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I had a terrible experience at my alloted center. I'm a repeater, so I've seen many centers last year as well. This was by far the worst center and exam taking experience I've ever had.

The landline phones kept ringing throughout the exam duration and no one would pick it up right away. They kept announcing multiple times on the loud speaker with high volume that one or two students did not start their exam yet. This is so disturbing to the students who already started their exam and are trying to concentrate. Especially since the first section is VARC and you're trying to read. They were breaking some 200 student's concentration to tell the staff to check on 1-2 people who did not start their exam. There has to be a better system than this.

Secondly, there's too many invigilators, for such a small exam hall. There's an internal lift right in the center of the exam hall, and a staircase around ithe lift well. It was one of those old lifts with two manual metal collapsible gates that we see in old buildings. The center had 4 floors and 4 exam halls, the staff kept moving between the floors the entire duration of the exam. Every single time, they would not close the lift door and there would be noise. The lift kept playing elevator music and asking to please close the door in 3 languages.

Completely broke my concentration during the exam. It was a constant source of noise, not just once or twice. It was at least 20-30 times in 2 hours. I kept reading and re-reading the same thing because I couldn't understand it due to the noise. I had an entire RC left with just 4 mins time. It was not enough time to start and complete a new RC and I completed all other questions in the section. Just 1-2 mins more, I could've gotten to all questions. Noise continued in the next two sections as well. The invigilators kept chatting away like they were at a picnic.

Minimum decency is to not to create disturbance in an exam center. It's unfair to the candidates who have been studying hard day and night for an entire year. After the exam when I was reading about the exam center experiences of other candidates on reddit, I saw that some people had pin drop silence after the exam started and absolutely no distractions. I wish I had a good experience too. This year is my second and last CAT attempt, it could've gone better if I had better center.

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First round: Within 2-3 days of learning anything new. Begin your day with revision of whatever you did the last day. Just go through the previous day's notes.
Time Involved: 1 to 2 houra

Second Round: To be done approximately 7 - 10 days after finishing a topic. Revise the chapter notes. Pay special emphasis to the areas which caused you trouble.
Time Involved: 4 - 5 hours

Third Round: About a month after completing a topic. Revise your notes. Refer to any standard coaching material and practice 20 to 25 questions and try solving them. Add anything new learnt to your notes.
Time Involved: 4 - 5 hours

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During the mocks, I excessively use calculator and become extremely insecure of my answers. How do I generate the speed during the mocks? And how should I build the confidence and reduce the usage of the calculator?

A tendency to overly use calculator during mocks is an indication of
A) Lack of fundamental numbers - Squares, Cubes, Tables etc
B) Excessive use of calculators during practice

What you can do to improve?
A) Limit Calculator Use During Practice, especially for simpler calculations.
B) Practice mental math daily (e.g., multiplication tables, quick addition/subtraction)
C) Maybe tackle the easy questions first to build momentum and confidence, avoiding overthinking.
D) Brush up on fundamental math techniques (e.g., shortcuts for percentages, fractions, or square roots).

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Share your experience, approach and guiding words for others.

This file contain CAT 2024 all slot papers and a separate page for solutions.

Those of you who are planning an attempt for CAT 2025, make sure you attempt any one of the slots to establish a baseline.

This is what I want you to do
1) Attempt any one slot paper in 105 mins (35 min per section)
2) Score yourself using Answer Key only on the basis of the questions that you attempted in the above time
3) Attempt the remaining questions - Now without any time constraint
4) When you are sure you have done all that you can - Now look at the solutions

This will give you a realistic idea about where you stand in your preparations

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For GD/PI sessions, please trust someone / some institute who has a background for helping others

Not a college student who cracked the exam and is still in the college / barely graduated

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If and when you do get a shot; don't let it go to waste due to incompetent or insufficient guidance

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