CAT preparation
A study tracker built for CAT preparation
CAT is scored by section percentile, not by a single total - so a tracker that only records "3 hours studied" tells you almost nothing about whether you are getting better. Karma Yogi logs each mock at section level, so VARC, DILR and QUANT each carry their own score, accuracy and percentile trend.
CAT at a glance
| Sections | VARC, DILR, QUANT |
|---|---|
| Sectional time limit | 40 minutes each, locked - you cannot return to a section |
| Marking | +3 correct, -1 wrong on MCQs; no negative marking on TITA |
| What admissions actually reads | Overall and sectional percentile, not raw marks |
Why sectional tracking matters more in CAT than in most exams
The 40-minute sectional lock means CAT is effectively three separate exams taken back to back. You cannot bank leftover time from QUANT to rescue DILR. That makes a single overall score a poor progress signal: it can rise for two months while one section stays completely flat, and the aggregate hides it.
This is not hypothetical. In a published log of 20 real mocks, the overall score went from 41 to 91 while DILR moved 18.4 to 20.6 - roughly two marks across three months. Every decision that mattered came from a section-level number, and the overall score actively obscured it.
Karma Yogi stores each mock as a set of sections rather than one figure, so the Insights view plots VARC, DILR and QUANT as separate trend lines. A plateau in one is visible immediately.
Full mocks and sectionals are tracked separately
Most CAT aspirants take both full mocks and single-section sectionals, and mixing them into one average is misleading - a 40-minute QUANT sectional is not comparable to QUANT inside a full mock, where fatigue and section order both bite.
The tracker keeps them apart: Full Mocks and Sectional Mocks are distinct, each with their own score history, provider (IMS, TIME, Cracku or your own), and percentile trend. Your sectional practice does not contaminate your mock trend.
Revision passes, because analysing a mock once is not enough
A CAT mock is worth more on the second and third analysis pass than the first, because the first pass is still attached to the score. Karma Yogi tags each analysis session against its mock as R0 through R7 - R0 being the attempt itself - and reminds you when the next pass is due on a spaced schedule (R1 after 3 days, R2 after 7, R3 after 14).
The practical effect is that you can see, per mock, whether you actually went back to it or just moved on to the next one. Most people discover they have been doing the latter.
Percentile is not a clean function of score
Across the 20-mock log linked above, a 54 scored the 90th percentile while a 60 scored the 83rd, and a 96 scored the 90th while a 91 scored the 96th. Percentile depends on the cohort taking that specific paper and slot, so comparing percentiles across providers is close to meaningless.
The tracker records both, separately, so you can watch your raw score trend - which is the one you control - without confusing it with cohort noise.
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