Mistakes in percent increase questions

Many test takers make mistakes in percent increase quantitative CAT questions, not because they do not understand the principle of percent increase, but rather, because they don’t evaluate the correct values. Percent increase questions can be identified (often literally) by the words “percent increase,” and tend to be word problems that don’t read in the … Read more

Dealing with rate/work questions

To review, the key for dealing with rate/work type of question is to apply the following rules: Rate * Time = Work Rates are additive in work questions. Rate and time have a reciprocal relationship. For the questions involving partially completed jobs, we’ll throw in the addendum that a completed job can be designated as … Read more

Strengthening V/s Assumption Questions

What is the distinction between Assumption and Strengthen questions in the Critical Reasoning section. The two categories feel similar, after all. They are different, however, and the difference, as with most Critical Reasoning questions, lies mainly in the texture of the language that would be most appropriate for a correct answer in either category. To illustrate, … Read more

Inequalities-Introduction

Until and unless you are a quant jock, you hate inequalities. It can also be said about absolute value. It is not very difficult. CAT is not about solving complicated equations/inequalities. It is about using your bare fundamentals, quietly, inconspicuously.CAT is not about booms and bangs and fancy equations; it is more ethereal; you have … Read more

How to solve 3 kinds of inequalities

As if solving inequalities wasn’t already hard enough, sometimes the way a CAT question is framed will make us wonder which answer option to choose, even after we have already solved solved the problem. Let’s look at three different question formats today to understand the difference between them: Must Be True Could Be True Complete Range … Read more

Percentage Problems

Try this problem: The town of Malmo, Sweden has only two late-night food options: Pizza and Kebab. All sellers of late-night food have either a street permit or a permanent store permit. 60% of all the late-night food sellers in Malmo are street vendors that serve Kebab; 20% of all the late-night food sellers who … Read more

5 steps for Sentence Correction

The 5 Steps for Sentence Correction 1. Take a First Glance 2. Read the Sentence 3. Find a Starting Point 4. Eliminate Answers 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 As with any process, there are times when you will decide to deviate for some good reason. For most questions, though, you’ll follow this same basic … Read more

How to deal with CAT stress?

Stress and anxiety, for many people, are integral components of their daily lives. In fact, anxiety is a necessary human response. The same is true with performance or test anxiety. When you are asked to perform, the tension produced from normal anxiety heightens your awareness of the situation and helps you to focus on the … Read more

Sentence Correction for CAT

Sentence Correction in CAT is not a very highlighted but important topic in grammar topic of Verbal section.The questions generally asked in this category are in the form of multiple choice where four sentences are given and you have to select on which is correct. The choices given are very close so it is necessary … Read more

Starting your Start-Up: Do you need an MBA?

So here we go—how can an MBA help you and your start-up goals? 1. Co-founders Looking for a partner? There are a lot of people who either come to business school with the itch to “create something” or develop it after many classes focused on how to find white space in an industry or how … Read more

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