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72 marks in CAT are dependent on RCs! Over the past few years the pattern for RC section in CAT has remained consistent.There were a roughly equal number of direct and inferential questions and they ranged from easy to moderate level. These 72 marks can easily be ensured by taking sufficient practice tests. Previous year SNAP, IIFT exams had mostly direct questions and 2-3 inferential questions while RC section of XAT was dominated by inferential questions. The difficulty of questions of RC section in all the exams varied from basic to medium level of difficulty.
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Take Free Mock Test TodayOf the 6 RC passages in CAT 2016, most passages had questions which were direct and easy to understand. IIFT has 4 passages and all are mostly, of the basic level and easy to read and solve. Of the 11 RC questions in SNAP 4-5 are of the basic level while, XAT has 6-7 basic level questions. As RC requires no prior knowledge, therefore, the only way to mastering the RCs is through practice tests and careful analysis of the tests
First pick the passage you think you are comfortable with and then move onto the other passages in the test. The advanced level practice tests will help you to score more in CAT as 10-12 questions out of the 24 RC questions were from the expert level. XAT and NMAT have 4-5 questions from advanced level of RCs, while SNAP and IIFT, each has 2-3 questions of the advanced level. The key to scoring well in RCs lies in picking out the right passages and lots of practice as the questions are logic based.
3-4 questions in NMAT and SNAP are from the expert difficulty level while, CAT and XAT have 2-3 questions. A good score in RCs lies in taking as many practice tests as one can lay hands on.
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CAT VARC |
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67% Weightage of RC and 33% Weightage of VA |
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Reading Comprehension |
Para-completion |
Para jumbles |
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Para Summary |
Odd one out |
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The raw score required in VARC for a 99 percentile in CAT 2024 is shown below.
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VARC Score |
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CAT 2024 |
45 |
Reading Comprehension is the mainstay of the VRC section of CAT. It is probably the only thing you should focus on in VRC for CAT to score a 99%ile. The same applies to IIFT, where RCs help boost scores. In SNAP and NMAT, RCs are not extremely dominant but still contribute significantly.
Note: The above data has been compiled from CAT 2024. The number of questions and sectional difficulty levels may vary in upcoming years.
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