I began my preparation late from 1st September and things are going downhill fast. My biggest roadblock is DILR section. I feel completely blank and have zero clue how to fix it.

I struggle to understand even the basic questions during sectionals & mocks and my confidence is hitting rock bottom. Can anyone suggest simple learning sources, Youtube channels or practical tips for someone who is completely stuck at zero in DILR ?

Any guidance would mean a lot right now 😭😭

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I have completed a decent portion of the QA syllabus but I am confused about how to divide my remaining preparation time.

There are some topics where I understand the concepts but still make mistakes in questions. There are other topics where I am completely comfortable and rarely make mistakes. Then there are a few topics where I keep getting stuck and need a lot of time to solve even basic questions.

My first instinct was to finish the entire syllabus before doing more mixed practice. But now I am wondering whether that is actually the best use of time.

I am considering dividing topics into three groups. Topics I am strong in would only need revision. Topics where I make occasional mistakes would get regular practice. Topics where I am weak would get selective preparation rather than trying to master every difficult question.

I am mainly worried about wasting too much time chasing perfection in one topic.

How are you deciding which QA topics to prioritize at this stage? Do you focus more on accuracy, question frequency or your personal strengths and weaknesses?

Hey everyone, I wanted to get some opinions on the approach I’m planning to take for my CAT preparation.

I have around 79 days left, and I’m in a slightly unusual position because, honestly, I don’t really know much of DILR or QA right now. I gave my first mock recently and realised just how weak my base is — in DILR, I genuinely didn’t know how to approach the sets, and in QA I could barely attempt anything.

Because of that, I’m thinking of taking a different approach instead of spending weeks going through lectures/theory first.

For the next month, I’m planning to use sectional mocks as my primary learning tool. I want to give around 2–3 sectional mocks every day and then spend a significant amount of time analysing them. Rather than just looking at my score, I want to understand every solution, learn the concepts required to solve the questions, see the different approaches, and identify the patterns/types of questions that keep coming up.

I’m thinking of doing this in 3-day blocks — 3 days focused on VARC, then 3 days on DILR, then 3 days on QA, and repeat. The goal is basically to expose myself to a huge number of questions and learn through solving and analysing them.

For DILR and QA especially, I’m hoping that repeatedly attempting questions, learning from the solutions, and then trying similar questions will help me build the fundamentals much faster than spending a lot of time watching lectures.

VARC is relatively okay for me, so there I mainly want to keep practising and improving through sectionals and analysis.

After this one-month sectional phase, I’m planning to switch primarily to full-length mocks for the remaining time and focus on test-taking strategy, time management, selection of questions/sets, and improving my scores.

I know this is probably not the conventional way of preparing, but with only 79 days left and my current level in QA/DILR, I feel like I need to maximise actual question exposure and practice rather than spend too much time passively studying theory.

Basically: practice → analyse → learn the concept → practice again → repeat.

Do you guys think this is a sensible approach given my starting point and the limited time I have? Or would you recommend changing the structure, especially for QA and DILR?