SMARTER CAT PREPARATION · EPISODE 01 · FREE LIVE MASTERCLASS
CAT Test Strategy
Know What to Attempt and What to Leave
One hour with Abhishek Anand on the decision that decides your percentile: which questions to attempt, which to leave, and how to tell in 30 seconds.
Sunday, 27 September 2026
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Free. Your Zoom link arrives by email the moment you register.
7:00 – 8:00 PM IST
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Live on Zoom
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Abhishek Anand
Founder, Mentors Capital
MBA, IIM Bangalore
AACSB Accredited B-School
FIIB, New Delhi
Speaker: MBA, IIM Bangalore
No fee. No selling. One hour of strategy.
IN 60 MINUTES
What you will leave with
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A section-wise attempt order
Which question types to open first in VARC, DILR and Quant, which to park, and which to leave for the last ten minutes.
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The 30-second scan
How to read a question or a set once and decide attempt, park or leave before you have invested time in it.
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Attempts vs accuracy, with numbers
The attempt-and-accuracy combinations that actually produced 95, 99 and 99.5 percentiles in recent CATs, and which one you should target.
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A mock-test routine for the last ten weeks
What to change after each mock so the next one scores higher, instead of just taking more mocks.
Live Q&A in the last 15 minutes. Bring your last mock score.
THE PROBLEM
Most aspirants lose percentile on questions they should never have attempted
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Every section is a fixed 40 minutes
Time spent on a question you eventually leave is time stolen from one you could have solved. Attempt order is the biggest lever you have left.
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Wrong answers take marks away
With +3 for a right MCQ and −1 for a wrong one, three careless attempts wipe out one solid one. Attempts only help at the accuracy you can actually hold.
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Percentile is relative, not absolute
You are not trying to finish the paper. You are trying to make better decisions than everyone else in the same 40 minutes. That is a skill, and it can be practised.
YOUR SPEAKER
Abhishek Anand
Founder, Mentors Capital · MBA, IIM Bangalore
Abhishek Anand is the founder of Mentors Capital and an MBA from IIM Bangalore. He has spent over a decade mentoring 5000+ CAT aspirants, helping hundreds secure seats at IIMs and other top-tier B-schools with his 99.9+ percentile insights.
He teaches test strategy the way he took the test: as a series of small decisions made under a clock. This session is that method, section by section, with the numbers behind it.
MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE
Seven Sundays, 20 September to 1 November, live on Zoom and free. Each episode has its own registration; you get the Zoom link by email the moment you book.
Building specific skills for a top-tier percentile, one session at a time. Each masterclass is standalone and focused on a unique leverage point in your preparation.
01
CAT Test Strategy: Know What to Attempt and What to Leave
Sunday, 20 September 2026 · 2:30 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
02
The 99+ Playbook: What High Scorers Do Differently
Sunday, 27 September 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
03
DILR Mastery: Think in Sets, Score in Percentiles
Sunday, 4 October 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
04
VARC Advantage: Beyond Reading to Reasoning
Sunday, 11 October 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
05
Quant Edge: Solve Smarter, Score Higher
Sunday, 18 October 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Quant specialist faculty
06
Mock to Mastery: Turning Mock Tests into Score Gains
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
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CAT Strategy Lab: Attempts, Accuracy, Time & Decision-Making, with RC Practice Lab
Sunday, 1 November 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
How it works
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Book your slot
Thirty seconds. Name, email, phone and which CAT you are taking.
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Check your email
Your Zoom link and a calendar invite arrive immediately. A reminder comes the day before.
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Join on Sunday, 7:00 PM
Open the link five minutes early from a laptop if you can. Keep a pen and your last mock score handy.
Questions people ask
Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi · AACSB Accredited
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Questions? admissions@fiib.edu.in