Be very particular about accuracy.

The last two choices problem

Most reasonable students narrow it down to two choices in the VARC section. Surprisingly, after this stage students do not take sufficient effort to resolve this. Once down to, say choices B or D, the mind goes kinda blank and the thought process goes like this “It will be one or the other. It is a chance. If I attempt 10 questions like this, I will get 5 right. Let me not waste any more time and mark B.” This line of thought is incorrect. The guys setting the exam paper have planted something in either choice B or choice D that will make it easy to eliminate that. You should aim to locate that thing.

Otherwise, the built-in response is to increase attempts in order to compensate for the last two choices problem and that does not quite cut it. In the last few years, a large number of students have faced no time pressure in the VARC section. So, rushing through and trying to do more questions is not a big help. I know students who attempted 29 questions out of 34 in Verbal and ended with 77th percentile, while there have been ones with 28 attempts and 99.xx percentile.

This is an objective paper with one correct answer per question. When you practice mocks, fight against that last step resistance and work aggressively on improving accuracy.

It is a common myth that reading speed and vocabulary are important for VARC. Both count for pish tosh.

Best wishes for CAT.