In my previous post, we discussed two common types of games and tournament questions. So, if you are looking for questions on new types of data representation or questions based on seeding in a tennis tournament, do read that post. However, there is another frequently appearing class of questions in the games and tournaments category […]

(October leaves by Jim Crotty) Nothing beats an October sunrise flowers in full bloom and trees looking refreshed after the monsoon season. And the impending Diwali festive cheer to add to it. But Diwali is not going to be ‘cheerful’ for everyone this year. The Common Admission Test (CAT) dates are now clashing with a […]

(Photo credit: James Lee) Organisers of the Common Admission Test (CAT) have lately been urging the media to stress that this year the legal clause that prevents test-takers from disclosing CAT questions outside the walls of the test-center will be taken more seriously than ever. Anyone found violating the Non-Disclosure Agreement will be severely dealt […]

(Photo credit: US Army) In Logical Reasoning, very often we encounter problems based on games or tournaments. The first thing that as a CAT taker you need to realize is that the tournament-based format of questions offers the examiners a multitude of options to test you about. So, there cannot be a one-size-fits-all way of […]

(Photo credit: Michael Surran) Bucking the trend of marginal increases in other MBA entrance tests, 27% more candidates will take Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) University’s NMIMS Aptitude Test (NMAT 2012) this year compared to last year’s NMAT 2011. The registrations for NMAT 2012, which closed on October 10, 2011, clocked 50,800 candidates […]

Editors note: This article contains a lot of mathematical equations, which due to the limitations of HTML have been depicted as images. If you are able to view the equations, all is well. If not, please make sure your browser is not blocking image content. In previous posts, we have already discussed how to find […]

There is a very marginal increase of about 0.49% in the number of candidates registering for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) in 2011 over 2010. While the number of vouchers sold for CAT 2011 is more or less the same as that for CAT 2010 — 2.06 lakhs — the number of candidates actually using […]

(Photo credit: TheGiantVermin) Registrations for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2011 test date and centre closed on the midnight of October 4. But by late evening leading up to the deadline, there were visibly no takers for some test-slots. Based on our observation of centre availability on the registration website on the evening of October […]

(Photo: Aniruddh Phukan) PaGaLGuY.com’s Official CAT 2011 Helpline is back, powered by the student community of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode. Click here to go to the PaGaLGuY CAT 2011 Helpline — Powered by IIM Kozhikode students On the helpline thread, you can ask solutions to your last-minute doubts, anxieties and questions about […]

Editors note: This article contains a lot of mathematical equations, which due to the limitations of HTML have been depicted as images. If you are able to view the equations, all is well. If not, please make sure your browser is not blocking image content. Figuring out the last digit is the same as figuring […]