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Article(20) CAT-a-LOG: Tool Kit
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You have agreed to work hard and restrict Social Media use upto one hour a day. Just a reminder!
A large number of students unfortunately think that CAT is all about three Sections: Quant/ LR-DI/VARC. Please be informed again and again that CAT is much more than these three Sections.
It is extremely important to be very clear about what all is required to do well in CAT 2024/25/XX. We should also be clear about the books and notes (Tool Kit) required to prepare for CAT.
Please start collecting following books and material (Tool Kit) in print or pdf form as convenient to you:
(1) If you are a student of a Coaching Institute, you already have a lot of Study Material in physical and online form.
If you are preparing on your own, try to get online/offline study material of any Coaching Institute, if possible. You can do without it also by going through a few reference books.
(2) A reference book on each subject area: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude. There are many authors like Arun Sharma, Nishit Sinha, and Sarvesh K Verma. Several books are also available in pdf form on the net.
All these books have their positive and negative points.
Don't worry about the selection of the books. Any book will do. For pros and cons, you may please Google about such books.They are just means and not ends
Would not like to recommend any particular name. Just the way, I would not recommend any particular Coaching Classes. Please use your discretion here.
All roads lead to Roam!
(3) A good English to English Dictionary. Online or Offline.
(4) A good Thesaurus. Online or Offline.
(5) Previous years CAT papers with solutions. ( Available freely on the net)
(6) Previous Years' Solved Questions from CAT Section-wise and Chapter-wise. (Available freely on the Net.)
(6) Previous years' Mock tests from one or two Coaching Institutes can be referred from the net. They are available on the net, I believe but may or may not be legal to download and forward them. Use your discretion here.
(A few free online mock tests are made available by various Coaching Institutes every year. These too are available on the net freely.
Will have discussion with a few content creators to have free mock tests for CAT-a-LOG. Alternatively, we will create our own mock tests with the help of volunteers. In any case, the mock tests will be starting from May 2024 only. So you need not worry about that.)
(7) NCERT books on Social Studies for class 9,10,11,12 for improving GK for interview. Online or Offline.
(8) Subscription to one national level News Paper like Hindu, TOI or HT etc. Online or Offline.
(9) Any National Magazine like India Today, Outlook or Week. Online or Offline.
(10) Latest Manorama year book for reference.
Online or Offline.
(11) Books-Fiction/Non-Fiction to your liking.
(Will suggest soon through a Blog Post.)
(12) Books on Vocabulary. (Will suggest soon through a Blog Post..)
I will provide the following material through the blog in due course of time:
(13) Resume/Profile Building.
(14) Personal Interview.
(15) Notes/Tips for Training Programmes.
(16) Notes/Tips for Internship.
Please start collecting the above material at the earliest possible. You can also start reading or referring these books/notes.
The above list may frighten a few students initially. But it will lead to have Goal Clarity in perspective. And if you understand and remember your goals, you will accept the challenge happily.
The whole work can not be done in a few days or in a few weeks time. We have to divide the entire task into small doable parts on daily or weekly basis.
Click here to read the next part which is on division of work on daily basis.
Pankaj Khanna
Indore (9424810575)
B.E. (Mech.) SGSITS Indore 1983 Batch
-Worked with HPCL from 1984 to 2007.
-Faculty Maths/DI-LR -T.I.M.E. Indore 2007-20
-Faculty Maths/DI-LR-IMS Indore-June22-July23.
-Blogger on diverse subjects.( Love thy Numbers, Epeolatry, CAT-a-LOG, Corruption in Oil Companies, Tawa Sangeet, Ikshak Indori and a few more.)
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List of Articles of the blog CAT-a-LOG:
Section A: The articles written in this section are about basics of Self-Mentoring, MBA, CAT and perils of Parallel Education System (Coaching Institutes). Everyone concerned about Coaching Classes including the Parents and Students are requested to kindly go through following Articles in this Section before joining any Coaching Institute for CAT.
Section B : This section is all about Mental Health of CAT aspirants. The darker side of CAT Preparation nobody discusses. These articles should also be read by Everyone including Parents and Students.
Section C: It is about detailed CAT Preparation Plans for Students. Parents may also Read:)