CMAT 2021: Exam taking strategy by experts

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is all set to conduct CMAT 2021 on March 31, 2021. With the CMAT 2021 exam date nearing, candidates are engrossed in preparing for the test by taking and analyzing CMAT mock tests, revising the already prepared topics, memorizing formulas, and more. Amid all the last-minute CMAT preparations, a CMAT exam-taking strategy coming from the experts can do wonders. The right strategy coupled with smart work and presence of mind on the exam day can help the candidates crack CMAT 2021 with a good percentile.

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national-level computer-based test conducted every year for admission into 1000+ AICTE approved colleges and universities offering postgraduate management programmes.

CMAT 2021: Exam-taking strategy by Experts

• To crack CMAT 2021, candidates must focus on speed.

• Another important CMAT exam-taking strategy tip by experts is that they should keep an eye on the clock and manage time wisely.

• Accuracy is more important so candidates should start CMAT 2021 with a section they are more comfortable with.

• Candidates should not spend a lot of time judging an RC passage. If the candidates don’t understand the passage after reading it for 10-12 minutes, they should not waste more time in comprehending it but simply just shoot for the answers. They should not get into the dilemma of attempting or not attempting the passage as it is an important section for obtaining good scores.

• Attempting around 25-30 per cent of the Logical reasoning questions accurately can help to achieve the CMAT 2021 percentile target.

• Be very calm, patient, and in control while attempting CMAT 2021.

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CMAT 2021: Important topics to prepare in this last minute

• The candidates must cover equations, ratio and proportion, percentages, profit-loss, averages and mixtures, LCM-HCF, factors and divisibility, speed, time & distance, time & work, simple interest and compound interest, algebra, permutations and combinations for quant, deductive reasoning, series, coding, abstract reasoning, relationships, directions and syllogisms for LR.

• For reading comprehension - grammar, para jumbles and vocabulary for language comprehension.

• For GK, the candidates need to have knowledge of both static and current affairs. The pick-up areas should be: economics, business, world, politics, sports, cultures of various countries, also issues related to the society, environment, climate change.

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