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03:17 PM

Nihal Reddy

Hello everyone, today we'll go through some last minute tips and strategies

03:29 PM

Shekhar Tanwar

Hi Nihal

03:30 PM

Arjun Gandotra

Hi Nihal

03:31 PM

Rashi Raj

Hi first question, Is there any negative marking in GK section...everyone is saying different things

03:31 PM

Shekhar Tanwar

I wanted to ask you that, I have taken mocks for previous XAT papers, and some other mocks. In the last 3 days remaining , how should I proceed

03:32 PM

Rashi Raj

last 3 days strategy plz

03:32 PM

Nihal Reddy

Begin the paper with the descipline which is your forte Hunt for easy questions Keep a balance among the sections Keep circlng the answers from time to time or a section at once Do not leave them towards the end

03:32 PM

Rashi Raj

i already solved last year XAT papers nd some mocks but I didn't score well

03:33 PM

Shekhar Tanwar

I am getting around 35+ in the mocks. But not sure if that's sufficient. I know changing anything at the last minute won't be easy, but there's anything I can do, please suggest.

03:34 PM

Nihal Reddy

Regarding the essay I read some samples on TIME website which helped me in structuring my thoughts Go through the CL GK material once tomorrow Revise all the basic formulae once

03:34 PM

Abhishek Kumar

hello Nihal. how much weightage fms gives to the cat score ?

03:35 PM

Rashi Raj

i already solved last year XAT papers nd some mocks but I didn't score well

03:33 PM

Nihal Reddy

Dont keep that in mind, go through the basic formulae and always search for easy questions.

03:35 PM

Abhishek Kumar

hello Nihal. how much weightage fms gives to the cat score ?

03:35 PM

Nihal Reddy

85%

03:35 PM

Shekhar Tanwar

What about RC, I am nt solving any more RCs. Should I just focus on reading different topics in these last days, or solve passages?

03:36 PM

Rashi Raj

last 3 days strategy? Should we revise last year paper or take more mocks?

03:37 PM

Shekhar Tanwar

I am getting around 35+ in the mocks. But not sure if that's sufficient. I know changing anything at the last minute won't be easy, but there's anything I can do, please suggest.

03:34 PM

Nihal Reddy

Check how your score fairs with others, solve some 2 previous papers tomorrow and day after. do not change in the last minute. What are you doing regarding DM ?

03:38 PM

Shekhar Tanwar

What about RC, I am nt solving any more RCs. Should I just focus on reading different topics in these last days, or solve passages?

03:36 PM

Nihal Reddy

Solve passages from prervious years but remeber that this year no. f questions has decreased so the difficulty might increase

03:39 PM

Shekhar Tanwar

I am using all the resources available on the net, there were some pdf's provided from CL , and some PDFs were available online. I solved those.

03:40 PM

Rashi Raj

last 3 days strategy? Should we revise last year paper or take more mocks?

03:37 PM

Nihal Reddy

solving the last 3 year papers would do the job but again the difficulty level might change

03:40 PM

Amit Chauhan

Hi Nihal, can you tell me your number of total attempts in each section in XAT 2016. How much you scored marks in each section?

03:41 PM

Prathamesh Gore

Any tip for VA section

03:41 PM

Rashi Raj

what are the important topics to be covered in quant for the remaining time?

03:41 PM

Amit Chauhan

Hi Nihal, can you tell me your number of total attempts in each section in XAT 2016. How much you scored marks in each section?

03:41 PM

Nihal Reddy

I am sorry I dont remember them

03:41 PM

Arjun Gandotra

Nihal, any tips for the GK section ?

03:42 PM

Abhishek Kumar

if you fms gives a whooping 86% weightage to cat,then ppl with avg undergrad academics and no work experience can sail through with excellent cat score ?

03:42 PM

Pranav More

HOW MUCH MARKS TO CLEAR THE CUT OFF FOR QUANTS ? AND WHICH TOPICS FROM QUNT SHOULD I FOCUS IN THESE LAST DAYS ?

03:44 PM

Amit Chauhan

To be on a safer side for BM course, what should be the approx total marks out of 72 for 99+ in XAT 2017?

03:44 PM

Mbaprep 2016

Hi, can you please help us regarding time management in xat

03:44 PM

Mohammed Arsalan

what was your cat preparation strategy

03:44 PM

Prathamesh Gore

Any tip for VA section

03:41 PM

Nihal Reddy

In the long passages some of the qustions might have direct answers do not miss them. And for questions regarding meanings attempt them only if you are very sure.

03:44 PM

Arjun Gandotra

Nihal, any tips for the GK section ?

03:42 PM

Nihal Reddy

Revise CLs GK material. It is good and packed with all essentials

03:46 PM

Rashi Raj

what are the important topics to be covered in quant for the remaining time?

03:41 PM

Nihal Reddy

I think there was no excess weightage to any particular topic revise the formulae

03:48 PM

Abhishek Kumar

if you fms gives a whooping 86% weightage to cat,then ppl with avg undergrad academics and no work experience can sail through with excellent cat score ?

03:42 PM

Nihal Reddy

The decision is in the hands of university.

03:48 PM

Pranav More

HOW MUCH MARKS TO CLEAR THE CUT OFF FOR QUANTS ? AND WHICH TOPICS FROM QUNT SHOULD I FOCUS IN THESE LAST DAYS ?

03:44 PM

Nihal Reddy

The marks required change year by year based on difficulty, go through past 2 year papers and cut offs to get a clear picture. Revise the formulae and do the questions from previous xat papers to get a flavour of them

03:50 PM

Anoop Jena

what was ur score in XAT and also sectional score?

03:53 PM

Tejas Iyer

Hi.. Thank you for taking your time out. In XAT there are negative marks for the unanswered questions as well, but the first 12 unanswered question does not have this constraint. Is the 12 questions overall in the paper or 12 questions per section ?

03:54 PM

Rashi Raj

last 3 days strategy? Should we revise last year paper or take more mocks?

03:54 PM

Mbaprep 2016

Hi, can you please help us regarding time management in xat

03:44 PM

Nihal Reddy

In the first 170 minutes, hunt the easy questions ASAP, I suggest giving 50 mins approx each to different sections starting with the one which is your stronghold. Verify your answers in the 20 mins and also look into unattempted questions. I marked the answers section wise. answer GK questions in 5-7 mins and first structure the essay in about 5 mins, and then go ahead implementing it

03:54 PM

Tejas Iyer

Hi.. Thank you for taking your time out. In XAT there are negative marks for the unanswered questions as well, but the first 12 unanswered question does not have this constraint. Is the 12 questions overall in the paper or 12 questions per section ?

03:54 PM

Nihal Reddy

Overall

03:55 PM

Rashi Raj

last 3 days strategy? Should we revise last year paper or take more mocks?

03:54 PM

Nihal Reddy

I suggest last 2 year papers and then mock exam. Try to take these in the time frame as of original XAT exam

03:55 PM

Arushi Kant

Hi, I solved a few previous year xat papers, there were a few questions were none of the options were correct..in the actual exam if i have spend some time on a question and I find out that all the options are incorrect, should I attempt the nearest option (will it result in negative marking ?) or leave the question? What happens in such questions? are these questions removed rom the total no. of questions or is everybody who attempts them get a one mark or everybody gets -.25 ?

03:56 PM

Rashi Raj

Is there any negative marking in GK?

03:59 PM

Mohammed Arsalan

what was your cat preparation strategy

03:44 PM

Nihal Reddy

I started in February 2015 I used to work for about 5 hours a week in the initial months. I took TIME coaching. I attended all classes and all mock exams. Back tehn I was in college and had ample time for everything. from august i started working for 2 hours each day. I was confidant about quant. I mostly concentrated on VARC and then DI. I used to analyse each mock on wednesdays to know my weaknesses and worked accordingly.

04:00 PM

Arushi Kant

Hi, I solved a few previous year xat papers, there were a few questions were none of the options were correct..in the actual exam if i have spend some time on a question and I find out that all the options are incorrect, should I attempt the nearest option (will it result in negative marking ?) or leave the question? What happens in such questions? are these questions removed rom the total no. of questions or is everybody who attempts them get a one mark or everybody gets -.25 ?

03:56 PM

Nihal Reddy

They might do either one among them. I suggest you not to get stuck on such questions

04:02 PM

Shrey Singhal

I m scoring very low in verbal section accuracy is very low around 30-40% and it is bringing down my score i m thinking to attempt more of Decision making and quant and avoid questions from verbal section. Is this strategy fine to get a call from IMT GHAZIABAD

04:02 PM

Arushi Kant

My question is if i do find out that the question is incorrect is it better to attempt any option or leave the question? is it possible that they give one mark for just attempting or give one mark for the nearest option?

04:04 PM

Rashi Raj

Is there any negative marking in GK?

03:59 PM

Nihal Reddy

Go through the instructions before attempting the paper. This marking scheme might change year by year

04:06 PM

Shwetanshu Mehta

Hi , For 2 years I have been missing out on XAT. (95.3 (Missed on DM cutoff) & 94.5 (Individual cutoff were cleared but not overall) respectively in 15 and 16). In previous years question papers also I am getting marks in similar range. Just hovering around the cut offs. What would your suggestion be to take it to get that extra 3-4 marks?

04:07 PM

Shrey Singhal

I m scoring very low in verbal section accuracy is very low around 30-40% and it is bringing down my score i m thinking to attempt more of Decision making and quant and avoid questions from verbal section. Is this strategy fine to get a call from IMT GHAZIABAD

04:02 PM

Nihal Reddy

You have to make sure that you get the minimum qualification marks for each section. I dont know the exact criteria of IMT Ghaziabad. Check if they have sectional cutoff in their criteria. Else your startegy works fine

04:08 PM

Shwetanshu Mehta

Also what strategy should I maintain for Decision Making ? Currently I am following most ethical top most and no action on last.

04:08 PM

Arushi Kant

My question is if i do find out that the question is incorrect is it better to attempt any option or leave the question? is it possible that they give one mark for just attempting or give one mark for the nearest option?

04:04 PM

Nihal Reddy

They make sure that all the test takers are on same page. All get the marks for that question or none irrespective of them attempting it

04:10 PM

Arushi Kant

Thanks Nihal

04:11 PM

Shwetanshu Mehta

Hi , For 2 years I have been missing out on XAT. (95.3 (Missed on DM cutoff) & 94.5 (Individual cutoff were cleared but not overall) respectively in 15 and 16). In previous years question papers also I am getting marks in similar range. Just hovering around the cut offs. What would your suggestion be to take it to get that extra 3-4 marks?

04:07 PM

Nihal Reddy

Try to increase your number of attempts, try to go after the easy questions. Try to squeeze 15 minutes towards the end to verify the attempted qusetions. Do not make any mistakes while circling the answers

04:13 PM

Meghna Bhattacharya

How did u improve Rc And Va

04:14 PM

Shrey Singhal

IMT G does not consider sectional cutoff so I have decided to maximize my attempts in DM and QA

04:15 PM

Shwetanshu Mehta

Also what strategy should I maintain for Decision Making ? Currently I am following most ethical top most and no action on last.

04:08 PM

Nihal Reddy

Most ethical is highest priority but no action might not be the last, it changes depending on the context. Moreover the DM questions are little tricky so read all the options twice before zeroing in on one option.

04:15 PM

Meghna Bhattacharya

Please ellaborate your .Strategy to solve Rc

04:18 PM

Meghna Bhattacharya

How did u improve Rc And Va

04:14 PM

Nihal Reddy

Practice I practised from time material, many a times i used to go wrong. I took class room coaching at TIME and it helped me. Analysing the solutions of mock exams helped me in refining my thought process. DO read the editorial columns of HIndu news paper and know th meanings of new words. This is a long process not for XAT exam this sunday

04:19 PM

Shrey Singhal

IMT G does not consider sectional cutoff so I have decided to maximize my attempts in DM and QA

04:15 PM

Nihal Reddy

Then its fine

04:20 PM

Meghna Bhattacharya

Please ellaborate your .Strategy to solve Rc

04:18 PM

Nihal Reddy

I used to read the questions first and then read the passage. I always checked for the straight forward questions. I answered only those questions about which i was very sure.

04:22 PM

Nihal Reddy

All the best for your XAT exam everyone

04:27 PM

Pranav More

THANKS BRO :)

04:28 PM

Rishika Gupta

Hi, some ppl say in order to maximise their scorethat they mark answers based on the probality of the options being an answer , something like that . Is this a wise strategy to follow and what's the way to go abt it?

04:30 PM

Sricharan Reddy

How to prepare xat gk

04:39 PM