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smily said – Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:42:12 -0000 ( Edit Link )

i am very weak in DI i am attempting this weak please give me suggestions to cope in this section.

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gauravjain26 said – Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:32:43 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )
Cracking the DI section requires a good calculation speed and presence of mind and most importantly analytical skills. All the three things mixed in proper ratio can easily give desired outcome.

As far as analytical skills are concerned you have to consciously develop these over a period of time through constant practice and by solving different varieties of questions. So we won’t discuss this right now.

A higher calculation speed would mean that you can utilize the extra time available to you for understanding questions (which is necessary for any question). So I suggest you to
- Spend as much time as you can in learning squares, cubes and percentage equivalent of fractions etc.
- Try to develop skills on the various other techniques like approximations etc., which can at times help you eliminate the options and get the correct answer faster.
- Learning different types of graphs is always suggested. You can pickup any business daily or any business magazine where you can find graphs. This may seem useless or too easy to practice but believe me your time isn’t going waste.
- One of the effective ways of learning DI is framing your own questions. By doing so, you are putting yourself in the examiner’s shoes and this will definitely open up your mind to new ideas.
- Practice a lot of LR questions, especially of the Data Arrangement variety that tend to consume a lot of time. Develop an approach that will take you to the correct solution in the least possible time.
Keep your eyes open and your brain present.

Hope info will be helpful for you. All the very best to you for test.

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smily said – Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:25:08 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

thanq u very much sir, for sending i will follow
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gauravjain26 said – Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:37:22 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Pleasure is all mine smily. Feel free to discuss if you have any further query or some question unanswered.
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smily said – Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:46:59 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

thanks for u co – opreration sir, this year i am attempting for first time but i am not sure of getting a good call thats y i want to plan for next years , plz give me suggestions how to prepare in order to get a call for iim in the next year sir…....... take care byeeeee
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1. Sureshbala said – Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:32:32 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Since you have already joined our CAT Prep Community please start with the lessons and tests in the community. Also ensure that you are going through this community regularly. Let us look at a bigger picture now….
  
  Are you considering to join any coaching institutes? Most of the students who make it into the top B-Schools are trained by corporate institutes like TIME, CL IMS etc, I suggest you to join one of them if it is feasible. If not at least try to get into correspondence coaching (all these institutes offer that) so that you will have lot of material to practice. So in order to finish this material you will obviously get into some strict plan.
  
  Even if you join these coaching institutes you will still have personal doubts regarding Test Preparation which these institutes are never bothered. It is here you can get in touch with our Learnhub’s Expert Team
  
  Besides CAT, you must also consider other exams like XAT, IIFT, FMS and SNAP to get into the next level top B-Schools. Just keep watching our CAT Prep Community as I am going to come up with an articles on all these exams very shortly.
  
  Please go through the book How to prepare for CAT Quant by Arun Sharma. This book is really good and matches the CAT standard pretty well.The same author has written a book named How to prepare for CAT DI.
  
  I am sure these books will definitely help you.
  
  Besides these books you must have material of at least one of the top CAT training institutes like TIME, CL and IMS.
  
  For more practice in Verbal Ability join our GMAT Prep, SAT Prep and GRE Prep communities and go through the lessons and tests in these communities on a regular basis.
  
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srujanbhaskar72 said – Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:20:18 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

there is only 3 more months to crack cat…i just aware praparation. if i start now seriously can i sure crack the cat?
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1. Sureshbala said – Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:38:20 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Hi, just check the reply given by me below
  
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srujanbhaskar72 said – Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:26:59 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

is it enough for serious preparation 3 more months?
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1. Sureshbala said – Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:32:52 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Definitely TES…But you need to take more tests and analyze your performance in the next 3 months. In fact you will learn a good number of concepts besides improving your test taking skills.
  
  All the best
  
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pareshgupta007 said – Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:48:12 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

What is the sort of preparation one must do to achieve maximum accuracy in DI section of online tests? Somehow, though I am quite good in the analysis with DI on paper, online tests just dont give me results! I am worried about clearing the cut-off for this section. How can I keep up a similar performance in online DI?. Please reply as early as possible…...
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1. Sureshbala said – Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:14:56 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Hi,
  
  This is strange. If you are good with DI, the medium of exam should not be a problem. What about your calculation speed and approximation speed? These are the crucial factors that will determine your chances of clearing cut offs in DI. The best way to improve on this is to practice more number of online DI tests.
  
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