CAT 2026 VARC Strategy: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension is very important section in Common Admission Test and preparing for it from the beginning will be a great advantage for candidates who are planning for top business schools. Among this section, Reading Comprehension creates a great impact due to it’s weightage, candidates can expect 16 questions of RCs across various genres and to practice the same daily reading habit is way more important for the aspirants. iQuanta’s CAT 2026 Mega Batch has launched and today is the first CAT 2026 RC class by Shabana Ma’am at 7 PM and candidates should not miss this amazing session full of smart techniques to give a great start to your VARC preparation.
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CAT 2026: How to Start Preparing for RCs?
Reading Comprehension is a crucial part of entire VARC section because every year we have seen 16 questions from RCs only. This weightage in VARC will get you a good percentile in CAT 2026 if focused with a proper strategy. Candidates should be consistent towards their reading habit as this is the very important step to come across solving lengthy RCs in the exam. Aspirants have to read atleast 1 article from any genre that they get comfortable with. Genres include Philosophy/Psychology, Health, Humanity (Culture/Society), Biology, Technology, History, Science, Business, Politics and Environment. Covering these areas by practicing RCs daily will help you to solve Reading Comprehensions effectively in CAT 2026 exam both with accuracy and speed. To solve Previous Year Questions, candidates can directly check CAT previous year papers to get the flow of CAT exam pattern.
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CAT Preparation: CAT 2026 Engineer’s VARC
Candidates who are coming from engineering background are initially struggled with the VARC section and this factor is widely considered as the biggest fear for them. To improve accuracy while solving RCs of various genres, candidates should cover the CAT 2026 Engineers’ VARC module. The features for the respective module are mentioned below.
- 60+ videos / 30 hours of CAT focused VARC content
- 12 VA videos with 10 questions solved per video.
- 7 strategy video covering all key topics
- 40 in-depth RC videos across all genres.
CAT 2026: 250 Genre Wise Reading Articles by iQuanta
iQuanta has included CAT-level RCs across genres like Philosophy/Psychology, Health, Humanity (Culture/Society), Biology, Technology, History, Science, Business, Politics and Environment which will be a effective strategy for candidates to start preparation for CAT 2026. As, CAT VARC is more about comprehension rather than Grammar or Vocabulary. Hence reading habit and familiarity about different genre of passages is important to get a good percentile in Common Admission Test.
Important Note: iQuanta CAT 2026 Mega Batch has launched and candidates should not miss the first CAT RC class today at 7 PM by Shabana ma’am (CAT VARC 99.56%iler).
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