The Top 4 Strategies To Ace Your QA Mocks - Radhika Mohta, FMS'24, CAT 99.65%iler

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Strong area first : As the popular opinion is, arithmetic (averages, percentages, profit and loss, time and distance, factors and multiples) is the easiest section on the QA part, and sections such as geometry and permutations and combinations confuse the students a lot. Also, arithmetic more or less comprises 50% of the paper. It makes absolute sense in that case, to see which is that one section which fetches us the most marks. In my case it happened to be arithmetic, so I ended up doing all arithmetic questions in about the first 25 minutes. Then in the rest 15 minutes, I could search my second best area and attempt questions from there. Also, if this strategy works out well for you, then though it may sound like a risk, but you can also consider skipping the sections which you would not attempt in the actual test. You should have a fair idea about all the sections, but you can pay more importance to the strong area and also try to prioritize it while taking mocks.

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15 seconds Spot On : Hands down, the best strategy for me. No worries of marking, or selecting a strong area. And, also no worries of not being able to see all the questions But you need to know yourself and your strengths and weaknesses very well to use this strategy. So the 15 second scan, is like an elevator pitch, the question pitches to you in this case. You see the major pointers, how much data is already available, how long is the question (because 15 seconds is to think the solution and not just for reading out the question), how many options can you just rule out, and finally ask yourself that do you think you will get the answer, and if you get it, will it be the right answer? And after all this, ask to yourself if you would like to invest (time and energy) in that question, If yes, then solve it right there, and solve it right. If not, the very next elevator pitch awaits you.

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Things to look out for :
1. Attempt only the ones you know you're getting right, no flukes please.
2. Do not rush, goal is to get maximize correct attempts, and not just maximize attempts.
3. The climb after hitting a 99 percentile score, is the most dangerous one, choose very wisely as your choices now will either make it, or break it.

My two cents : While devising a strategy is a good thing you should do, always remember the unpredictable nature of CAT. The single most important thing that will stand out is you being calm and adaptable to such a situation. Instead of following these strategies, you may also consider creating one tailor made strategy uniquely for yourself, as there is no one size fits all strategy here. And wear that for your D-day, it will give you confidence like none other.

Till then, stay true to the prep.

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