What should I do for the preparation of CAT (MBA, IIM)? I'm a 12th passed?

1.7K Views|12 Followers|Posted 9 years ago
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Dharamveer Dheer
5 years ago
Dear RD, At this point of time, it is advised that you start your graduation in management field and start working on your quantitative aptitude, DI and English. You can start working on CAT preparation in second half of your second year in graduation. The best option as off now will be to start BBA

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9 years ago
It is always good to start preparation for exams like CAT early on. CAT basically consist of three section: 1. Quant 2. Logical Reasoning / Data Interpretation 3. Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability You will easily get study materials related to CAT from market. Note: Firstly, you do your gra

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Hi, You can start your preparation now. Now, you can work on your general knowledge, current affairs, English fluency and reading skills. These shall help you a lot in future and you will not have to spend much time on it. Good luck.

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"Word Power Made Easy" by Norman Lewis and several other books by him will definitely help you in improving your English.

NITIN DESHMUKH
9 years ago
To start preparation for MBA, firstly you need to complete your graduation with a minimum of 50%. Then you need to prepare for CAT, and score above 98 percentile to get a call from IIMs for What/PI. Selection criteria for IIMs gives weightage to the 10-12th percentage, CAT percentile,and What/PI.

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Yes, you have pretty good chances. You need to perform well in GD/PI.

Trilochan Tiwari
9 years ago
You should select the field you are interested in, science or commerce or arts. After graduating, you will have appear to for competitions exams like CAT, XAT, CMAT to get admission in best B-schools. IIMs consider CAT score for admission. Private colleges like IFMR, KJ Somaiya, etc. consider your e

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As a B.Com graduate, you can work as an accountant in any organisation or you can work under a practising chartered accountant and gain the practical knowledge. 1-2 years of experience will help you to get an edge over your competitors in further competitive exams. Good luck.

pradeep bisht
6 years ago
Hello, You can join a coaching institute or if you are good at self-study then you can go for CAT online courses. Good luck.

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Swapnaneel Bhuiya
6 years ago
It is always good to start preparation for exams like CAT early on. CAT basically consists of three section: 1. Quant 2. Logical Reasoning / Data Interpretation 3. Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability You will easily get study materials related to CAT from market. Note: Firstly, you do your graduat

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Saimi Kumar
7 years ago
Start preparing on your own with QA, LR and increase your Vocabulary. You will only be allowed to fill CAT form when you are in the final years of your graduation.

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Arpit Dongre
7 years ago
Topic wise questions solving: check out the link to the topics asked in CAT B-FACTORY MBA-CAT-XAT PAGE CAT mocks: enroll for a good test series Regular reading: newspaper, novels and, the most important thing one needs for preparation is constant motivation that one can bell the CAT. You can read th

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Ankit Kumar
7 years ago
It is always good to start preparation for exams like CAT early on. CAT basically consists of three sections: 1. Quant 2. Logical Reasoning / Data Interpretation 3. Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability You will easily get study materials related to CAT from market.

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