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Institute of Management Studies, BHU offers various PG and certificate programs such as MBA, MBA IB, MBA AB and PGDBA. The admission to the courses are entrance based. The admissions to MBA and MBA IB programs is offered on the based on the score of CAT (50% weightage), academic records (20% weightage) and GDPI (Group Discussion and Personal Interview with 30% weightage). According to the 2021 statistics, an overall percentile of 85 is required to qualify for the admission process at Institute of Management Studies, BHU. You can refer to more information about the admissions at Institute of Management Studies, BHU - https://www.shiksha.com/college/institute-of-management-studies-bhu-varanasi-43137/admission

CAT Quantitative Aptitude has the potential of 100 percentile if you prepare well. The Quantitative Aptitude topics of CAT are advance level Mathematic topics from Class 9 and 10. So, for any candidate, the foundation is already there, they only need to work on it further.The important topics of CAT Quantitative Aptitude include Geometry,  Ratios and Proportion, Inequalities, Trigonometry, In-equations, Quadratic and Linear Equations, Work and Time, Algebra, Surds and Indices, Percentages, Mensuration, Time-Speed-Distance,  Logarithms, Partnership (Accounts), Number System, Square Root and Cube Root, Profit & Loss, Geometric Progression, Probability, Mean-Mode-Median, Binomial theorem, Simple interest and compound interest.Maximum questions are asked from Arithmetic and Geometry so keep the main focus on these two topic. Understand and memorise the formulas and theorems well, and practice enough questions to be thorough with their application.

CAT DILR is all about practice. So, you need to practice a lot of questions from DILR to be able to master it. This section of CAT is equally divided into 10 questions each on DI and LR. The Data Interpretation questions are based on Mathematical tables, bars, pie charts, etc. so you need to work on it alongside Quantitative Aptitude. Learn some basic rules of tables, bars, pie charts as well as some basic rules of mathematical calculations. If you can read the data correctly, you can solve the CAT questions. However, to be able to solve questions quickly and accurately, you need to practice a good number of sample questions and mock tests.For Logical Reasoning, you will have to depend totally on practice tests and exercises. The CAT LR questions are mostly based on series, number system, coding-decoding, family tree, circular patterns, blood relations, etc. So, you need to practice a lot of questions on these to be able to solve them in the exam. Go through CAT previous year question papers to know the type of questions are asked and practice them.

CAT VARC section is dominated by Reading Comprehension and Parajumbles, thus you need to focus on reading speed and comprehension. To prepare for this section, candidates need to start early on and start reading books and novels to improve English. The CAT RC passages are long, dense and inference based so you need to be very clear about reading and understanding the passage. You can’t speed read or leave out any sentence.Practice a lot of sample CAT RC questions throughout your preparation phase. Also practice previous years CAT question papers so that you have a good enough experience of the types of Reading Comprehension passages that are asked in CAT.Moreover, take guidance from mentor and practice time bound English exercises. Refer to dictionary for word meanings and foreign words.