2) You need to be a fast reader: I have taken those online tests which are supposed to check your speed and retention. My recent score was 180 wpm and 70% retention. This score is just equal to an average reader. This didn't make me score less, did it? So what helped me? The answer is my interest in reading. Whenever I was presented with a passage, it was trying to tell me something. All I did was pay attention to what it tried to say. The speed and retention were automatically taken care of.
3) You shouldn't be reading the lines again in the passage: This could result in spending more time on the passage which I agree. But is this the mantra? Absolutely No! Let me tell you, CAT will present you with all sorts of topics. From biotech to Infotech. Now if something is out of your normal topic, it would definitely take more time or more revisions of lines to understand what it is trying to say. So, read the lines again if you want. But make sure you understood what those lines said.
4) Read questions first then passage or vice versa: Well, there is no hard and fast rule for this! If you ask about my experience, reading questions beforehand made my attempt less accurate. The reason? Once I read the questions, my mind automatically went into the mode of searching for answers or references to those questions in passage. This made the understanding of the passage and my interest in the passage go haywire. So it's total up to you, which way you want to go. But choose wisely!
5) Don't spend time on VARC sectional tests, rather read books: Believe me, Taking VARC sectional tests is as serious as you take sectionals for Quants and DILR seriously. I don't know whether reading books would help you on D-Day or not, but when you give VARC sectional, be sure that your preparation is going the right way.
Well, these are my few cents on this dreaded section of VARC, which shouldn't dread you anymore. The last tip which goes without saying and you must've heard a zillion times.
Keep giving mocks as many as possible.
Thanks for reading and All the best for your CAT!
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Comments
Abhisek Patra
Thanks this is the exact approach I apply in my varc prep.
17 Aug 2020, 11.46 AM
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Krunal Kshirsagar
Current Student | MBA IIT Kanpur (2020-22)
Great! All the best ☺
17 Aug 2020, 12.02 PM |
kriti raichand
Then how did you prepare for VARC, please tell us your approach and strategies?
17 Aug 2020, 03.01 PMEdited
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Krunal Kshirsagar
Current Student | MBA IIT Kanpur (2020-22)
That calls for another article I guess. Keep following this space ?
17 Aug 2020, 04.06 PM |