10 days to go for CAT 2024 – With only over a week left for the CAT exam, it is time now to decide on what to prepare and how. Check here some tips for CAT 2024 preparation in the last few days.
CAT 2024: Last week preparation
With 10 days to go for CAT 2024, it is time now to put aside everything and focus on revision. By now you shall have completed the CAT syllabus and done enough CAT mock test practice. Now, work on strengthening your preparation further by doing revision in a planned manner. CAT 2024 will be held on November 24, so you have to now take out your short notes and revise from them. Here are a few tips for CAT exam revision.
CAT 2024: What to Study in the Last Week
Revision of Important CAT Topics: Pick up notes of important CAT topics and revise them daily for at least 2 hours. This is not the time to start a new topic, so go back to the topics you have mastered in CAT syllabus and go through their concepts and formulae daily. Practice some sample questions to keep the momentum going.
Practicing Official CAT Mock Test: IIM Calcutta has released the official CAT mock test 2024. You must attempt it once. It is available at the official website iimcat.ac.in. The CAT 2024 mock test by IIMCAT is based on previous years’ questions. It will help you understand the types of questions expected in CAT 2024 and the test form.
CAT 2024 Exam Slot Based Preparation: CAT 2024 admit card has been released and you know your exam slot. Practice a couple of CAT mock test at the same time as your CAT exam slot to have a practice of mental activity at that time. This is important especially for those candidates who have got slot 1 (8:30 am to 10:30 am).
Check Previous Year CAT Question Papers: Check last 4-5 years’ CAT question papers to understand the topic wise weightage for making a focused plan. You will need to ensure that you are well prepared for CAT topics which have more weightage.
Making CAT 2024 Exam Day Strategy: All your preparation is already done. Now in the last few days, analyse your strengths and weaknesses to make an exam day strategy, like how much time to use for what type of question, which questions to solve, which ones to skip, etc. There is negative marking in CAT which can be pull your score drastically down if you do not choose the questions correctly.
Read More:
- Official CAT mock test 2024 released, get direct link here
- CAT 2024 registrations recorded at 3.29 lakhs
- CAT 2024 admit card released, download now
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Q: What are the CAT exam slot timings?
Q: Will CAT exam 2025 also be conducted in three shifts?
Yes, the CAT 2025 exam will be conducted in three shifts. Until 2019, CAT was conducted in two shifts and the exam duration used to be 180 minutes. However, in 2020, the number of shifts were increased to three and exam duration was reduced to 120 minutes in order to follow the social distancing guidelines for COVID-19. Since the COVID-9 pandemic appropriate behaviour had to be followed at public places and gatherings, the examination authorities increased the number of exam slots to ensure a limited number of candidates can be accommodated at any exam centre in a given exam slot by following social distancing and seating arrangement with gap. Since then, the CAT is conducted in three shifts - morning, afternoon and evening. In CAT 2025 too, there will be three slots which will be allotted to applicants in no particular order. The CAT exam slot timings will be - 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
Q: What is the CAT 2024 exam date?
The CAT exam is always conducted on the last Sunday of November every year so the CAT 2024 exam is expected to be conducted on Nov 24, 2024. Official announcement of the CAT 2024 exam date will be made by the convening IIM on Jul 30, 2024. The announcement will be made at the iimcat.ac.in website as well as in all the national dailies across India. We at Shiksha also notify the aspirants through our communication channels. Registrations cum application process for CAT 2024 will begin from the first week of August and end in the third week of September 2024.
Check below CAT exam dates for last five years:
- CAT 2023: November 26
- CAT 2022: November 27
- CAT 2021: November 28
- CAT 2020: November 29
- CAT 2019: November 24
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