the last few AIMCATs and refer to the booklets to work on the concepts.

bsr : I'M TRYING TO FOCUS ON VARC SECTION BUT SOMETIMES IM OUT OF MY MIND EVEN WHEN I TRY TO FOCUS ITS NOT HAPPENING IT'S COMPLETELY JEOPARDIZING THE SECTION. WHAT TO DO IN THIS SITUATION?
philipthomas : Skip one or two mocks and revise the difficult areas after that you restart with the mocks.

anu : SIR CAN NMAT PREPARATION BE DONE IN 2 MONTHS OR LET ME ASK HONESTLY AM I WORTHY TO SIT FOR THE EXAM.BECAUSE I WILL HONESTLY TELL YOU MY CONDITION
siddhartharora : If you are preparing for CAT, CMAT and MAT are easily doable in 2 months.

cncbb5a212 : HOW TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT/EASY SETS IN DILR AND VARC??
amitpoddar : For VARC and DILR,it largely depends on your strong areas identified during the practise which one does from the SM booklets and the sectionals.Based on the area of interest,question types and the complexity of the sentences one can identify easy and doable RCs.A quick skimming is required before you choose a passage.

anu : I AM NOT ABLE TO TAKE OUT TIME TO READ DAILY NEWSPAPERS.I AM STILL ON VERBAL ABILITY EXERCISE FROM LOT 1.I AM NOT ABLE TO TARGET SOLVING DAILY 2 TO 3 RC PASSAGES AND ALSO PRACTICE SUMMARY WRITING AS GUIDED BY THE FACULTIES FROM THE LOT 1 BOOK AND LOT 1 THEY SAY FOR ALL SUBJECTS IS THE CORE THING TO BE SOLVED AND COMPLETED.
gayathri : First prepare a daily timetable considering your commitments and responsibilities which you otherwise have. But due significance should be given for CAT preparation. The time table should cater the need of practising everything you are missing out. go for weekly plans. Read atleast the editorial page of the news paper. if you are not able to do VA and RC together regularly. focus on one area a day. On alternate days you can do VA and RC.

giriraj : HI SIR, HOW WAS VARC COMPARED TO THE EXPECTED DIFFICULTY? I FELT LIKE THE LANGUAGE WAS DIFFICULT AND NEEDED TIME.
philipthomas : Expect the CAT exam to be tricky if not difficult, everything boils down to how well you have prepared yourself, you need to be good ( not brilliant) in all the areas.

anu : IN SIMPLE EQUATIONS I MADE SUM BASIC 6TH STD QUESTIONS FROM CHATGPT BUT EVEN IN THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO SOLVE SOME BASIC QUESTIONS LIKE AGE RELATED PROBLEMS PR PERIMETER OF RECTANGLE.
siddhartharora : start from NCERT Books and read the theory like a VI grader and solved questions as well and then try to solve

smi : GOOD EVENING. I CAN TACKLE MOST DILR SETS BUT STRUGGLE WITH GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS. SINCE THEY APPEAR ALMOST EVERY YEAR IN CAT, CAN I SKIP THEM AND FOCUS ON MY STRENGTHS, OR IS IT ESSENTIAL TO PRACTICE THEM?
thomas : Games and tournament questions do come occasionally in cat. Generally, they are not tough. It is best to just practice a few such sets and then concentrate on other areas. Keep in mind that doing 2 out of the 5 sets accurately will get you close to 98 percentile in most cases

anu : AND ALSO FOR EACH SUBJECT AND EACH TOPIC .I AM TAKING LITERALLY 4 TO 5 DAYS TO SOLVE ONE HANDOUT BY MYSELF AND AS DISCUSSED IS CALCULATION INTENSIVE SO I AM STUCK IN THE INTRO TO DI HANDOUT.AND ALSO IN LR I HAVE DONE 4 CHPS TILL NOW AND AND WILL NOW BE COMPLETING THE 5TH CHP FROM LOT 1
siddhartharora : Make a chart paper with numbers 1 to 5r0 in column and rows as well, then write 1/1 and 1/2 and so on in decimals in row with 1 and 2/1, 2/2 and so on with row with 2 and so on. Put this chart paper somewhere in your room to have maximum visibility and keep on revising the decimals every now and then. This will help to improve calculations speed.

anu : AND GK BOOK FOR THE CMAT EXAM I HAVE NOT YET READ EVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME.AND MY MAGAZINE IS ALSO ONLY HALF READ.AND ALSO FEELING BURNOUT WITH ALL THESE
amitpoddar : Think less and act more. Make a plan and stick to it.

smi : CAN I GET SOME CLARITY ON HOW MANY COLLEGES ONE SHOULD APPLY TO BEFORE CAT? DO WE NEED TO APPLY SEPARATELY TO NMIMS AND SYMBIOSIS BEFORE TAKING NMAT AND SNAP? THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS SEEMS VERY LIMITED.
siddhartharora : NMAT and SNAP yes, each college has to be applied separately, full information is available on our website

anu : SO SIR PLS GUIDE ME ACCORDING TO THIS AS I HAVE TOLD MY CONDITION TO YOU
amitpoddar : Pls use the SM booklets on a daily basis.

holycat : IS HAVING A CUP OF COFFEE BEFORE THE CAT EXAM A GOOD IDEA? I HAVE HEARD THAT A CUP OF COFFEE INCREASES THE LEVEL OF ALERTNESS FOR SOMETIME.
siddhartharora : This varies from person to person; do not try to take anything which you are not accustomed to.

anu : AND ALSO DO WE NEED TO START FILLING NM CLG FORMS SEPRATE FORMS NOW PR IS THERE STILL TIME
siddhartharora : You can fill them any time before last date, better to fill early to avoid last minute server issues

bhcbb5a236 : FINAL LIST OF IMPORTANT TOPICS TO FOCUS ON IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS
siddhartharora : There is nothing like important topic in CAT, revise formulas of each topic every week and keep on giving mocks

sg : I AM FACING A LOT OF PROBLEM IN QUANTS\ SECTION OF THE MOCK...AT TIMES IM ABLE TO ATTEMPT ONLY 3 4 QUESTIONS THAT REALLY MAKES ME FEEL DEMOTIVATED AND AS IF I HAVE NOT STUDIED WELL..WHAT SHOULD I DO TO INCREASE MY ATTEMPT QUESTIONS
siddhartharora : Start working on your basics from NCERT class VI to X math books

likhita : I AM A GAP YEAR STUDENT. CURRENTLY MY AVERAGE SCORE ACROSS AIMCATS IS 60. WHAT SHOULD I DO AND HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD I GIVE DAILY TO GET TO A 99 PERCENTILE SCORE
amitpoddar : You need to 2-3 more correct answers in all the sections. Practise areas which you have neglected so far. Analyse the mocks and make the study plan basedon the mistakes done in the mocks.

anu : AND WITH THIS SPEED IF I WILL HAVE ONLY HALF OF THE PORTION COVERED THEN HOW WILL I BE ABLE TO GIVE THE EXAM.
amitpoddar : Start working hard and focus on your daily tasks. Try to get 7-8 correct answers in each section and you will reach close to the desired percentile.

anu : ALTHOUGH YOU SAID THAT IS DOABLE IN 2 MONTHS
siddhartharora : yes they are doable if you prepare sincerely, post CAT

sg : ALSO FOR VARC HOW MANY QUESTIONS TO ATTEMPT CORRECTLY IN ORDER TO SCORE GOOD PERCENTILE
gayathri : It depends on the difficulty level of the test. If you are able to score between 30 to 35 marks , you will get around 95 percentile approximately.

sg : ARE THERE ANY CHAPTERS IN QUANNNTS THAT I CAN ELAVE IF STILL NOT PREPARED
siddhartharora : In case you are not able to practice all topics, at least go through the solved examples and formulae of all topics

a : SIR DOES COLLEGES(OTHER PRIVATE COLLEGE THAN IIM) FORMS FOR ADMISSION OPEN AFTER CAT RESULT OR BEFORE CAT
amitpoddar : Some are open just before the CAT exam.But most of them are open even after the CAT results. Keep checking the notification section of your SHP.

sg : PLS SUGGETS WHAT TO DO ON THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THE EXAM
amitpoddar : Identify all the shortcomings and weak areas by analysing the last 5 AIMCATs/SAMCATs and prepare a study plan.Take at east 2-3 full length tests per week.

anu : YES SIR I HAVE STARTED FROM THE NCERT ONLY AND I AM LITERALLY THE SOLVED EGS FROM THE NCERT AND THEN MOVING TO SOLVE THE ACTUAL PROBLEM
siddhartharora : Are you reading the theory as well as basics need to be built up

sg : IM TARGETING FOR 2 CORRECT SETS IN LRDI 9 TO 10 FULLY CORREWCT QUESTIONS IN VARC AND 9 TO 10 QUESTIONS IN QUANTS WILL BE ENOUGH TO SCORE A GOOD PERCENTILE
siddhartharora : This will vary from paper to paper, do not go with a fixed mindset as if the paper is difficult, you will put yourself under lot of stress and might do bad in other sections as well.

sillyboi : HOW MANY RCS SHOULD I DO IN A DAY? AND DILR SETS TOO.
amitpoddar : At least 3-4.

sg : OK NOT TARGETING ANY NUMBER OF QUESTIONS SHOULD I GO WITH DOABLE QUESTIONS THAT I AM CONFIDENT WITH LIKE 2 SETS IN DILR AND IN QUNATS THE QUESTIONS I CAN CONFIDENTLY ATTEMPT
siddhartharora : Go with doable yes, but again not "2 sets in DILR", this will vary as per level of paper

anu : GK OF I START TO PREPARE AFTER THE NAMT EXAM THEN I THINK IT IS OK? OR SHALL IS START NOW BY TAKING SOME TIME OUT
philipthomas : After the NMAT should be good enough.

thaara : .
siddhartharora : Please ask your query

thaara : HELLO SIR IN AIMCAT AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEND MORE THAN 9 QUESTIONS SIR IN VARC AND DILR WHAT CAN I DO SIR
amitpoddar : Finish the booklets and take regular sectional tests.

anu : SO @AMIT SIR HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHOULD I TRY TO MAKE CORRECT IN VARC,QUANT AND DILR TO SCORE 85 PERCENTILE IN OMETS
amitpoddar : At least 6-7 correct should be good enough to clear the cutoffs.But to get that score you may need to attempt more number of questions as you mayget some wrong answers.

thaara : IN AIMCAT I AM GETTING MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WRONG BUT AFTER AIMCAT AM WORKOUT AGAIN ALL THE QUES BUT THAT TIME I AM GETTING CORRECT ANSWERS WITHOUT SEEING THE ANSWER SIR , I DONT KNOW WHERE I AM LAGGING SIR SUGGEST ME SIR
amitpoddar : You need to handle the exam pressure. Take more SAMCATs and sectionals on a regular basis.

cbcbb5a073 : SIR,A NEEDED SCORE TO GET ABOVE 90 PERCENTILE?
asim : It cannot be predicted as it would depend on difficulty level of this year's examination.

sk : SIR MY VARC SCORES WERE CONSTANTLY 30+, HOWEVER, IN THE LAST 3-4 MOCKS THEY ARE RANGING BETWEEN 15-20. WHAT STEPS SHOULD I TAKE TO BRING MY ACCURACY BACK?
gayathri : identify the mistakes and analyse them .Find out your short comings. work more on advanced level questions. It is natural that the consistency is sometimes affected in AIMCATs. do more passages and and do the analysis part without fail.

anu : @SIDDHARTH SIR YES THEORY AND BASICS I AM READING FROM THE SM BOOKLETS WHICH ARE GIVEN BY CLASSES
siddhartharora : Please read from NCERT books as well as they are written for VI grader and easy to understand

anu : AND SIR FROM WHERE CAN I SEE THE MOCK RESULTS IN DETAIL FOR INSTANCE WHICH ANSWER HAVE I DONE WRONG OR RIGHT
siddhartharora : Fotr AIMCATs, you can see question wise analysis after the test taking time is over for all students

sbcab5a011 : HOW IMPORTANT IS GK FOR CAT
philipthomas : No GK section and questions in CAT.

tj : I AM CONFUSED, SIR. IF THESE AIMCATS ARE HIGHER THAN CAT LEVEL, I FEEL I WOULD GET CONFUSED OF THE CORRECT ANSWER AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GUAGE THE ACTUAL DIFFICULTY OF THE QUESTIONS.
philipthomas : You will find the exam easier than the mocks.

tj : DO YOU SUGGEST TAKING THE CRASH COURSE EVEN THOUGH I AM ALREADY ENROLLED FOR OFFLINE 3 MONTHS BACK?
philipthomas : Suggest that you focus on your present programme.

anu : @SIDDHARHTSIR TOPICS LIKE PPL AND TIME AND DISTANCE BASICS ARE NOT PRESENT IN NCERT SO I HAVE READ IT FROM THE SM BOOKLETS BUT WAS ABLE TO SOLVE VERY FEW BASIC QUESTIONS SO CAN YOU SUGGEST SOME OTHER SOURCE FROM READING THE BASICS AND THEORY
siddhartharora : They are in Class VII or VIII, that is why we recommend class VI to X

tj : WHAT TOPICS TO FOCUS MORE ON SINCE IIMK IS THE CONVENOR?
amitpoddar : Do not go by any mindsets, follow the AIMCATs.

z : I GOT TOTAL 5 MARKS IN THIS AIMCAT. I AM CLUELESS. PLEASE HELP ME. HOW TO GO ABOUT?
amitpoddar : Re-attempts the whole paper again and devise a study plan for the next 2 weeks. Refer to all the handouts and SM booklets.

zqn : SIR MY SCORES ARE DECLINING IN AIMCATS. IS IT BECAUSE THE THEY ARE GETTING MORE HARDER? WHAT SHOULD I DO TO INCREASE THE SCORES?
amitpoddar : Focus more on the percentile than the raw scores. Start working on your shortcomings.

z : I GOT TOTAL 5 MARKS IN THIS AIMCAT. I AM CLUELESS. PLEASE HELP ME. HOW TO COMPLETE BASICS FASTER?
amitpoddar : answered.

z : I GOT TOTAL 5 MARKS IN THIS AIMCAT. I AM CLUELESS. PLEASE HELP ME. 2 MINS REMAINING. PLEASE HELP ME
amitpoddar : Re-attempts the whole paper again and devise a study plan for the next 2 weeks. Refer to all the handouts and SM booklets.