[Sourajyoti]

@ maxpadaku
while appearing for the mock FMs paper I found attempting more than 2 RC (i.e. around 14-16 q) is turning out to be really tough.Is this no of attempts with 70-75% accuracy is enough to clear the sectional cutoff for RC? plz reply.

[shankla]

I am having a fight with the speed in RC...I generally take arnd 10-12 min in a RC of arnd 1500 words...

I am also having some problems with the quant of higher level...

Whts the correct way to approach 175 questions in 120 min keeping this thing in mind that the score should be almost equal in all sections??...

[maxPadaku]

Originally Posted by Sourajyoti

@ maxpadaku
while appearing for the mock FMs paper I found attempting more than 2 RC (i.e. around 14-16 q) is turning out to be really tough.Is this no of attempts with 70-75% accuracy is enough to clear the sectional cutoff for RC? plz reply.

I can not say anything about number of attempts to clear cut off...it keep changing......going by last year paper you will easily clear cut off with this score...

[Abhishek_fr_CAT]

Originally Posted by gammafunction

Really appreciate the effort being put in by the seniors to answer our questions.

1.I wanted to know what strategies you guys employed when tackling RC's in last years test.I solved the paper and found the going tough-tried to read all the 5 passages on a trot and solve the questions but made a lot of mistakes.Would this be a prudent approach?or would you suggest attempting 3 or 4 passages max.

2.Would 15-20 correct answers in LR be enough to clear the 50 percentile mark(assuming it is a 175 qn paper?)

3.Could you please throw some light on the overall strategy? time spent on each section and the order in which they were attempted?

Originally Posted by Abhishek_fr_CAT

Adding to gammafunction's 3 superb queries above, I would like to know the order in which the seniors in this thread attempted the sections in last yr's FMS coz we dont have many MOCK fms papers around to try out all P and C's. What is the general trend followed by FMS call getters?

Also since the test pattern has not been disclosed ala SNAP, I would like to have the seniors commenting on the different surprises that can be expected by us, or rather, unexpected for us.

Evrytime I post a query like this, I wonder if PG (an :angel has spoiled us.

regards and thanks
ABHISHEK

Maxpadaku bhai, since you are back and FMS is day after 2morrow, plz reply to these queries ASAP. Plz answer only those queries which haven't been answered by you already

TIA
Abhishek

[Sourajyoti]

@maxpadaku


this is third post without any reply...plz answer this one...plz

I am appearing for FMS 2009.FMS website has said that minimum of 50% tile is required to qualify for the xam .Is this sectional cutoff is going to be remained fixed or will it increase according to the performance of students like which happens in case of CAT?

[maxPadaku]

Originally Posted by Abhishek_fr_CAT

Maxpadaku bhai, since you are back and FMS is day after 2morrow, plz reply to these queries ASAP. Plz answer only those queries which haven't been answered by you already

TIA
Abhishek

1.I wanted to know what strategies you guys employed when tackling RC's in last years test.I solved the paper and found the going tough-tried to read all the 5 passages on a trot and solve the questions but made a lot of mistakes.Would this be a prudent approach?or would you suggest attempting 3 or 4 passages max.

2.Would 15-20 correct answers in LR be enough to clear the 50 percentile mark(assuming it is a 175 qn paper?)

3.Could you please throw some light on the overall strategy? time spent on each section and the order in which they were attempted?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Abhishek_fr_CAT
Adding to gammafunction's 3 superb queries above, I would like to know the order in which the seniors in this thread attempted the sections in last yr's FMS coz we dont have many MOCK fms papers around to try out all P and C's. What is the general trend followed by FMS call getters?

Also since the test pattern has not been disclosed ala SNAP, I would like to have the seniors commenting on the different surprises that can be expected by us, or rather, unexpected for us.

Evrytime I post a query like this, I wonder if PG (an :angel has spoiled us.

regards and thanks
ABHISHEK

1. Three RC should be sufficient....but for someone with good reading habits....all 5 RC are Do-able....Solving less than 3 can be risky....read questions first and look for answer...
2. I already wrote about it....anyway i will just write that in FMS 2007, score of 35-40 led to 99.9 percentile....in Jan 2008, score of 20-22 led to 99.9 percentile....(both my guesses....i appeared in both exams and cleared both times)
3. i never follow any fixed strategy...I just start with 1 and end with 50 (or whatever are number of questions)....in jan 2007 i started with RC>>Maths>>LR>>Verbal.....in jan 2008 what i did was Verbal>>Maths>>RC>>LR....I again request you all to considerv the line that "your own strategy will be best strategy"....don't look at others for such answers....just see what works for you...
4. I don't have answer to question raised by Abhishek_fr_CAT .....I think one need to look at last few years questions papers to figure out a pattern in surprises...

Nitesh

[maxPadaku]

Originally Posted by Sourajyoti

@maxpadaku


this is third post without any reply...plz answer this one...plz

I am appearing for FMS 2009.FMS website has said that minimum of 50% tile is required to qualify for the xam .Is this sectional cutoff is going to be remained fixed or will it increase according to the performance of students like which happens in case of CAT?

It is FIXED...

[naresh007]

Hey Nitesh,

I have attempted FMS08 paper as a test and scored below scores...
114-QA
54-RC
54-VA
48- DI
do u think these scores'll fetch me calls..?

Originally Posted by maxPadaku

1. Three RC should be sufficient....but for someone with good reading habits....all 5 RC are Do-able....Solving less than 3 can be risky....read questions first and look for answer...
2. I already wrote about it....anyway i will just write that in FMS 2007, score of 35-40 led to 99.9 percentile....in Jan 2008, score of 20-22 led to 99.9 percentile....(both my guesses....i appeared in both exams and cleared both times)
3. i never follow any fixed strategy...I just start with 1 and end with 50 (or whatever are number of questions)....in jan 2007 i started with RC>>Maths>>LR>>Verbal.....in jan 2008 what i did was Verbal>>Maths>>RC>>LR....I again request you all to considerv the line that "your own strategy will be best strategy"....don't look at others for such answers....just see what works for you...
4. I don't have answer to question raised by Abhishek_fr_CAT .....I think one need to look at last few years questions papers to figure out a pattern in surprises...

Nitesh

[shankla]

I am having a fight with the speed in RC...I generally take arnd 10-12 min in a RC of arnd 1500 words...

I am also having some problems with the quant of higher level...

Whts the correct way to approach 175 questions in 120 min keeping this thing in mind that the score should be almost equal in all sections??...

Pls help me out...!!...

[luckyu]

Puys,

According to what i read in different forums for FMS for VA every year there has been a change in question type. Still you can expect to get qs atleast 2 or 3 among the following: Idioms,Figure of Speech,FIB-which are relatively simple n u can save time too,word replacement-again on the simpler side,analogy-tougher,antonyms n synonyms-tough..,Para completion n jumbled paras. All the best