With
CAT 2012 still shrouded in mystery, which is expected to see some light
by the middle of July, MBAUniverse.com is trying to gauge the
temperament of the CAT 2012 aspirants through a Survey on the topic, ’10
ways to improve CAT 2012.’ The survey is being conducted on the CAT 2012 takers, with a sample size of 100 respondents.
The questions which were asked to the aspirants were on the number of sections, number of questions, duration of CAT 2012, option to start with a section of their choice, time bound sections, the time duration to wait in the test center among few others.
One of the questions
was, ‘Will having flexibility in attempting both the sections within
140 minutes be better than time bound sections?’ Majority of the
aspirants prefer having the flexibility of attempting the two sections
in CAT 2012, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation and Verbal
Ability & Logical Reasoning in 140 minutes rather than having time
bound sections of 70 minutes each.
According to the CAT aspirants, who are in favour of the flexibility among the sections, it is not necessary that there would be equal time needed for solving both the sections. Ganpatlal Suthar, a CAT 2012 aspirant from Mumbai says, “There should be inter mobility between the two sections of CAT 2012. I need more time to solve the Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation as it involves more calculation than Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning.”
Similar views were shared by Pradeep Kumar from Jaipur, Rajasthan. He feels, “I may not attempt the equal number of questions from both the sections. Since Quantitative Ability is my strength, I would attempt more questions from that area than the second sections. 70 minutes might appear less for me in the QA & DI section, which I could have strategized accordingly if I had the entire 140 minutes for both the sections.”
Gaurav, a CAT 2012 aspirant from Gorakhpur feels that the time management is an individual aspect of the test takers. “I don’t think that I would be able to give my best shot if I get equal time for both the sections. I will not attempt same number of questions in both the sections. I took CAT in 2010 and 2011and have realized that reading all 60 questions and selecting among them would be the best way rather than going through 30 questions twice and deciding which ones to attempt.”
Now let us see what they have to say, who are in favour of the time bound sections in CAT. Their view is that, having 70 minutes for each section gives a test taker enough time and focus to concentrate, “I like this format where there are 70 minutes each for the two sections of CAT. I am completely focused and don’t bother about what is to come in the next section or what I have done in the previous section,” states Avnish Mishra from Chennai.
Saida Rao of Bangalore is of the opinion that it is an effective way of managing time. “IIMs have taken a good decision by making the sections time bound. It gives me complete focus and concentration to attempt a particular section, Otherwise it would have been pretty confusing for me to tackle both the sections at one go and ended up doing more questions from the area of my strength and neglecting my weak area.”
To read the previous article on MBAUniverse.com Survey on ‘10 ways to make CAT 2012 better’, click on the following link:
CAT 2012 aspirants wish to choose the section to start the exam with
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more on CAT 2012.
The questions which were asked to the aspirants were on the number of sections, number of questions, duration of CAT 2012, option to start with a section of their choice, time bound sections, the time duration to wait in the test center among few others.
One of the questions
was, ‘Will having flexibility in attempting both the sections within
140 minutes be better than time bound sections?’ Majority of the
aspirants prefer having the flexibility of attempting the two sections
in CAT 2012, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation and Verbal
Ability & Logical Reasoning in 140 minutes rather than having time
bound sections of 70 minutes each. According to the CAT aspirants, who are in favour of the flexibility among the sections, it is not necessary that there would be equal time needed for solving both the sections. Ganpatlal Suthar, a CAT 2012 aspirant from Mumbai says, “There should be inter mobility between the two sections of CAT 2012. I need more time to solve the Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation as it involves more calculation than Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning.”
Similar views were shared by Pradeep Kumar from Jaipur, Rajasthan. He feels, “I may not attempt the equal number of questions from both the sections. Since Quantitative Ability is my strength, I would attempt more questions from that area than the second sections. 70 minutes might appear less for me in the QA & DI section, which I could have strategized accordingly if I had the entire 140 minutes for both the sections.”
Gaurav, a CAT 2012 aspirant from Gorakhpur feels that the time management is an individual aspect of the test takers. “I don’t think that I would be able to give my best shot if I get equal time for both the sections. I will not attempt same number of questions in both the sections. I took CAT in 2010 and 2011and have realized that reading all 60 questions and selecting among them would be the best way rather than going through 30 questions twice and deciding which ones to attempt.”
Now let us see what they have to say, who are in favour of the time bound sections in CAT. Their view is that, having 70 minutes for each section gives a test taker enough time and focus to concentrate, “I like this format where there are 70 minutes each for the two sections of CAT. I am completely focused and don’t bother about what is to come in the next section or what I have done in the previous section,” states Avnish Mishra from Chennai.
Saida Rao of Bangalore is of the opinion that it is an effective way of managing time. “IIMs have taken a good decision by making the sections time bound. It gives me complete focus and concentration to attempt a particular section, Otherwise it would have been pretty confusing for me to tackle both the sections at one go and ended up doing more questions from the area of my strength and neglecting my weak area.”
To read the previous article on MBAUniverse.com Survey on ‘10 ways to make CAT 2012 better’, click on the following link:
CAT 2012 aspirants wish to choose the section to start the exam with
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more on CAT 2012.
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