CAT 2015: Improve the pace of your reading; a must to score high percentile

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April 30, 2015
With the aim to score high percentile in CAT 2015, aspirants are supposed to improve their pace of reading and should start working on it right from now
CAT 2015 aspirants need to know how much time they should spend in completing the reading RC passage of 800-900 words including answering the questions following each of the 4 passages

With the aim to score high percentile in CAT 2015, aspirants are supposed to improve their pace of reading and should start working on it right from now, says Prof S K Agarwal, Verbal Ability expert and mentor on CAT 2015 preparation. In his view good reading speed with accuracy can save your time while you would be able to choose the most appropriate answer option in shorter time after finishing the reading of Reading Comprehension passage.

CAT 2015 aspirants need to know how much time they should spend in completing the reading RC passage of 800-900 words including answering the questions following each of the 4 passages.

12-14 Minutes on one passage

Prof S K Agarwal, Verbal Ability expert is of the view that a CAT 2015 aspirant should aim and practice to improve his/her reading speed in such a way so that he/she is able to complete the reading of 800-900 worded passage and answer the 4 questions following it, in not more than 14 minutes. If you have this goal in mind and work towards it, you will end up with 15-16 minutes per passage. A CAT 2015 aspirant should read a lot of good stuff to achieve this goal and practice more to reduce the reading and answering time further.

Inculcate Reading Habits

According to Rene Descartes “The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” In fact, reading habits are the manifestation of your personality– the stuff that you love to read will bring out the best of yourself in your expression of thoughts.

One who has inculcated the habit of reading will definitely find the time for reading the study material of his interest, however busy he is. For an aspirant to CAT/XAT it must be an enjoying saga with less burden and more a stress relieving exercise. Reading is considered as stress relieving pill, according to Charles de Montesquieu I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.” 

The choice of good reading habits will depend upon your way of living. It may differ from person to person, working and non working, person with access to technology or no access.  But the reading stuff should be good else all that you have read might instead of improving your reading habit might be proved a waste.  

When to find reading time

If you have to work till late night and get up late in the morning-you could have a great reading day. If the situation is just opposite, get up early in the morning and enjoy the reading. In the late evening also, you could have a reading time after dinner. The importance of reading is not when you read but how much do you enjoy the reading.

Make friends with books

If you really want to score a high percentile in CAT 2015 you cannot escape and run away from improving your reading habits. The goal of getting the desired B-school calls for spending less time on unproductive things and social media. Initially it may be a problem, but will bring forth desired fruits. The time you reduce on Internet/TV, you could use for reading. This could create hours of reading time.

Conducive Reading environment

Find a calm and quiet place where you would like to study. Sit in a comfortable chair and freshen yourself up with a good book without interruptions. There should be no television or computer near the chair to minimize distractions.

Light from left or back

Make sure you have good lighting. If it is dusk and light appears dim, it will place unnecessary strain on your eyes and language processing modules in your brain.  If you are reading in Sunlight during the day, it is very good. But when you read in the night (as most of us do) ensure very good light should either come from your left or from the back.

Make your book-your companion

Wherever you go, take a book with you. If there is a time when you have to wait (like at a doctor’s place, at some office or Bust stop etc.) take out your book and read to give you the desired satisfaction.

Which Books? Prepare list

The books that you will read for the examination are required to be listed. Whatever addition you want to make, do that when the thought comes to you for the first time. Keep a running list and start reading them according to your interest. The object is to cover the full syllabus. Make a schedule and move on, as if embarking on a pleasurable journey.

Visit the Public Library

Library is the nice place with excellent environment for study and concentration. Many students find trouble in concentrating in their rooms/apartments-for them also, library is the excellent place to concentrate. Make it a matter of discipline and training to stay focused on your book.  Don't let yourself carried away by other not so serious readers.
 

Read with the goal to Improve

While reading such great stuff, don’t forget to note down unfamiliar words and their usage in particular contexts. Find out their meaning and other usage in the dictionary. Use the words in conversation, writing. It will fetch you good reading results and build up your confidence level.

Find-out used books

Make your trip to used book store off and on. It will have twin advantages. You may find less expensive good books to read and sometimes these books become a part of treasure with some important marks and underlines that you might not notice otherwise. 

Opportunities are immense, Grab now

When you read these books, don’t think they are a burden. Once you begin enjoying reading them, you may get the best out of them. On the top of it, it may so happen that you may come across one or two RC passages extracted from these books.

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