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Looking at the strenuous preparation schedule advocated by the toppers in their post-selection tales of their CAT journey, many aspirants mistake CAT to be a deep-dyed test of aptitude. But this assumption is wrong because CAT is so much more than just your aptitude. It might be difficult to understand how but CAT tests you as a person, it analyses such traits in your personality that will make you a good leader. And, to excel at those traits, it is first important to understand what these attributes are and in what way they are tested in the CAT examination.

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When you’ll be done with the CAT and the entire selection process, you’ll realize that this entire duration has made you a completely different person with qualities that will help you in every phase of your life. It is important to strike a balance between your aptitude and these aforementioned qualities to ace the CAT exam. And, if you ask me, more than the aptitude, this is what the CAT tests.