Hey friends what a relief this year with such a bang on. What we all expect and what we got. Never mind that is what management is- what u expect u never get. Same thing Lord Krishna said in Bhagwat Gita. So friends starting of a session on high note premonition that please don’t expect anything just wait and give your 100%. So today let’s talk about what we had done in today’s paper of IRMA. Frankly today’s paper was on easier side compared to last year. Today I have found not a wink of difficulty in the paper except social & rural issues. Lets start, and analyze each section one by one.

VERBAL SECTION:

Tell me how many of you have felt if this would have been your cat paper could be great sigh of relief. Today there were 20Q of vocab that were too direct, and some were in the form of FIB’s, Paragraph completion & some were synonyms from RC. Then the reading comprehension was easy to read and comprehend which could have helped you bell 10Q’s on that. All in all Para jumbles were such a piece of cake you could have gone for around 32 to 35 Q.

Expected Cut off: - 18 – 23.

QUANT SECTION:

Actually this was not pure quant which becomes nightmare for some students. Last year quant was good but wasn’t that tough. This time you can pick any question and you will get reward for that. Starting 10 to 12 Q were just calculation based. You could have banged on them. Then you could have picked three sets on DI first on rice, wheat one, second on pie chart in which there were six villages in which total no of student from each in village were given in pie chart breakup and the no of students attending college were given in second pie chart break up & thirdly you could have attempted where no the marks were given for the different students in different year. Rest of the questions were also very easy just concept based for ex 3 Q’s on probability. Good attempt could be anything between 32 – 37 Q.

Expected Cut off: - 23 – 27.

ANALYTICAL REASONING:

This was same as last year. There was 10 Q’s based on decision making whether the candidate should be selected or not was must attempt. Then you could have gone for starting 10 to 12 Q which were one liners, for ex if kharif is rainy crop then Rabi is

What crop then odd one out. Then Sitting arrangement that too in a circular manner was doable one. Some Q’s on reasoning part for ex course action, statement & assumption probably false or true & cause and effect. In this penultimate one’s you cpould have gone for some Q’s which you found easy & you were able bell logic. They sound easy sometimes but they get wrong. Good attempt could be anything between 30 to 35 Q.

Expected Cut off: - 20 – 24.

SOCIAL & RURAL ISSUES:

If you all have studied well then this year Q were pretty easy and general. We all were able to clear cut off for this section. For example Q on Bill Gates, which organization does not belong to agri and so many. But still this section haunts many so cut off is not going to as high as other sections

Expected Cut off:- 12 – 17.

Friends this year they have played with strategy because we all know that what the sectional cut is and overall cut off. So they have gone for easy due to which sectional cut off for each will go high and overall cut off will shoot up.

Expected overall cut off: - 105 – 112.

Never expect what you expect, so chill and feel enthralled by the mood of paper. This mood will become motivation for your next exam IIFT. We will meet After IIFT exam with same kind of review.

You can also discuss about IRMA with other aspirants on our Forum, here’s the link of IRMA thread: MBAtutes’ Forum, so u can get all your Queries answered by writing simple post.

Best of Luck for IIFT.

Friends for your convenience we have uploaded links of three websites which can help you out in comparing our cut offs with others premier institutes. I really doubt this year that cut off can so low as they all predicted because many times these institutes want to boost morale of students. We are here to give actual feel what we have surveyed, because last year also paper was little bit tough than this & cut off was not low. So how it can be this year. So compare your scores with other institute also.

www.time4education.com/IRMA-2009 Analysis.htm

www.careerlauncher.com (Can download Irma analyzes file.)

www.imsindia.com/myims/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=320&Itemid=370

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We all are busy these days in CAT preparation. I understand that you guys have not been in touch lately for your CAT preparations must be going on in full swing.

Same is the case here. My classes(teaching) is going on in full swing. Normal Classes, Strategy classes, Workshops, Doubts clearing, How to improve percentile classes, how to decide what all forms one should fill and what not.

Without wasting much of your time, I want to give you all a taste of our test series. And so I am loading one of our test here.

Oh ya!! I have forgotten(forgetting) loading answers-cum-sloutions here, so as to ensure no one has any temptations to see the solutions before writing the test.

And just for your GK. I will never be loading the answers cum solutions here. Those who will send me the answers(not solutions) at ceo@zioneducationonline.com will receive the answers from my side.

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You can also download the file(NATCAT 10 Full) from the ‘Mock Papers’ folder in the download box beside this text.

All the best!!

Happy Testing

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We will arrange  interviews(written/video) with the alumni of various A grade B-Schools.

Although I have some set of questions in my mind but still it would be better if they directly come from you. All you need to do is to write your question below and we will include that question in our Interview; we just need the question, so please don’t give us your email id or name. Also you will be able to see what others are asking after giving us your question. So go ahead and help yourself. Interviews will available from October onwards, till then, please do provide us your questions.

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1. Never use two past tenses simultaneously:

It’s the most common error, while in fluency of speaking or even writing for that matter we often use sentences like “ I dint knew you were so good at dancing”. Now over here, we cant use both, “knew” and “dint” together we can only use one of them the correct form of this would be “ I dint know, you were so good at dancing”.

2. Another one major blunder that people often make is “ I will do it”:

Over here “it” can never be used as a matter of fact it’s a rule of English to always use “so” whenever you are treating a line like that.

3. Also you cant use sentences like “ I will go and do so”:

presence of “and” is not required over here, only “I will go do so” would do.

4. Incorrect use of apostrophe:

it should be remembered that apostrophe is used in two cases. One; to show contractions e.g. “ don’t in place of do not.”, second to represent possessions e.g. “ its mark’s pen”. Therefore apart from this it shouldn’t b used where it doesn’t belong.

5. Another confusion that people face is while using i.e. and e.g.:

i.e. is an abbreviation used for “id est.” means that is , which is used to explain things in other words. While e.g. is “exempli gratia” which is used to mention the examples specifically.

So next time when you are writing an essay or enjoying your fluent English conversation make sure that you don’t make the following blunders. I will be coming up with more mistakes that are made commonly in my next article. Till then make a note to remember and revise these. All the best.Similar Posts:

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Online CAT 2009 Demo Test

This is a 15 min Demo test in which you can get to know the real User Interface of CAT 2009. On the very first note I find it very similar to GMAT test. But the major difference between CAT and GMAT is that you can review the question later in CAT, which you cannot do in GMAT. In GMAT once the question is marked, it is market but it is not so in CAT 2009. Here are some more screenshots.

1) The NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) of CAT 2009 Demo Test

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2) Online CAT 2009 User Interface (In normal words, how it will look to you when you are giving the test)

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3) Sample Report after Test

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4) A small error while giving the sample test. It should have shown the remaining time on top right but it was showing this:

I don’t know the reason behind this glitch. I tried to cover maximum point related to Online CAT 2009 Demo, but if you think I have missed out something then do reply below this post.

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Before writing this article I will like to thank Ms.NEHA SHARMA, a leading CAT trainer for Verbal areas and Academic Head – Language, at ZION Education Services, for taking her invaluable time for writing an article for our beloved students.

When I asked her to write something on verbal for our students, She said, Verbal is something any CAT faculty can talk about and there is innumerable knowledge available on net on verbal areas of CAT. She said, She wants to talk about how she(with her 1000 plus eyes: eyes of her students 100s of which make to IIMS and other top 10 B-Schools every year, year after year) sees CAT as. She said she will like to show off the reality as to what CAT thinks it is vis-à-vis what usually a good student thinks about CAT. My mentioning anything else here is History. Lets read the face to face discussion of CAT with NEHA.

||| NEHA and CAT sat for a CHAT

Let me take you back in time-the time when I first set out to discover CAT.

What is CAT? I shrugged the cobwebs of cliched definitions and combined two words as my answer: aspiration simplified. Of all the exams that I experienced including CAT, GMAT, GRE, SAT, IELTS and TOEFL-CAT was the simplest. It is because the experience of taking CAT is synonymous with the experience of studying MBA. Far from the hackneyed ‘Masters in Business Administration’, MBA is –my best attitude.
As I embarked on my journey to acquaint myself with quite an entrancing CAT exam, my mother’s words illuminated and strengthened my purpose. She always told me, ‘Neha, if the world asks for the sun, you ask for the sky.’ I think it was her way of telling me –don’t aim for the big sun, aim for the bigger sky. Consequently-I began to de clutter my mind to create space for my first rendezvous with CAT. Excerpts from the interview:

Neha: I wish to achieve you. Is it possible?
CAT: Achievement and skepticism are not compatible.

Neha: Uh-alright, how do I realize you? You are the synonym of progress, profit and excellence.
CAT: Thanks for the compliment. However, I know that I am lifeless, unless adjectives breathe life into my being.

Neha: Adjectives? Does it mean that I must study grammar to acquire you?
CAT: The logic of grammar rests in the motley crowd of expression. Don’t forget that expression is experience exhaled.

Neha: Logic? Uh- appears intricate. Do you suggest that I learn logical reasoning to attain you?
CAT: The coincidental coexistence of reasoning and grammar is delusive unless conducive. Deconstruction is closure but reconstruction is commencement.

Neha: Uh-mammoth. Do you mean that critical analysis is the only way to reach you?
CAT: Don’t you remember your mother’s words, I am sky not sun. Don’t confine me in words. I am what you will learn from me.

Neha: You are my aspiration. You must tell me the way to arrive at you.
CAT: If I am your aspiration, simplify me. Why scatter me in categories? Unify me as a process.

Neha: Ah! You are elusive, mysterious and therefore desirable. Eureka! You are my mirror. If I reflect simple-you appear simple. If I reflect arduous-you become Herculean. Since MBA is my best attitude-you are my aspiration simplified.

CAT: Ah! The music of thought plays the lyrics of heart. To the attentive-Beethoven to the inattentive- shrill.

Cultivate Skill to invent attitude-my best attitude-MBA. Combine Attitude and Task to crack CAT.

Keep Smiling.
It is still tax free !
Cheers!

Neha Sharma
CAT Trainer & Academic Head – Zion Education Services.
Learn for CAT; Train for life.|||

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In addition, we will also be giving classroom analysis to students(only for Delhi/NCR Students or those who are willing to come to Delhi for analysis). And we don’t want to boast ourselves but the trainers we have can really give the X-Factor to you to raise your platform from one level to another. In addition, our faculty will keep raising the platform for you.

Now, we don’t want to talk more about ourselves and our test series. We now leave it to you, taste the blood and you will never go back to ordinary. We promise you will be addicted to the brown sugar we have, which may lead you to Ahmedabad, Banglore, Jamshedpur etc.
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Hello students and I am back again to help you with your preparation for the CAT and other MBA examinations. This time, we will focus on how to get command over this reading comprehension, and make the mark in the competition. But before we proceed with that, there are few facts, that i would like to throw some light at , so that you may know why is it so important to pay special attention to these reading comprehension part. As we all know that the verbal section in CAT or any other exam for that matter is divided into both reading comprehension and verbal ability. But over the years changes have been observed in the pattern. Nowadays the numbers of questions are much lesser than what they use to be before. As a matter of fact, CAT 2006 saw only 25 questions on verbal ability out of these only 15 were from the reading comprehension part.  Now the point of mentioning is this , that now we have to rethink our strategy according to the changing patterns plus CAT going  online this year makes the change in strategy even more than necessary. But it’s nothing to worry about if you are well prepared.

To start with RC, you should know, first of all what topics are usually covered in these exams. For instance, in CAT, usually the RC’s are made over topics like politics, genetics, psychology, economics, philosophy, arts etc. So basically the range is wide and so the range of your reading material should be as wide. Try to read as much as you can, over various topics, in short to be put forward, you should at least have a basic idea about almost every topic. Now after this, let’s focus on the real thing, in exam there would not be much time for you to read the article over and over again, and since it would be online this time, you can’t even underline the hard words etc. So the point is , keeping in the time limit in mind, you have to do it all, consciously keep this in mind when you start reading, that you will read it only twice. The first times when you are reading it, read it with the sight of an eagle, focus on each and every word very carefully, and while doing this, try to memorize the lines and hard words virtually. As in while reading through, kind of mark the word in your brain, and remember the context in which it was used. Do the same, while going through the whole passage. Now after you are done reading with the article once, have a look at the questions, and this time according to the questions read the article the second time, and now you will realise that there are many questions solved then and there only as you would remember the answers and meaning from your first reading. And as soon as you are done with this, move onto the completion of your answer.

Now this strategy would definitely work, provided you sharpen your memorizing skills as well because its online you wouldn’t be able to mark or write anything so this the last resort that you have. And like i said earlier , memorize it virtually, by this i mean, try to imprint the lines and scene in your brain. The sight memorizing is one of the methods of learning things.

Apart from this, what would majorly help you in cracking the RC successfully, i have mentioned earlier as well. Read widely , but most importantly increase your reading speed, for CAT your average speed of reading should be around 350 words per minute, but if you haven’t achieved this as yet, there is nothing to worry , there is still time and now when you read set your target. Next time whenever you decide to grab an article, set the timer in your mobile, and decides according to your own pace that in that much specific time you would read and solve questions. This will not only largely help you to know how much you need to speedup but also it would tell you where you stand. To practise this, you can take online tests on TEST MAGIC, LearnHub, WizIQ Education, TCY Online. And there are various other sites as well. Apart from preparing with the techniques that have been told keep your spirits up and give your 100 per cent. All the best.Similar Posts:

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By this time we have read five articles in X factor and we must have got something which can benefit us in our preparation. So what do you think that  have you learned everything which is important to get into top B- schools? If yes then please forgive me there is still something left you all want to know. Let’s hear from the mouth of Vega. She is a girl who always topped mocks but she forgets one thing. As every good student think if he is performing well in verbal section, he  has good communication skills. Friend’s communication is all very different scenarios. Take case of World champion speakers- they are educated but they are not topper’s in their time in their schools or college. Communication is an art which we have to learn through others’ experience yes friends & that Vega forgot at that moment. See what happened she cleared FMS written two times but she was out of the league in group discussion & personal interview. Lot of students assume that three months are enough after written exam what we get for GD/PI prep and they think that they will going to get every help by coaching institutes what they require for interview. Friends it’s a long process of transforming oneself into a personality who when speaks others stare and keeps quite for that time. If this happens then assume that you have learned the art of saying something worthwhile. So I thought that I must share this secret which has transformed million’s of life & can benefit you all also & which has started working for Vega also. Yes my dear students there is something called Toastmaster near us but we don’t know because we have never realized that we need something like that in our life. Let’s hear some thing from the mouth of Vega why Toast master is important in our life.

You will:

1) Learn to communicate more effectively.

2) Become a better listener.

3) Improve your presentation skills.

4) Increase your leadership potential.

5) Become more successful in your career.

6) Build your ability to motivate & persuade.

7) Reach your professional & personal goals.

8 ) Increase your self confidence.

How you do it:

1) Build speaking & leadership skills with time tested method.

2) Focused on areas of interest in our self paced curriculum.

3) Receive suggestion for improvement through constructive evaluation.

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Toastmaster programs are …………

1) Inexpensive.

2) Interactive.

3) Convenient.

4) Friendly.

5) Supportive.

More than four million people have discovered benefits of this proven learning formula. What are you waiting for Visit them at www.toastmasters.org?

That’s what Vega asked me but I replied Vega I am already a member of this deemed club in East Delhi Club. My dear students there are plenty of clubs everywhere around your surrounding just you have to visit the website & find a club near you.

Dear student’s people who strive to gain something extra they do something extra by managing everything in a stipulated time. Friends it takes a lot of time to shape up your personality according to demands especially in a competitive world. Don’t relax go out and grab everything which comes your way by giving some extra efforts. Friends still we have 7 months which are enough to transform your skills of communication and to present yourself gracefully in front of others. Don’ think now go and visit them and world will be yours. So I believe that I haven’t wasted your precious time but gave you something precious by this X- factor series. If you feel give your valuable suggestion. Free to ask any doubts related to life problem or Online CAT/MBA problems, or Toastmasters Club. Feel there is somebody who is ready to help you out in every moment but you all have to come out with your doubts.

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I know that preparation is on the high note but we have to remember that we must not forget to fill various form before their deadlines.  So we are taking initiative to inform you about the last date before which we must send forms to the respective institutes.

First Form out for this year IIFT and the second one is IRMA:

Please note that don’t wait for last date because what happened sometimes forms get out of stock at last moment. So hurry up and filled your forms & send them to  the respective institutes. We will be informing you all as per latest news.

If you have any queries related to which form to  be filled & why?In that case you can leave a comment under this article & we will be reverting  you with specific answers.

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Friends tell me whether you loved ebooks which we gave you last time- The one minute manger, My experiments with truth? If you loved them then thanks, but I m sorry because I want to make you much exhausted by reading because management exams demand variety of reading and that too typically good one.

So friends we are back with two different ebooks:

1) Buddhism as a religion.

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For these exams, it is very necessary that you a tight grip at vocabulary, so if you are thinking of cracking any MBA entrance examination, then you should go through this article further, this would help you improve your English only within few days that would largely help you in cracking your exam. The first thing you should start with, should be reading. All the magazines that you always put aside just after flipping through few pages and going over glossy pictures, now is the time that you do a little more than that. Read as much as you can. It can be anything of your interest, but reading randomly wouldn’t help, while reading always keep a pencil in your hand and mark the hard words that you don’t know the meaning of, and those words which you know but you find hard to recall their meaning. If you will do this continuously for few days you will find yourself  with many words, out of these, interestingly you will find that many of them would be similar. Now what you are supposed to do, when you have found these similar words is, create “roots”. “Roots” will be those words which would sound kind of similar, and when you will memorise them simultaneously, it would become quite easy to recall them at the time of examination. For instance, the words “cling” and “cliff”, sound similar cliff means a high steep face of rock, while cling means to attach to, this way whenever you will come across the word cliff or cling you would automatically remember the other, hence this way you learn two words each time and recalling them becomes even easier. When we talk of reading , it’s ok for starters , who are are not use to to reading , that they pick up with anything , that they get their hands on, but for those who are seriously looking forward to crack the exam, its very necessary that they read the editorial page of the news paper. As a tip, its suggested that “THE HINDU“, by far, produces best editorial page as it consists of just information without unnecessary details. Also one should go for the “e-paper”, as its online, it now adds an edge to your preparation, because if you are use to reading on your computer screen , your reading pace would improve which would help you during your exam, this is especially important when the CAT  has become online exam, and others are soon to follow the same. It is very important that you have a good reading pace, because how you perform in exam is a latter thing, first of all its important how much you attempt it, and it would be only possible when your reading pace would be good enough. For this , after you get yourself use to , to reading, you should set time limits for yourself. Set up a timer , and try to finish reading in that particular time. This will highly help you improve your reading.

The technology has made learning even more easier than ever, and students preparing for MBA should make the most out of it. Apart from reading the online newspapers, one should also use DVD’s and CD’S to improve the pronunciations and understanding of English. There are various English tests available online that keeps student updated about the status of their preparation by which they get to know where they stand. One of the sites that may prove useful for students is magportal.com. And for newspaper you can refer to nytimes.com, TOI e-paper

A lot more can be done to improve this language, besides the few tips given above, but most importantly it is necessary that you develop an interest for the language. As without interest it is almost impossible to learn anything, no matter how desperately you want to learn it.

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One thing until now I have noticed that you all have neither asked us any queries nor gave any suggestion. Do I assume that you all have imbibed the skills which we were talking in the past? Ifyes then is the final skill which is very important for your preparation.

Lets see how, when two days back I was talking to IIM – A alumni Ritesh who had passed out in year 2008. As per normal strategy we used to question them what they think is better and what they had done different to bell CAT, but this time I conversed with him that when I used to prepare for Online CAT, my mode of strategy was something like equal time to all subjects. Suddenly he replied no Bhuvanesh you adopted approach which normal students think. My friends if you want to be in different league you have to different from others. Shiv Khera said “Winners don’t do different things they do things differently”. I was charged yes man I am going to get my next X – factor and that too one of the important which is directly related to preparation. At this moment of time students need something worthwhile to adopt. Friends he named this strategy “Linear Approach”. He told me that today also I used to teach some students & you know how I ask them to prepare. I said how I can know; you just started telling your unique strategy. He replied you have good sense of humor. Ritesh jokes apart let’s come to serious business. I ask them to become mad after one thing. I don’t ask them that give equal time like most of the coaching institutes say. For example I asked my students to give only 15 days for DI preparation. I was astonished; we give whole one year with little time on a daily basis for DI, but at the end of the day we aren’t able to get competitive scores in DI. He asked try out, I said practice 10 sets of DI for 15 days. Then you must have practiced 150 sets by that time and pick any paper for DI and check whether you are still able to clear the cut offs or not. I got his method, if you are running exhausted so much in a particular technique that even you don’t have to revise that particular technique again. Same for the Quant or Verbal section if you fear No system/Geometry practice No system/ Geometry for 5 to 10 days. Do you think practicing these topics for 5 to 10 days are you going to leave any good concept or question in the market. No simply because allotted time is more than that & you will going to achieve best state what you people can never think off. Same in the verbal if you fear Para jumbles or FIB’s then practice them for 5 to 10 days. After practicing them for couple of days you can cover at least 500 Q’s. Still you think you need more practice. Yes friends after that you also don’t need any test series also to compare yourself with others. If you think you have done your homework with honesty then you will come out with flying colors.

Friends don’t forget to use linear approach, see in 15 days we can cover 1/3rd course of CAT and only two sections to go and what do you think how much time still you need. Two months more or 3. Those have started their preparation just now, do not have to panic they have good time to bell one of the easiest exam. Hats off to Ritesh who has given good strategy to follow at the moment of heat & especially for students who are worrying so much.

So friends don’t forget to read last article for X – Factor next week which can actually topple your personality upside down & will make you worthwile to speak in front of crowd. Do give your valuable suggestions in the form of comment so that we can know whether we’ve been able to fulfill your needs or not.

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I am back once again. And keeping fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong this time & I keep writing regularly, now on. Please pray to god.

Hope you understood already what I am going to talk about. We all know CAT is going to be an online exam this year. How much successful an exam it will be, I will tell you that on 8th December. Successful in terms of the smoothness in exam being conducted.

Anyways, what shall we prepare and how shall we prepare.
Let’s understand one thing; whether it be an online exam or it be a paper based exam, for sure it checks certain qualities in an examinee. These include managing time, keeping nerves cool under pressure, visualization capabilities (which are checked through a particular set of questions), reading between the lines, looking beyond the obvious, strategy formulation and using smart approaches, optimistic nature, tough mindedness etc.

And believe it or not these are the qualities which are checked and may be some more. Believe it Maths and English are just the means to achieve the end. They are not the end.

Now, Lets understand some things. When you will be writing an online exam you will not have an option of circling the relevant information in the paper, that’s one. Two, you will not be having the facility of crossing the options which you think are for sure wrong. Three, though you will be allowed to move forward and backwards(at least I feel so) still its not convenient to move forward and backwards as much as it is on a paper-therefore your strategies of doing easy first and difficult later may go for a toss. Four, in RC area you are in a habit of underlining a lot, which you will not be able to do in an online test. Etc etc.

The good part is that you will be allowed to use some plain papers as rough sheets(that’s again my thought. How many papers they will allow I will tell you on 8th December). Now here comes the rescue strategy. I suggest as soon as you have rough papers in your hand, make a chart saying question no., option 1, option 2, option 3, option 4 and option 5. Example is here:
Q No. Op 1 Op 2 Op 3 Op 4 Op 5
1
2
3
4
5

Here showing horizontal and vertical lines is really not important till you keep everything vertically straight.

Now, assuming you have done this, u can start the test. But wait. On another sheet write RC 1. Para 1, para 2, Para 3 and so on AND RC2. Para 1, para 2, Para 3 and so on. Example:
RC 1
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3

RC 2
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3

RC 3
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3

Now you are ready to start the test.

How will you use what you have made? See, Sheet 1 will be used to cross the wrong answers whenever you are very sure of. Not just that, it will also act as a record of what’s the answer to which question (in case something goes wrong with the test and you have to restart it, god forbid). Please note I have personally used this sheet in many online tests and have monitored 1000s of my students doing same in many type of online tests including GMAT/GRE. And it reduces a lot of tension of students.

Now the second sheet. See any RC passage will have 4-8 small paragraphs. If you can write the jist of those small paragraphs in a line or less then that nothing like it. If you can’t, then I suggest write the line no. in that para which you think is the most imp. Doing only this will be a good boost up to you when you will actually start solving the questions on DI. One these pointers will help you locate where the answer is. Two they will remind you of the direction in which the RC is flowing. Three you will get a better hang of RC then what you use to get.

This much only for today.

I have a request. If you guys can tell me the topic on which you want me to write next, that will be a great help, as most of my time goes in figuring out what to write on.

All the Best

Vaibhav Mittal(VM)
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Syn :- Exasperate, Gall, Provoke.

Ant :- Appease, Mollify, Gladden.

Unique Way :- GIRA WEIGHT sir par, this aggarvated problem.

2) Amenable :- Readily reacting to suggestions and influences.

Syn :- Pliable, Docile, Agreeable.

Ant :- Intractable, Unwilling.

Unique Way :- A MAN is able to control amenable children.

3) Amiable:-  Diffusing warmth and friendliness.

Syn :- Affable, Benign, Amicable.

Ant :- Surly, Crabby, Gloomy.

Unique Way :- Amiable tone of AMMI.

4) Amicable :-  Characterized by friendship and good will.

Syn :- Cordial, Cozy, Amiable.

Ant :- Hostile, Unfriendly.

Unique Way :- Disputes with CABLE WALA solved amicably.

5) Amiss :- Away from the correct or expected course.

Syn :- Awry, Erroneous, incorrect,

Ant :- Good, Right.

Unique Way :- Mobile was MISSING, I sensed something amiss.

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Friends after a break of one week we are back with new pedagogy which can help you built that student inside you which can take you ahead in this journey which once started but never stops until you learn the art of performing like manager.

So tell me one thing what we have learned till now, is it worthwhile for MBA or not. I haven’t got the response yet. I am assuming that you all must be practicing them or trying to attain them in your attitude. If started then it’s alright because we started doing our work. Friends-lesson for this week; yesterday I gave call to one of the IIM-A student Shashank who had passed out from NSIT in 2008. He gave CAT in 2007, but wasn’t able to get calls & his percentile was around 98. This year he was able to clear all the hurdles you know why. Let’s know from the mouth of Shashank what he has done next year to be part of those lucky 1700’s. He told me that when you do something from your heart you become emotional and you forget to find your weakness. Actually I thought for a while & said in my mind yes he is right. He told me that this year I took lots of mock but I started finding those things which were always on negative part of my score. Lets think like this he took four mocks and he found that in every mock he is getting his Para jumbles wrong. So for next four days he practiced Para jumbles so much with concepts that his weakness became his strength. That became his habit for every subject like if he founds that he is not performing well in geometry then he practiced geometry so much for next couple of days that his geometry became his strength. Friends he told me that like this nothing remained his weakness. When he sat for CAT he has arrows of all type and he has no fear this time. He knew that he had practiced so much that nothing can come in his path. In the end friends he named his process SWOT:

A) S: Strength.

B) W: Weakness.

C) O: Opportunity.

D) T: Threats.

He politely told me never forget to apply SWOT in your day to day to life and you start getting your road map very clear what are your current resources which can help you moving further and what are your road blocks which can stop you moving ahead. Friends it is very difficult to apply what others say, but it is easy to learn from others experience. What they have faced has become your resource now, it actually depends on you how smartly you use manipulate things according to you. Friends same thing happens we are given case studies you know why. To help us by reading others experience. If any queries related to SWOT you are most welcome. Don’t forget to practice & practice and find your weakness and try make your weakness your best friend.

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Syn :-  Left handed, Right handed.

Ant :- —————-

Unique Way :- DEXTER scientist is ambidextrous while using his equipments.

2) Amble : - Walk leisurely.

Syn :- Stroll, Ramble, Boogie.

Ant : - Scamper, Run.

Unique Way :- AAM KHATE HUE they were ambling.

3) Ambrosia :-  The food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal.

Syn :- Heavenly food, Nectar, Delicacy.

Ant :-  ————————-.

Unique Way :- AMBER SE RASOIA AAAYA aur laaya ambrosia.

4)  Ambulatory :-  Relating to or adapted for walking.

Syn :- Vagrant, Nomadic, Vagabond.

Ant :- Steady, Stiff.

Unique Way :- AMBULANCE is not required for ambulatory patients. They can amble.

5) Ameliorate :- To make better.

Syn :- Alleviate, Amend, Improve.

Ant :- Worsen.

Unique Way :-  Quality of MEAL is ameliorating because of AMUL GHEE.

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When I spoke to Rahul (IIM-B batch of 2010), he said he never was keen on doing MBA. MBA was one of the options he had kept in mind but it was not all.

He said, probably what worked for him was the attitude that his teacher (VM) inculcated in him. And this attitude was “MBA is not the end of the road’. It’s just a means to achieve the end. And end is where we (I, in my case) see ourselves some 20/30 years down the line.

He said, he wanted to do MBA only because it was like a Rajdhani train for him, that could have paced up what he wanted to do. But then MBA was not the only way. He said even if he would not have got into IIMB, then also he knew that he would have been working on the path to his ultimate goal.

When I asked him, what his ultimate goal was, he replied ‘action speaks louder then words’. He said, I don’t want to tell it now and later give you a chance to ask ‘What happened to your dream’. He said he rather want to tell it to everyone once he see some light towards the end of tunnel i.e. when he will be about to achieve his goal.

Friends, I called VM sir, immediately, after talking to this chap and was thinking that I have not got enough to right for this X factor. He told me an interesting story of a friend and batch mate of his student, IIMC batch of 2004. That fellow, called Malli first of all did not participate in campus placements at IIMC. Why, because his dream was to conquer 7 mountains of the world on 7 different days of week in 7 different months. And also to make a world record by doing so in less then 6 months. (http://iimcal.blogspot.com/)

After talking to VM sir, I googled about this fellow and found that it was/is indeed true.

I could not get the contacts of this fellow Malli. But then VM sir only told me that this guy attributes his making this world record to IIMC. He says that if IIMC would not have been in his life he would not have been able to do what he did.

After reading about that guy, I was able to relate to what Rahul said ‘MBA is not the end of the road‘ and it’s just a means to achieve the end.

My opinion: One should be open to learning’s, whatever comes one’s way. Plus one should have a dream (Whether one is working on it or not, but then one should be able to see the dream daily). And then keep working towards whatever comes your way. Some day, whatever you are doing will automatically get associated with your dream.

So  guys all the best. Keep doing what comes your way. Keep enjoying what you are doing. Just remember that success is standing on the path you are on. Just that some has to travel a little to get it and some has to travel a lot to get it. But those who won’t stop traveling, for sure will get it.

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Syn :- Apart, Detached, Cold Fish.

Ant :- Concerned, Friendly, Sociable.

Unique Way :-  This ALOO has aloof nature.

2) Altercation :- Noisy quarrel.

Syn :- Brawl, Brush,Fracas.

Ant :-  Agreement, Concord, Harmony.

Unique Way :- Altercation with tailor on wrong ALTERATION.

3)Altruistic :- Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others.

Syn :-  Robin hood, Benevolent, Philanthropic.

Ant :- Spiteful, Greedy, Malevolent.

Unique Way :- Altruistic people are TRUST worthy & think of others.

4) Amazon :- A large strong and aggressive woman.

Syn :- Calumniator, Harridan,Madcap.

Ant :- No Antonym.

Unique Way :- I was AMAZED to see amazon.

5) Ambivalence :- Mixed feelings or emotions.

Syn :- Iffiness, Muddle, Quandary.

Ant :- Certainty,  decisiveness.

Unique Way :-  I was in ambivalence in which direction to BALANCE.

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For past one week I was thinking what to  write at this crucial juncture, because still we have decent 4.5 months, which can  be used to actually topple the image upside down. I have many things to tell you about CAT, but most important is the right thing at the right time. So friends after a serious struggle with my thoughts I encountered Neha Sharma who is a English teacher for MBA prep. I discussed with her recently that I have started a new series at MBA Tutes  X - Factor which teach you crucial things. So I took her opinion what she thinks what is crucial at the D-day.  She replied immediately “BE A GOOD SON OR GOOD DAUGHTER”. I was shocked after listening to this; I asked her again- are you sure that this is related to cat in any way. She replied again- yes dude I am not a nonplussed person. Then she introspected me by engaging me among few questions. Then I realize what she is saying is true enough to believe. You know what happened in those 5 minutes? She asked me have you ever asked your father can I help you out in any means, which can reduce your work load? or have you ever asked your mother that can I make your morning pretty? or when was the last time you have hugged your parents. These were the few questions which she asked me but they left me in a state of zero. I didn’t have the answer for any single Q. I remained quiet for a while; then she again said- yes bhuvanesh on the D - day only BLESSINGS COUNT. She told me that the whole process works like round cycle- when you are a good son or a good daughter, then you act like a perfect human being and your ambiance becomes a perfect temple of learning & there is no sign of negativity in your surrounding & your parents help you out of all the troubles. So I came to conclusion that was the reason for my last year failing results. I always believe that what you need end of the day is GOOD IQ level. So I always knew that I don’t have a problem in belling CAT, but my results proved me wrong. This thought of  Neha vibrated my whole soul like a pendulum swinging without motto & took me to my past. Yes I have done everything to bell the cat, but why was I not able to part of those 1700? It is because I was not able to generate such positive energy which could change my results. I respected my parents but I was not able to become GOOD SON and that’s why I was not able to get that lucky blessings which could have helped me on the D - day when everything has gone haywire due  to some unknown twists of CAT.

So friends believe me when you are a “GOOD SON OR GOOD DAUGHTER” then your surrounding generates such a positive vibrancy which keeps your heart calm & cool, and at the end of the day allows you to think from your mind wisely. Friends when your heart runs faster than normal on most important day of your life then nothing goes according to your plan. So to keep your heart filled with calmness to get X - FACTOR from your parents. Try to incorporate these changes and these can change your results. Still lot to go. Don’t forget to read next week exclusive interview with  IIM - A students.

Please don’t forget to give your valuable suggestions which will improve this series by remarkable mark. Keep asking questions why you think so , If  I don’t follow this what will go wrong. Make this series a discussion forum among us. Let’s make this series count………………………………….

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Syn :-Disembark, descend.

Ant :-Depart, Exit, Leave.

Unique Way :- I alighted on the red LIGHT.

2) Alliteration :- Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.

Syn :- Iteration,  Paraphrase.

Ant :- Instance.

Unique Way :- ALL THE LITERATURE is in alliteration.

3) Allude :- Make a more or less disguised reference to.

Syn :- Advert, Intimate, Insinuate.

Ant :- Overlook, Ignore.

Unique Way :-  He alluded, they will not be ALLOWED.

4) Allure :- The power to entice or attract through personal charm.

Syn :- Inclination, Enticement, Temptation.

Ant :- Repulsion, Revulsion.

Unique Way :-  She is alluring by saying ALL IS YOURS.

5) Ally :- Something united with another, especially by treaty.

Syn :- Accessory, Accomplice, Confederate.

Ant :- Enemy, Antagonist.

Unique Way :- AA LE LE Chocolate and become my ally.

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Syn :- Estrange, Disaffect, Put off.

Ant :- Reconcile, Befriendly.

Unique Way :- An ALIEN alienated.

2) Alimony :- Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated.

Syn :- Child Support, Substinance.

Ant : - Desertion, Ignorance, Neglect

Unique Way :- ALL MONEY he gave in alimony.

3) Allay :- Lessen the intensity of or calm.

Syn :- Assuage, Relieve, slake.

Ant :- Upset, provoke, stir.

Unique Way :-  AA LE LE OR PEE LE KUCH KHA LE this allays its hunger.

4) Allegiance :- The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign).

Syn :-  Commitment, Dedication, Fealty.

Ant :-  Sedition,Enmity, Disloyalty.

Unique Way :-  ALL JAINS pledge allegiance towards Jainism.

5) Allegory :-  A short moral story (often with animal characters).

Syn :- Fable, Parable, Apologue.

Ant :- Truth.

Unique Way :- ALL GORI GORI girls participated in an allegory drama.

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Friends When I called this student studying in IIM Calcutta, I asked him various questions but I was not able to discover that unique answer which I wanted to discover. Then I started asking him that while preparation did he feel frustrated when he was not able to score good in mocks or when he was not able to crack quant questions at great speed. Then he replied yes & he narrated me one incident. Around March in the class he shouted once at one of the students who was disturbing him while solving question. Vaibhav sir saw &  called him after the class & asked  him why you get so much tense while studying. You must learn to enjoy your studies, but he replied that he has so many goals and ambitions & he don’t want to get distracted. Then sir replied you must go and do ART OF LIVING BASIC COURSE. That student asked continuously that sir tell me what’s it’s all about?  but sir didn’t give any answer. Sir smiled do you trust  me and are you ready to help me out in your preparation, then please go and do what I have asked you to do. He called his mom and asked her to get information about AOL course & luckily course was starting from next day. He joined that course which was of 6 days duration. Friends can any one imagine what happened, his life transformed. That boy became so calm and humble that one day someone hit his car from behind and he replied it’s ok. This course made him tension free and helped him to achieve some spirituality. This boy who get piqued by other’s disturbance and get himself involved in healthy discussion while making them explain that he is studying.  Now he became the man of silence, it didn’t matter to him whether there is loud music playing if he want to study then nobody can stop him. In the last he told me that AOL part - 1 played major role in his life while cracking Cat because he was able keep his nerves cool and in control which helped him to take proper decisions.

So friends I was astonished by the X-Factor which I have discovered while interviewing him on mobile that keeping your nerves cool on the D - DAY is major task. He also told me whether you get any surprises or not also try to go with your proven strategy because end of the day you have chances that your strategy will mold to surprises but new strategy according to the situation will end up with nothing.

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We are starting a new series of articles in which we are going to share personal experiences of students who have crossed the long bridge of MBA preparation. We are going to bring those X-factors which they don’t share with others or what they have acquired while preparation with the support of their mentors. So friends be cautious and don’t forget to look out for these X-factor articles on every Thursday. Might  these X - factors can take your boat across vortex without any hassle.

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Syn :-  Arouse, Excited, Jazzed.

Unique Way :- I was agog after getting special GOGS.

2) Alacrity :- Liveliness and eagerness.

Syn :-Dispatch, Promptness,  Promptitude.

Unique Way :- A LAKH ruppee per day offer he accepted with alacrity.

3) Albino :- A person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink.

Syn :- Etiolated, Achromatic, Bleached.

Unique Way :- All albinos were doused in color BINS.

4) Alcove :- A small recess opening off a larger room.

Syn :- Cloister, Nook.

Unique Way :- Alcove in all the CAVES.

5)  Alfresco :- In the open air.

Syn :- Outdoor.

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2) Agglomeration :- The act of collecting in a mass.
Syn :- Agglutination, aggregate.
Unique Way :- Agglomeration of all kind of EGGS.

3) Aggrandize :- To enhance the power, wealth, position or reputation.
Syn :- Enlarge, Expand, Augment, Multiply.
Unique Way :- My GRAND father is still aggrandizing wealth.

4) Aghast :- Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
Syn :- Dismayed, Appalled, Shocked.
Unique Way :- I was aghast to see GHOST.

5) Agility :-The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble.
Syn :- Grace, nimbleness, Sprightliness.
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2) Affected :- Acted upon; influenced.
Syn :- Feigned, impacted.
Unique Way :- Affected behavior has artificial EFFECTS.

3) Affinity :- A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character.
Syn :- Phylogenetic relation, Kinship.
Unique Way :- I develop affinity with FINE & NEAT people.

4) Affliction :- A cause of great suffering and distress.
Syn :- Contagion, malady.
Unique Way :- LICKING the afflicted part to slow affection.

5) Affront :- A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect.
Syn :- Offend, Antagonize.
Unique Way :- Affront in FRONT of everybody.

Friends its been a long time since no comments. Actually I don’t want any nice appraisal, just I want to know whether is this smart vocab is working or not.
If not then tell me how I can help you friends. If helping what are the ways we can improve more in the benefit of others.
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2) Adventitious :- Associated by chance and not an integral part.
Syn :- Extrinsic, Incidental.
Unique Way :- Adventitious plan for an ADVENTUROUS trip.

3) Advert :- A public promotion of some product or service.
Syn :- Allude,Cite.
Unique Way :- We adverted this problem through Advertisements.

4) Aegis :- Kindly endorsement and guidance.
Syn :- Auspices, Aid.
Unique Way :- Under the aegis of Delhi police, a safety program for AGED people.

5) Aerie :-The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
Syn :- Birdcage, Mew.
Unique Way :- Aerie in the AIR.

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2) Adjure :-Ask for or request earnestly.
Syn :- Beseech, Entreat.
Unique Way :- JURY members adjured to add more compensation.

3) Adjutant :- An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
Syn :- Aide.
Unique Way :- I adjured my adjutant to go to the ZOO and fix the TENT.

4) Admonish :- counsel in terms of someone’s behavior.
Syn :-Chide, Reprimand.
Unique Way :-Salman Admonished MONISH.

5) Adroit :-Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought.
Syn :- Inept, Adept.
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2)Adamant :-Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.
SYN :-Intransigent,Inexorable.
Unique Way :- ADAM AND EVE were adamant that world must come on earth.

3) Addendum :-Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end.
SYN :- Postscript, Supplement.
Unique Way :- Addendum ADDED to the end of the book.

4) Addle :-a) Mix up or confuse.
b) Become rotten.
SYN :- Muddle, Confound.
Unique Way :- My chef ADDED addled eggs in dal this addled my brain.

5) Adept :- Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
SYN :- Inept, Proficient.
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2) Acrid :- Strong and sharp.
Syn :- Acerbic, Virulent.
Unique Way :- A child CRIED because of acrid taste.

3) acrimonious :-Marked by strong resentment or cynicism.
Syn :- Bitter, acerbic.
Unique Way :- Acrimony between them because both of them CRYING FOR MONEY.

4) Actuary :- Someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums).
Syn :- Statistician.
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Those who think they have good habit of reading and they want to make them versatile for reading comprehensions, so please start reading variety, don’t go for fictions every time.
1) Sophie’s World - Philosophy.
2) Future Shock by Alvin Toffler - Economics
3) Wealth of Nations - Economics.
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2) Accretion :- An increase by natural growth or addition.
Syn :- Accumulation.
Unique way :- Accretion means a CREATION.

3) Accrue :- Grow by addition.
Syn :- Pile Up, Increase.
Unique way :- CREW members accrued after sudden activity.

4) Acerbity :- Sharp bitterness.
Syn :- Acrimony, Tartness.
Unique Way :- When there was no ASAR to his beti, he spoke with acerbity.

5) Acolyte :- Someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
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Smart Vocabulary

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1) Accomplice - A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan.(especially an unethical or illegal plan).
SYN :- Confederate, Henchman.
Unique way :- Police CAME and arrested accomplice.

2) Acclaim :- Clap one’s hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.
SYN :- Herald, Plaudit.
Unique Way:- I can CLAIM that she is most acclaim actress.

3) Acclivity :- An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
SYN :- ascent, Upgrade.
Unique Way :- Man is doing ACTIVITY while climbing acclivity.

4) Accolade :- A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
SYN :- Laurels, Awards.
Unique way :- A COCO COLA AD brought accolade for Amir Khan.

5) Accord :- A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
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Answers

Hi All.

Good news for all of you is that I am back in India and the bad news associated with it is, BSNL is taking hell lot of time in activating broadband at my home.

Anyways. Here are the long awaited answers. I am not answering individual comments as that will be too long a post for all to read.

Here the answers go.

1. Both x and y are prime. All primes except 2 are odd. 3ab59 is odd. So 1 of x and y has to be even and other odd. The only even prime we know is 2 and thats smallest as well. Since x < y, x has to be 2.

2. Here the ‘click’ point should be ‘None of the 2 is -ve’. If you start from that you can easily figure out that p and q both are non -ve i.e. 0 and +ve. Hence p = 0 and q = 1024.

3. Answer is infinite. Most of you are correct.

4. I am asking what’s your dad’s name. You are telling me how many uncles you have. I am asking you to tell me 1 rational no. between the 2 given rational no. and am not asking how many between the 2. Simplest answer as per me is (1.3333….. + 1.444…..)/2. Yes answers of many are correct. I better suggest revise 9th class NCERT funda of inserting n rational numbers between 2 given rational numbers.
Say 1.333… = a and 1.444… = b and I ask you to tell me 2 rationals between a and b. Then let d = (b-a)/3. 1st rational number will be a + d and 2nd will be a + 2d. I hope this is enough for you to recollect the basics.

5. opinionated and all others, please note only a finite number of perfect numbers are known so far. If i can recall from my ‘getting older’ memory, there are 46 perfect numbers known and 2 of them are less then 100. so the answer should be 44. Howzz that??

6. Its the coolest one. Answer is 2 such pair and those are (1,99) and (99,1). Do u still need an explaination??

7. Ans is (42317-42)/99= 42275/99. Max 3 seconds job after u have read the ques. Please note in short i have also explained the process.

8. Ans is b. See the explaination of 7.

9. Ans is 5. This was a 15 sec question. Logic is 1001 ^ 1001 divided by 9, whatever is the remainder is the answer. Why - because thats the concept. To know more of the concept I need a face to face class cant explain by writing.

10. a= 2, b= 1, c = 9, d = 7 and e = 8. This involves more of logic and less of NUMBERS. All u guys do a little brain storm. Its difficult for me to explain this by writing. By the way this was an old CAT actual question. and there were 5 ques. I solved this in 3 minutes 15 sec. which I think is worth 5 ques.

Here comes a ques based on the last set of questions. Lets see how fast I get a reply.

Q1. 3p5q7 = x + y. x and y are natural numbers and x < y. Both x and y are prime. What is x?

Q2. Give one rational number between 1.9999……. and 2.0.

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Hi everyone,
Yesterday I have posted the article on last two digits concept. I am still awaiting your invaluable comments & suggestions for that post. Now as i have been to classroom teaching for a good period of time I have faced maximum students complaining that they can’t remember or say summarise the important facts behind any topic in quantitative area. Whether its an approach or problem solving, You always require a good back up of those important facts. Here I have tried to put some of those useful points which must be considered as your back up tool while you approach any relevant problem.

You can have a look one by one.

1. If an equation (i.e. f(x) = 0) contains all positive co-efficients of any powers of x, it has no positive roots.
Eg: x^3+3x^2+2x+6=0 has no positive roots

2. For an equation, if all the even powers of x have same sign coefficients and all the odd powers of x have the opposite sign coefficients, then it has no negative roots.

3. For an equation f(x)=0 , the maximum number of positive roots it can have is the number of sign changes in f(x) ; and the maximum number of negative roots it can have is the number of sign changes in f(-x)

4. Complex roots occur in pairs, hence if one of the roots of an equation is 2+3i, another has to be 2-3i and if there are three possible roots of the equation, we can conclude that the last root is real. This real root could be found out by finding the sum of the roots of the equation and subtracting (2+3i)+(2-3i)=4 from that sum.

5.
For a cubic equation ax^3+bx^2+cx+d=o
• Sum of the roots = - b/a
• Sum of the product of the roots taken two at a time = c/a
• Product of the roots = -d/a

For a bi-quadratic equation ax^4+bx^3+cx^2+dx+e = 0
• Sum of the roots = - b/a
• Sum of the product of the roots taken three at a time = c/a
• Sum of the product of the roots taken two at a time = -d/a
• Product of the roots = e/a

6. If an equation f(x)= 0 has only odd powers of x and all these have the same sign coefficients or if f(x) = 0 has only odd powers of x and all these have the same sign coefficients, then the equation has no real roots in each case (except for x=0 in the second case)

7. Consider the two equations

a1x+b1y=c1
a2x+b2y=c2

Then,
If a1/a2 = b1/b2 = c1/c2, then we have infinite solutions for these equations.
If a1/a2 = b1/b2 c1/c2, then we have no solution.
If a1/a2 b1/b2, then we have a unique solution.

8. Roots of x^2 + x + 1=0 are 1, w, w^2 where 1 + w + w^2=0 and w^3=1

9. |a| + |b| = |a + b| if a*b>=0
else, |a| + |b| >= |a + b|

10. The equation ax2+bx+c=0 will have max. value when a0. The max. or min. value is given by (4ac-b^2)/4a and will occur at x = -b/2a

11.
If for two numbers x + y=k (a constant), then their PRODUCT is MAXIMUM if x=y (=k/2). The maximum product is then (k2)/4.

If for two numbers x*y=k (a constant), then their SUM is MINIMUM if
x=y (=root(k)). The minimum sum is then 2*root (k).

12. Product of any two numbers = Product of their HCF and LCM. Hence product of two numbers = LCM of the numbers if they are prime to each other.

13. For any 2 numbers a, b where a>b

a>AM>GM>HM>b (where AM, GM ,HM stand for arithmetic, geometric , harmonic means respectively)

(GM)^2 = AM * HM

14. For three positive numbers a, b, c

(a + b + c) * (1/a + 1/b + 1/c)>=9

15. For any positive integer n

2<= (1 + 1/n)^n = ab + bc + ca
If a=b=c, then the case of equality holds good.

17. a^4 + b^4 + c^4 + d^4 >= 4abcd (Equality arises when a=b=c=d=1)

18. (n!)^2 > nn

19. If a + b + c + d=constant, then the product a^p * b^q * c^r * d^s will be maximum if a/p = b/q = c/r = d/s

20. If n is even, n(n+1)(n+2) is divisible by 24

21. x^n -a^n = (x-a)(x^(n-1) + x^(n-2) + …….+ a^(n-1) ) ……Very useful for finding multiples. For example (17-14=3 will be a multiple of 17^3 - 14^3)

22. e^x = 1 + (x)/1! + (x^2)/2! + (x^3)/3! + ……..to infinity
Note: 2 < e =k/2, then, a is the only prime factor for that no.

35. To find out the sum of 3-digit nos. formed with a set of given digits

This is given by (sum of digits) * (no. of digits-1)! * 1111…1 (i.e. based on the no. of digits)

Eg) Find the sum of all 3-digit nos. formed using the digits 2, 3, 5, 7 & 8.
Sum = (2+3+5+7+8) * (5-1)! * 11111 (since 5 digits are there)
= 25 * 24 * 11111
=6666600

36. Consider the equation x^n + y^n = z^n

As per Fermat’s Last Theorem, the above equation will not have any solution whenever n>=3.

37. Further as per Fermat, where ‘p’ is a prime no. and ‘N’ is co-prime to p, then,
N^(p-1) – 1 is always divisible by p.

38. 145 is the 3-digit no. expressed as sum of factorials of the individual digits i.e.

145 = 1! + 4! + 5!

39.
Where a no. is of the form a^n – b^n, then,
• The no. is always divisible by a - b
• Further, the no. is divisible by a + b when n is even and not divisible by
a + b when n is odd

Where a no. is of the form a^n + b^n, then,
• The no. is usually not divisible by a - b
• However, the no. is divisible by a + b when n is odd and not divisible by
a + b when n is even
40. The relationship between base 10 and base ‘e’ in log is given by
log10N = 0.434 logeN

41. WINE and WATER formula

Let Q - volume of a vessel, q - qty of a mixture of water and wine be removed each time from a mixture, n - number of times this operation is done and A - final qty of wine in the mixture, then,

A/Q = (1-q / Q)^n

42. Pascal’s Triangle for computing Compound Interest (CI)

The traditional formula for computing CI is
CI = P*(1+R/100)^N – P

Using Pascal’s Triangle,

Number of Years (N)
——————-
1 1
2 1 2 1
3 1 3 3 1
4 1 4 6 4 1
… 1 …. …. … … ..1

Eg: P = 1000, R=10 %, and N=3 years. What is CI & Amount?

Step 1:
Amount after 3 years = 1 * 1000 + 3 * 100 + 3 * 10 + 1 * 1 = Rs.1331

The coefficients - 1,3,3,1 are lifted from the Pascal’s triangle above.

Step 2:
CI after 3 years = 3*100 + 3*10 + 3*1 = Rs.331 (leaving out first term in step 1)

If N =2, we would have had,
Amt = 1 * 1000 + 2 * 100 + 1 * 10 = Rs.1210
CI = 2 * 100 + 1* 10 = Rs.210

43. Suppose the price of a product is first increased by X% and then decreased by Y% , then, the final change % in the price is given by:
Final Difference% = X - Y - XY/100

Eg) The price of a T.V set is increased by 40 % of the cost price and then is decreased by 25% of the new price. On selling, the profit made by the dealer was Rs.1000. At what price was the T.V sold?

Applying the formula,
Final difference% = 40 – 25 - (40*25/100) = 5 %.

So if 5 % = 1,000
Then, 100 % = 20,000.
Hence, C.P = 20,000
& S.P = 20,000+ 1000= 21,000

44. Where the cost price of 2 articles is same and the mark up % is same, then, marked price and NOT cost price should be assumed as 100.

45.
Where ‘P’ represents principal and ‘R’ represents the rate of interest, then, the difference between 2 years’ simple interest and compound interest is given by P * (R/100)^2

The difference between 3 years’ simple interest and compound interest is given by (P * R^2 *(300+R))/100^3

46.If A can finish a work in X time and B can finish the same work in Y time then both of them together can finish that work in (X*Y)/ (X+Y) time.

If A can finish a work in X time and A & B together can finish the same work in S time then B can finish that work in (XS)/(X-S) time.

If A can finish a work in X time and B in Y time and C in Z time then all of them working together will finish the work in (XYZ)/ (XY +YZ +XZ) time

If A can finish a work in X time and B in Y time and A, B & C together in S time then
• C can finish that work alone in (XYS)/ (XY-SX-SY)
• B+C can finish in (SX)/(X-S); and
• A+C can finish in (SY)/(Y-S)

47. In case ‘n’ faced die is thrown k times, then, probability of getting atleast one more than the previous throw = nC5/n^5

48.
When an unbiased coin is tossed odd no. (n) of times, then, the no. of heads can never be equal to the no. of tails i.e. P (no. of heads=no. of tails) = 0

When an unbiased coin is tossed even no. (2n) of times, then,
P (no. of heads=no. of tails) = 1-(2nCn/2^2n)

49. Where there are ‘n’ items and ‘m’ out of such items should follow a pattern, then, the probability is given by 1/m!

Eg)1. Suppose there are 10 girls dancing one after the other. What is the probability of A dancing before B dancing before C?

Here n=10, m=3 (i.e. A, B, C)

Hence, P (A>B>C) = 1/3!
= 1/6

Eg)2. Consider the word ‘METHODS’. What is the probability that the letter ‘M’ comes before ‘S’ when all the letters of the given word are used for forming words, with or without meaning?

P (M>S) = 1/2!
= 1/2

50. CALENDAR

Calendar repeats after every 400 years.

Leap year- it is always divisible by 4, but century years are not leap years unless they are divisible by 400.

Century has 5 odd days and leap century has 6 odd days.

In a normal year 1st January and 2nd July and 1st October fall on the same day. In a leap year 1st January 1st July and 30th September fall on the same day.

January 1, 1901 was a Tuesday.

51.
For any regular polygon, the sum of the exterior angles is equal to 360 degrees, hence measure of any external angle is equal to 360/n (where n is the number of sides)

For any regular polygon, the sum of interior angles =(n-2)*180 degrees
So measure of one angle is (n-2)/n *180

If any parallelogram can be inscribed in a circle, it must be a rectangle.

If a trapezium can be inscribed in a circle it must be an isosceles trapezium (i.e. oblique sides equal).

52. For an isosceles trapezium, sum of a pair of opposite sides is equal in length to the sum of the other pair of opposite sides (i.e. AB+CD = AD+BC, taken in order)
53.
For any quadrilateral whose diagonals intersect at right angles, the area of the quadrilateral is
0.5*d1*d2, where d1, d2 are the length of the diagonals.

For a cyclic quadrilateral, area = root((s-a) * (s-b) * (s-c) * (s-d)), where
s=(a + b + c + d)/2
Further, for a cyclic quadrilateral, the measure of an external angle is equal to the measure of the interior opposite angle.

Area of a Rhombus = Product of Diagonals/2

54. Given the coordinates (a, b); (c, d); (e, f); (g, h) of a parallelogram , the coordinates of the meeting point of the diagonals can be found out by solving for
[(a + e)/2, (b + f)/2] = [(c + g)/2, (d + h)/2]

55. Area of a triangle

1/2*base*altitude
1/2*a*b*sin C (or) 1/2*b*c*sin A (or) 1/2*c*a*sin B
root(s*(s-a)*(s-b)*(s-c)) where s=(a+b+c)/2
a*b*c/(4*R) where R is the circumradius of the triangle
r*s ,where r is the inradius of the triangle

56. In any triangle
a=b*cos C + c*cos B
b=c*cos A + a*cos C
c=a*cos B + b*cos A
a/sin A=b/sin B=c/sin C=2R, where R is the circumradius
cos C = (a^2 + b^2 - c^2)/2ab
sin 2A = 2 sin A * cos A
cos 2A = cos^2 (A) - sin^2 (A)

57. The ratio of the radii of the circumcircle and incircle of an equilateral triangle is 2:1

58. Appollonius Theorem

In a triangle ABC, if AD is the median to side BC, then
AB^2 + AC^2 = 2(AD^2 + BD^2) or 2(AD^2 + DC^2)

59.
In an isosceles triangle, the perpendicular from the vertex to the base or the angular bisector from vertex to base bisects the base.
In any triangle the angular bisector of an angle bisects the base in the ratio of the other two sides.

60. The quadrilateral formed by joining the angular bisectors of another quadrilateral is always a rectangle.

61. Let W be any point inside a rectangle ABCD, then,
WD^2 + WB^2 = WC^2 + WA^2

62. Let a be the side of an equilateral triangle, then, if three circles are drawn inside this triangle such that they touch each other, then each circle’s radius is given by a/(2*(root(3)+1))

63.
Distance between a point (x1, y1) and a line represented by the equation
ax + by + c=0 is given by |ax1+by1+c|/Sq(a^2+b^2)
Distance between 2 points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is given by
Sq((x1-x2)^2+ (y1-y2)^2)

64. Where a rectangle is inscribed in an isosceles right angled triangle, then, the length of the rectangle is twice its breadth and the ratio of area of rectangle to area of triangle is 1:2.

Now I sincerely hope that this will be of your great help.

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Concept of Last Two Digits

Hello All,
First of all let me appreciate the opportunity of being a part of this team. This is my first article to this project.
Before I start the concept of last two digits lets have a quick look at the concept behind unit’s digit. I know most of you might be aware of this concept called cyclicity. All you need to do, is just catch the last digit of the base and apply the rule of cyclicity. You can follow the cyclicity table give below for your convenience.
Base Index-1 Index-2 Index-3 Index-4
Type 4K+1 4K+2 4K+3 4K
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 4 8 6
3 3 9 7 1
4 4 6 4 6
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 9 3 1
8 8 4 2 6
9 9 1 9 1
0 0 0 0 0

e.g Last digit or unit digit of 127^127.(Please note that this expression is to be read as 127 to the power 127. Also all other similar expressions are also to be followed in the same pattern.)
Just pick up last digit of the base i.e 7 and divide the given power by 4 & check out the remainder.
The remainder when 127 is divided by 4 is 3. Hence the power of the given expansion is of the type 4K+3. Therefore the unit’s digit will be 3.
How simple is that.
Now lets move on to the concept of last two digits. The fundamental behind the last two gits is just like unit’s digit concept.
Here you just need to catch the last two digits.
e.g Find the last two digits of the product of 1023 X 2027 X 5096 X 5979.
Just pick up the last two digits of all the numbers.
i.e 23, 27, 96 & 79
Multiply any pair using crisscross method of multiplication and note down the last two digits only.
i.e 23 X 27 gives you 21 as last two digits similarly 96 x 79 gives you 84 as last two digits.
Now again multiply the obtained results to get the answer.
i.e 21 x 84 which gives you 64 as last two digits.
Hope you find it doable comfortably.
Now lets move on to the cyclicity concept of last two digits.
1. If you have 1 as your unit’s digit in any base then whatever be the ten’s place, you just need to write 1 as your unit’s place as simple as that & just multiply the unit digit of index/power to the ten’s place of the base and note down the unit digit of multiplication as your ten’s digit of expansion.
e.g Last two digits of 21^144.
You have 1 as unit’s place and 2 as ten’s place in your base in the given example.
You know that unit digit of this expansion has to be 1 always.
Now for ten’s digit of this expansion you pick up the unit digit of the power 144, which is 4 & multiply it to the ten’s digit of the base which is 2.
i.e 4 X 2 which will be 8 & this will be the ten’s place of the expansion.
Hence last two digits come out to be 81.
Similarly 3, 7 & 9 can be converted to such an extent so that you can get unit digit 1 and after that you can easily do the process of 1 as unit’s place.
One more very interesting and very important result is the cyclicity of 24 as last two digits of the base.
Please follow if 24^even power it will always end by 76 as last two digits
& if 24^odd power, it will always end by 24 as last two digits.
Also 2, 4 & 6 can be broken into factors to get the last two digits.
e.g Last two digits of 196^224.
The base 196 can be converted to small factors like 196 = 4 X 49
Now the problem becomes simple 4^224 x 49^224

Or (4^5)^44 X 4^4 X 2401^112

which gives you 76, 56 & 01 as last two digits respectively.
Multiply step by step as the process discussed earlier and get the last two digits.
The answer will be 56 for this example.
Concept of compliment of the base
e.g Last two digits of 39^44 .
Compliment of the base will be 61, hence lets take out last two digits of (-61)^44 which results to -41 as last two digits. But this has to be positive and to make it positive just add the complimentary base i.e 100 to the last result -41. Hence the answer comes out to be 59.
And lastly when 5 is your unit’s place in the base. It can be of two forms.
Either ten’s place is odd or ten’s place is even.
i.e either of the type 15, 35, 55, 75, 95, (Lets say Case-1)
or of the type 25, 45, 65, 85. (Lets say Case-2)
Case-1 last two digits will be 75 for any odd power .
And for any even power last two digits will be 25.
Case-2 Last two digits will be 25 for any power .
Now you can have any example of the types discussed in this article and easily take out the last two digits of the same.
Thats all for now. I believe that you all will be able to understand the concept of last two digits from this article. I will be waiting for your responses and valuable suggestions.
All the best
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Before we talk of number system, lets discuss the question which I asked in comment #10 on article 3.

The answer is 10%. Let’s see how to get the answer. After explaining how to get the answer, I will give you the logic. 100-85 = 15, 100-80 = 20, 100-75 = 25, 100-70 = 30. Now 15 + 20 + 25 + 30 = 90. This 90 when subtracted from 100 is 10 which is the answer.
Logic: ————–|————————|———————————|————————————–|————–
Say this line above represents 100% of the girls. The Red ones(upto first ‘|” mark) are the ones who are not fair and therefore the balance i.e. the black ones are fair. Similarly the blue ones(from first ‘|’ mark and upto 2nd ‘|” mark) on the line do not have blue eyes. Therefore the rest i.e. red ones and black ones do have blue eyes. And similarly the yellow ones(from 2nd ‘|’ mark and upto 3rd ‘|” mark) are not tall and therefore the rest i.e. red, blue and black are tall. And similarly the green ones(from 3rd ‘|’ mark and upto 4th ‘|” mark) are not rich and therefore the rest i.e. red, blue and yellow and black, are. See carefully now, these are the black ones who have all the four characteristics. And this will be 10%.

I do not have a solution better than this. Here note that I have kept the ‘Don’t have’ disjoint to arrive at ‘have ‘at least’’. The method is useful only in this type of question. And note that this ques(with diff data) has been asked many times in last 12 CATs and many other exams. Ques: Is this Maths? No. But its common sense.

Number system comprises of rational and irrational numbers, positive and negative numbers, even and odd numbers, prime and composite numbers. It also has Natural numbers, whole numbers, Integers, Perfect numbers, co-prime numbers etc. I am assuming that all of you know all this. If not, then please read any book. Please note you will, almost always find a ques on these in CAT.

So here come a few questions for you. Real CAT type questions.

Q1: 3ab59 = x + y. x and y are natural numbers and x < y. Both x and y are prime. What is x?

Q2: 2^10 = 1024. 1024 = p + q. p and q both are integers. p < q. Both p and q are not even. Both p and q are not odd. None of the two is negative. What is p? What is q?

Q3: How many rational numbers exists between two rational numbers?

Q4: Give one rational number between 1.3333……. and 1.4444…….(Both are recurring decimal numbers).

Q5: How many perfect numbers are there which are greater than 100?

Divisibility rules: If you want to understand divisibility rules of a number, I suggest instead of mugging the things, look into the multiples of a number. You will be able to see a trend/pattern almost always. If you don’t, then keep looking for the pattern, you will for sure find a pattern, almost always. Caution: Not all the numbers have divisibility rules. But these are only few. So few that u could be effected practically. I will talk more about divisibility rules with passage of time and with your feedback.

Q6: If a^b+b^a=100, where a and b are natural numbers, find the number of pairs of (a,b) such that the product a.b is maximum.(Ques by Courtesy of Mr.Rajneesh Tripathi)

Q7. Is X = 42.317317317…….(recurring), a rational number or irrational? If it’s rational, what is it’s p/q form. (Ques by Courtesy of Mr.Rajneesh Tripathi)(I suggest in this ques note the time in which u solved this question).

Q8. X = 0.ababab………(recurring). X is multiplied by Y and the result is an integer. What can Y be?
98 b) 198 c)298 d)398 e) None of these

Q9: 1001 ^ 1001 is expanded and sum of the digits is taken. Now sum of the digits of ‘sum of the digits from previous calculation’ is taken. And so on till we get a single digit. What will be this digit?

Q10. abcde x 4 = edcba. What are a, b, c, d and e respectively. a, b, c, d and e are all distinct.

Only this much for now. I am sure all of you will be able to post the answers within 24 hours. I think that should be enough time for you for you are preparing for a 2.5 hour exam having about 75 questions.

All d best to all of you.

VM (& Rajneesh)

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Hello All,

How are you?

First of all I thank you all, for a great response to the last article. And special thanks to Bhuvanesh, Garima and Vipul for contributing towards helping MBA aspirants and my articles. And very special thanks to Mr.Ajay for morale boosting of all of us and his best wishes.

I am not happy, at all, from all the guys who have read the article, for I have asked in the last few lines of the article #2, to let me know how you feel after following the schedule for at least 5-7 days. NONE has so far posted any feedback on that. Shall I assume that all you guys are only interested in reading what to do and how to do and not at all interested in actually doing it. If that is true than guys all my efforts will become just the GYAN, JUST THE GYAN, and I will not be interested in writing any more in that case. Guys, as I mentioned in my post #1 that it is you, who extracts everything out of me, and not me who gives you anything/everything, you will have to start extracting before it’s too late. See, as a manager also, u have to utilize the resources which are available. Resources won’t come to you always, and tell u this is how u can utilize us (resources). Isn’t that true? If yes, then I suggest that you all start acting like managers and not as CLERKS.

Anyways, as I mentioned in the last article, I am devoting this article to Maths section of CAT.

My first question to you all is: are managers supposed to be good at Maths? Personally, I doubt. Look into the roles of Finance, Marketing, HR, IT/Systems, and Production etc managers. What has an HR manager to do of Maths except calculating salary increases? What has a marketing manager to do with Maths except analyzing the data to find out what kind of growth opportunity exists in the market? What has a Finance manager to do with Maths except thinking of ROR, ROI, WACC, and P & L.? If those are the only things required for various managers, why the hell you should study No. System, Time-work, Time-Distance, Perm-Comb, Prob, ratios, Geometry etc etc. What has geometry to do with any function of Management?

Let’s understand 1 thing simple. IIT-JEE asks for P, C, M, why, because these are the subjects which have to do something with every branch of engineering and U will study these subjects in the 1st year as well. CPMT asks P, C, Biology (Botany, Zoology), why, because these are the subject which have to do something with every branch of medicine and U will study these subjects in the 1st year of MBBS, as well. And same is true for all the entrance exams; you talk of CA foundation, Bank PO, Bank Clerical or whatever. Basically, whatever is going to be of some use to you in your future jobs is what is asked in the entrance exams. Right??

So, now the question is what’s going to be of some use as a manager to you? Is it going to be English? I am sure all of you will say, YES, for the simple reason that today business is not restricted to a particular geography or region, it’s rather cross borders and so a common language is required. Fair enough explanation of English being a part of Managerial aptitude. What else is required to be a good manager? THINK. THINK. My answer to that is COMMON SENSE, which is what is the most un-common thing these days. ‘Thanda matlab coca cola’ a simple theme developed by Coke to market their product in India. Do they use it in any other country? No. They understood one simple thing that Indians still calls a cold drink, THANDA. And they exploited this word. Isn’t it common sense? For that matter Pepsi could have been the first to think of it. Where will I invest the 500 crore profit I had in last year? Will I buy stocks, Will I put up a new plant, will I issue dividends, will I let them be idle in banks, will I buy competition (M&A) etc etc. Answer to this is, where ever I think is higher ROR for me, I will put my money there. No doubt, later I can turn out to be wrong sometimes. But then that was my perception/calculation of returns in what I invested my money. Isn’t it common sense? All the financial tools are secondary unless and until we have this basic understanding. Once we have this basic level of understanding then things like Black-Sholes model, Product Life cycle, what motivates People except money will come into picture?

So let’s go back. Should CAT be asking Maths? Answer is a plain NO. And dear friends, I after writing 13 consecutive CATs am telling you a fact that CAT DOES NOT ASKS MATHS at all. WHAT IT ASKS IS PLAIN COMMON SENSE.

Here are some examples.

Q: In rectangle ABCD, Point E and F trisects the base DC. What is ratio of Area (tri AEF) to that of rectangle? CAT 2001(if I can recall well)

Ans: How most of you will do it is: Area AEF/ Area ABCD = ½ x EF x AD / AD x DC = ½ x DC/3 x AD / AD x DC = 1/6, which is the right answer.

Now as per me that’s not Manager-Sense or common sense. How I will approach is: Diagonal AC divides rectangle into 2 equal halves. DE=EF=FC, the 3 triangles ADE, AEF and AFC have to be equal. Therefore, Triangle AEF is 1/3rd of Triangle ADC, which is half of the rectangle. So 1/3rd of half = 1/6th.

See, I have taken more words to explain, but when I am doing it in exam, I will just draw 2 lines, AE and AF and immediately mark the answer. 3 seconds job. What do u say? MANAGER’s job is to visualize. Isn’t it?

Q: In rectangle ABCD, Point E divides DC in the ratio 1:3. If area of triangle ADE is 7 sq cm, find the area of rectangle? CAT2000 (if I can recall well).
a) 28 sq cm b) 42 sq cm c) 56 sq cm d) None

Ans: How most of you will approach is: Area ADE = 7. So ½ x AD x DE = 7. So AD x DE = 14. So AD x DC/3 = 14. So AD x DC = 42. And that’s wrong.

Those of you who are cautious will not write DE = DC/3, which DE is not, rather DE = DC/4. Using that you will get the right answer which is 56 sq cm.

Anyways, this above is a Maths teacher’s approach, and not mine. My approach will be: Triangle ADE is 1/4th of Triangle ADC. So Triangle ADC = 28 and so Rectangle = 56 sq cm. And I will take 4 seconds to do it in exam.

Guys, this is how you will do, after doing the 1st question. In CAT, how actually I did was: A line drawn from E parallel to AD, say touches AB at M. Now Triangle AEM is also 7, so rectangle ADEM is 14, Which stands on 1 unit base(DE), so on 3 unit base(EC) area will be 42, so total area is 56 sq cm. Howz that??

Now, I can keep solving questions here in the same fashion. I can solve almost all the questions of every CAT in the same fashion. Guys, you may believe it or not, I take 15 odd minutes to exhaust the Maths section, typically doing things as explained above.

Now, the more important point. How am I able to do things this way? There are things which by chance, I have been doing since early childhood. I hope all of you remember some problems like A & B went to a book shop, each purchased a book worth Rs 25…………………..Where has 1 Rs.gone? Hope you are able to recollect the old problem. Typically, we after a small effort use to leave that after trying for a while. My problem was, I use to try such problems till I use to find the answer. So what’s the lesson for you? Managers are supposed to keep trying till they have the solution? Right? No, not exactly, that’s how u develops eyesight for what is missing. Once developed, that eye sight pays in long run.

Second, I solved Shakuntala Devi book, when I think, I was in 8th standard. And not like most of my students. I didn’t use to refer to solutions ever, except for the answers. Unless I had tried a question 7-10 times, I didn’t use to refer to solution. Matter of chance, I was able to solve almost 95% of the questions in those many attempts. Typically what happens with my students is, after 1 try or maximum 2, they will rush to see the answers and here u have KILLED an opportunity for ur brain to develop. What can any teacher do now?

Third, even till date, when I am not able to solve a question, I will keep thinking of it, especially while I am driving. And will you believe that formulas like ‘Product of all factors of N=a^m x b^n x c^p………..’ I have derived while driving. Hey guys, I am not suggesting that you think while driving, but then what about the time you spend in Metro or Bus, what about the time when you are waiting for ur turn a doctor’s clinic, what about the time you are waiting for a bus etc.

Fourth, I use to share the best tricks I have made with my friends. We use to debate and ended up many times in fighting and spoiling our moods. But then end of the day, we ended up making lot of shortcuts. I remember many till date, how a particular short cut was derived by us, who ended throwing full cup of tea over whom while discussing (arguing actually)? This on 1 hand helped us gaining knowledge through sharing, on other hand the tricks were memorized because of the incident.

Fifth, I use to carry a diary, full of formulae I have read in a particular class, till that date. And I use to take it out of my pocket whenever I was in bus or at doctor’s place etc.(I missed my turn at doc’s place many times, hope you won’t). This habit made me derive many formulae on my own, of which I have never ever read the proofs or derivation. Imagine if u have derived a formula yourself, can u ever forget it and the concept behind it.

Sixth, since class 9th, I have habit of writing every single penny I have spent. What I use to do was, in morning while getting out of home, I use to count the money I am carrying. And when I was back home, I use to count it again. The difference, u know, is what I have spent. I use to think where have I spent, and I use to think till I can figure out every Rs.1 spent. This made my BODMAS solid, and I bet even today you can’t beat me in calculation, calculator allowed for you, not for me. Understand this guys, CAT won’t make you multiply 3456672 with 21344289. But then u will come across 34 x 47 type of simple calculation quite often. If you know that the answer is a little more then 1200, about 1600, that usually serves the purpose. Difficult na. No, not really, see 30 x 40 is 1200. So answer is more then 1200. Further 4 and 40 is 160 and 30 x 7 is 210. So the answer is 1200+160+210=1570. I hope that suffice to all. To those it does not, they can add 4 x 7 = 28 to 1570 to get 1598. Guys, you may not believe, when I was typing, I asked my friend who was sitting on the next table, to give me 2, two digit numbers. He gave me 34 and 47 and I immediately replied that their product is 1598. He said I am kidding and he checked and was amazed to see that it is correct. So the lesson is, when you like numbers you can be fast @ speed of light. Ok ok, speed of sound. Is that enough for CAT? I believe yes.

Lastly, I can keep giving you such tips to no end. As of now I am stopping for Ansh will say, sir no more space on mbatutes for your future articles. Lolzz… Anyways, don’t start following these tips. And say it’s too much. And be where you are. We all, including me, avoid working by saying it’s too much, just that if we start somewhere, slowly and slowly, with time, we end up doing so much that in the end we wonder if it were we only who has done so much. I, in my research (which is going on) these days, counted the pages which I have studied (of various case studies) in past 10 months and was amazed to find out that I have studied more than 12000 pages. I am wondering that it cannot be me who has read all these cases. But then I can’t deny my hand writing on all these papers.

Will wait for your comments, not on the article but on your progress.

Will also look forward to the suggestions on what next you expect from me.

I am planning of lecturing now, starting next article….so what’s the topic you all want….Vedic maths, number system or what else…

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Here are some simple but enormously beneficial hints to help relax your eyes when studying or concentrating.

Light

Sunlight is the best for your eyes. When there is not enough sun-light, use comfortably bright light from electricity.

Breathing

When we concentrate, we tend to hold our breath or we stop breathing for a short period. This creates tensions in our eyes and our bodies. When you study or concentrate, make sure that your breathing is relaxed, deep, and rhythmic.

Blinking

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Palming

This technique is to relax your eyes. Use your palms to cover your eyes without touching the eye lids. Make your palms round like when holding water so that you do not touch the eye lids. Your palms will touch your forehead and cheeks so that you will feel complete dark.

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First of all, I thank you all for showing your interest by posting your comments on my 1st post.

As I mentioned in my last post that I will be writing about ‘How to prepare for MBA in long run’, here it comes.

Lets Understand 1 thing first. People(CAT experts) say that CAT is an aptitude test. My ques to that statement is, what kind of aptitude does it check. My ans when I don’t want to ans is, It checks ‘Managerial aptitude’. What I have not told here is, what is managerial aptitude? Now, my suggestion to all is, tell me what do u think is the managerial aptitude?

What is my understanding of managerial aptitude, I will post that soon. Not posting for I want all of you to brain storm about it. BRAIN STORM: thats one of the things which makes managerial aptitude. Hey guys, so if u read all my posts carefully(over a period of time), u will understand what it is, though I will write explicitly what it is.

In this post my focus is on, what to do to develop that managerial aptitude.

So, here I a few things you should do on a regular basis(daily) not till u clear CAT but even in those 2 years and years after that.

1. Start reading DELHI TIMES. Hey, I am marketing TOI for no salary. Most of the CAT teachers will say, be away from DELHI TIMES. Guys, see it from my eyes. There is SUDOKU, KAKURO, SPELLATHON, CROSS WORDS, MIND BLENDER, LOOP THE LOOP etc. in all 7 or 8 such things. I suggest start spending time on these things. Initially you may end up spending 2 to 3 hours on these, but soon, with a little practice your time will come down to 50 minutes approx. As of now, try solving these spendng as much time as you can, per day.

2. Pick up some puzzle books. There are 3 books by Shauntala Devi. They are good. Pls note here that Shakuntala devi has not written these books for CAT and other MBA entrance exams. So many puzzles there, u may not feel that they are useful for CAT. Never mind. Since you do not know what is useful for CAT and what is not, in thise books, I suggest you better concentrate on solving those puzzles. Guys, 3 books taken together, you have to solve just 5 puzzles per day. And beware. Solutions are there at the back. DO NOT, DO NOT for god sake refer to solutions till you have tried solving a puzzle at least 5 times, on 5 different days. Just match your answers.

3. Start reading some novels. U should be an avid reader. U shud have 1 novel going, always. I know some of u hate reading novels. But then a manager has to read many reports he is not interested in. So u will have to develop this habit of reading. To name a few good novels, I will say, ATLAS SHRUGGED, GONE WITH THE WIND, THIRD WAVE, FUTURE SHOCK, POWER SHIFT, MADE IN JAPAN, BUSINESS @ SPEED OF THOUGHT, GOD OF SMALL THINGS, LEE IOCOCCA-An Autobiography, CHICKEN SOUP(all editions), THE TOYOTA WAY, ZEN & ART OF MOTOR CYCLE MAINTENANCE, DAVINCI CODE, SOPHIE’S WORLD, PRIDE & PREJUDICE are some good ones to start. For those who will start reading novels for the first time, 5 POINT SOMEONE, 1 NIGHT @ CALL CENTRE, ALCHEMIST, Books by Sydney Sheldon, TO SIR WITH LOVE, WHO MOVED MY CHEESE, 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE, WHALE DONE, RICH DAD POOR DAD are some of the good ones. Typically 1 novel should be finished in 4 to 10 days, spending about 2 hours a day. For those who don’t have time to read that much, I will suggest use, ‘time of travelling’, ‘time of waiting for ur turn at doctor’s clinic’ etc., to read.

4. Read at least 1 newspaper a day. I like TOI bt for MBA prep I will suggest HINDU as 1st choice, INDIAN EXPRESS as 2nd. I suggest start with any 1.

5. Read a Financial Newspaper, daily, at least Mon to Fri. I like ET, you may start with any other as well.

6. Subscribe EPW, a weekly magazine, Economic & Political Weekly. www.epw.org. If I can recall properly, in 2004 there was a RC which was a part of one of the articles from EPW. Read THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, TIMES MAGAZINE, AND ECONOMISTS. You should read these regularly. A must for your good health.

7. Read a general magazine like Outlook, India today etc. and a business magazine Business world, business today etc. regularly.

8. Play Minesweeper. Play Chess. Play Poker, teen patti of and on.

9. Solve some puzzles on internet, average 10 puzzles a week.

10. For Grammar pick up Raymond Murphy(Beginner) and read 3 chapter a day. And read them 2-3 times till u get everything in your head. U may like to pick Wren & Martin. Ok with me. 1 Chapter a day.

11. Word power made easy - by norman louis. Read a chapter a day and follow the instructions inside. In addition, pick up any tutorials word list and start mugging up 25 words a day. Its a boring exercise. What do you say? Follow my method. Learn 25 new words of A the first day. 2nd day 25 new words of B and revise old words of A. 3rd day 25 new words of C and revise old words of A & B and so on. Revise maximum 4 old alphabets. In additon, you the tricks given here by Bhuvanesh. They are good.

12. And now the last thing, my favorite subject. Maths or Problem Solving as it is called. Don’t worry. This is the easiest subject to learn. U don’t believe me. Ohh i c…

Lets see what are people’s comment abt what i said, that its the most easiest subject to learn.

Guys, I want your feedback, not with respect to what u feel abt what I have written, but with respect to how you feel after following this schedule religiously for at least 5 to 7 days.

Happy START of your preparations…

Wait for the next post for tips on Maths…

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I am new to MBA tutes and before I start writing anything, let me introduce myself.

I have been training students for CAT, GMAT and other MBA entrance exams since last 13 years and till date I have trained about 20k students.

I have been associated with some of the universities in Delhi as Guest Faculty, Have also been associated with some CBSE affiliated schools for NTSE classes, have also been associated with a few B schools in Delhi as Guest Faculty and in last 13 years have been associated with alomost all the branded MBA coaching institutes for a decent number of years.

About my academic background, I am M.Sc in Maths + an MBA, currently doing research in management areas. In my days, off course, I had IIM calls, XLRI call, FMS & IIFT + a few more(I don’t remember now..).

O ya, something of your interest, I have appeared myself for last 13 CATs and have scored 99.99 percentile and ya, scored a perfect score in GMAT too, recently…

Why I am here? Interesting question…

Answer is plain vanilla. Been training students for CAT etc., I could not resist my temptation of helping students across India and not just in Delhi, When Ansh asked me to share my experiences, here…

He asked me to share my experiences of teaching students, the difficulties which students usually face when it comes to Maths(PS), English, DI, LR or it be GD-PI preparation..I thought it will be an easy job for me, but Ansh, being a DCEite could not see me happy, made my life difficult by asking me to share my personal experieces since I appear for CAT every year and in addition he asked me to share what goes in my students when they are preparing. What kind of ups and downs they go through, while preparing for CAT, not just that, what happens in those 2.5 hrs, which decides the fate of an individual…

I agree, I have a lot of experience but then I am kinda scared as to explaining everything just by typing, without speaking, without seeing a student….

Teaching in a class, I think is pretty easy job as there are so many students sitting to extract every thing from a teacher. So in a way, I don’t give anything to the class, rather students themselves take what they want, and it just comes out automatically…

Ansh said to this, that here also students are going to extract the same way, except that i won’t be able to see their faces and so will they.

So, here I am, with you all, for you all….

And here is a plan to start with…

Next Post of mine I will talk about ‘How should one prepare for CAT, in long run’. By long run I mean given a 7-10 months preparation time which is what I believe is more then sufficient to crack CAT.

Gradually I will look into How a B.A. English Hons can crack CAT or XAT Maths, How a B.E./B.tech can crack CAT/XAT English…how a person scared of water can learn swimming, ohh sorry, these are not How to swim, tips, these are How to prepare for CAT tips….

I meant that only, one who is scared of Maths, how can he/she learn Maths, same for those who are scared of English…

And trust me, Cracking CAT is a game, just a game, which you can be 100% sure of winning, if you play it with the game spirit. If you take it as an exam, for which tonnes of studies are required, then sorry guys, I won’t be much of help. Let’s play the game. Remember, game is for fun. We play it for we love it. We play it to win, we sometimes play to lose as well. So, if you love it, be ready to understand the rules of the game…

All the best to all

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