Among all the three sections Quantitative Aptitude is considered to be one of the most important in CAT. Candidate has to apply the knowledge of mathematical reasoning and formulas, which at the most point ends up being the most difficult as the questions asked either don’t have a direct application of formulas or they are lengthy with several formulas taking the stand to come to the final result.
The candidate needs to have a regular practice of solving CAT mock tests, broaden the conceptual understanding of the questions and solve it with reason. Start with solving easy ones then move on to the most difficult of all.
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Quant preparation of CAT 2020 doesn’t have a predefined syllabus and it involves a proper strategy that will help you to prepare for each topic in a systematic way. For each topic under quants, solving CAT previous year question papers & set templates will help in understanding the basics and escalate oneself to benchmark CAT questions. Learning the basics is a vital part along with a proper amount of drill.
CAT is an exhaustive exam which requires an automatic way of solving to cater the time crunch so it is very important to work with a variety of sums to get a grip of the topic before moving to CAT level sums.
You should also keep the track of time and maintain the accuracy accordingly. The questions will test your ability to think and respond to the situation concerned. It is advised that after giving the mock test, review your performance and find the mistakes that are to be avoided later and the most important of all to practice each hour to ace even the toughest question of all.
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How to prepare for Quants in CAT 2020?
- Keep Practicing effectively:
There is a distinction between being able to solve a problem without effort and solving the same problem with effort. Based on the test paper's level of difficulty, 15 to 25 questions must be of an easy to moderate level. Practicing easy to medium difficult level questions of all the chapters will allow a candidate to pass the questions easily. It is essential for you to know the basic theories and formulas of all chapters.
- Develop testing skills
A predictable scenario in a Quant section of CAT is having 10 to 30 percent of the problems as speed-breakers. The trick is to be able to discover them without wasting any time in solving them. It is a skill that can be attained by adequate practice of enormous numbers of problems and by going through a good number of mock papers. Make a plan to attempt a minimum of 20-25 mock tests.
- Learn mental calculation
CAT 2020 will give all exam takers a basic calculator. This also does not negate the significance of mental estimation. As it is an on-screen calculator, in most situations, mental calculation will prevail over the given calculator with regard to time consumption. Practice this technique more with fractions, basic summation, tables, and subtraction.
- Start solving mock test and CAT question papers:
The only way to ace the examination is by putting the step forward to the situation, to test the real time question solving ability and maintain accuracy effectively. It will eventually help the candidate to analyse the preparation level. The previous year papers are very useful to analyse the paper pattern and difficulty level of questions.
- Strengthen the Basics:
As the questions are related to elemental mathematics, the candidates are required to get well acquainted with the basics for a proper preparation. Also, it is suggested to cover all the numerical topics to avoid losing any marks in the exam.
- Practice:
It is always the key mantra to success to practice and practice every day. With the mock papers and question papers in hand there are immense topics and concepts that the candidate should cover and ace it accordingly. This section covers the topics ranging from Arithmetic, Geometry to Algebra, thus giving ample amount of time to each topic to understand the weightage and question pattern. Just to be clear from the 34 questions asked even if you are able to interpret and reason 20-25 questions, you are destined to score 85% in this section. So, start practising from the formula based on the trickiest questions, don’t fall back, keep focus and practice each hour and minute effectively.
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