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CAT 2024: Number System Importance in Quantitative Aptitude Preparation

Preparing for the CAT 2024 exam involves a challenging and thorough process, and one of the most common dilemmas aspirants face is whether to skip certain topics. This happens especially in the Quantitative Aptitude (QA) section. While preparing for Quants, students often get intimidated by its vast syllabus resulting in the tendency to leave out a topic. One such topic is Numbers. The Number System is not a heavyweight in CAT or even in XAT. In this article, we have stated a few reasons to rethink leaving out minor topics and have suggested a few tricks for a comprehensive CAT 2024 preparation.

Sanket Bhosale18 Jul 2024

CAT Reading Comprehension: 7-Year Sources for VARC Preparation (2017-2023)

While everyone focuses on AEON Essays, an excellent resource to build your reading habit and train your mind, these resources often get overlooked for a comprehensive VARC preparation. Here is a list of resources that have been the source of CAT VARC section Reading Comprehension questions in past years. We have compiled RC topics and their sources from 2017-2023 below. (scroll down to see year-wise data tables)

kirtika Tanwar15 Jul 2024

Weak In QUANTS ? Target These 4 MBA Exams 2024

The MBA is mainly a two-year post-graduation program that helps to enhance your business, conceptual, and managerial skills in the business world. Each exam has its unique structure and syllabus. All of these exams hold one thing in common, and that is the Quant section, which is a nightmare for many students who are from non-mathematics backgrounds. Exams like CAT and XAT are a bit tricky for someone who is not well-versed in mathematics.

Shruti Sharma12 Jul 2024

My journey from preparing for UPSC CSE to joining an IIM, Ft.S Dharmashree Shetty, IIM Udaipur

I prepared for the UPSC CSE exams full-time for two years after graduation. After this didn’t go as I planned, I decided to pivot and took CAT where I scored 98.73 percentile.

S Dharmashree Shetty11 Jul 2024

5 Month CAT Exam 2024 Preparation Plan

It is 5 Months to CAT and a perfect time to level up your CAT 2024 preparations, for those who have started their preparation in the 1st half of the year. For those who have not, July is not a late time to start preparation. Most CAT aspirants accelerate their prep in July- when the official notification is released in the last week.

kirtika Tanwar08 Jul 2024

How I Went from 41.55 Percentile to 94.45 in CAT 2023 DILR

When I first started preparing for the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) section of CAT 2023, I was stuck at lower scores due to low accuracy. The questions seemed overwhelming, the time pressure was immense, and the section seemed daunting. However, I scored well in CAT 2023 due to a cohesive strategy. Here’s how I did it, and how these strategies can help CAT 2024 aspirants as well.

Sukirti Payasi03 Jul 2024

Which IIM Could Be The Paper Setter For CAT 2024?

Going with the last 10-year analysis we see a pattern in the CAT paper setter authority. With IIM Lucknow setting the 2023 CAT paper, we expect IIM Calcutta to be the paper-setting authority for CAT 2024. IIM-C is believed to be the engineer’s campus, stressing slightly more on the quantitative and analytical side of a candidate.

kirtika Tanwar01 Jul 2024

The hidden section in CAT that many people overlook

Being in the midst of CAT preparation, many of us have felt how overwhelming it can be to look at the vast syllabus and manage it along with our Undergraduation/full-time employment. We all are familiar with the amount of Quant topics we have to do; the kind of practice we might need on different set types of Logical Reasoning and the daily reading habits required for the Verbal Ability section. However, many aspirants often forget to address an equally critical section hidden in plain sight I.e. Test-taking strategy/ mock tests. So, we will discuss CAT mock test strategies and tips for analyzing mock tests.

Team InsideIIM29 Jun 2024