[02-Sep-07] TIME AIMCAT 0809 Discussions

[GothicVox]

Originally Posted by buck_was

First n foremost, hats-off to ur spirit..

Very inspiring and thought provoking post sirjee....Immensely useful...Many thanks....
Do keep giving such inputs from time to time...Really does make a difference....
Thanks once again

[agrawalansh]

Originally Posted by ankit_insane

Finally a decent paper from TIME, something you can expect in the actual CAT. I found quant a lil tough, and DI pretty easy. Did OK in VA, though screwed up the RCs, guess i picked the wrong RCs.

My scores

VA 26(12 r, 10w)
DI 57(19r, 0w) delighted with 100% accuracy for the 1st time

QA 20(7r, 1w) hate myself as i cud nt remember the divisibity test for 13 and 17 in question 1-4

Total 103.

I changed my strategy drastically today, and it helped. Could use this one itself CAT.

Also thought this paper was a good pattern, definately can be expected inCAT, this pattern or the pattern of Simcat 1.

Gotta go nw. Would be glad if ppl could tell me wht percentiles i could expect.

Ciao
Ankit

Hi Ankit,

What strategy did u used in this AimCAT which helped u ??? Kindly let us know also...

[Unhappy_Demon]

I think , in this paper quanta of negative marking is higher .

4:1 is the standard ratio.

[buck_was]

Originally Posted by Unhappy_Demon

I think , in this paper quanta of negative marking is higher .

4:1 is the standard ratio.

There's nothing like any standard ratio.. generally, the ratio works this way tht if there are n options, the -ve marking is 1/(n-1) the marks allotted to each ques.. so -1/3 for a 4-options paper.. -1/4 for a 5-options paper.. so this paper didnt have any novelty in tht aspect..

However, ur observation of -ve marking being higher makes me recall an AIMCAT last yr wen TIME had given a 5-options paper with -1/3 -ve.. THAT was indeed a high -ve marking paper..

[rakhihere]

thanks for all the puys for encouraging me....
i will work out this week and will show the performance in AIMCAT-0808

[GothicVox]

Yeah, speaking of -ve marking, so far Cat has implemented -1/3 and -1/4...Any of those are possible this year...Also CAT has never ever implemented the progressive -ve marking scheme (The kind followed by XAT)....This could be a possibility in this year's paper...

Also another thought which occured to me is the concept of linked Questions...This is the kind followed in GATE...Here u r given a problem with 2 Questions related to it....Both the Questions may be related to each other, or may be independent...But the catch is, u only get credit if u solve the 1st Question correctly....i.e if u don't solve the 1st Q correctly, but u solve the 2nd Q correctly, u will not get marks as u've done the 1st Q wrong...So its imperative that u get the 1st Q right...
This technique might seem a bit far fetched, but knowing CAT, anything's possible

[LEgator]

my scores:
qa-10(4r,2w)
di-35(12r,1w)
va-25(12r,11w) - crossed 50% accuracy for the 1st time

total 70
n my take on cut offs
qa - arnd 7
di - arnd 25
va - arnd 25

hope to clear all the cut-offs in this time

Amit

[CAT 2007]

Originally Posted by Unhappy_Demon

I think , in this paper quanta of negative marking is higher .

4:1 is the standard ratio.

A typical negative marking scheme depends upon the number of options per question.... If the number of options is 4, then the negative marking is usually 1/3 rd (1 right 3 wrongs result into a score of 0.) Likewise, if the number of options is 5, then the negative marking is usually 1/4 th (1 right 4 wrongs result into a score of 0.)

This is the usual method but not a hard and fast rule... All institutes, including the CAT committee, have the right to alter this standard of negative marking

[aa213us]

hey puys i am getting really bad scores...... ( ishould call them sores)... this time OA 47 need help....
need to clear cut offs for maths .... and too much going wrong in english

[aa213us]

hey buck can u help me with sum of my probs
.........