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Cracking CAT 2010 DI ampamp Logical Reasoning for CAT 2010 I

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CAT 2010 DI [1] section tests your analytical bent of mind. For CAT 2010 DI you need to practice a lot and mere memorizing is not helpful for the CAT DI & LR section. CAT DI & Logical Reasoning is the third section of CAT 2010 paper other than Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability. CAT 2010 DI, as the name suggests, will consists of questions based on tables, graphs, charts etc. Logical Reasoning on the other hand tests your reasoning skills. For CAT 2010 DI Preparations   part, Gejo Sreenivasan, Principal Consultant, Career Launcher says, "Data Interpretation is not Data calculation. The focus is on analysis of data." For the Logical Reasoning part, Kamlesh Sajnani, Managing Director, IMS Learning says, "Given the kind of questions CAT DI will offer for the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section, it requires a good concentration and flow of thoughts for CAT 2010 DI" CAT 2010 DI section will test your analytical bent of mind. You need to practice a lot for CAT 2010 DI and mere memorizing will not be helpful for the CAT 2010 DI [2] & LR section. But practicing in CAT DI section is pretty interesting as it involves solving puzzles, riddles, studying graphs, charts etc. "Solve puzzles from puzzle books easily available in the market, and puzzle sites on the internet, to improve reasoning skills and speed," says Aziz Manva, Content Head, Testfunda.com. Let us have a look at the trend in the CAT DI & LR section n CAT Year wise trend in Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section in CAT CAT 2009 had 20 questions in the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section. The section was considered to be moderately difficult by the CAT experts. There were 25 questions in this section in CAT 2008 paper out of total 90 questions. In the CAT 2007 paper also there were 25 questions out of 75 questions in the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section. In the 2008 paper, the LR questions were easier as compared to the Data Interpretation questions. And the number of questions of both Data Interpretation and LR were balanced too. CAT 2007 had the questions of this section on a trickier side. Topics of CAT 2010 DI   & Logical Reasoning The CAT 2010 DI section will consists of graphs, charts, tables etc. for calculating data. Though some questions need calculation, others can be solved without calculation. "This section of CAT 2010 DI exam may usually consists of family trees and analogies," Sajnani mentions. The other topics that may appear in CAT 2010 DI   part are Tables, Bar Charts, Pie – Charts, Line chart/Scatter diagrams; Caselet/Logic based Data Interpretation , Network Diagram etc. The Logical Reasoning includes Data Arrangement and Caselets. Watch out for the Part 2 of this article to know how to prepare for Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning for CAT 2010 MBAUniverse.com [3] is one of India's most comprehensive MBA portals. MBAUniverse.com [4] was set up in 2006 to address the information asymmetry in the management education and practice domain. [1] http://www.mbauniverse.com/ [2] http://www.mbauniverse.com/mba-syllabus-papers/cat-exam/ [3] http://www.mbauniverse.com/ [4] http://www.mbauniverse.com/mba-syllabus-papers/cat-exam/