cncb4a285 : HI SIR, WARM GREETINGS. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME JOINING, SO FEW DOUBTS,
thomas : hi, please post your doubts here

vs : HOW CAN I SOLVE DILR SETS FASTER?
thomas : speed in dilr can be improved only with practice as there is not much theory to study and improve. TRY TO SOLVE AS MANY SETS AS YOU CAN. Your speed will gradually improve as you become familiar with the different models

lalit : SIR, I ALMOST COMPLETED ALGEBRA, ARITHMATIC, GEOMETRY LOT 1 BOOKS EXERCISES. SO FOR NOW WHERE TO GIVE MORE PREFERENCE TO SOLVE LOT 2 EXERCISES OR GIVING SECTIONAL TEST FOR SAME TOPICS.
abhishek : Try to continue with both(alternate days). In the second week of November,you may think about solving tests exclusively.

soham : HELLO SIR, GREETINGS. I HAD A DOUBT THAT WHAT SHOULD I FOCUS NOW, WHETHER ON SOLVING/COMPLETING THE MATERIAL OR SECTIONS/ MOCKS?
saikat kundu : of course the sectional tests, sam cats and aim cats. because these all are computer-based tests. side by side you can complete your books. but the primary focus is the online tests

cncb4a285 : WILL THIS BE A COMMON SESSION OR A ONE-ON-ONE, WILL I BE ABLE TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THE RESPECTIVE EXPERTS?
abhishek : It is not one-on-one.

sb : HI SIR. I AM UNABLE TO SOLVE BEYOND ONE SET IN AIMCAT IN PAST COUPLE OF AIMCATS. I AM FACING TIME MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND ALSO SOMETIMES GET BLANK WHEN I SEE A GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS QUESTION. HOW CAN I SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
saikat kundu : At first, to solve DILR questions, you need to solve a good number of questions from your study material as well as practice books. apart from that, you have to solve as many sectional tests as possible, preferably, one or two sectional tests per day. to manage the time in this section, you need to go through the sets and try to identify the easier sets to solve and then solve only those sets

sofazz : DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THIS AIMCAT?
thomas : this aimcat was easy. all three sections were easier than cat last year

soham : SAME DOUBT AS LALIT.
abhishek : Answered.

simran : WHAT PERCENTILE SHOULD I GET NOW IN AIMCAT IN ORDER TO SCORE 95%+ IN CAT
abhishek : Anything over 80 is good.

hocc4zg70 : HELLO SIR,
thomas : hello. please post your doubts

sb : IN QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE, I SOLVE AROUND 9 TO 10 QUESTIONS. JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY ACCURACY TO 100 PERCENT?
saikat kundu : even if you solve only 9-10 questions in Quant, you still can able to make around 85-90 percentile, provided all of your answers are correct. to get the correct answers, you need to select the questions wisely. identify the easier questions and solve them. go through the entire section and select the questions first those can be solvable by you. solve those questions with utter concentration and check your calculations at least twice, so that, you don't do any unforced error.

shivam : I HAVE COVERED AND REVISED ALL TOPICS OF QA BUT NOT ABLE TO SCORE WELL IN MOCKS,I AM ABLE TO SOLVE THOSE QUESTIONS LATER BUT NOT IN MOCKS AND SECTIONALS
ashwinvariyar : While practising exercises or from material put yourself under time pressure

hocc4z554 : HELLO SIR, AFTER THE EXAM I WAS ABLE TO EASILY SOLVE THE DILR SETS BUT IN EXAM I AM UNABLE TO COMPLETE A SINGLE SET. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT CAN BE DONE?
ashwinvariyar : When you solve a set. Put yourself under time pressure. Also solve Sectional Tests

sb : FOR LRDI. HI SIR. I AM UNABLE TO SOLVE BEYOND ONE SET IN AIMCAT IN PAST COUPLE OF AIMCATS. I AM FACING TIME MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND ALSO SOMETIMES GET BLANK WHEN I SEE A GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS QUESTION. HOW CAN I SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.I WANT TO SCORE ~99%ILE IN LRDI HOW CAN I DO THAT IN THESE 2 MONTHS?
thomas : 99 percentile in lrdi is possible if you can solve two sets completely accurately. spend the first 5 minutes in identifying the two sets which appear to be the easiest and for the remaining 35 minutes concentrate on these two sets and do them slowly so that you do not make silly mistakes. accuracy is the key in a difficult section

cncb4a285 : HI SIR, WHILE SOLVING VARC, WHILE IN THE EXAM, IT SEEMS I HAVE ATTEMPTED ONLY THE ONES I AM CONFIDENT ON, BUT WHEN THE RESULTS COME OUT, IT SEEMS OTHERWISE, AND SOMETIMES, I FIND IT DIFFICULT CONVINCING MYSELF OF THE RIGHT ANSWERS? I FACE THIS SOMETIMES FOR OTHER SESSIONS ALSO. HOW CAN I DO THIS UNLEARNING?
ashwinvariyar : Try to resolve the section after the exam without time pressure. Also look at their solutions. Understand why they say a particular option is right and some other option wrong. If you are not convinced about particular Questions then sit with the faculty at your center and analyze

shifa : HELLO SIR/MAAM. I HAD BEEN GETTING AROUND 9-11 QUESTIONS RIGHT IN VARC CONSISTENTLY BUT IN LAST 2 AIMCATS THAT HAS DROPPED DOWN TO 7. WHAT CAN I DO TO IMPROVE TO INCREASE MY CORRECT ATTEMPTS?
tarannumraza : Check your accuracy. You may need to increase the number of attempts.

lalit : AFTER DOING VARIOUS EFFORTS LIKE CHANGING THE ATTEMPT PATTERN AND STILL VARC ACCURACY IS ONE BIG PAIN POINT FOR ME WHERE DILR AND QA GOING DECENT, PLEASE GIVE STUDY PLAN TO IMPROVE THE VARC ACCURACY.
tarannumraza : Proper analysis is the key to understand the reason for this. If you are getting the RC questions wrong, is it because you did not fully comprehend the passage/ misinterpret the question/ close options? Go through the sectional tests. During analysis, read the explanations & make a noye of why you are going wrong. If the VA questions are problematic, practice the particular question types more.

soham : SIR PLZ, SOME TIPS FOR VARC IMPROVEMENT… (AS IN AEON ESSAYS, NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS OR ACTUAL SECTIONAL TESTS ETC.) HOW TO IMPROVE
tarannumraza : Focus on sectional tests/ SAMCATs/ Analysis of AIMCATs

sb : HOW CAN I GO ABOUT LRDI PREPARATION GOING FURTHER, SIR? I WANT TO CROSS AT LEAST 99 PERCENTILE IN THIS SUBJECT AND ALSO IMPROVE MY ACCURACY.
thomas : this section can be improved only by practice. solve sets from the advanced online sectional tests and aimcat- sa to get sets similar to previous years cat papers

sofazz : I HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE FIRST CHAPTER FROM LOT 1 SM IN QUANTS AND LRDI, WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT? SHOULD I FOCUS ON LOT 2 OR GIVE SECTIONALS OR FOCUS ON PYQS, AS LITTLE TIME REMAINS KIDNLY GUIDE. THANK YOU
ashwinvariyar : Lot 2 and Sectionals Parallelly. PYQs also can be done but in between

hocc4zg70 : SIR I HAVE SOME QUERIES REGARDING MY STRATEGY IN VARC.. TO DEAL THE ACCURACY I HAVE CHOSEN ONLY 1 RC AND DONE BY VA PART.. HOW TO IMPROVE MY SPEED AND MOST IMPORTANT HOW TO INCREASE ACCURACY.. BY DOING THIS ONLY HALF OF QSTN WERE CORRECT
tarannumraza : You need to increase the number of questions attempted ( esp because in the VARC section, the accuracy is an issue). Practice the online sectional tests to improve reading speed.

vs : WILL CONSISTENTLY SOLVING DIFFICULT DILR SETS HELP ME IMPROVE MY ACCURACY IN THE SECTION?
saikat kundu : yes of course. solve as many sectional tests as possible

shivam : SIR HOW CAN I INCREASE MY ACCURACY IN VARC SOMETIMES I AM GETTING ALL QUESTIONS WRONG OF AN RC. ITS MY SECOND ATTEMPT SIR AND I AM SCORING LESS THAN MY PREVIOUS YEAR MOCKS.WHAT SHOULD I DO?
tarannumraza : If you have not understood the RC while reading, skip the passage & go to the next one. You can go through the questions to check if there are any simple/direct questions. Even after completely reading the passage, you can skip the difficult questions.

sb : HOW TO GO FROM 80 PERCENTILE TO 95+ IN VARC?
tarannumraza : Choose questions prudently. Analyse the previous AIMCATs & work on the questions you regularly get wrong. Do not linger on any question.

mohit : GOOD EVENING SIR/MA'AM.
thomas : good evening, post your question please

shifa : SIR I HAVE GETTING 50-60 IN PAST 8-9 AIMCATS. IS THIS SCORE GOOD ENOUGH TO SECURE A DECENT %ILE IN CAT AND GET CALLS FOR IIMS?.. CONSIDERING THAT I'M NON ENGINEERING FRESHER..
saikat kundu : assuming you are a student from the general category, to get into an IIM, you need at least 90-110 marks, so that, it can give you around 93-97 percentile

soham : SIR PLZ TELL HOW TO MORE EFFECTIVELY ANALYSE THE GIVEN MOCKS? WHAT SHOULD BE THE EXACT STRATEGY? IS IT TO SOLVE EVERYTHING ONCE AGAIN OR SOLVE HARD ONES AGAIN OR WHAT SHOULD BE MOCK ANALYSIS STRATEGIES EXACTLY… THANK YOU.
ashwinvariyar : 1st step try to solve the mock without time pressure. 2nd step look at the solutions and understand which Qs were difficult/easy/medium level. Our goal always is to attempt as many easy and medium Qs correctly as possible

mohit : GOOD EVENING SIR/MA'AM, I'M TRYING READING ARTICLES RC99 BUT STILL MY VARC ACCURACY IS NOT IMPROVING ALSO I THINK I LACK SELF CONFIDENCE DUE TO THIS. PLEASE GUIDE.
tarannumraza : Focus on the sectional tests and their analysis. This will help you a lot.

vs : WHAT SHOULD BE THE FREQUENCY OF MY MOCKS? MY AIM IS 99.9+ THIS TIME. I GOT 95 PERCENTILE IN LAST ATTEMPT WITH SECTIONALS 89/64/99.4 (VARC/DILR/QA). MY ONLY PAIN POINT IS DILR.
saikat kundu : at first analyze your aimcats and try to understand your fault. work accordingly. my suggestion is, take the sectional tests as much as possible and set a dead line to finish all the INTERMEDIATE sectional tests. once you complete all the intermediate tests now go for the ADVANCED tests.

sofazz : AS THE NUMBER OF SECTIONALS ARE LIMITED TO 10 SPECIALLY FOR LRDI I HAVE EXHAUSTED 2. WHAT SHOULD I DO? SHOULD I SOLVE REMAINING IN NEXT 10 DAYS? OR SOMETHING ELSE, KINDLY SUGGEST FOR LRDI
thomas : the number of sectional tests is not 10. you have 20 advanced level sectional tests and many more intermediate level ones

mohit : I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING QUANT, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND PROBABILITY AND PNC QUESTIONS SO I SKIP THEM RIGHT AWAY, MY STRONG POINT IS ALGEBRA AND ARITHMETIC WHICH QUITE FETCHES ME THE SCORE, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD GET MY HANDS ON THE ABOVE TWO TOPICS IN THESE 50 DAYS OR SHOULD I BUILD MY ACCURACY FOR THE OTHER TOPICS?
abhishek : Try to get little comfortable with the topics so that if easy questions appear,you shouldn't miss it.

shivam : SIR I AM GIVING MOCK EVERY ALTERNATE DAY AND ANALYZING IT TOO BUT I AM NOT ABLE TO SCORE 90 PERCENTILE OVERALL EVEN IN SAMCATS TOO ;I AM SOLVING 3-4 RCS WITH 5-6 VA QUESTIONS,4-5 DIFFERENT KIND OF LRDI SETS,AROUND 25 QUANT QUESTIONS,,CAN YOU TELL WHERE I AM LACKING
abhishek : You are doing well number of questions/sets wise. Keep doing it. For slight improvement, Try changing the kind of questions, go for a little difficult questions. See if it helps.

shifa : @TARANNUMRAZA MAAM WAS THE VA SECTION OF THIS AIMCAT MORE DIFFICULT? BECAUSE I GOT ANY CORRECT IN RCS BUT NOT IN VA. I USED TO GET RIGHT IN VA IN EARLIER AIMCATS.
thomas : the va section of this aimcat was not difficult, it was similar to the previous papers and very close to last year cat paper, maybe slightly easier than last year cat

prem : SIR/MA'AM GOOD EVENINGS I WANT TO KNOW HOW I INCREASE MY
thomas : please post the question completely

facit : I HAVE ATTEMPTED THIS AIMCAT TODAY ONLY AND IN DILR SECTION, I WAS ABLE TO DO 2SETS IN 28-29 MINUTES, BUT NO OTHER QUESTION IN THE REMAINING TIME, I THOUGHT THIS WAS MOSTLY DUE TO TIME PRESSURE. HOW TO OVERCOME THAT?
ashwinvariyar : Putting yourself under time pressure while practising from material

sb : HELLO SIR, I AM NOT ABLE TO CLEAR THE SECTIONAL CUTOFF FOR QUANTS. I AM ONLY ABLE TO SOLVE 6-7 QUESTIONS DURING THE TIME. INSPITE OF COVERING 90 PER CENT OF SYLLABUS, STILL NOT ABLE TO SOLVE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT CAN I DO?
ashwinvariyar : try to analyze the last 2-3 AIMCATs that you attempted. Go through Qs from topics that you are confident on and check what happened from the solutions. Why did you get some of those wrong etc.

sb : I HAVE FINISHED GEOM, ARITH, AND ALGEBRA TO A GOOD EXTENT,BUT STILL LEFT WITH MODERN MATHS AND SOME PART OF NUMBERS, IS IT OKAY IF I SKIP MODERN MATHS?
saikat kundu : it's your choice, you may. but make sure that, in other topics, you have to do really well, so that, you can get a good score

sb : FOR RC, FROM WHERE CAN I READ CAT LEVEL ABSTRACT PASSAGES?
ashwinvariyar : Aeon Essays is a good resource. Also Previous year CAT papers

soham : ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SOLVE THE ENTIRE 66 QUESTIONS WHILE MOCKS ANALYSIS OR ONLY THE ONES WE COULDN’T SOLVE / FOUND DIFFICULT? SHOULD WE SOLVE VARC QS TOO OR ONLY QA AND DILR ONES? ALSO, SHOUDL WE SOLVE ALL QA & DILR QS WHILE MOCK ANALYSIS? PLEASE ANSWER SIR/MAM, THANK YOU!
saikat kundu : solve only the questions those are seem to be difficult for you as well as the questions that you haven't solved in the exam

rinkusingh : I GOT 15 IN DI AND 8 IN QUANTS BUT NEGATIVE IN VARC IN LAST AIMCAT FOR FIRST TIME I AM REALLY WORRIED PLS HELP ME
tarannumraza : Do not fret. Calmly analyse the section to understand why you picked the wrong answer.

123 : HELLO SIR, I AM PRACTICISIG RC FROM A LONG TIME AND MY ACCURACY IS NOT AT ALL IMPROVING IN MOCKS, WHAT CAN I DO GIVEN ONLY FEW DAYS ARE LEFT?
tarannumraza : Try to keep the key idea of each paragraph in mind. Linking these will help you get the idea-flow. You can try writing down the key words. A good understanding of the passage will help you answer questions correctly.

mohit : WHAT IS THE STRATEGY TO ATTEMPT THE QUESTION PAPER / SECTION WISE? I USE 20-24 MINS FOR 2-3 RCS THEN GO FOR VA. FOR DILR- 40 MINS = 2 SETS AND I MAKE MYSELF COMFY THROUGH OUT IT TO SOLVE ONLY 2 SETS. FOR QUANTS - I DONT GO THROUGH EVERY QUESTIONS FIRST LIKE THAT I DO FOR THE RCS FOR SELECTING, RATHER I GO ONE BY ONE AND IF I THINK SOLVABLE I SOLVE OR I LEAVE. IS THERE ANY IDEA/ ANYTHING TO IMPROVE THE STRATEGY OR THE STYLE TO ATTEMPT?
ashwinvariyar : For Quant your strategy is on the right direction. If a Q is easy and solvable then solve it. If it is solvable but will take time or not very comfortable Mark for Review, If the Q is difficult / not solvable leave it. After 1 round of this, Go to Mark for Review Qs one by one

hyca4a239 : HOW IMPORTANT IS TIME AND DISTANCE CHAPTER? HAVE DIFFICULTY SOLVING PROBLEMS FROM THAT CHAPTER. ITS IS SLOWING ME DOWN. THE REST ARE COMPARATIVELY BETTER. SHOULD I PERSIST WITH IT NOW.?
saikat kundu : you may skip some topics if you are not comfortable with the topics, but make sure that, you must do well in the other topics so that, that will compensate

simran : SIR CURRENTLG MY SCORE IS BETWEEN 50 TO 60. WILL I BE ABLE TO GET 90 MARKS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD I SPARE EVERYDAY. AM PREPARING FOR CAT ALL DAY.
ashwinvariyar : Try to look at what topics are your weak areas? and are you able to maximize your strong areas in AIMCATs / SAMCATs/ Sectionals? You will get a direction towards preparation for this month

ms : PLEASE ADVICE ON HOW TO IMPROVE CALCULATION SPEED IN DI-LR SETS WHICH ARE CALCULATION HEAVY. I'M SLIGHTLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE TABLES TILL 19 BUT STILL UNABLE TO SOLVE DI SETS WHICH INVOLVE LOTS OF CALCULATION. MAIN PROBLEM IS IN SOLVING FRACTIONS. HOW SHOULD I IMPROVE THAT?
saikat kundu : there is no other choice but to practice. practice the calculations whenever and wherever you get time

yashaswi : HELLO SIR I AM NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND CUBES CHAPTER AND ALWAYS END UP MARKING WRONG ANSWERS
ashwinvariyar : Please connect with the faculty at your center to understand the concept

mu : WHEN TO START GIVING OMET MOCKS
ashwinvariyar : You can start attempting some this month depending on your NMAT date

bk : EVERYTIME AFTER ATTEMPTING THE AIMCAT ,WHILE SOLVING IT AGAIN, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEMPT MORE QUESTIONS. I HAVE ATTEMPTED ALL THE AIMCATS TILL NOW, EXCEPT FOR THE FEW, I STILL FACING SAME ISSUE. MAY PLS GUIDE ME HOW CAN I GIVE MY 100% IN EXAM?
saikat kundu : it means you are generally falling into exam pressure as well as time pressure. try to select proper questions/sets in the exam

yashaswi : SIR I AM NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND "DEDCUCTIONS AND CONNECTIVES" ALSO AS IT IS VERY DIFFIFULT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN THAT TOPIC. HOW CAN I OVERCOME THIS SIR?
ashwinvariyar : Again if you need help in understanding the concept. Then best way is to talk to the faculty at your center

123 : HOW MANY RC SHOULD ONE PRACTICE DAILY TO IMPROVE SPEED AS WELL AS ACCURACY?
tarannumraza : At least three in a row. Follow it up with the analysis.

x0j : HOW TO START PREPARATION FOR QUANT STARTING NOW AND I HAVE A MATHEMATICS BACKGROUND
ashwinvariyar : Try to club connected topics like: Percentage, Ratio, Proportions, Profit Loss, SI, CI, Then Simple Eq, Special Eq, Quadratic Eq, Numbers, AP, GP, TSD and T and W, P and C and Probability, etc

x0j : ARE DOING SAMCATS AND AIMCATS AND ANALYSING THEM ENOUGH FOR CAT PREPARATION IF I AM SCORING BETWEEN 40-50 MARKS
saikat kundu : you need to solve the sectional tests as well. these are the primary steps to get good score in aimcats and cat

x0j : ARE SAMCATS PYQ OF CAT?
saikat kundu : yes

x0j : WHICH SECTIONAL TESTS ADVANCED OR INTERMEDIATE AS THE TIME IS LOW IF AM SCORING BETWEEN 40-50 MARKS
saikat kundu : start with Intermediate and then go for Advanced. to get a good score, you need to solve both of them

std01 : NO AMOUNT OF PRACTICE IS HELPING QUANTS.. NEVER BEEN ABLE TO ATTEMPT MORE THAN 10 QUES.. EVEN WITH INCREASING FAMILIARITY OF TOPICS AS IM COVERING SYLLABUS ISNT HELPING.. FAILING IN SECTIONALS TOO
saikat kundu : try to focus on some of the topics instead of solving all the topics in quant. try to be the boss of those topics and try not to get a wrong answer from those topics

sumits : TACKLING SILLY MISTAKES, I AM DOING A SEVERAL SILLY MISTAKES DURING MY PRACTICE. I HAVE TRACKED ALL MY MISTAKES IT HAS REDUCED A BIT, PLEASE ADVISE SOME TECHNIQUES TO AVOID THESE MISTAKES COMPLETELY.
saikat kundu : there are no techniques for avoiding silly mistakes, you need to pay more attention to the questions that you are solving currently. check your calculations twice or thrice before moving into the next question

x0j : CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO ANALYSE MOCKS. ALSO DURING ANALYSING I SKIP VERY DIFFICULT LRDI SETS AND RC. IS IT GOOD OR DOING THEM ARE ALSO REQUIRED?
tarannumraza : Do not skip while analysis. Take your time and try to understand with the help of the explanations- text/video. Slowly you will get the hang of identifying how to focus on the important points. Make a note of your observations & go through them before the next test.

x0j : INTERMEDIATE SECTIONALS ARE CAT LEVEL?
saikat kundu : cat or slightly below cat level

bhcb4ac09 : MY PERFORMANCE IN VARC HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT, MY SCORES ARE FLUCTUATING FROM 25 TO 38, HOW TO RESOLVE THIS FLUCTUATION?
tarannumraza : Check the accuracy and the percentiles for the marks in the 20s. Sometimes, you get stuck with a particular number of attempts. The attempts will vary according to the difficulty level of the test. VARC requires daily practice. Please make sure to take time out for this.

x0j : ARE THERE VIDEO SOLUTION FOR SECTIONAL TESTS ?
tarannumraza : For AIMCATs.

sumits : RC QUESTION SELECTION, I TEND TO TARGET ALL RCS BUT SOME TIMES ONE RC TAKES >12 MINS, HOW TO SELECT NEXT RCS/ QUESTIONS IN SUCH CASES? AND HOW TO GO ABOUT THE REST OF THE VARC?
tarannumraza : You can try skipping the questions that are very time-consuming + difficult.

bhcb4ac09 : FOR FINAL 50 DAYS, HOW MANY MOCKS SHOULD I BE DOING PER WEEK?
tarannumraza : Space out the missed AIMCATs & the SAMCATs along with the regular weekly AIMCATs. But only if you analyse each of the tests & apply the learnings to the next test, will it help.