MBAUniverse.com has launched the Cracking CAT 2011 special video series in association with Tata McGraw-Hill and MindWorkzz for MBA aspirants who are seeking to crack CAT 2011 and working towards making it to their dream B schools.
In this special video series, CAT guru, Author and IIM Bangalore alumnus Arun Sharma shares with you the mantras for preparing for the 30 days to CAT 2011 for each of the sectional areas, as well as special tips on test taking strategy.
To introduce you to these special videos we are presenting to you key excerpts from the videos. Today, we present to you key excerpts from the video titled '30 Days prep for QA and DI'.
The following are the top mantras from Arun Sharma, excerpted from the video, which can help you in cracking the QA, DI areas of CAT 2011:
1. Changes in CAT exam structure: “You need to reach and expand your potential in these 30 days. The structure of CAT has witnessed big changes in the past few years. Till CAT 2008 the number of questions for every chapter were highly skewed. There was heavy emphasis on Block 1, Block 5, Block 6. Even if you attempted 35 to 40% questions in the QA section, you could make it to a good B school. These three blocks accounted for 70% of the total marks of QA section.
But with the computer based CAT 2009, things have changed. The skew has reduced, and now you need to prepare equally for all blocks of QA.”
(BLOCK 1: (a) Number Systems, (b) Progressions ; BLOCK 2: (a) Averages (b) Alligations ; BLOCK 3: (a) Percentages (b) Profit & Loss (c) Ratio & Proportion (d) Time & Work (e) Interest (f) Time, Speed & Distance ; BLOCK 4: (a) Geometry (b) Mensuration (c) Coordinate Geometry; BLOCK 5: (a) Functions (b) Inequalities (c) Quadratic Equations (d) Logarithms; BLOCK 6: (a) Permutations & Combinations (b) Probability)
2. Focus on balanced preparation: “Your preparation should be well balanced. You should have command over every chapter, and by this I mean that you should know the answer to the first hundred questions for each chapter. This is an absolute must. You should ensure this aspect for every chapter in the next 20 days.”
3. Define key areas: “Define for yourself at least 3 blocks in which you are more confident. Take a self audit of the areas where you have gone deeper. These key blocks of yours will pole vault you to the next level. In my opinion 5, 6 are good blocks.”
4. Focus on Revision: “In these last 30 days revise every question. Revise does not mean attempting to answer all the questions again. If you revise the questions that you answered in the past days it will help you in getting out of sticky situations where you are not able to find out how to answer a particular question.”
5. Take mocks: “Take lot of good quality mock tests, which are sectionally well balanced.”
6. “For DI, I will advise you the same plan. Don’t go for new sets of questions right now. Add value to your strong areas.”
Watch the Complete Video
You can watch the complete video of Arun Sharma sharing his mantras on QA, DI by clicking here: http://www.mbauniverse.com/mba-exam-preparation/CAT_2011_Video.php
