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Common Admission Test (CAT)

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
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Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP)
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Univ Entrance test
Xavier's Admission Test (XAT)
Management Aptitude Test (MAT)
Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET)
Common Entrance Test (CET),
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AIMS test for Management Admissions
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IRMA, NIRMA etc.
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CAT

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IIFT

A balanced (since 2006) paper with

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SNAP

A balanced exam with focus on

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XAT

An entrance test with majority of

questions from Higher Mathematics

FMS

A test with special emphasis on

Verbal Section

CET

A test to ensure an admission with the

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Maharashtra

JMET

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CAT Verbal requires mere 28

30% correct questions to reach
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CAT Quant requires 25-30%
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CAT DI needs 30 35% correct
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It means those with reasonable accuracy in

Number Theory (never less than 15%); Logic,
Sets & Functions (never less than 8%) and
Higher Math (never lass than 10%) can be
assured of clearing Quant cut-off in a given year.

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It follows that thorough practice on

Reading Comprehension and sentence
completion (and gap-fills) question types,
which together make up min 60% of the
CAT every year, would be assured of
clearing Verbal cut-off in a given year.
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That is, those with mastery over Analytical

Reasoning based questions (never less than
32%); can be assured of clearing DI cut-off
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RC would be more challenging

Paper-based strategies for RCs would

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Each question becomes important

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Only MOCK CAT scores and ranks
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Initial Questions of each type becomes
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First 60% of the attempt would decide
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