CAT 2015 last minute tips: Experts answer 4 important questions

With less than 36 hours to go for CAT 2015, we decided to catch up with some MBA experts and take their advice on some final few questions.

We asked different question to four coaching experts:

1. How to conduct yourself on the D-day?
2. How to tackle non-MCQ questions in CAT 2015?
3. Last minute tips to score more in CAT 2015?
4. What kind of questions to expect in CAT 2015?

 

Each one gave us a unique reply. Here's what they had to share:

 

 

How to conduct yourself on the D-day?

 

Answered by: Parasharanchari, Endeavour Careers

Here is a small set of instructions with the purpose of reinforcing the basics of “How to conduct yourself on the D-day”.

Once all the procedure is over, and once you enter your test cubicle, read the instructions carefully. A lot of the instructions are redundant but doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read them carefully. The flip-side is that you really do not have anything more constructive to do in that last half an hour.

Once you are through with the instructions, go through the demo to get acclimatised with the test environment and considering the fact that you all would have been through a test series or the other, there isn’t much to add / subtract, it is just the thing of getting comfortable, and that’s all!

When it is just a minute or two for the paper to begin, start revisiting the test strategy you would have prepared, so that from the moment you start the paper, you are already in the right gear and in the right direction.

 

 

How to tackle non-MCQ questions in CAT 2015?

Answered by: Vinayak Kudawa, IMS

For non-MCQ questions, test-takers will need to key in the required answer using the online keyboard.  These questions will have no negative marking. I expect the number of non-MCQ questions in each section to be between 6 to 10 non-MCQ. If you have been taking the mock tests and have also seen the official CAT demo test, you would have realised that almost any question type and questions across all areas can be converted into the non-MCQ format. So, keep your mind open to all possibilities with respect to non-MCQ questions. While Reading comprehension was the only area in the CAT Demo test that had no non-MCQ questions, do not be surprised if you see a few of them in the actual CAT.

Such questions have no negative marking so candidates should attempt as many as possible. But this does not mean you overspend your time on non-MCQ questions trying to solve them unto death – it only means you key in some answer rather than leave it blank when you are unsure.

 

  

How to score more in CAT 2015?

Answered by: Santosh, Bull’s Eye

Don’t sit on questions. Focus more on accuracy. Attempt less questions, but focus on accuracy. Try to attempt 20 questions in each section.

Just before the test, revise the formulas. After attempting any test, don’t look at the scores right now. Many times, candidates are not aware of the difficultly level of the mock test. So sometimes, candidates end up scoring lower than the previous tests. As a results,  candidates start feeling unsure about themselves.

Just focus on your areas of improvement. And definitely DON’T PLAN ANY TEST ON SATURDAY.

Revise formulas and see, in which questions you’re facing the problem.

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What kind of questions to expect in CAT 2015?

What to expect in CAT!

Well, one thing that I would suggest to anybody who takes CAT is that no one is 100% sure of what the question paper pattern is going to be.

For instance, there might be 24 RC questions or there might be 20 RC questions – no one knows. The mark is not the example, not a presentative of what actually can be.

No one knows what that the paper is going to be so rather than fretting about what might happen and what is going to happen, it will be better if everyone like the student stays calm and let’s see whatever the paper comes. It’s going to be the same for everyone.

 

 

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