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As the Indian Institutes of Management have adopted the CBT (computer-based test) mode for the Common Admission Test, the aspirants must get used to the format. The aspirants have to read and solve questions on the computer screen instead of paper and have to practice a large number of computer-based mock CATs. One need not get tensed about CBT as it will be similar to the paper-based one, where you can scan through questions and sections, review questions already seen and can come back to a difficult question. So, CAT remains mostly unchanged, though it requires mouse management skills to manage time.

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The success of a candidate in CAT mainly depends on the following criteria

* Self assessment of strong and weak sections in quantitative, verbal ability and logical & data interpretation
* Focused Preparation
* Taking a large number of computer-based mock CATs
* The number of questions attempted
* Accuracy
* Attempting well prepared questions first
* Concentrating on basics and concepts

Preparation Strategy
Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability You should focus on strengthening your skills by reading a wide range of non-fiction topics like rural development, space research etc in the e-book, e-paper or internet blog forms to help you do well in the online format.

Quantitative Ability:
Focusing on basic principles can fetch you good marks from this section. Strategic preparation by dividing the topics will be more useful. Don’t try for instant answers; instead practice questions using basic formulae to get answers.

Logical Reasoning:
This section requires no basic formulae. You should focus on understanding and analyzing the given statements carefully. One has to analyze the given statements in all the possible ways. Concentration plays a vital role in this section.

Data Interpretation:
It consists of analyzing, logical reasoning and calculation type of questions. Practice large number of questions based on pie charts, graphs and tables and focus on percentages and averages.

Do not set any minimum number of questions to be attempted as your target. Going by the past few years’ CAT papers, ambiguity and close options are likely, so proceed with caution while attempting the verbal section.

Reference Books:
* Grammar – Wren and Martin
* Quantitative Ability – Trishna Publications
* Vocabulary – Norman
Exam Dates: October 27 to November 24, 2010
Last date for Registration: September 30, 2010

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CAT Exam Sample Paper

No. of questions:185
Directions for questions 1 to 3: In each of the following questions, you are given a complete sentence. Then you are given specific instructions relating to the rewritten sentence with four answer choices 1,2,3,and 4. In rewriting the sentence, make whatever changes the new sentence structure requires without changing the basic meaning of the sentence. Then read the answer choices carefully and select the answer that is best.
1. Sudden changes in the genes of chromosomes may give rise to excellent new varieties of plant. Rewritten:
Excellent new varieties of plants ______ Next words in the rewritten sentence are may give rise may change with genes or chromosomes may rise
2. Since prehistoric times most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert has been occupied by members of the Negro Race.
Rewritten:
Negroes have ________ Somewhere in the part of the written sentence indicated by underline is the word occupied being race members
3. A good dictionary might be used as an ideal first aid for increasing your command of
words. Rewritten:
An ideal way to _______ The next word in the rewritten sentence is use increasing increase develop Directions for questions 4 to 0: The sentences are divided into four parts. Select the part which has an error.
4. The number of people who own colour T.V. are increasing every year.
5. Every year nearly 40,000 students appear in the IMS
6. Only after waiting for one and half hour was I admitted into the great man’s room.
7. Her speech neither brought credit to nor prestige to their country.
8. Together we went to the canteen for having a drink.
10. By the by, have you heard from your girl friend recently? Directions for questions 11 to 17 : in each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c, d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.
11. On entering the auditorium, loud cheers greeted the President who acknowledged them with a smile and waved back happily at the gathering.
12. Much of the students are weak in Mathematics and therefore the Principal has arranged for special tuition in the evening after class-hours.
13. I am very sure that if your were me and had been talked to in a similar manner. you would also have lost your temper and talked back as I did.
14. Her Uncle advised her to forget the past, and stop crying on split milk and work hard in the future avoiding the mistakes earlier committed.
15. He declined our offer of help saying that he is very proud to accept money from neighbours like us whom he has known just for a week.
16. Whenever my son brings me a problem in Accounts
I help to solve it because
I have always liked the subject
and also like teaching young children.
17. An extremely versatile student, good at studies, sports, the accomplishments of Rajan are worthy of emulation by all the other students of the class.
Directions for questions 18 to 22: In each of the following sentences four words or phrases have been underlined. Only one underlined part in each sentence is not acceptable in standard English. Pick up the part 1 or 2 or 3 or 4. If there is no mistake mark’5′

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