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7 years agoGuide-Level 15
DILR
Do as many DI-LR sets for practice. Do solve all the questions from CAT 2001 to CAT 2008. The more you expose yourself to different types of DI and LR, the better it would be. Apart from the CAT papers, solve the questions from your prep material.
VRC
There are two types of VRC questions:
1. Those that are based on knowledge - Grammar & Vocabulary based questions
2. Those that are based onunderstanding of paragraph(s) and logic- Reading Comprehension, Para Jumbled, Para Completion, Para Summary, Critical Reasoning
Of the above two, the latter is s
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7 years agoContributor-Level 10
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7 years agoContributor-Level 10
CAT is not an easy nut to crack.
You will have to give your best to pass through it with flying colors.
MAT is an easy option as its difficulty level is below CAT.
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7 years agoContributor-Level 10
You have more than enough time to prepare for CAT.
Go through the syllabus first.
Point out what are your strong areas and weak areas.
Practice your strong areas and work over your weak areas.
Start reading english novels, articles, newspapers daily.That will improve your vocab which is very important for Verbal section of CAT.
Purchase books for the same to practice.
To check the level of difficulty of CAT,
Go through the previous year papers of CAT. Try and solve it.
Time management is a very important aspect.
You need to know that art in order to pass CAT with flying colours.
Good luck!
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7 years agoScholar-Level 17
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7 years agoGuide-Level 14
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7 years agoScholar-Level 18
(a) GDPI Call: 70% weightage will be given to the scores of CAT and 30% weightage to the Application Rating Score (Xth marks, XIIth marks, Graduation Marks)
(b) Final Selection: Group Discussion: 10%, Personal Interview: 40%, weightage to the Composite Score at the final stage of selection to arrive at the Aggregate Score: 50%
Above mentioned weightage vary in different IIMs.
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7 years agoContributor-Level 10
To be honest, nobody else but you can answer this question best. If you are interested in your family business, then go for it. Or, if you believe you have better chances with CAT (MBA), then choose MBA.
You also have an option of gaining experience from that business first and then pursuing CAT.
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