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Weekly CAT 2025 Prep Challenges: Test Your Skills – VARC

Weekly CAT 2025 Prep Challenges: Test Your Skills – VARC

Preparing for the CAT isn’t just about cramming formulas or solving math puzzles. One of the most unpredictable and critical sections of the paper is Reading Comprehension (RC)—a test of your focus, logic, language, and inference skills all at once.

Yashasvi Saini
How To Avoid Procrastination & Actually Get Work Done

How To Avoid Procrastination & Actually Get Work Done

Everyone knows the feeling when you're just staring at your device screen and meaninglessly scrolling your feed, and telling yourself just five minutes more will do no harm. The feeling of procrastination is not just laziness, it's a combination of aimlessness and lying to oneself. In a highly competitive environment, procrastination can act as a curse for an individual. As an ex-management entrance aspirant, I am no stranger to this feeling and know very well the effect procrastination has on each sphere of our daily lives. So, what is the solution? Not vague motivation, but well-defined habits and clever strategies. Here are a few tips on how to avoid procrastination.

Ayush Kumar
Weekly CAT Prep Challenges: Test Your Skills – Percentages Edition

Weekly CAT Prep Challenges: Test Your Skills – Percentages Edition

Preparing for the CAT requires more than just understanding concepts—it demands consistent practice, smart application, and the ability to spot traps under time pressure. To keep your prep exciting and razor-sharp, welcome to the Weekly CAT Prep Challenge! Every week, we’ll hand-pick questions from key Quant topics that test both your fundamentals and your problem-solving instincts.

Yashasvi Saini
How I Built A Daily Reading Habit That Boosted My VARC Scores

How I Built A Daily Reading Habit That Boosted My VARC Scores

When I began preparing for the CAT, I wasn’t overly confident about the VARC section. Reading Comprehension (RC) often felt unpredictable and, at times, monotonous. Some days, I could follow the passages with ease; on others, I found myself zoning out mid-way and struggling to make sense of what I had just read.

Saurav Mohapatra
Beyond The Percentile: Start Mastering Your Interview Game

Beyond The Percentile: Start Mastering Your Interview Game

As an MBA aspirant, regardless of the exam you're focusing on, one thing is common across most top B-schools in India — interviews. These are, in most cases, supplemented by group discussions (GDs), written ability tests (WATs) and/or extempore. Collectively, you'll come across them as ‘GDPI rounds’ during your B-school entrance prep journey. And yes, they are super important!

Vishesh Raina
Decoding VARC: Playbook For Conquering CAT Reading Comprehension

Decoding VARC: Playbook For Conquering CAT Reading Comprehension

When you start your CAT preparation, there's one line you're bound to hear from mentors and fellow aspirants: "VARC is a non-engineer’s friend and an engineer’s worst nightmare." Well, this may or may not be entirely true. The VARC section has often acted as a life jacket for non-engineers, significantly boosting their overall percentile. Speaking as a non-engineer myself, I would agree with that statement. In this article, I’ll share my insights on VARC Preparation Tips for CAT 2025 ultimately enhance your overall performance in it.

Dev Vardhan Singh
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