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MBA Papers : Preparing For CAT Exam

By Contributor | September 5, 2008

According to several successful candidates one should start preparing for the CAT exams at least a year in advance. A common dilemma among students is whether to take CAT along with final year or after finishing graduation. All coaching classes and faculty are unanimous in their opinion that CAT should be taken along with the final year.

The entire format of the CAT question paper changes every two-three years, while there are sectional changes every year. Currently the paper is divided into three parts - verbal ability, quantitative ability and reasoning.

CAT Exam covers questions in five broad areas such as verbal ability and reasoning, reading comprehension, quantitative skills, data interpretation and logical reasoning.

All the questions are of multiple-choice nature with four/five alternate answer choices and the candidate has to choose the best answer for each of the questions and mark it on a special Optical Reader answer sheet. Differential marks are allotted to the questions. The test comprises 150 to 200 objective type questions and is usually divided into three to four sections.

Very little strategy could be applied in selecting the easiest questions. Cut that down and don’t waste time on questions which are lengthy. One misconception is that you need to solve the whole Question Paper - not at all.