Its about six months left for CAT 2011. If you are serious about cracking the test, you must have started your section wise preparation after getting an idea of the strengths and weaknesses. In this exclusive interview of Anurag Goyal, an FMS alumnus, you will know how to prepare for the three sections of CAT exam, which are Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability and Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and overall preparation.
Anurag Goyal took CAT in the year 2008. He had scored 99.56 percentile. The other MBA entrance exams he took were XAT and FMS where his scores were 98.24 and 98.91 respectively. He had got final calls from IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Indore, FMS, MDI Gurgaon, IMT Ghaziabad and NMIMS Mumbai. After passing out from FMS, University of Delhi in 2011, he is currently working with Nestle India Ltd.
Q: What are the core features of Quantitative Ability for CAT? How should the candidate prepare for Quant?
A: The Quantitative Ability section is probably the most unpredictable part of CAT. While geometry, algebra, functions, number system and time, speed and distance remain the most important chapters, their relative importance keep changing. It is extremely important to be thoroughly prepared with the chapters that one is comfortable with and not waste time on the others. Now that its about six months left for CAT 2011, the best thing to do is to take one chapter at a time and solve as many questions as possible over a week or 10 days. The objective should be to master the chapter and develop a very high level of comfort and confidence should any question be asked from the chapter. Thereafter, move on to the next chapter.
Q: What are the components of the Verbal Ability section? How should the candidate prepare for VA?
A: There are two parts to the Verbal Ability section: Vocabulary, which tests your repertoire of words as well as language, and Comprehension, which tests your ability to deduce. While you can memorize word lists in the last two to three weeks before CAT 2011, language can only be built over time. Six months before CAT, the best thing to do for vocabulary is read. Add words to your lexicon. As for reading comprehension, the answers are not absolute like Vocabulary. They are subjective. To understand the kind of answers that CAT looks for, the only method is to practice and reason out.
Q: What are the features of the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section? How to prepare for the section six months, three months, one month and one week before CAT?
A: The only way to learn Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DI & LR) is practice. Unlike Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability, there is no limit to the possibilities in DI & LR. It is most unlikely that any caselet that you have solved before will ever turn up in CAT. DI & LR has only one thing to learn: approach. Six months before CAT, you should best invest your time in practicing. Another important thing for DI & LR is to go over mock test questions and caselets thoroughly. This will help one in understanding the mistakes made and learning the correct approach.
Q: What are the other factors a candidate should keep in mind when start CAT preparation 2011?
A: The most important thing while preparing for a paper like CAT is taking mock tests. Never skip mock papers. CAT is more about composure and strategy and lesser about formulae. One is bound to have a few bad mock papers, but it is important to see them through. Again, one shouldnt lost focus of other important papers like XAT and FMS. Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more on Topper Mantras.
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Its about six months left for CAT 2011. If you are serious about cracking the test, you must have started your section wise preparation after getting an idea of the strengths and weaknesses. In this exclusive interview of Anurag Goyal, an FMS alumnus, you will know how to prepare for the three sections of CAT exam, which are Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability and Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and overall preparation.
Anurag Goyal took CAT in the year 2008. He had scored 99.56 percentile. The other MBA entrance exams he took were XAT and FMS where his scores were 98.24 and 98.91 respectively. He had got final calls from IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Indore, FMS, MDI Gurgaon, IMT Ghaziabad and NMIMS Mumbai. After passing out from FMS, University of Delhi in 2011, he is currently working with Nestle India Ltd.
Q: What are the core features of Quantitative Ability for CAT? How should the candidate prepare for Quant?
A: The Quantitative Ability section is probably the most unpredictable part of CAT. While geometry, algebra, functions, number system and time, speed and distance remain the most important chapters, their relative importance keep changing. It is extremely important to be thoroughly prepared with the chapters that one is comfortable with and not waste time on the others. Now that its about six months left for CAT 2011, the best thing to do is to take one chapter at a time and solve as many questions as possible over a week or 10 days. The objective should be to master the chapter and develop a very high level of comfort and confidence should any question be asked from the chapter. Thereafter, move on to the next chapter.
Q: What are the components of the Verbal Ability section? How should the candidate prepare for VA?
A: There are two parts to the Verbal Ability section: Vocabulary, which tests your repertoire of words as well as language, and Comprehension, which tests your ability to deduce. While you can memorize word lists in the last two to three weeks before CAT 2011, language can only be built over time. Six months before CAT, the best thing to do for vocabulary is read. Add words to your lexicon. As for reading comprehension, the answers are not absolute like Vocabulary. They are subjective. To understand the kind of answers that CAT looks for, the only method is to practice and reason out.
Q: What are the features of the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section? How to prepare for the section six months, three months, one month and one week before CAT?
A: The only way to learn Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DI & LR) is practice. Unlike Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability, there is no limit to the possibilities in DI & LR. It is most unlikely that any caselet that you have solved before will ever turn up in CAT. DI & LR has only one thing to learn: approach. Six months before CAT, you should best invest your time in practicing. Another important thing for DI & LR is to go over mock test questions and caselets thoroughly. This will help one in understanding the mistakes made and learning the correct approach.
Q: What are the other factors a candidate should keep in mind when start CAT preparation 2011?
A: The most important thing while preparing for a paper like CAT is taking mock tests. Never skip mock papers. CAT is more about composure and strategy and lesser about formulae. One is bound to have a few bad mock papers, but it is important to see them through. Again, one shouldnt lost focus of other important papers like XAT and FMS. Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more on Topper Mantras.
| Check Top MBA Colleges in India by Cities | | |
| Also Read Important Articles on MBA Admission | ||
| Top MBA Colleges in India | MBA Admission | MBA Entrance Exam |
| MBA Placements | MBA Ranking In India | GD Topics |
In this exclusive interview of Anurag Goyal, an FMS alumnus, you will know how to prepare for the three sections of CAT exam.