2. Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

All you need for cracking the DILR section is the familiarity with CAT type LRDI sets. If you solve 300-400 CAT level DILR sets, you will be able to solve at least 50% of the sets in CAT 2022. And how much you can get by solving 50% of LRDI sets in CAT exam ? More than 99 percentile. In few extreme cases like, CAT 2017, solving 3 sets out of 8 could got students 99 percentile. So all you need to do is select the sets you can solve and solve them with patience. And to get that familiarity all you need is practice.

CAT LRDI difficulty level changed from the year 2015. Even though they are tough they are just a lengthy puzzle and don’t need a lot of concepts or tricks to solve them. If you solve a variety of LRDI sets it will be enough if complemented with mocks at the later stage. For someone who wants to start with basics, you can do two things.

b. Now since the LRDI section from the year 2000 to 2014 weren’t of higher level, they are good to start with if you want your base strong for LRDI. You can solve past CAT papers as well and in the later stages it will be complemented with CAT level LRDI sets in Mocks and sectionals. This will help you understand how to deal with a situation where all sets are tough. Forget your ego in mocks. Apart from this you may also take IIM ABC material by iQuanta having 500 CAT level LRDI sets.

Expert Tip : Start by remembering squares and reciprocal of fraction and percentage calculations. Then move to basic conceptual questions.

3. Verbal Aptitude & Reading Comprehension 

Assuming that this year CAT will be of 2 hours, there will be 16 questions on RC, which is 70% of the total VARC questions. This is a section which checks your comprehension the most, and not the vocabulary or the grammar. First step towards comprehension is how you can retain what you have read. Best way to exercise your mind is to start reading articles from reputed newspapers and summarise it in your mind. With 2 months of rigorous practice you’ll be able to retain majority of the points from the article and that if complemented with past papers practice is well and good.

Expert Tip : For VA, since there is still time, try to improve your grasp on articles from different topics by reading editorials, aldaily, project-syndicate etc. This will strengthen your understanding of the RCs and retentive power. Specifically for CAT, try to do at least 2 RCs everyday and increase the number as the exam approaches. Practice any PJs you may encounter without options. Initially, pick a book (preferably Sujit Kumar) for practice and then diversify your sources to include old mocks, tests, CAT group questions etc. Vocabulary isn’t that important per se. So, instead of cramming up with words, just look for the meanings once you encounter them in your daily reading. CAT 2015-20 was all about grasping and understanding power, rather than proficiency in English.

You can go for IIM ABC CAT material by iQuanta having 500 RC sets. Apart from that we will also be doing RC 60 by Indra, which will fine tune your RC preparation. For reference you can check them here, but its not recommended to solve them now as they are of higher level.

Other Sources : Verbal : Sujit Kumar/ NK Sinha [or any coaching material] Though don’t be totally dependent on them, as sometimes they have vague answers. In case of any doubts you can simply post on CAT Preparation- iQuanta Facebook group to clarify.

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