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Here are a few starting steps

Check your percentile.


The starting point for any mock analysis is the percentile. Not because it is ve
ry relevant, but because it is impossible to ignore. So, go ahead, knock yoursel
f out. Check the section-wise percentiles, stare long and hard at the numbers, e
xtrapolate this percentile and imagine how high your overall percentile could go
if everything fell into place, give in to curiosity, triumphalism and envy by f
iguring out others' percentiles.
Do all this to get the damn thing out of the system. Now, ignore it and focus on
something that can actually be useful. There are three parts to this 1. Mocks have the best questions, learn how to solve all of these
Mocks are often seen merely as a tool for assessment and bench-marking rather th
an as a tool for learning. Mock CATs usually have the best questions, the ones t
hat have an elaborate 6-minute solution while also having the elegant 1-minute s
olution. So, make it a habit to review the questions that have gone wrong, quest
ions that you have skipped and then the ones that you got right as well. Very of
ten, students ignore the ones they have gotten correct. If all your attempts wer
e through the best approaches, chances are you would have attempted 5 more in ea
ch section. There is a learning angle to every mock CAT. Do not ignore this. As
this article says, the mock CATs have quite a few Now-you-know questions.
This is why it is very important to pick a mock CAT provider who focuses on prov
iding detailed solutions and helps with the thought process.
2. Which 3 get kicked out, which ones get in?
After every mock, do a simple exercise to improve decision-making. Select at lea
st three attempts from each section that you should have skipped, and replace th
ese with three you should have attempted. In your first few mocks, you might eve
n be able to select 5-6 questions in each section. The big gains in mocks come f
rom improved decision-making; and you have to take a conscious effort to improve
this. If you can reach your point where you cannot find more than 1 question in
each section that you had incorrectly chosen to attempt, you can count yourself
ready for the exam.
3. Topic-wise and timing-wise analysis
You should ask yourself a few questions similar to the ones given below How good is the hit-rate in Sentence Rearrangament? Was it worth doing the DI ev
en after taking 15 minutes, did I at least get all 4 correct? Should I completel
y skip Sentence Elimination questions from now on? Did I get a Permutation Combi
nation question wrong again? Should I completely dump this topic?
On the timing front, figure out when the fatigue errors creep in. All of us find
that there are 2-3 questions where we cannot really fathom why we marked that s
tupid wrong choice in the first place. This is essentially down to fatigue. Ther
e is a spell of 15-20 minutes where not much gets done and errors creep in. Loca
te this spell, see when it usually happens and reduce it methodically.
On the timing front, it is important to know which type of question gets you the
best marks/minute. You might easily attempt 3 RC passages accounting for 12 que
stions within 30 minutes. But if you get 6 of these wrong, that is effectively s
ame as attempting only one RC and getting all questions correctly. Four correct
answers in 30 minutes is a very poor return.

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