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RC forms an important part in CAT. The 16 questions matters a lot so do practice.
http://www.rcprep.com/ ... for online RC test.
Links for reading articles related to entertainment, philosophy, art, literature etc
http://www.aldaily.com/
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/philosophy
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/india
http://www.epw.in/

RC Prep - Ideal Test Simulator For The RC Section Found On All Standard Tests. This website is a free reading comprehension simulator to help you prepare for the reading comprehension section found in GMAT, GRE, TOEFL, SAT, CAT.

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What are the key things to keep in mind while forming a preparation plan for CAT? Should I quit my job and prepare for CAT

One of the most common questions I get is about how to draft a preparation plan for CAT preparation. This is often followed by the lament that managing CAT prep and job simultaneously is incredibly tough and that the boss was put on planet earth only to test human beings' levels of tolerance.

Have an unambitious daily plan, but stick to it
When I say unambitious, I do not mean lackadaisical. I mean do not have a plan that demands 8 hours out of you 7 days a week. If you are balancing work and CAT preparation, there is no way you can manage that much over a 3-month period. And to let you in on a secret related to CAT preparation, you do not need that much,

2-3 hours per day done with very high intensity will easily do the trick. Prepare in three phases - 1) Get the basics right, 2) Do the drill and 3) Fine tune and focus on the overall paper. Very often, students get blinkered and chase arbitrary short-cuts without getting the basics right. I do not have any level of expertise over any list of short-cuts. I have taken CAT a number of times and I can vouch for the fact that one can crack CAT without any fancy short-cuts. Get a lot of practice so that your mind can do some parts automatically.This saves a lot of energy, which is very vital in a 170 minute exam. But this apart, do not waste time in learning mind-numbing shortcuts.

Most importantly, build the discipline to stick to a plan. This exam preparation is a marathon, not a sprint. It is very easy to get carried away, do lots of stuff for 4 days and then faff around for the next 10. Create some simple schedule, but stick to it.

Remember that any time spent on knowing about MBA, learning about different colleges on various forums are all not equivalent of CAT preparation. Catch a break at fun websites if you must, but do not kid yourself and account this as CAT preparation.

DO NOT QUIT YOUR JOB.

This one is very simple, do not quit your job. More than anything else, this very often increases anxiety level in preparation. Having a credible plan B is very vital for retaining sanity. Dont invest everything on that one process that is fraught with volatility and randomness,

Very often, the burning desire you have to be liberated from the constraints imposed by your job have NOTHING to do with CAT. Do not use CAT prep as an excuse to run away from an irritating boss or less-than-ideal working conditions. You need all the practice you can get for working in unpleasant places prior to MBA. Post MBA, you will be entrusted with the job of creating such places.:)

Do not revisit strategies with every new input
You might score 96th percentile in one mock and 88th in the next. You might suddenly start outperforming in your weak area. Take all these inputs, tweak your preparation plan mildly. But do not interpret every new input as something that demands a complete overhaul of your plan. You need to have the conviction to stick to the original plan, and wait for the results to come. The temptation to go for an overhaul is higher if you do not have a job and are twiddling your thumbs pretending to prepare for CAT. So, think a lot before quitting your job.

Do not use your job as an excuse to lament.

When CAT is over, you can take 3 days off and whine about the villain who pretended to be your boss. But till then, bin all this talk of how a tough schedule, late-night calls, and heavy travel are killing your preparation. You are taking this exam because you have a certain level of ambition. Now is the time to back up that ambition with effort. There is no joy in being this talented and ambitious guy who did not throw everything into the exam. Almost everyone who gets through to an IIM has struggled hard to get there. So, put your head down, forget about the excuses and give it a full-fledged go.

Read. A lot.
Read novels, magazines, newspaper, fiction, non-fiction, science, philosophy, Economics. Anything and everything. There is no single input that is as useful for CAT preparation as a neatly-honed reading habit.

For those who are more at ease listening than reading, the above questions are addressed in the video here.

The article was contributed by Rajesh Balasubramanian. Rajesh is an alumnus from IIM Bangalore, class of 2003 and runs 2IIM, an online coaching institute for CAT. Rajesh has the distinction of having scored 100 percentile in CAT in 2011, 2012 and 2014.

This story is different in the sense that it belongs to a perfectly average person. No IIT/NIT tag, no academic/gender diversity, general category, no super high academic scores to boast of, no ultimate extracurricular and no extra special talents either. He just had a lot of determination, nothing more than that.

Calls: SIBM, NMIMS(did not attend PI),IIFT, MDI, IIMS, New IIMs, IITB, IIML(SM), TISS, NITIE, FMS, JBIMS

Converts: MDI, New IIMS, IIML(SM), TISS, NITIE, FMS, IIFT(WL-did not proceed with the process)

Joined: FMS

It took me 5 long years, 5 CAT attempts, a lot of other MBA entrance exams, a few failures over past years, 2 waitlists, a lot of Parents' blessings, and even more God's grace to achieve it. Can't be any happier, can't be any more thankful to God. P.S. Dreams do come true, sometimes it just takes a lot longer than usual.

Highlights

Total CAT attempts: 5 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)

CAT 10 VA score: 9 percentile (probably a negative score)

CAT 13: 65.53 percentile

CAT 14: 99.37 percentile

CAT 14 VA score: 99.49 percentile

Finally joining: FMS Delhi

Total work ex before joining FMS: 47 months(at the time of CAT, it was 40 months)

Xth: 82%

XIIth: 80%

B.tech: 68.44%

The Journey

2010 - The beginning

It was the time when there used to be 3 sections in CAT namely QA, LRDI, VA. After finishing QA and LRDI, I looked at the timer. I just had 22 minutes left and VA yet to be started. And then I further made a strategy error! Decided to go through all questions) including RCs. Attempted some 11-12 questions out of 20. On outer, I felt satisfied having attempted atleast a decent number of questions, but deep inside I knew I had screwed it.

Result day: QA: 99.5 LRDI: 99.2 VA: 9 (Yes! just 9 - probably a negative absolute score)

CAT was my dream after all, which now lay broken on the floor. It was heartbreaking. I was still a college kid, and looking at that score card broke my heart. That night I cried like hell, till I felt asleep on my own. I had put all my hopes on CAT only, did not even sit for college placements. But after the debacle, found a job and took it. Life goes on afterall.

2011 & 2012 - The wasted years

The job was decent, salary was coming. The thought of CAT almost left my mind. Though I did attempt both of these CATs, but just for the namesake, without any preparation whatsoever. The thinking that it is better to write CAT after some workex further pushed me to ignore CAT. Result: Scores of early 80s in both attempts. Though I bettered my VA performance, probably because now there were just 2 sections: QADI and VALR(was fairly good in LR). Also, there was fixed time per section so I could spend more time on section 2.

2013-The dream resurrects

It was already July when I again decided to take CAT seriously. I already had 2 years of workex and at the time of CAT, it was to become 2.5 years. Now I was feeling bad to have wasted 2 previous attempts.

Nonetheless, I took a test series and started preparing again. Since the time was less, so I did the mistake of skipping basics and directly jump to tests and questions. The job took a lot of my time so I did not get a lot of time to practice, yet I tried to do my best. Days passed and I started giving mocks. In some of them, I did very good, but in some of them I did very bad, but I kept attempting them. On CAT day, I did fairly ok, not good, not bad.

Result: 65.53 percentile. I was taken aback. This was my worst OA score ever. Pathetic thoughts started coming to my mind. Was I not smart enough for it? Is it all over forever? Should I finally move on after 4 attempts? I took suggestions from a lot of people, but many of them suggested me to move on and put my efforts in the job. That I was already overage for CAT and seeing my past record, it is not wise to carry on.

2014 - The dream finally comes true

After thinking a lot, I decided to give it another strong attempt. By now, all my friends at job had switched to other companies for career growth, but I decided to stay so that I can concentrate on CAT.

I decided that coaching would bring me routine so joined classes in late January. My job demanded more than 12 hours a day and usually I came back home after 7:30-8:00 PM. After having some rest and dinner, the thought of picking up those books after such a tiring day felt like hell. But nevertheless, I almost everyday picked up those books at around 9:00 PM and studied till late night around 1:00 AM till eyes could take no more. Woke up again at 7 Am to go to office and routine continued. On weekends, I went to classes and studied whole day. The mocks started getting better and consistent this time, though VA was still a bit dicey but was improving.

All was going well, when suddenly the pattern of CAT changed. It was now a 170 minute, 100 question test. What was worse was that there was no time boundation for sections, which brought back my first attempt nightmares. I was so tensed that I flunked my next few mocks, before my teacher counseled me. Again, it started getting better. I did a lot of practice. Infinite number of questions, topic tests, sectional tests to improve my VA, and the results were promising.

CAT day - The nightmares of first attempt were still on my mind. The exam seemed easier than usual. Attempted around 42 questions of Section one in just 70 minutes. Now I had 100 minutes for section 2. Being extra cautious attempted 40 questions in section 2. OA 82 attempts, it certainly was a satisfactory performance.

Result:

Section 1: 97.62( was a bit disappointed)

Section 2: 99.49 (After scoring 9 in 1st attempt, this surely was unbelievable)

I almost cried when I saw that result. That satisfaction was to be felt. It really felt divine.

Interviews

As expected, did not get any BLACKI call given my poor academic scores. Only AC were possible with that profile, for which my score was not enough.

For rest of interviews, some went good, some went bad. There was this one question which was asked in each of my interviews:

Q - Why so late for an MBA?

Ans- It has been my dream for 5 years, and it is never too late to wake up to your dreams.

FMS: 99.37 was a low score if we talk about FMS. I needed an extra ordinary performance in the PI given heavy weightage to CAT score at FMS, and considering that FMS PI is usually only 5-7 min process, it was even more difficult. But fortunately, the interview was based majorly on Philosophy, which is my forte, and I did perform very well there. I scored 5/5 in extempore and 9/10 in interview. On the result day, I had a WL of 88, which seemed comfortable, and I converted in the second wait list.

P.S - We all have that dream and we should keep hanging to it. It is never too late. All the best to everyone.

What will be the remainder when 1^1001 + 2^1001 + .... + 100^1001 is divided by 10100 ?

http://new.businessworld.in/economy-education-b-schools/iims-may-extend-cat-score-validity-five-years

IIMs May Extend CAT Score Validity To Five Years | BW | Businessworld So far, the score of the Common Admission Test, also known as CAT, was valid for just one year.

The government will convert 90,000 kms of country's national highways into green corridors, for which it is planning to create at least 1,000 contractors responsible for planting trees.

A DoT panel on net neutrality is learnt to have opposed projects like Internet.org by Facebook, which allow access to certain websites without mobile data charges, while suggesting that similar plans such as Airtel India's Zero be allowed with prior clearance from Trai.

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Strong demand boosted sales of infrastructure products like server, storage and ethernet switches for global cloud IT by 25.1 per cent year-on-year to $6.27 billion in the first quarter of 2015, research firm IDC has said.

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TVF started as a one-person company when Arunabh Kumar, an IIT Kharagpur graduate, went from disenchantment with a career in aerospace in Mumbai to working as an assistant director on smash Bollywood hit Om Shanti Om and then on bathroom humour-laced comic caper Delhi Belly.

The PPP tale has since taken a harsh twist. In the last three years or so, the PPP model across sectors has been beset with troubles, raising fundamental questions on the existing framework.

ET.com asked a cross-section of people who cast their vote for the BJP-led NDA in the 2014 general elections whether they were satisfied with the government's progress so far, particularly on the corruption front.

It is imperative to understand what it means to create a Digital India. Such an effort requires an entire ecosystem of support and an apparatus for implementation that has to be developed and matured over a period of time.

"My first visit will be to Uzbekistan, which is the most populous country in Central Asia. India and Uzbekistan enjoy a close strategic partnership," PM Narendra Modi said in a statement here.

http://www.forbes.com/global2000/

China Takes Lead On The 2015 Global 2000 For the first time, China’s “Big Four” banks take over the top 4 spots, with ICBC holding onto its crown for the third consecutive year. While U.S. still claims the most total spots, China has surpassed Japan with the second highest number of Global 2000 companies this year.

N=2^3*3^4*5^9.Find the number of trailing zeros at the end of product of all factors of N not divisible by 12.
No of factors of this number=4*5*10=200

Number of factors divisible by 12=2*4*10=80

Product of all factors=N^no of factors/2=N^100

Product of all factors divisible by 12=(12N)^40

Product of factors not divisible by 12=N^100/(12N)^40=N^60/12^40=2^100*3^80*5^540

So number of zeroes=min(100,540)=100.

Exact values of trigonometric ratios of angles in multiple of 3
Explanation: As u know values of 18 degree and values of 15 degree so easily can be find values of 3 degree and hence every multiple of 3 is possible —

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/from-new-cost-for-east-west-freight-corridor-to-6-new-iims-5-things-cleared-by-modi-government-today/articleshow/47800994.cms?utm_source=FbM&utm_medium=ETFbMain&utm_campaign=ETFbMain

From new cost for east-west freight corridor to 6 new IIMs, 5 things cleared by Modi government... From approving the revised budget of the East-West freight corridor plan to setting up six new IIMs in the country, the Cabinet approved a slew of projects.

3)ABCD is a square of side 'a' units , arcs PQ and RS are parts of circle each with radius 0.75a drawn with centers at D and C respectively another circle with center at M is drawn touching the two circular arcs PQ and RS and side AB. Find the radius of the circle with the center M.
A. 5a/28
B. 3a/14
C. a/4
D. 11a/56
E. NoT