Topper's Success Mantra for CAT | Deepak Mehta, CAT 2010 Topper's Success Mantra for 100 percentile score

CAT 2010 topper Deepak Mehta who scored 100 percentile, shared his success mantra with minglebox. To help CAT 2011 aspirants Deepak Mehta talks about the common mistakes done while preparing and taking the exam and suggests some tips to prepare for CAT 2011. Read Minglebox's Exclusive Interview with Deepak Mehta, 100 Percentile scorer in CAT 2010. With just 45 days left for CAT 2011, Deepak Mehta tells CAT 2011 aspirants to put in a lot of effort in terms of self-preparation, giving mock tests and then the post-test SWOT (Strength weaknesses opportunities threat) analysis.

CAT aspirants are expected to solve 5-6 "types" of questions in each topic and each type follows a particular approach that is the most efficient in terms of time. Try and recognize the question types and make sure that you practice questions from each of them.

Stating Verbal Ability as his weaker section, Deepak gives out the strategy to crack each section:

Verbal Ability: The most important part of VA is Reading Comprehension which comprises almost 50% of the questions (and hence, marks). And the only way to tackle RC is constant practice. Solve RC's from different topics like Art, Religion, Technology, Law, History etc. Don't ignore any particular topic, even if you find it too dry. For the rest, you need to have a decent vocabulary and some analytical skills.

Logical Reasoning: Pure common sense and some amount of practice.

Data Interpretation: Again lot of practice and numerous calculations. Make sure that you are comfortable with crunching vast amount of numbers.

Mock tests are of great help in terms of analyzing your strong and weak areas and to decide how much effort to put in and how to allocate time to the various sections. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. So, build your strategy accordingly.

Some of the common mistakes that are made while preparing and taking the test:

Focusing too much on one section. Remember that along with the total cut-off, there are sectional cut-offs too. So, allocate your time and effort wisely.

Many times a lot of redundant data will be given in the passages (DI and RC). So, first read the questions and then go through the passage so that you do not waste any time going through useless data.

Getting cold feet during the exam. Be calm and composed. Treat it like any other mock test.


Source: Minglebox.com