Preparation Strategy for CAT 2023

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CAT Entrance Exam is termed a “Toughest Entrance Exam” as a Pathway to entering MBA Colleges. As it has a reputation for being tough, it is indeed challenging but it can surely be tackled effectively through systematic planning and precise execution of the plan. So, here is the preparation strategy for CAT 2023 :

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension :

  1. MCQs:
  2. Reading Comprehension, 4-5 sets with 5 – 4 questions per set.
  3. Contemporary issues: economics, politics, environment, socio-cultural issues
  4. Paragraph Summary: 2-3 questions
  5. NE:
  6. Jumbled sentences (standard/contextual odd sentence)
  7. Identify the correct option and enter it in the box (by Solving jumbled sentences like normal MMCQ)

How to prepare for CAT VARC?

Try focusing on enhancing your Reading and Comprehension skills for this section. This involves the following:

  1. You’ve to read on a daily basis i.e at least 30-45 minutes per day.
  2. In order to enhance your comfort level with areas that you have not conventionally studied, you can start reading from diverse sources like National Geographic, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, etc.
  3. Even read or study diverse areas like sociology, anthropology, governance, technology, etc.
  4. You’ve to strengthen your core concepts of grammar and vocabulary in order to improve your overall grasp of reading material.
  5. Whatever topic you read or whatever passage you read; try and identify its core theme, and make a short summary, which points you in favor of and against the passage which will improve your understanding of the passage and the points covered within.

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning :

  1. DI (2 sets – 8 questions)
    Tables; Caselets; Bar; Pie; Line; Advanced Graphs (radar, doughnut, X-Y scatter plot, etc); Venn Diagrams
  2. LR (2 sets – 12 questions)
    Arrangements; Numerical Logic; Logical Conditions; Venn Diagrams; Critical Path; Miscellaneous Puzzles; Tournaments; Groupings
  3. Complex – per set multiple concepts being combined

How to prepare for CAT DILR?

Your overall focus is dependent on practice for this section. But, there are Some guidelines that you definitely need to follow:

  1. You have learned that there are questions about bar graphs present in this section, so for this, you need to learn in detail how each type of graph is read and how data is represented on each of these graphs.
  2. Also, you need to master the concepts of areas which require conceptual clarity e.g. Venn diagrams, Critical path problems, binary logic (knights and knaves), logical conditions, etc.
  3. Be consistent and Practice at least one to two LR or DI sets every day, starting from easy level to Moderate level to difficult level with the complexity increasing every few days.

Quantitative Aptitude :

  1. Arithmetic – 10 questions
    Averages, ratios, percentages, time and work, time and speed, and their applications.
  2. Algebra – 5 questions
    Numbers, surds and indices, logarithms, algebraic formulae, equations, and inequalities.
  3. Geometry – 3 questions
    Circles, triangles, quadrilaterals, coordinate geometry, trigonometry, and mensuration.
  4. Modern Maths – 4 questions
    Functions, sets, sequences and series, P & C and Probability.

How to prepare for CAT Quant?

Some guidelines that you can follow for the QA section are provided below as this section requires a mix of conceptual understanding and a lot of practice:

  1. There are certain core areas that you need to Master and even the concepts of those core areas. Practice basic questions from the school level i.e from the book of Grade 9 and Grade 10. Even, NCERT textbooks for mathematics, until you are sufficiently comfortable.
  2. Until and unless you are sure of solving questions using conventional methods, do not try shortcuts for any of the questions.
  3. While you practice various questions, Try to mix questions from multiple chapters
  4. Whichever question you solve or come across, try understanding its solution.
  5. For every question, match your approach with the one given in the solution. This will help you by giving you newer ways to solve problems.

Mock Tests :

Every week you conduct mock tests from the beginning, and later, when there are fewer months left for CAT 2023 exam, you’ve to take mock tests frequently i.e weekly twice, or thrice. But, after each mock, you need to thoroughly analyze those mocks in order to know :

  1. where you stand
  2. what are your areas of improvement
  3. are you on the right path
  4. is your strategy right
  5. What should your study plan be till the next mock

Some broad points to be checked are:

  1. 1) Attempts – overall and sectional (i.e how you’re going to attempt, whether you’re attempting the test section-wise or entirely from start).
  2.  Accuracy – how accurate you’re from the start you’ve to note it.
  3. Time management – how well you do that i.e how you can even cover small parts from the section to do every day.
  4. Question selection – with which question do you’ve to go ahead i.e easy to Moderate to difficult level
  5. Strengths and weaknesses – which are your strong areas, where you can ace the area, and where you cannot understand that.
  6. Targeted work for each concept – you’ve set a specific target for each concept, and you’ve to check whether you’ve achieved it or not.

For the Preparation for CAT 2023, you can even look up to CATKing’s YouTube channel. There are even certain books you can look up to for CAT 2023 preparation and they are :

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) Books:

  • How to Prepare for the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay
  • Norman Lewis’ Word Power Made Easy.

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) Books:

  • How to prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT by Arun Sharma
  • How to prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT by Arun Sharma
  • How to prepare for Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning for CAT by Arun Sharma
  • Nishit Sinha’s The Pearson Guide to Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation

Quantitative Aptitude section (QA) Books:

  • Arun Sharma’s ‘How to prepare for Quantitative Ability for CAT’, published by Tata McGraw Hill.
  • How to Prepare for the CAT Common Admissions Test by Muhamed Muneer, published by Om Books, is another book that is simple and easy to understand.
  • Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Nishit Sinha published by Pearson.

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Methods for preparing for the CAT exam :

  • Solving CAT previous year papers
  • Making note of important topics subject wise
  • Solving Mock tests at the time of the actual CAT exam
  • Studying formulas and shortcut