All About CET
Part - I
A lot of MBA aspirants taking CET are primarily CAT aspirants. So before
discussing how to crack CET, it is important to understand difference between
the two tests. CAT is a test designed to select only top 1-2 percent from a
large pool of students. As a result, it is a conceptual test, which is a good
mix of moderate to difficult questions and where selection of questions is
crucial. On the contrary, CET is a test to have uniform distribution on both
sides of normal curve. As a result, CET is designed as a speed-based test, which
consists of easy to moderate questions. So attempting all of 200 questions in
150 minutes is a definitely achievable task, if not easy. Again, in CAT one has
to perform across all sections covering various areas of expertise while in CET
there is no sectional cut-offs. Randomly distributed questions make things
difficult if you want to attempt your preferred area of expertise across the
test.
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You should start taking
practice tests (around 3 weeks before actual CET) only after you have
learned most areas of testing. Realize that there is no selection of
questions involved in CET.
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Visual reasoning is truly CET
special: not only for its unique appearance in CET but also for making
difference in the merit list. These 30-35 questions provide a perfect level
playing ground to all candidates irrespective of their areas of expertise
due to educational background. An engineer or a commerce/arts graduate has
equal chance to excel.
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Unlike CAT, there is no
selection of questions involved in CET. You are there to attempt all
questions. If you get stuck with some questions, don't spend extra time on
them; work by method of elimination; if you still don't arrive to one unique
answer, mark one of the possible options and go ahead. You won't be coming
back to such questions unless it is a set of questions.
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To avoid it, select 3-4 areas
such that your flow of attempting questions on those sections is more or
less same. Understand that though these areas are totally unrelated (e.g.,
group of verbal, quantitative and logical reasoning), difficulty level of
questions is not high enough to warrant a lot of concentration.
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The next test should be taken
only after you have analyzed your last test thoroughly. There should be some
value addition after each test.
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