Priya pulled out a pen and drew a small grid on his notepad.
Arjun frowned. “But GK is so vast…”
Arjun scribbled the list frantically.
Arjun nodded eagerly.
“Logical Reasoning is your scoring area. No formulas, just practice. Buy ‘A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning’ by R.S. Aggarwal .” She flipped to a dog-eared page in her memory. “Only three chapters: Blood Relations, Syllogisms, and Arrangements. Master those, and you’ll crack the entire LR section.” best books for cmat preparation
“I feel like one,” Arjun groaned. “I have no strategy. Just random books.”
Priya smiled. “That’s where everyone loses marks. Don’t buy a 1000-page GK book. Instead, get – but only the last section on ‘Current Affairs of the last 6 months.’ Then, download the ‘CMAT Achiever’s GK Digest’ (a small pamphlet you get at any train station bookshop). Read it for one hour every morning. CMAT repeats 40% of its GK questions from past digests.” Priya pulled out a pen and drew a small grid on his notepad
“Go to the campus library and get ‘How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude’ by Arun Sharma .” She tapped the page. “Not the whole book. Just the ‘Level of Difficulty’ sections—LOD 1 and 2. CMAT math is easier than CAT. Don’t waste time on LOD 3. Focus on Time & Work, Averages, and Profit/Loss. That’s 60% of the paper.”
Arjun stared at the calendar on his hostel wall. His heart hammered against his ribs. He had spent months dreaming of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, but his preparation was a scattered mess of online PDFs and half-watched YouTube videos. Arjun nodded eagerly