hocc5td34 : HELLO SIR I HAVE DONE GRAD IN 2015 SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN DOING BUSINESS.CAN I GIVE CAT AT THE AGE OF 32?
thomas : Yes. There's no age limit to writing cat. If you are doing well in business, make sure that you apply to only the top 10 colleges. Going for lower level colleges after 10 years experience is not worthwhile. You can also try ISB

prateek : SIR/MADAM
thomas : Please post your question

reckless_recurs : WHAT IS A GOOD WAY TO PRACTICE MAX/MIN QUESTIONS WHERE THERE IS NO DEFINITE ANSWER IN DILR?
thomas : You can never be sure of the answer in case no choices are given. Practice from the handouts DIHO 9 AND 10snd the questions in other material so that you get an idea of how to tackle such questions

manya : SIR WHAT SHOULD BE MY DAILY TARGET FOR ALL 3 SUBJECTS??
raman : Taking a mock exam or a full length exam once in two days should be fine. In the process identify the areas of revision.

amrit : GOOD EVENING SIR. SIR, I AM ABLE TO SCORE GOOD IN MY SECTIONAL TESTS, HOWEVER, WHEN I TAKE UP THE FULL LENGTH TESTS LIKE THE AIMCATS, I HAVE OBSERVED THAT, I AM NOT ABLE TO SCORE UPTO THE MARK. WHAT STRATEGY SHALL I ADAPT IN THIS SITUATION.
siddhartharora : set target in every section, E.g. 10 questions correct in QA, 2 sets in DILR and 10-12 questions correct in VARC, depending on your Grad stream

cccab5a039 : HELLO SIR/MA'AM ! HOW DO I IMPROVE MY DILR SECTION. I TRIED MANY WAYS BUT UNABLE TO CRACK IT EFFECTIVELY.
siddhartharora : Practice all AIMCATs sets and previous years sets from actual CAT papers

mayank : WHAT WAS THE DIFFICULTY OF AIMCAT 2606 ACCORDING TO YOU? AS WELL AS IN THE SAME AIMCAT2606. QUANTS-17, LRDI-21,VARC-29. WHERE WILL IT MAKE ME STAND IN REAL CAT
thomas : Varc and qa was easier than last year cat paper while dilr was similar in difficulty level.in actual cat you should be close to 85 percentile each in qa and varc and around 95 in dilr, with the above scores. Overall around 95.

jrcnb5q072 : I’VE BEEN ATTEMPTING MOCKS CONSISTENTLY, BUT MY SCORES IN THE DILR SECTION ARE NOT IMPROVING STEADILY. COULD YOU GUIDE ME ON HOW I SHOULD STRUCTURE MY DILR PRACTICE RIGHT NOW? SPECIFIC TOPICS TO PRACTICE OR SECTIONAL MOCKS ?
siddhartharora : Visit all sets of DILR from all AIMCATS and Previous CAT papers to improve logical ability.

harsh : SIR, WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I AM ABLE TO ATTEMPT VERY FEW QUESTIONS IN DILR AND QA? HOW TO IMPROVE MY PERCENTILE IF IT IS 50 CURRENTLY?
siddhartharora : In DILR solving 2 sets will be good in actual CAT. also set target of 8-10 questions correct in QA. Solve less with high accuracy

shrashti : SIR I GIVE ALMOST 15 MOCKS BUT I AM NOT ABLE TO SCORE ABOVE 40 ...MY QUANT SECTION IS WEAK ...BECAUSE OF MY SPEED ....OTHERWISE MY CONCEPT ARE CLEAR ...AND SIR I CAN CRACK ONLY 1 SET IN DILR
thomas : I set was enough in 2023 while in cat 24 you needed a few questions more. One can never be sure of the difficulty level of the paper this year. 2 sets is always a safe score and keep that as the minimum target

reckless_recurs : WHAT MORE HANDOUTS CAN YOU SUGGEST ON TACKLING QUESTIONS WITH A LOT OF VARIABLES? ALSO, ARTICULATING DATA IN SUCH CASES BECOMES DIFFICULT. ANY TIPS FOR THAT?
thomas : The DEXpapers towards the end (5 to 8) and the aimcat sas will also have such questions. Practice those

reckless_recurs : ALSO, HOW DO I PRACTICE EFFECTIVE SET SELECTION FOR DILR? WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD SOURCE TO DO SO?
thomas : There's no source to practice set selection. This comes with practice. You should try to solve as many sets as you can. You will have a better understanding of the difficulty level of the set when you become familiar with the different models

ragul : GUIDE SOME ADVICE TO SCORE MAXIMUM MARKS IN QUANTS CURRENTLY I GOT 6 CORRECT OUT OF 13
siddhartharora : Solve less with high accuracy. E.g Take 40 mins to solve only 10 questions. but keep accuracy high. Pick questions and solve those only.

shrashti : SIR GIVE SOME TIPS FOR INCREASE SCORE AND INCREASE MY SPEED
shashidar : Try to attempt the specific questions of all the passages WITHOUT reading the full passage, #1 you'll save time & #2 you'll have a feel of the difficulty/simplicity level of each passage

shrashti : ALSO SIR I GIVE AIMCAT 2606 BUT INLY SCRECARD IS SHOWN ...I WANT TO ANALYSE BUT SOLUTION WINDOW IS NOT OPENING
thomas : Did you give the aimcat during the test window? No one else complained about this issue.

harsh : SIR, I AM UNABLE TO SOLVE 2 SETS IN DILR AND 8 QUESTIONS IN QA. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
raviraj : For DILR u need to pick the right set and solve it. For quant practice variety of questions

hycab5a410 : SIR,
thomas : Please post your question

shania : PLEASE SUGGEST WAYS TO MAINTAIN ACCURACY ALONG WITH SPEED.
raman : Take more mock exams. Also focus on prioritizing the doable and difficult ones. Just trust in your self things would get better.

hocc5t574 : SIR HOW TO SOLVE JUMBLE SENTENCE IN VERBAL ABILITY, AND PICK OUT ODD ONE FROM GIVEN 5 SENTENCES.
shashidar : Ideally, find a definite mandatory pair. Then study the story in that pair. Then, look at the remaining 3 sentences to see which fits into that story. You'll find one sentence which doesn't & that's the answer

hocc5td34 : THANKS A LOT SIR ALSO SIR MY PROFILE IS 89/79/60 IS THERE IS CHANCES OF GETTING IIM AFTER SCORING GOOD PERCENTILE IN CAT?
thomas : The graduation score is low but you should still get a few top iim calls if your percentile is great

hocc5t574 : SIR ONE MORE QUESTION MY MAXIMUM SPEED FOR QUESTION IN QUANTS IN 5-6 SIR I WANT TO IMPROVE IN AIMCATS CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST SOME STATEGY TO INCREASE MY SPEED IN QUANTS AND PLEASE GUIDE IN AIMCATS WHAT IS THE BEST STRATEGY TO TACLKE ANY SECTION.
raviraj : Practice questions from the study material. Solve variety of questions also practice previous questions from CAT papers

ragul : I AM AN EMPLOYED PERSON AND MY JOB IS MORE HECTIC LIKE I AM GOING ON SHIFT SOMEDAY IT WAS 6 TO 2 AND SOME OTHER WAS 2 TO 10 WHILE OTHER IT WAS 10 TO 6 IN ALL THESE SHIFT COMES TWICE IN A WEEK, SO I BARELY GOT 3 HOURS FOR STUDY THAT TO BY SACRIFICING THE SLEEP, WHAT KIND OF APPROACH SHOULD I TAKE FOR THE LAST 50 DAYS.MY MOCKS SCORE ARE ALSO IN BETWEEN 15 TO 40
thomas : Don't sacrifice your sleep as this will affect your performance. Try to get some leaves as the timings look difficult. In case it is not possible concentrate on your work and sleep and study whenever you are free. Cat can be taken even next year. Do not neglect your job or graduation studies ( for students) for cat preparation

reckless_recurs : THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR ANSWERS SIR! CAN SECTIONALS HELP IN SET SELECTION IN THE MAIN EXAM?
raviraj : Yes. Selecting sets while solving AIMCATS will definitely help

shania : I DID NOT HAVE MATHS IN 12TH, CAN I GET INTO IIMS IF I SCORE WELL IN CAT
thomas : Of course. There are many students with non maths background who get into iims every year

vnymounaaya : I AM SCORING 20+ IN VARC AND DILR. BUT IN QUANT COULD ONLY SCORE SINGLE DIGIT SCORES. HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY QUANT SCORE. SHOULD I START COMPLETING MY SYLLABUS OR DIRECTLY SOLVE ALL AIMCAT QUESTIONS.
thomas : If you have any important topic like arithmetic or algebra then cover the basics first. Try to go slow and concentrate on accuracy. If you can do 5 or 6 questions accurately, you should be able to clear the cutoff

srustagi : SIR I AM CONSISTENTLY ACORING IN 20S IN VARC, HOW TO MOVE TO 30S? I AM ABLE TO DO 3RCS (3Q/RC) AND REMAINING VAS
shashidar : You're making a mistake in thinking that you've to answer as many RC Qs as possible. Not true! Attempt all the VA Qs since there's less info to be processed. Try practising specific RC Qs without reading the passage, you'll save time & increase your attempts.

harsh : I FACE DIFFICULTY IN DILR AND QA QUESTIONS IF THEY ARE VERY LONG AND COMPILCATED. HOW TO IMPROVE COMPREHENSION IN THESE CASES?
raviraj : In quant solve small length questions E.g. 1 or 2 line questions then lengthy 4-5lines. In DILR try solving DI rather LR set , In DI u can solve 2 questions whereas in LR all questions u will be able to answer when a set is solved completely

hocc5td34 : WHAT IS MINIMUM PERCENTILE IN CAT SHOULD REQUIRE FOR TOP IIMS?
raviraj : Depends on ur category . all IIMS release their selection criteria, u can check their respective websites

taylor : SIR I ALSO HAVE AN YEAR'S WORK EXPERIENCE OF KGS(BIG4) IN AUDIT DEPARTMENT.
raviraj : minimum 2 years of experience is taken into account for

srustagi : @SHASHIDHAR SIR, BUT MOST STUDENTS ARE SAYING ATTEMPT 22 QUESTIONS IN VARC IS THAT TRUE?
shashidar : Seriously!!!!! If you answer 22 Qs & that, too , with proper attention? It'll be an amazing attempt. In all probability, you'll answer between 16-19 Qs & still score a high 90%le

hocc5td34 : SIR IS FAMILY BUSINESS COUNT AS WORK EXPERIENCE I AM DOING IT FOR LAST 10 YEARS SO SKEPTIC THAT IT WILL IMPACT NEGATIVELY ON MY PROFILE.PLEASE CLARIFY KRIYE SIR
shashidar : No issue at all, what matters is your CAT performance & later on, your interview performance. Lots of people work in their family business & still get selected by the IIMs

ragul : IS THE QNS AND MOCK AVAILABLE IN THE WEBPAGE IS ENOUGH OR SHOULD I GO FOR ADDITIONAL MOCK TO SCORE MORE TO GET INTO TOP IIM
raviraj : TIME study material and AIMCATS are sufficient

lakshya : @SHASHIDAR SIR, SHOULD I ATTEMPT PYQS IN SECTIONAL OR FULL-LENGTH MOCK FORMAT OR ATTEMPT THEM INDIVIDUALLY? WHICH WAY IS EFFICIENT?
shashidar : PYQS?

tharunn_26 : HOW TO MAKE MY ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE COUNT FOR MANAGEMNT , WHAT PROFIILE BUILDING CAN I D
shashidar : At this stage, don't bother about anything other than maximizing your CAT percentile

tharunn_26 : I DO REALLY BAD AT VARC , IM NOT CONFIDENT ON MY NARROWING DOWN THE PASSAGE , ALSO I CAN COME TO LAST 2 OPTIONS BUT NOT SURE WHICH IS CORRECT? ANY TIPS
shashidar : When you're down to 2 options, break both the sentences in 2 or 3 parts & study them part by part. You'll see one part which differs...focus on that

lakshya : @ SHASHIDAR SIR, SHOULD I ATTEMPT PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS IN SECTIONAL OR FULL-LENGTH MOCK FORMAT OR ATTEMPT THEM INDIVIDUALLY? WHICH WAY IS EFFICIENT?
shashidar : I suggest you attempt advanced sectional tests & AIMCATs first. Then validate your performance by attempting previous CAT papers

tharunn_26 : CAN I ENTER QA WITH COVERING ONLY 60% OF TOPICS AND HAVING 90% ACCURACY
raviraj : u can't predict number of questions from a particular topic. So try to prepare maximum topics also about accuracy u cant predict right now

tharunn_26 : I KNOW IM STRUGGLING AT VARC , WHERE SHOULD I FOCUS ON VA OR RC
shashidar : Focus on VA Odd One Out, Sentence Placement, Essence Qs & Specific Qs in RCs (Without reading the full passage)

srustagi : SIR I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON RC NOT ENTIRELY ON VAS.
shashidar : That's your choice

hycab5a410 : SIR, I AM GETTING 75-80 MARKS IN AIMCATS, BUT IN VARC I AM ABLE TO SCORE ONLY 15-20 MARKS. SUGGEST SOME WAYS TO INCREASE THE SCORE. (TO SOLVE 10 QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURACY)
shashidar : Actually, VA Qs are easier to navigate. In Jumbled Paras/Odd One Out, the key is to identify the easiest possible mandatory pair. In Sentence Placement, read the sentence before & after the blank as one single sentence. If you feel it's a smooth flow, eliminate that blank