Anyone who makes up his/her mind to prepare for any of the competitive examinations, the first thing that comes to their mind is the syllabus, paper pattern, cutoffs, and the best institutes, or any source from where he/she can get guidance. And in this process, a generally hurried student spends a hefty amount of money by just looking at the reviews on the internet. It's totally fine, but what if you can get the trial or you can get the demo before spending the money? Talking about the CAT examination, every year, a lot of students don't even join coaching institutes and just use the free resources that are easily accessible on the internet and ace the exam. So let's look at those free resources from which you can get help, and you won't regret it later!
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VARC - First section!
Talking about VARC, more than anyone can teach you, you can do this by yourself only. Reading is the key here in this section, and you have to develop the habit of reading anyhow, and through that reading only your comprehension skill will improve gradually. Let's look at some of the free platforms from which you can start reading: "JSTOR, Smithsonian, and Aeon essays". These are the three major platforms from which you can kickstart your journey of reading; daily reading of one article from any of the platforms will be sufficient for your preparation. As these platforms have very long articles, reading daily from here can develop your mind in a way that after some time you won't get bored of reading. Talking about the verbal part, as you start reading, you will start getting the gist of how the author frames the sentence and minor technicalities about the writings, and in this way you will get more confidence and understanding of how para jumbles and sentence completion work.
LRDI - The Game Changer!
Coming to that section, which can catch anyone off guard at any moment in the examination. And from the experiences that I have heard, most of the aspirants start panicking in the LRDI section once they start fumbling. So in order to be confident about this section, your basics should be very clear. Before jumping in to any of the topics, you should first understand the basics of arrangements. There are an ample number of videos and resources present on the internet from which you can learn about arrangements. Now I suppose you have completed that, and now you are ready to go about this section, so let's talk about the free resources then. "Aptitude Jab, IMS Prayagraj, Elites Grid" LRDI playlists. These are the three free and genuine channels where you can practice hundreds of quality sets, and after that you will also get the solution to it from the masters themselves. Practicing a few sets daily from these playlists can make your case strong, at least for this section.
QUANTS - The Decider!
Practice makes a man perfect, and this quote is very well suited to this section. For many, this section is a cakewalk, but for many, this is the reason for their headaches. Knowing the basics about the topic is a must for QUANTS; otherwise, you will keep struggling in the whole section, irrespective of the topics. For example, if you don't understand the basics of ratio and percentage, then there are high chances that you won't understand the profit-loss, time, speed, and distance, and simple and compound interest topics. So, where to learn all of this? So, here are the free channels from which you can master this section. The "Rodha, MBA Pathshala, Elites Grid, and Raman Tiwari" YouTube channels' playlists are the resources on which you can rely. All these channels covered the most basic thing and gradually taught the advanced form also.
So these are the different channels for the CAT examination on which you can rely, and by following this, you can ace the examination too. Make sure that you don't run towards hundreds of materials; follow only a few and do it with all your heart. All the best!
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