CAT aspirants

by **junk** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:01 pm

Hi, I welcome all those who are preparing for CAT to make this a platform to dicuss their queries.

by **sunny** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 9:16 am

hi, i am taking CAT 2003... i have a question. i have reservation - SC. what should be my minimal score so that i can get a call? so howz every one preparing? is anyone from IMS coaching center??? i\'m taking IMS correspondence... thanx for creating this board, hope to see more postings soon... laters...

by **sunny** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 2:02 pm

hey MRK... know what... all these people (posting msgs on this boards) r from the USA, so
 i don\'t think they even know about CAT exam. half of them r part of the dot-com, so i don\'t think
 u\'ll get much response to this board.... anyways ALL THE BEST for ur CAT 2003(in case u\'re taking).

by **sunny** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 7:08 pm

hey moderator sorry for pressing the submit button twice....
 chill
 cheers

by **junk** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 7:58 pm

its sad to hear tht nobody would apreciate creation of this board !
 anywaz sunny all the very best to u too

by **BeerYanni** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 11:37 pm

give it some more time
 
 the CAT season is just abt to begin

by **Raghu** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 12:47 pm

I am planning to take CAT 2003. Can any one please suggest some good Managment colleges all over India. Also do let me know if they have any spl exams apart from CAT.

by **sunny** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 4:12 pm

the IIMs conduct CAT to test students in 2 fields- English, & Math. if
 u buy the CAT application (\'Bulliten\' as it is called).. u\'ll find
 that the test is divided into 3 sections - Apptitude, English, & Data
 Interpretation. the IIMs have a notion that daily 2 hours preparation
 for 6 months is enough to crack CAT. besides the IIMs, there r several
 other colleges that accept CAT score. the list is given at the appendix
 of the CAT bulliten. and if u want the details of other exams? try this
 site http://www.imsindia.com .. btw where do u stay? r u talking any coaching?
 if u get 98 percentile or above, u\'ll get a call from the IIMs,
 meaning u r selected for GD (Group Discussions)... if u get thru\' then u\'ll
 have to face a PI (Private Interview). and if u r thru with that then
 u r selected for pursuing PG in the IIMs..... that\'s it bro\' all about CAT

by **junk** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 5:00 pm

The other day, I was goin through this CAT dairy. People they seem to be more disgusted than the ones who couldn'\t qualify. This leaves me thinking about what is the best choice after BE?

by **sunny** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 12:11 am

Whoa, what do you mean??? MBA is all about hardwork.

by **junk** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 7:57 pm

Sunny, I do agree with you, but this is what I have heard...

by **sunny** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:56 pm

Yeah man, I\'ve heard that too. Frankly I\'m not that kind, I mean, hard-working. Sometimes, I feel software is a better option.

by **junk** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 3:17 pm

Software has got a shorter lifespan than an MBA.You can do cool courses in software, but MBA has a major lifespan .

by **sunny** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:23 pm

You said it man... COOL...!!!

by **junk** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 2:51 pm

CAT is an all-important exam for many a graduate student,
 irrespective of his/her field. Although it is supposed to be an
 aptitude test with a syllabus that may seem a trifle but make no
 mistake, it requires intensive preparation starting at least 6 months
 before D-day. It\'s all about giving attention to each and every sub-
 section of the exam... making each drop add up to an ocean.
 
 There are 4 major sections in CAT viz. Math Ability, Verbal, Reading
 Comprehension (RC) and Data Interpretation (DI). I will not delve
 into describing what these are as I expect the reader to know this
 much about the exam.
 
 Let\'s tackle the Math section first. You will be happy to know there
 hardly any problem in this section that an examinee cannot hope to
 solve on his own. The key element (for the entire exam as such) is
 the time factor. From personal experience I have discovered that a
 hop-skip-and-jump strategy works best. What I mean to say is that if
 a problem will take too long to solve or you have not been able to
 make head or tail of it, DO NOT waste time attempting it. There are
 FAR EASIER problems lying elsewhere waiting to be solved.
 
 However, there is an important caveat here: do not be afraid of
 making \'\'intelligent\'\' guesses. I am saying this despite the fact
 that there is negative marking for wrong answers. This is because the
 negative penalty for a wrong answer is a meagre -14 whereas one gets
 a full point for a correct answer. Even by the law of probability, if
 you randomly attempt the paper without looking at the answers, you
 can hope to end up with a positive score. I say this only to be
 explain the importance of guessing when you can\'t do much about the
 problem. I am not, under any circumstances, saying that you depend
 extensively on guessing... that would be tantamount to inviting your
 grave... as far CAT is concerned.
 
 A lot of problems in the Math section are trick problems in the sense
 that they have a shortcut, which if used will help you arrive at the
 solution in hardly any time. So, devote time on developing a knack
 for catching these tricks. This will, of course, require a sound base
 of formulae in one\'s memory and gruelling practice in a time-frame.
 
 Next, I look into the Verbal section. This section is most scoring
 for a majority of the examinees. To be very honest, there are no deep
 fundae that anyone can share with you regarding this section. I
 reiterate my basic advice here: practise each sub-section
 separately... and the \'\'drops\'\'... well and truly... will add up to
 the ocean.
 
 Next comes Data Interpretation. This section can be scoring once you
 get a hang of it. Focus on trying not to fully solve the problem but
 get an estimate... as this will save time... which is ever so
 VALUABLE. To explain with a simple example... only a lunatic would
 put pen to paper if one has arrived at 27/83 through reasoning and
 the choices given are (a)10%, (b)33%, ?0% (d)80%. Quite obviously,
 the answer is (. Not exactly so... but look at the other answers!
 With more practice, you will get better at this as you will discover
 your own trick-methods to save time.
 
 Last but not the least, we come to Reading Comprehension. If you have
 time on hand, then develop a reading habit. Never mind if that has
 not been the case till now... better late than never. More
 importantly, read material that you don\'t usually read because the
 examiners are not going to set passages according your likes and
 dislikes.
 
 Since RC is relatively time-consuming, even the best students do not
 attempt all passages. They choose some from among those given.
 Factors that go into choosing the passages are:
 1. Topic- Do you like it or not?
 2. Difficulty of questions- Are most of the questions direct or
 twisted? (An example of a direct question would be \'\'In which year
 did... ? A twisted one would be \'\'What did the author mean when he
 wrote... ?\'\')
 3. The Questions/Length ratio- A long passage with few questions will
 pay little dividend in relation to the time one puts in.
 
 If you are a first-timer, classroom coaching should be ptreferred
 especially if you wanna start from the basics.The classroom will
 introduce the topics systematically and also prevent you from
 slackening at any stage of your preparation. Study material should be
 purchased for studying the fundas calmly and carefully at home... so
 that one imbibes the fundas permanently into the memory bank. MOCK
 CAT series is an absolute must... apart from providing practice under
 examination conditions... the percentile scores will tell you where
 you stand in relation to your competitors.

by **junk** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:18 pm

Hi people! Help me solve this.
 
All the capital lettes of the English alphabet from A to Z followed by the lower case letters from a to z are placed one in each slot, in 52
slots around a circle in clockwise direction. All the Slots are counted in the clockwise direction starting with the slot containing A and, the
letter in every fifth slot is removed . How many more slots will have letters left in them immediately after \"m\" is removed from its slot ?

by **Andhraite** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:36 pm

\"B D F G K L M N R S U W Z a c e g j k l p q r t v w y z \"
 
This will be the alphabets left immediately after letter\"m\" is removed... so , there will 28 letters left.
 
BTW , that is this question for...

by **Andhraite** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:38 pm

Correction - BTW, What is this question for?

by **sunny** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 9:13 pm

Hey guys, can anyone qoute the mother songs for all the HUTCH Ads?
 
Especially the one which goes \" You and I in this Beautifil world...\".

by **sunny** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:46 pm

Hey guys! Can you please answer this from the CAT bulletin Qno: 86? Q: After the division of a number successfully by 3,4 and 7, the remainders obtained are 2,1 and 4 respectively. What will be the remainder be if 84 divides the same number?
 
1. 80
 
2. 76
 
3. 41
 
4. 53
 
Qno. 53 from CAT Bulletin: It takes 6 technicians to build a server, with each working at the same rate. If 6 technicians start to build the server at 11:00AM, and one technician per hour is added beginning at 5:00 PM, at what time will the server be complete?
 
1. 6:40pm
 
2. 7:00pm
 
3. 7:20pm
 
4. 8:00pm
 
It doesn't seem as easy as said by Junk - I mean preparing for CAT.

by **Raj** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 7:10 pm

Hi Sunny,
 
The first question can be solved approaching from the answers. By adding 84 to each of the answer choices it can be verified whether or not the remainders 2,1,4 are left behind by 3, 4 and 7 respectivily. In the first case 80+84=164 doesn\'t satisfy the given condition when divided by 7, i.e it gives a remainder 3. So, (a) fails. so do (b)&(c) as they sum up to 160 and 125. But the 4th number 53+84=137 satifies all the 3 cases. It gives the remainders 2 1 and 4. So that is the answer. And the second one... Could you please check if you missed out on the individual rates. Reply soon.

by **sunny** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 1:47 pm

No man, I didn\'t miss out any part of the questions. BTW, thanks for your answer.

by **sunny** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:11 am

What is the remainder when 2 to the power of 256 is divide by 17 ?
 
1. 1
 
2. 12
 
3. 16
 
4. none

by **sunny** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 10:36 am

Hey buddy, have you got any short cuts for Data Interpretation?

by **shadow** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:12 pm

Let me say that it has to be an even number. So, the remainder has to be odd. That about rules out choices B and C. Baaki baat rahi A aur D ki. Notice that 256 is a multiple of 4 and 2^4 is 16. So the number got is a multiple of 16. You try dividing it by 17 and you get a remainder of how much? Oops... Now even i am confused.

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