Irdi practice
Sir ,I am not able to do games and tournaments sets at first while listening to YouTube explanation I thought I was good at it but when I started practicing I am not even able to know what to use to solve the set so can you help me In this
Are you sure you are able to solve other types of sets beta?? Because even though a lot of students have told me the exact same thing in the last 8 years, I have never met a single student whose accuracy in other sets was actually good. Students only blame Games & Tournaments because it is number based and they find it difficult to understand the solutions, while in other set types when you can't solve it yourself, you can understand the solution easily.
But understanding the solution does not equate to solving the set - these are two different things. Just to give you a benchmark - good accuracy in LR means you should be able to solve 90% of sets on your own without any help, solution, answer key or hint.
So, are you able to do that?
Thank you for replying sir, yes sir I am not able to every set but I can handle linear and circular arrangements only ,so can you guide me how to prepare lrdi sir
hmm.. as I had guessed beta..
see, the issue is not Games & Tournaments, the issue is that your LR in general is not great (for CAT, being good is not enough, you need to be great in LR since CAT's LR is the toughest in the country across all competitive tests). And right now, your LR is not at that level.
You are approaching LR in a topic by topic manner - trying to follow fixed methodologies that may help you solve sets. But that doesn't work in CAT. It can work in SNAP or NMAT, but never in CAT.
CAT's LR requires triple the hard work than other tests. You need to start solving sets on your own without looking at the solution videos or hints, even if it takes days to solve a set.
Back when I was preparing, I had a hard rule - I used to try each set at least 4 times (once each on 4 different days, every time for around 15-20 minutes) before looking at the solution. And this is a rule I follow in my classroom even today. Almost 80% of my students master LR within a month itself. They take 3-4 months after that to develop speed but they master accuracy within a month by following this same rule.
Do that. Make it a hard rule. Do not see solutions, do not try to trace steps or learn methodologies. LR requires deep thinking - very very deep thinking. Just like the game of chess, if you stop thinking early, you lose easily. The difference between you and your opponent is - they don't tire of using their brain easily.
That's LR for you.