CetKing Do you really need an MBA? It’s an age-old business question, one we’ve discussed before and that every expert has weighed in on at least once. The debate over whether an MBA is worth the investment becomes even more heated when the question becomes more specific: do you need an MBA if you want to … Read more
Make your life easier on the CAT: do less Maths.Sure, you’re going to have to do some textbook math on the CAT, but it’s really not a math test. Business schools don’t expect you to have to do paper math in b-school or the real world. Rather, they’re testing how you think about math. And … Read more
To begin, you’ll need to understand the essentials of parallelism. Two (or more) things in a list have to be both structural and logically parallel. Let’s start with the positive form: either/or. I will either clean the bathroom or walk the dog. Parallel Element 1: Clean the bathroom Parallel Element 2: Walk the dog Both … Read more
Subject-verb agreement is fundamental to correct sentence construction. It’s commonly tested on the CAT, but is overlooked far too often. The subject is the actor of the sentence. It performs the action described by the verb. For simplicity’s sake,let’s use “subject” to mean the main subject of the sentence, used in an independent clause, though, … Read more
Are you one of thousands who reads a critical reasoning argument and finds yourself completely lost? You’re not alone. To a much greater extent than the other CAT sections, CR tests whether you think in the way the CAT wants you to think. Let’s talk about what your mindset ought to be. First, recognize there … Read more
In the figure above, the radius of the circle with center O is 1 and BC = 1. What is the area of triangular region ABC? What’s your first step? Let’s use this problem as an opportunity to practice the Quant Process. Look at the problem and jot down the given information. Go through the … Read more
The thought of algebra gives you hives. You’d rather discuss any topic but prime numbers. And you bitterly wonder why geometry is tested on the CAT “ the Common Admissions Test, after all. It’s not like you want to be an architect. Well, the CAT is what it is: a hoop to jump through for … Read more
Try this passage question:“Comparable worth, as a standard applied to eliminate inequities in pay, insists that the values of certain tasks performed in dissimilar jobs can be compared. In the last decade, this approach has become a critical social policy issue, as large numbers of private-sector firms and industries as well as federal, state, and … Read more
The number one rule in CAT is this: stay in control of the test, not the other way around. Many CAT questions have both a right answer, and an answer they hope you’ll pick — and those often aren’t the same! Learn to recognize the “too easy” answers that the test writers want you to … Read more
At heart, logic games are about how to organize or categorize certain information. You’re given some rules (also known as constraints) and you have to figure out what organization is allowed—or, perhaps, what organization is prohibited—based on those rules. Before we start, try out this problem: “*A literature department at a small university in an … Read more
