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CAT 2026 VARC: 50-Day Preparation Strategy for 95+ Percentile
With CAT 2026 reported for 29 November, you have about 50 days from 10 October. VARC is the section that scares people the most because there is no formula to memorise. The good news: reading skill can improve in 50 days if you practise the right way, which means timed passage…
CAT 2026 Quant: 50-Day Preparation Strategy for 95+ Percentile
With CAT 2026 reported for 29 November, you have about 50 days from 10 October. Quant is the section where a focused push pays off the fastest, because accuracy and selection can be trained in a way that reading and set-solving cannot. This plan splits the 50 days into five ph…
CAT 2026 50-Day Study Plan: 3 Plans With 15, 20 or 25 Mocks and 30 Sectionals
Fifty days is enough to move your CAT percentile, but only if every day has a job. This guide gives you three plans built on the same backbone: a plan with 15 mocks, one with 20 and one with 25. Each includes 10 sectionals for every section (VARC, DILR and QA) and a daily 15-m…
DILR Puzzles and Seating Arrangement: A Practical Approach
Seating arrangement and puzzle based sets show up in almost every recent CAT paper, and they are also where most aspirants lose the most time for the least return. Here is how to actually approach them.
CAT Quant for Non-Engineers: Where to Actually Start
If you haven't touched formal math since school, Quant can feel like the section that decides everything before you've even started. It isn't. Here is where a non engineering background aspirant should actually begin.
Para Jumbles and Para Summary: The VARC Skill Nobody Trains Separately
Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability logic questions test completely different muscles, but most aspirants prep them as if they are the same skill. They are not.
CAT VARC Reading Comprehension: A Section-Wise Approach to Improve Accuracy
Speed reading advice dominates CAT RC prep discussions, but it solves the wrong problem for most aspirants. Here's a more useful way to think about RC accuracy.
CAT DILR: How to Choose Which Sets to Attempt First
DILR is the section where set selection often matters more than raw ability. A practical framework for deciding what to attempt, what to skip, and when to cut your losses.
CAT Quant: The Formula-Memorization Trap and What to Do Instead
Formula sheets feel productive. They rarely translate into exam day speed. Here's a more durable way to build Quant fluency.