<\/span><\/h4>\nOf the 3 sections of the exam, I was most confident of the Quants section. I have had the book series of Arun Sharma and I approached the preparation section wise.<\/p>\n
Quants<\/strong>: – I started with the quants section first. To see the level of expertise, I started to give the section-wise and topic wise tests from the test series course I enrolled myself into. A friend of mine put me into the iQuanta group, and a big chunk of the preparation involved just solving random questions posted by Indrajeet Sir or any student in that matter.<\/strong> The detailed solutions were also posted in the groups.<\/p>\nThe sectional tests helped in identifying 2 things.<\/p>\n
1) Topics you have to revise<\/p>\n
2) Topics you have to learn from scratch.<\/p>\n
Normally the vast CAT Quants syllabus can be cut short by revisiting only those topics you are weak in. A standard book like Arun Sharma can be utilized to revisit the weaker chapters.<\/p>\n
LRDI<\/strong>: – The strategy for this section was to practice as much as possible. As such, no definite strategy\/pattern could be found for its preparation. The approach for solving this section was scanning the paper properly. In 60 mins, you are told to solve 8 LRDI sets. And I was always pretty confident that I cannot solve all of them in 60 mins. So, in the first 5 mins, I used to scan every set and single out those which I feel I could solve. I could solve 2-3 sets initially, and with gradual practice, I could manage 4 or more sets with over 90% accuracy. On the D-day, I solved 4 sets out of 8 in an hr, got one question wrong, and had a raw score of 45 in LRDI, which fetched me a percentile of 98.76 in that section.<\/p>\nVARC<\/strong>: – This was my weakest section, mainly because I wasn’t an avid reader. But it can be compensated. With a regular reading of newspaper articles, editorial section, trying my hand at some novels, etc. I tried to make reading a habit. But the thing which was the most effective was more and more practice. I made sure that I practice at least one RC a day, however busy I might be. The verbal section needed a considerable amount of practice as well. I used to leave out the TITA para jumbles and solve the rest of the paper.<\/p>\n