Should I join a coaching institute for CAT 2009?

Though CAT 2009 is still 8-9 months away, people have started preparing for it. "Should I join a coaching institute ?", "Which institute should I join ?" , these are the questions most people are asking.

We asked a few students who cleared CAT in previous years, and got a mixed opinion. Kapil Bohra, IIMC 2008-2010 Batch says "Coaching institute does greatly helps in improving upon speed and also gets one regular in studies". While Rakesh Nag, IIMA 2008-2010 Batch when asked "Is coaching institute a must for CAT preparation?", replied "Not really. I did attend a one year training program. While it did help marginally, the one thing I really found useful was the large number of mock CATs that was part of the program".

So it is not clear as to whether a coaching institute is must for CAT preparation. Everyone has a different opinion on this. If you ask us, the answer is "it depends !". Experts at MindInsight came up with the following questions one should ask himself before deciding whether one needs a coaching institute or not ?

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Rakesh Nag IIMA 2008-10 batch reveals his strategy...

Read the full interview of Rakesh Nag.

"My strategy was always to start with my strongest section which was Verbal Ability. I was more or less indifferent to DI/LR and QA. " ...

" ... since I found LR a little more time consuming, I attempted DI/LR next and finally QA. I split up the 150 mins as 45 mins, 55 mins, and 50 mins respectively for VA, DI/LR and QA. .. "

"The important thing about CAT is not to get stuck on a question for too long and to have at least looked at all questions so that no sitters are missed out. The actual strategy will vary from person to person with regards to order of attempts and time allocation. But I always found it best to start with my strongest section ..."

Read the full interview of Rakesh Nag.

Free Mock Test Series for CAT 2009

MindInsight is going to start a online mock Test series for CAT 2009. It will provide detail graphical analysis of users performance. Detail analysis of its weak areas and usefull suggestion on how to improve on it.

Quant problems for CAT 2009.

Q1)
Find the sum of the series {√1} + {√2} +{√3}+.....+{√99}+{√100} where {x} is the least integer greater than or equal to x.
Q2)
Six positive numbers are taken at random and are multiplied together.
Then what is the probability that the product ends in an odd digit other
than 5?
Q3)
Let a,b,c,d be four integers such that a+b+c+d =4m+1, where m is a positive integer. Given m which one of the following is necessarily true?

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Latest GD/PI Topic : Should Pub Culture be banned ?

We live in a globalized world, where we come across a mix of race, culture, religion, and nationalities. And hence over time many cultures have mixed with ours, and saying something is foreign and banning it is not possible. Globalization started centuries ahead, with trading of spices,tea,coffee etc, and it cannot be reversed. Also count the contribution by liquor sales and pubs/bars to the government. This cannot be ignored as well.

Recently Italian authorities have decided to ban a few food outlets that serve foreign food, like Kababs etc. Reason sited by them is eating foreign food takes the "Italianness" away.I wont be surprised if something like this happens in India as well.Food and Drinks should not be considered as citizens. It is almost impossible to segregate food or food habits based on nationalities. For example tea and coffee, which are now consumed world wide. Tea originated from China, and Coffee from Ethiopia.Even the tomato that is a must-have ingredient in Italian-pizza is believed to have come from Mexico. The spices from India have traveled a thousand countries and their flavor mixed with a millions others. So it would be ridiculous to tie some country with a particular food.I think the same argument applies to the recent hue and cry on "pub culture". I dont understand how this pub culture harms any individual or a society. Assault of women in public is more horrific and anti-indian I believe. Even the union health minister has come out with statements on anti pub culture, on grounds that it is against indian culture. Does he think the western-style suits he dresses in are indian ?There is no end to the list of things we do or use in our daily life that is multi-cultured. Our politicians and parties should concentrate more on real issues like naxalites, terro rism, poverty etc.

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