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Phoenix12 · **Re: Books -** 12-02-2009, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BLACKLIST #1

hey guys,
i was wondering if neone cud help me out wid da order of the books dat i
shud follow while my preparation ....i mean wich buk shud i go for in da initial stages nd and wat i shud do thereafter.....for qa & va?
i hv gt enuf tym as i m in da 2nd yr. of my grad.. nd hence,will only b appearing 4 cat 2010...
plz help????????

Hi blacklist,

I think for QA, first of all you can start with basic books of any of the coaching intis. After that you can go for Arun Sharma.

For VA i will suggest you to start woking on vocab from BARON book, start reading newspaper and magzines. For a structured prep, you can follow the material of any of the coaching intis.

usualsuspect · 05:40 PM

looks likea wrong place for this query!

wild007love · **Re: Books -** 15-02-2009, 08:00 PM

couple of good books are :--
The Argumentative Indian
The Origin of Species

anid101 · **Re: Books -** 18-02-2009, 01:49 PM

Hi,

I found this really cool website www.weboword.com - Vocabulary Visually. They have a wonderful service where they provide one picture representing a word in one's mailbox everyday. They also have wonderful puzzles and exercises to help retention and reinforce learning. I have been using it personally and it is really helpful.
Do give it a try. Registration is free.

Cheers,
Anirudh

anu8501 · **Re: Books -** 08-03-2009, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by shekys

Such books don't help at all.The best way to improve your reading speed is to actually try to read fast. To start, you could read newspaper articles. Even in those, start with your favourite section.If your fav section is Sports, read the match previews and columns. Read them as fast as you can. If possible time your reading. Track your progress for one week. Try the same the next week, but focus on more sections of the newspaper. Keep tracking your progress. The next week start reading books written in simple English. Like Chetan Bhagat's books. Track your progress in that. Then start working out RC passages. Track your progress. Improve with every attempt. This exercise will take about 3 months to achieve near-complete perfection.

I agree completely. infact 1 cud go for mystery novels as they are gripping 2 keep da interest and r alo long so 1 can get used to the length. for starters u cud go for some short length novels like goosebumps or children novels like famous five.

priyanka_8721 · **Re: Books -** 11-03-2009, 11:09 PM

If you are in Chennai then you can pay a visit to the Moore market near Chennai central..they have all the books and are well aware of what is good and what is not... not sure about the other cities - sorry...

I am also not sure about this...but there are some book banks like Reach book bank http://www.reachbookbank.com, SAB Book bank.... You can check if they provide mba prep material too ... we use them for our engineering text book needs....Reach is also very convenient as it delivers books to our college

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sandeep.arora · **Re: Books -** 12-03-2009, 02:16 PM

Hi All,

I am currently not in India and would like to take CAT'09. Going through this thread one can infer that one needs a combination of a few books and some institute's study material. It would be of great help if somebody can suggest which institute's correspondence study material should I go for and the books I need to supplement that material. I am not sure if I would be able to take MOCK tests but will try my best to come back a month in advance. Please suggest the material primarily on quality.

Thanks in advance!

Regards
Sandeep Arora

Phoenix12 · **Re: Books -** 13-03-2009, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by sandeep.arora

Hi All,

I am currently not in India and would like to take CAT'09. Going through this thread one can infer that one needs a combination of a few books and some institute's study material. It would be of great help if somebody can suggest which institute's correspondence study material should I go for and the books I need to supplement that material. I am not sure if I would be able to take MOCK tests but will try my best to come back a month in advance. Please suggest the material primarily on quality.

Thanks in advance!

Regards
Sandeep Arora

In my opinion TIME correspondence material is most exhaustive and up to date. Moreover they send you mock cats also to practice at home. Hope it helps....