Verbal Ability for CAT 2014 exam: Frame the prep strategy according to weightage
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Despite equal weightage on all the questions, the weightage of sub divisions in Verbal Ability in CAT 2014 will be different.
Candidates should frame their preparation strategy according to weightage on various segments in Verbal Ability section
Despite equal weightage on all the questions, the weightage of sub divisions in Verbal Ability in CAT 2014 will be different. According to Prof S K Agarwal, expert on Verbal Ability preparation, candidates should frame their preparation strategy according to weightage on various segments in Verbal Ability section and devote more time on such topics that constitute more number of questions and common type of question.
The weightage on different sections of Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension has changed with the reduced number of questions since the year 2009. There used to be 3 sections in CAT even after it became an online computer based test in 2009. While Quant, Verbal had separate sections, DI & LR were clubbed in one section. It continued till 2010 and after that entire system was streamlined. CAT got clubbed in two sections- Quant+DI and Verbal Ability+LR. Number of questions which used to vary from year to year and created more confusion became fixed to 60 with 30 in each section and the total time granted as of now is 140 minutes to solve the entire question paper.
The principal reason behind this change in both the sections was more or less same. Data interpretation was found to be more close to Quant and the candidates who had to lose out due to less proficiency in Quant were able to compensate it with 8-10 questions on DI which doesn’t require so much proficiency in Quant.
Similarly Logical Reasoning is more associated to Critical Reasoning questions in Verbal Ability section and number of candidates not so strong in Verbal Ability could score good marks by attempting more LR questions and now this is happening in CAT as a result of which more candidates from diversified back grounds are now able to score high sectional percentile and can get admission in IIMs and other top B schools
Now the Verbal Ability+ Reading comprehension (taken together) has 20 questions and 10 questions are assigned to Logical reasoning in this section. If you attempt 12 questions from Verbal & RC and 6 questions from LR with 95% accuracy, it may award you with more than 90 percentile in this section.
Know the composition of Verbal Ability section
There are in total 30 questions in this section to be solved in 70 minutes. Probably none of the candidates solve all the questions fearing imposition of penalty marks. As such a candidate armed with the accurate solution of 22-24 questions get 99+ percentile in this section
The weightage at present, to various questions, as envisaged would be somewhat as given in the following table (based on the trend since CAT 2011)
Question segment Weightage to total %age of marks
Sentence correction/fill in the blanks 12-15%
Grammar/phrases 5-8%
Correct usage/Vocabulary 10-15%
Para jumbles/last sentence of paragraph 15-20%
Reading comprehension * 35-45%
(*CAT-2013 had 10 questions on RC out of 30 in VA/LR section 10 VA+10RC+10LR. 1/3rd weightage goes to RC)
MBAUniverse.com
Despite equal weightage on all the questions, the weightage of sub divisions in Verbal Ability in CAT 2014 will be different.
Candidates should frame their preparation strategy according to weightage on various segments in Verbal Ability section
Despite equal weightage on all the questions, the weightage of sub divisions in Verbal Ability in CAT 2014 will be different. According to Prof S K Agarwal, expert on Verbal Ability preparation, candidates should frame their preparation strategy according to weightage on various segments in Verbal Ability section and devote more time on such topics that constitute more number of questions and common type of question.
The weightage on different sections of Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension has changed with the reduced number of questions since the year 2009. There used to be 3 sections in CAT even after it became an online computer based test in 2009. While Quant, Verbal had separate sections, DI & LR were clubbed in one section. It continued till 2010 and after that entire system was streamlined. CAT got clubbed in two sections- Quant+DI and Verbal Ability+LR. Number of questions which used to vary from year to year and created more confusion became fixed to 60 with 30 in each section and the total time granted as of now is 140 minutes to solve the entire question paper.
The principal reason behind this change in both the sections was more or less same. Data interpretation was found to be more close to Quant and the candidates who had to lose out due to less proficiency in Quant were able to compensate it with 8-10 questions on DI which doesn’t require so much proficiency in Quant.
Similarly Logical Reasoning is more associated to Critical Reasoning questions in Verbal Ability section and number of candidates not so strong in Verbal Ability could score good marks by attempting more LR questions and now this is happening in CAT as a result of which more candidates from diversified back grounds are now able to score high sectional percentile and can get admission in IIMs and other top B schools
Now the Verbal Ability+ Reading comprehension (taken together) has 20 questions and 10 questions are assigned to Logical reasoning in this section. If you attempt 12 questions from Verbal & RC and 6 questions from LR with 95% accuracy, it may award you with more than 90 percentile in this section.
Know the composition of Verbal Ability section
There are in total 30 questions in this section to be solved in 70 minutes. Probably none of the candidates solve all the questions fearing imposition of penalty marks. As such a candidate armed with the accurate solution of 22-24 questions get 99+ percentile in this section
The weightage at present, to various questions, as envisaged would be somewhat as given in the following table (based on the trend since CAT 2011)
Question segment Weightage to total %age of marks
Sentence correction/fill in the blanks 12-15%
Grammar/phrases 5-8%
Correct usage/Vocabulary 10-15%
Para jumbles/last sentence of paragraph 15-20%
Reading comprehension * 35-45%
(*CAT-2013 had 10 questions on RC out of 30 in VA/LR section 10 VA+10RC+10LR. 1/3rd weightage goes to RC)
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