bk06 : HELLO,
thomas : Hello. Please post your question

aryanmanishjain : HOW TO IMPOVE MY DILR RSULTS
thomas : Dilr 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.

vatika : SCORING IN THE RANGE OF 60-80 SINCE THE PAST 2 MONTHS, BUT SCORES DO NOT SEEM TO BE INCREASING NOW. VARC IS MY STRONG AREA AND I HAVE ALMOST COMPLETED QUANTS SYLLABUS. BUT SCORES IN QUANTS AND DILR ARE NOT IMPROVING, COULD YOU HELP PLS
siddhartharora : Analyse each AIMCAT and see which topics you are able to score high. Try to solve more questions of these topics in all AIMCAT. Also, for topic which you score low or take more time, practice more from SM by starting from scratch and try to build those topics.

hocc5t398 : I AM UNABLE TO INCREASE MY VERBAL ATTEMPT LIKE MY SCORE IS ALWAYS IN RANGE OF 22-28.
philipthomas : Start by focusing on the RC part, once that is sorted out , you can work upon the VA section.

nandini : HOW TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY?
shashidar : Start off with fewer attempts so that you have more time with each Qs. I suggest you attempt around 12 Qs in VARC, around 6/8 in DILR & the same in Quants

jb : I HAVE BEEN NOTICING A THAT THE RECENT TWO AIMCAT VARC SECTION HAS BECOME A BIT EASIER.
thomas : Yes. It was slightly easier. We want you to be prepared for any level of difficulty on cat day

arpit : AFTER GIVING A AIMCAT IN HOW MUCH TIME, WE GET TO KNOW OUR PERCENTILE, SOLUTIONS AND DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MOCK
asim : Usually 48 hrs after the test window ends.

vatika : ALSO CAN YOU SUGGEST SOURCES TO COVER ALL VARIETY OF DILR SETS, OF ALL DIFFICULTY LEVELS
thomas : The material we give, handouts, SM, online sectional tests and aimcats and aimcat sa are enough. You need not refer any other material

: GOOD EVENING. HOW WAS THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL IN AIMCAT2614 AS COMPARED TO CAT?
thomas : This was an easy aimcat. Only dilr was similar in difficulty to last year cat papers. The other two sections were easier.

mucab5a617 : HOW TO PRACTICE QA?
siddhartharora : Practice from SM, sectional tests, AIMCAT SA, AIMCAT, PY papers

bk06 : 10TH- 94.2, 12TH-89.67, ENGINEERING MALE, NO WORKED, CATEGORY -SC, GRADUATION PERCENTAGE 80. AIMCAT SCORES AROUND 70 TO 80. PLEASE ANALYSE MY PROFILE AND SUGGEST ME HOW TO IMPROVE SCORE AND CHANCES OF IIMA AND IIMB
philipthomas : Sectional scores/percentiles?

sanika : I AM TAKING MOCKS, HOW DO I REMEMBER MY CORRECTED MISTAKES/UNATTEMPTED QUESTIONS?
amitpoddar : You get the mock on the SHP with all your marked answers.You can try solving the unattempted questions from there.

jb : WHAT WAS THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO AIMCATS VARC SECTION.
thomas : The varc section this time was easy. In cat lastvyear, the 85 percentile was around 23 to 25 marks while in this aimcat, it was 30

anu : AND SOMETIMES I FAIL IN THE PART OF CALCULATIONS
asim : Work with the speed maths concepts provided in our booklet, watch the speed maths classes and practice the concepts shared.

granger : I AM DOING HANDOUTS, CONCEPT REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISE 1(A) FOR QUANT. THERE ARE APRROX 3.5 MONTHS LEFT. WHAT MORE CAN I DO TO IMPROVE MY QUANT AND DILR SCORE.
thomas : Continue doing this and also take the online sectional tests . Do the aumcats and aimcat sas every week though your topics are not over.

avishkar : HEY COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE ME ANY TACTICS TO OVERCOME THE FEAR OF RC
philipthomas : You can make it easier by reading a passage, paragraph by paragraph in the sense that , after each paragraph , you should do a quick recap before taking up the next paragraph.

thaara : HELLO SIR, IN AIMCAT I AM GETTING TROUBLE TO SOLVE THE DI\LR SECTION WHAT CAN I DO FOR THAT
asim : If your basics are not clear first work on them, get your doubts clarified with faculty members, follow up with additional practice with online sectional tests, intermediate and then advanced level.

granger : I AM STRUGGLING WITH VOCAB AND READING COMPREHENSION CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE SOME TIPS TO IMPROVE MY OVERALL SCORE IN VOCAB/ READING COMPREHENSION
amitpoddar : Reading regularly can help you in improving both your comprehension ability and vocabulary. Just ensure that you note down 15-20 new words on a daily basis from the material you use for reading. Also, try to write the key words of each para you read so that you can retain the facts of the passage. Practise some CR questions from the booklet as well.

anu : AND ALSO IN AIMCAT I HAVE TO LEAVE THE ENTIRE QUANT AND DILR SECTION BECAUSE MY SELF STUDIES ARE NOT RUNNING UPTO THE MARK.SO PLS HELP ME WITH THIS
govindrajan : DILR as such does not require any fromulae or concepts. It is based on logical thinkling skills. Understand what the puzzle or DI set is all about by spending about one minute. Once you read the data, take a look at the questions to be answered. and the kind of answer choices. Spend about one minute on this.Do not start solving without looking at the questions to be answered. The questions will help you in knowing what to do with the given data and sometimes the questions/answer choices give clues. Spend about one minute on questions before solving. Initially if you are able to solve a set in 15 to 20 minutes, that is a good speed. Pay attention to accuracy.

padmesh : I AM HAVING PROBLEMS SOLVING QUANT QUESTIONS .GOING THROUGH BASICS WHEN ITS ONLY 3 MOTHS TO THE EXAM
siddhartharora : It is fine, do practice and solve SM1002020 first and then go chapter by chapter, do not panic. If you practice dedicatedly you can get good percentile.

jb : TO GET A 95+ PERCENTILE, HOW MUCH SCORE SHOULD WE AIM FOR?
thomas : Last year a score of 80 marks would have got you around 90 percentile

thaara : STILL NOW, I AM NOT COMPLETE ANY CHAPTER IN QUANT , HOW DO I COMPLETE WITH TWO MONTHS WITH HIGH ACUURACY
siddhartharora : Start from very basics, SM10002020 will help you do so. Post that solve handouts and then the same topic from study material. Give sectional tests of the same. Hard work is required now to finish the syllabus but it is very much possible.

reshma : HOW TO IMPROVE QUANT MARKS
asim : Make sure you work on your concepts with the help of basic study material, in case you have doubts please discuss with the faculty members, do loads of practice with online sectional tests and the AIMCATs.

vaishnavu : SIR CAN YOU DISCUSS THE DILR QUESTIONS OF FOOTBALL LEAGUE FRIENDS WERE GUESSING PTS ?
thomas : Please discuss sets with a faculty at your centre or post the question in the online doubt session for dilr which happens e ery week. If you are eligible to attend the doubt session, the schedule will be available in you SHP. It happens every week

shreya : I AM ABLE TO SCORE ABOVE 90 PERCENTILE IN BOTH QUANTS AND DILR SECTIONS BUT IN VARC SECTION I GENERALLY SCORE 48 PERCENTILE WITH SCORES RANGING FROM 10-25... GENERALLY IN THE TENS LINE....I ATTEMPT NEARLY 14_15 QUESTIONS IN VARC BUT MY ACCURACY IS VERY LOW....HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY SCORE IN VARC
philipthomas : Do only RCs for the next 2/3 AIMCATs, once that stabilises, look at the VA Questions

avishkar : I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED THE BATCH...IS IT POSSIBLE TO COVER ALL THE PROVIDED MATERIAL WITHIN NEXT 3 MONTHS?
thomas : It is possible if you have a reasonably good background in your class 9 and 10 math topics

kxcab5a082 : IN VARC AUTHOR'S POSITION QUESTION HOW CAN I IDENTIFY THE EXACT POSITION OF THE AUTHOR IN REGARDS TO THE PASSAGE AS THE AUTHOR SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT VARIETY OF THINGS?
amitpoddar : See, an author may present a variety of examples,opinions,facts,stories, etc. but he/she uses those tools to point to the main theme of the passage. Please identify the central idea mostly from the 1st and the last para.

chaitanya : SHOULD I PRACTICE DILR FROM THE BOOKLETS WE RECEIVE? WOULD IT BE HELPFUL OR HANDOUTS ARE BETTER? THE HANDOUTS ARE COVERED IN CLASS. ALSO ARE THE BOOKLETS ENOUGH OR NEED TO PRACTICE FROM ELSEWHERE AS WELL?
siddhartharora : Handouts are to understand the concepts and should be done first. Study material is for practice and should be done after handouts for understanding different types of questions and also building speed by practice. Then comes sectional tests which will help you to solve different types of questions with pressure of doing with in 40 mts.

anu : AND ALSO IN QUANT IT TAKES ME A LOT OF TIME TO INTERPRET ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS AND WORD PROBLEMS AND MY SUM SOLVING TIME TAKES LITERALLY HALF HOUR SO I AM NOT ABLE TO PACE UP WITH THE SYLLABUS.SOMEONE PLS HELP ME WITH THIS
siddhartharora : Start with basics and solve class VI to X maths NCERT books to build your basics first and then go through each chapter theory and solved examples before solving the questions.

mohit : PLEASE PROVIDE A ROADMAP TO PREPARE CAT 2025 STARTING NOW
philipthomas : August - focus on Basics. September - work on advanced level questions. October - do a revision. November - only tests and mocks.

jb : HOW SHOULD WE ANALYSE OUR AIMCAT SCORES? THERE IS A HUGE FLUCTUATION IN MY SCORES. ALSO, IS A 60+ SCORE IN THESE CURRENT AIMCATS A DECENT START? SHOULD WE AIM TO REACH A CERRTAIN NUMBER OF SCORE WEEK ON WEEK?
thomas : The aim should be to be inside 85 percentile overall. The scores don't matter much as thebtest can vary significantly in terms of level of difficulty. Concentrate on your percentile to check of you are making improvement

aryna : CAN I CLEAR CAT WITH 99.9% ILE IN 4 MONTHS PREP ?
philipthomas : Yes if you are focused and do not have other distractions like college or office.

anu : AND LEAVING THE DILR AND QUANT SECTION EMPTY IN CAT AND JUST RELYING ON VARC DOES NOT HELP ME SCORE GOOD AND MY SCORES ARE VERY MUCH LOW
thomas : You should not be leaving those sections as all good colleges have section cutoff and you will not be able to do other sections in that alloted time. Try to do one set and around 5 questions slowly and accurately. 15 marks in each section should help you clear the cutoff

granger : HOW AND WHERE CAN I CHECK MY AIMCAT PERCENTILE
thomas : All information will available on your SHP. you will get a rank and percentile only if you have taken the aimcat during the test window.. else you will only get the score

anu : I AM VERY MUCH WORRIED FOR THE EXAMS SEEING THE LEVEL OF MY PREPARATION
amitpoddar : Still 4 months to go. Start solving the class handouts,SM booklets and tests from the SHP on a daily basis instead of worrying .Good luck.

mucab5a617 : I HAVE BEEN GETTING VERY LOW SCORES IN QA AND REASONING SECTION? HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE SAME?
asim : Make sure you work on your concepts with the help of basic study material, in case you have doubts please discuss with the faculty members, do loads of practice with online sectional tests and the AIMCATs.

thaara : EVERY WEEK DOUBT SESSION FOR DILR IS AVAILABLE FOR THE CLASSROOM STUDENTS ?
thomas : Online doubt session. Available for students who have opted for that package. Please check your SHPfor details

anu : CAN SOMEONE ALSO SUGGEST ME TIPS TO INCREASE MY SPEED INA SELF STUDIES AND TO FINISH ALL THE SYLLABUS
amitpoddar : Regular practise will surely help you increase your speed. Pls devote 6-8 hrs daily on the booklets,sectionals,AIMCAts,etc and your attempts and accuracy will shoot up.

anu : AND YES ALSO I COME FROM A NON MATHS BG
thomas : That's not an issue. You just need to have a good grasp on your class 9 and 10 math topics

cjcbb5a202 : WHEN I READ RC OR SUMMARIES QUESTIONS GIVEN IN BOOKS PROVIDED, I UNDERSTAND IT WELL, N ANSWER ALMOST ALL QUESTIONS CORRECTLY, SAME IS WITH THE CLASS HANDOUTS, BUT STILL NOT ABLE TO ANSWER AIMCAT RC QUESTIONS CORRECTLY. I ALWAYS SCORE ALMOST AROUND 95%TILE IN UANTS AND AROUND 85 IN DILR BUT NOT ABLE TO SCORE IN VARC PART.
shashidar : It's just the difference between paper & screen. I suggest you understand each para in your own words (NOT the author's words), write down a few key words in a sheet so that you can understand the flow by looking at the key words

mohit : WHAT IS RIGHT WAY OF PRACTICING ANY MODULES, SIMCATS SECTIONAL TEST AND SELF SIMCATS ,OR STUDY MATERIAL. HOW TO MANAGE ALL THESE. PLEASE GIVE A BRIEF
govindrajan : Weekdays - study material, online sectional tests, weekends - mock tests

abc : WHAT PERCENTILE RANGES IN AIMCATS ON AN AVERAGE WOULD BE CONSIDERED DECENT IF ONE IS AIMING FOR 99TH PERCENTILE?
thomas : Consistently above 95 percentile

hocd5a375 : HOW TO PREPARE FOR OMETS ALONGWITH CAT?
thomas : We will be giving you material and tests for other tests. Plus you can opt for extra tests

thaara : ACTUALLY SIR SOMETIMES I SEE AND WORKOUT THE AIMACT DI/LR SETS FOR 1 SET TO WORKOUT IT TAKES AROUND 2 TO 3 HOURS SIR HOW CAN UNDERSTAND AND SOLVE SET IN MINIMUM TIME
thomas : Every test will have one or two easy sets. The key is to identify them and solve them. That said, 2 to 3 hrs is not acceptable for one set. You need to really practice sets and sobe as many as you can. This is the only way to improve your speed

sweta : CUTOFF FOR EACH SECTION ?
thomas : 85 percentile. 30,21 and 29 marks in that order in this aimcat

drca5a368 : MY MOST OF THE TIME GETS SPENT IN ONLY AIMCAT ANALYSIS OF QUANT AND DILR. IT TOOKS ME 1 HR FOR PROPERLY REVIEWING AND SOLVING EACH DILR SET OF AIMCAT. WHAT TO DO?
siddhartharora : DI and LR need lot of practice, try solving at least one set of both everyday.

hocd5a375 : I HAVE OPTED FOR ONLINE FLEXI BATCH WILL THE CONTENT BE PROVIDED FOR OMETS IN THAT?
govindrajan : Yes, provided.

anu : SORRY BY MISTAKE I TYPED CAT ACTUALLY I LEAVE TO LEAVE QUANT AND DILR SECTION EMPTY IN AIMCAT*
thomas : The answer is applicable for both cat and aimcat as aimcats are very similar to cat

aditi : I KNOW THE CONCEPTS BUT STILL I DON'T GET AN IDEA TO SOLVE IT DURING MOCK AND SOMETIMES I GET THE RIGHT SOLUTION BUT MARK THE WRONG ANSWER. ALSO IN THE VARC SECTION I TRY TO ELIMINATE OPTIONS AND ELIMINATE UPTO 2 OPTIONS BUT THEN AMONG THE LEFT TWO ONES, I MARK THE WRONG OPTION
amitpoddar : A proper analysis of all the mistakes done in the paper can help enhance your accuracy. Try to understand the difference between your answer and the right answer and solve relevant chapters based on the anlysis.

udita : HOW TO IMPROVE SPEED IN VARC? I GET THE RIGHT ANSWER BUT I KEEP OVERTHINKING IT WHICH TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME
philipthomas : In RC tell yourself that you are not going back to the passage to answer the question, to put it better , answer only those questions for which you do not have to refer back to the passage.

s : I STARTED MY CAT PREPARATION LAST WEEK BY ATTENDING CLAASES IN THE INSTITUTR, THAT TOO ONLY WITH VERBAL. I HAVEN’T STARTED QUANT AND DILR YET. WITH THE EXAM IN NOVEMBER, HOW SHOULD I PLAN MY PREPARATION FROM NOW? ALSO, WHEN SHOULD I START TAKING AIMCATS AND SECTIONAL TESTS – SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL I COMPLETE THE SYLLABUS OR START THEM ALONGSIDE MY PREPARATION?"
siddhartharora : Start talking AIMCAT as per schedule. Also, sectional tests are also required to be done with every topic. Please prepare all three sections and cover at least 2 to 3 topics every week.

arpit : SIR,DOES OUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND MATTER IN INTERVIEWS ??
thomas : Not much. Some iims give weight to academic diversity and so it helps if you are a non engineer

phoenix : SIR, THE AIMCAT 2614 SEEMED MUCH EASIER THAN THE USUAL CAT LEVEL, ESPECIALLY THE QUANTS SECTION. SUCH MOCKS ARE NOT HELPING WITH SKILL DEVELOPMENT
thomas : We will be providing you tests which are of varying level else of difficulty. You will have a mix of easy , medium and difficult tests in future. We want you to be ready for any level that comes on cat day

anu : I LITERALLY SIR 8 HRS A DAY BUT EVERY QUANT QUESTION I AM UNABLE TO SOLVE IT MY MYSELF OR I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SOLUTION.SO EVEN MY 8 HRS ARE NOT BEING USED SMARTLY I FEEL
thomas : Please try all the questions of each chapter in section A in the QA SM. this alone will be enough to be clear about the basics of each topic. You will be able to solve most questions after this

rahul : WHAT SHOULD BE THE RIGHT STRATEGY TO ATTEMPT MOCKS? MY MOCK SCORES ARE VERY VOLATILE, HOW DO I PREVENT THAT?
govindrajan : For the initial few mock tests, pre-decide the number of questions that you would attempt in each section. Keep the number low (say one RC and a couple of para-jumble in VARC section, around 7 questions in quant section, one set in DILR). Make sure that all answeres are correct. If you feel you will be able to attempt more questions in any section, increase number of attempst in the next test. Make sure that you are 100% accurate. This approach will help in building confidence. You may increase the number of attempts as you progress.

arpit : FOR A CHEMISTRY HONOURS STUDENT WHICH MBA SPECIALISATION WILL BE THE MOST SUITABLE ??
siddhartharora : Any specialization will do basis your i gerest

udita : WAS VARC SECTION AT PAR WITH CAT? THERE WERE LESS PASSAGE-BASED QUESTIONS AND MORE PARAGRAPH/SINGLE LINE BASED QUESTIONS
thomas : The varc in this aimcat was easier than last year cat paper

mohit : I AM WEAK IN ALL THE SECTIONS OF CAT 2025 EXAM PLEASE GUIDE WITH THE PROPER STEPS TO TAKE. IAM NEW TO THIS SYLLABUS
amitpoddar : You may just need to follow some steps-1. Attend the classes and complete the handouts given to you(VARC/DILR/QA). 2.Refer to the chapter from the SM booklet.3.Take sectional tests.4. Take full length mocks and analyse the mistakes done.

ami : SIR NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TRY I ATTEMPT WAY TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND MAXIMUM MARKS GET DEDUCTED DUE TO NEGATIVE MARKING
thomas : As you are aware of the error you are making in the execution, you should prepare yourself mentally to not repeat the mistake. Learning to resist the urge to make wild attempts and being patient is a skill you need to develop by doing it in the mocks

rahul : HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHOULD IDEALLY BE ATTEMPTED WITH 75 TO 85% OF ACCURACY
siddhartharora : This will vary as per difficulty level of paper. Though ideally around 80% with 90% accuracy gives you a high percentile to be eligible for top B Schools.

udita : WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TOUGHER AIMCATS
philipthomas : Anytime now.

krish : SIR CAN U PLEASE RECOMMEND SOME TIPS TO COVER ALL THE BASIC IN QUANTS IN 2 MONTHSS??
siddhartharora : Start from Class VI to X NCERT books, finish them in a week and then solve questions from SM. Also, make a formula book and revise formulae every week.

tanish : PLEASE GUIDE ME IN DILR MY VERY LOW SCORING SUBJECT
govindrajan : Attend the class. Same day, solve the classroom handout and online foundation tests. In the next three days complete ex (a) of the relevant topic from basic study material. After covering four or five topics in each test area, take online intermediate tests and ex (b) o0f all the topics. Weekends, solve questions from AIMCAT-SAs irrespective of how many topics you have covered during the preparation. While solving a set follow the approach as below. Understand what the puzzle or DI set is all about by spending about one minute. Once you read the data, take a look at the questions to be answered. and the kind of answer choices. Spend about one minute on this.Do not start solving without looking at the questions to be answered. The questions will help you in knowing what to do with the given data and sometimes the questions/answer choices give clues. Spend about one minute on questions before solving. Initially if you are able to solve a set in 15 to 20 minutes, that is a good speed. Pay attention to accuracy.

s : NOW BEFORE TAKING CLASSES FROM THE INSTITUTE HOW DO I PREPARE FOR QUANT AND DILR SECTIONS TOPICS BECAUSE IF I WAIT FOR THE SYLLABUS TO GET OVER IT WILL BECOME LATE.
govindrajan : Revise all quant topics that you hav learnrt in high school. Profit and loss, time and speed, ratios, percentages. geometry etc. Ratios and percentages help in DILR. Learn speed math.

tanish : CAN YOU SUGGEST ME THE DAILY ROUTINE OF DILR SOLVING I WILL DO AS YOU RECOMMEND FOR SCORING 99%ILE+ IN CAT
siddhartharora : Solve minimum 1 set of both DI and LR each everyday, irrespective of the time taken. May be more when you have time. Keep a note of good questions and practice them every Sunday.

rahul : WHILE WORKING ON RCS, HOW DO I START PRACTICING VA AND ANY TIPS
amitpoddar : answered.

rahul : SIR I'M NOT ABLE TO FOCUS ON VA, CAN YOU GUIDE ME ON HOW ALLOCATE MY TIME FOR BOTH VERBAL AND RCS
amitpoddar : Everyday one should practise 15-20 VA questions and 2-3 RCs from the SM booklets provided. Also, take a few sectional tests every week from the SHP.Focus mostly on Para formation,odd one out,sentence placement,summary and essence and CR based questions in VA.

udita : WAS DILR TOUGHER OR EASIER THAN CAT
siddhartharora : The level of questions vary in CAT and solve in AIMCAT, so there is nothing easy or difficult.

nicky : I'M STRUGGLING A LOT IN DILR, SOMETIMES EVEN DOING 1 SET. GETS DIFFICULT FOR ME
govindrajan : Take the follwoing approach while solving DILR. Understand what the puzzle or DI set is all about by spending about one minute. Once you read the data, take a look at the questions to be answered. and the kind of answer choices. Spend about one minute on this.Do not start solving without looking at the questions to be answered. The questions will help you in knowing what to do with the given data and sometimes the questions/answer choices give clues. Spend about one minute on questions before solving. Initially if you are able to solve a set in 15 to 20 minutes, that is a good speed. Pay attention to accuracy.

nandini : I AM FACING PROBLEM IN SOVING PARA JUMBLES QUESTIONS IN VA. SO, ANY TIPS?
shashidar : Ideally, find the easiest & most obvious mandatory pair, say 42. After that, study sentences 1,3 & 4 to eliminate the one(s) that definitely CAN'T be the opener. You'll narrow down the choices to a maximum of 4 & minimum of 2. Now, read the choices & see what makes logical sense

anu : SO SIDDHARTH SIR ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT I SOLVE ONLY 4-5 QUESTIONS FROM THE NCERT QUANT AND THEN MOVE TO SM BOOKLET AND ALL
siddhartharora : No solve all questions from NCERT books

insane : I AM NOT ABLE TO GET CONFIDENCE IN VARC. I GAVE CAT'24 SCORED 99+ IN BOTH LRDI AND QA BUT END UP SCORING 60 IN VARC. I GET SCARED B
amitpoddar : Practise regularly from the booklets(SM 602,603,616,617) and take 5-6 sectional tests every week. Analyse the mocks and you will see that your confidence level will go up for sure.

jb : IN THE SECTIONAL TESTS SHOULD WE REFER TO THE GRADING GUIDELINES TO BE THE ONLY BASIS OF ANALYSIS? BECAUSE THE EXCELLENT GRADE IS USUALLY 30-40% OF THE MARKS OF THE OVERALL TESTS. HOW SHOULD WE ANALYSE OUR SECTIONAL TESTS EFFECTIVELY?(ASKING THIS MAINLY FOR VARC)
siddhartharora : Any type of tests, should be analyzed well to see where you go right and where wrong. This analysis will help you to choose tight questions and build right strat

joshi : SIR WHILE SOLVING EQUATION I FACE DIFFICULTLY AND ALSO IN THIS AIMCAT I SCORE I SCORE VERY LOW MARKS IN QUANTS
siddhartharora : Revise simple equations topic from NCERT books to build your basics and then revisit the topic in SM from start.

frcbb5a002 : SIR, PLEASE GUIDE ME WITH VARC
amitpoddar : Everyday one should practise 15-20 VA questions and 2-3 RCs from the SM booklets provided-SM 602,603,616,617. Also, take a few sectional tests every week from the SHP.Focus mostly on Para formation,odd one out,sentence placement,summary and essence and CR based questions in VA.

joshi : SIR FOR QUANTS EVEN AFTER ATTENDING CLASSES FOR ITS BEEN 4 MONTHS STILL I AM UNABLE TO SOLVE THE QUESTION WHICH IS GIVEN IN THE BOOK
amitpoddar : Please take individual doubt sessions.

shreya : VARC ATTEMPT STRATEGY
amitpoddar : Divide the 40 minutes based on your comfort level in VARC- 25-30 minutes to RC and 10-15 minutes to VA. Select the passages based on the area and types of questions. For VA , attempt questions based on your strength and leave questions where you are not sure of the answer. Try to attempt the TITA based questions without wasting much time.

nitin : HELLO SIR ... I HEAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR CAT FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW, AM ABLE TO ANSWER WELL IN CLASS ... BUT NOT ABLE TO SCORE WELL IN AIMCATS ... LIKE IN RECENT AIMCAT MY SCORE WAS 33 ..(GENERALLY QUANTS - 5-10S, VERBAL - 15-20S, LRDI- 10-15S)......I AM FEELING A LOT UNDERCONFIDENT DUE TO THIS ... CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST ME SOMETHING FOR EACH SECTION AND IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO IMPROVE THE SCORE IN THIS SHORT DURATION OF TIME
govindrajan : Check the accuracy rate. If you are trying to increase the number of attempts and getting wrong answers, reduce the number of attempts and make sure that you are 100% accurate. You will definitely notice increase in score.

s : FOR QUANT AND DILR IS IT ENOUGH TO STUDY THE 10TH CLASS NCERT MATHS BEFORE TAKING THE REGUALAR CLASSES AND ALSO AFTER THIS WHAT SHOULD I DO LIKE HOW DO I PREPARE NEXT
govindrajan : Yes, NCERT books help in recollecting all basic concepts. For each topic follow the schedule as explained below. Attend the class. Same day, solve the classroom handout and online foundation tests. In the next three days complete ex (a) of the relevant topic from basic study material. After covering four or five topics in each test area, take online intermediate tests and ex (b) of all the topics. Weekends, solve questions from AIMCAT-SAs irrespective of how many topics you have covered during the preparation. DI and LR as such do not have any specific topic names. Names like distribution etc, are given for the sake of building logical thinking skills. Once you complete basic study material, start solving from practice exercise books. DI and LR as such do not have any specific topic names. Names like distribution etc, are given for the sake of building logical thinking skills. Once you complete basic study material, start solving from practice exercise books.

s : AND ALSO IS IT OK IF I START MY PREPARATION OR QUANT AND DILR FROM TODAY FOR NOV EXAM
amitpoddar : Yeah,still 4 months to go. Devote 6-8 hrs daily.

joshi : SIR I SOLVED PERCENTAGES QUESTION STILL WHILE SOLVING QUESTION I GET CONFUSED
siddhartharora : Go back to basics NCERT class VI book and practice percentage from there to help.

aditi : MY BATCH HAS STARTED RECENTLY AND DID NOT COVER MUCH OF SYLLABUS BUT STILL I AM GIVING MOCKS, HOW DO I ANALYZE MY QUANTS SECTION? I AM ABLE TO SOLVE BASIC QUESTIONS FROM FUNCTIONS, QE AND LOGS BUT HOW DO I ANALYSE OVERALL SECTION? ALSO HOW DO I PREPARE FOR VARC? PLS ANSWER
amitpoddar : Analyse questions from the chapters you have completed so far. For VARC you can analyse the whole paper. Everyday one is expected to practise 15-20 VA questions and 2-3 RCs from the SM booklets provided(SM 602,603,616,617). Also, take a few sectional tests every week from the SHP.Focus mostly on Para formation,odd one out,sentence placement,summary and essence and CR based questions in VA.Read topics from the reading links provided on the SHP.