Almost all the RCs in Cracku are too long, by CAT standards. CAT passages have around 500-550 words, while Cracku passages have around 1200-1300 in some cases. This makes it extremely difficult to get a sense of my weak areas in VARC and misleads me into thinking that I've to read the passage faste…

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Almost all the RCs in Cracku are too long, by CAT standards. CAT passages have around 500-550 words, while Cracku passages have around 1200-1300 in some cases. This makes it extremely difficult to get a sense of my weak areas in VARC and misleads me into thinking that I've to read the passage faster because I barely seem to have time to think through the options (which is not at the case when I solve the actual CAT paper). I think it would be helpful if you select shorter passages (or a part of a larger passage, like in CAT) in the future. Just a suggestion. Thank you.

Maruti Konduri · Answer

Thank you for the feedback. We will work on it in the future.

You can notice that the RC length has decreased significantly in the later DASHCATs (starting from DC 12)

Saurabh Pandey · Answer

I feel otherwise the things is having too long gives us an extra edge while attempting actual CAT paper. Initially I was also struggling and its was consuming almost 8 minutes in reading but now with practice it had helped a lot to increase the speed gradually now I takes almost 5 minutes to read RC's of CRACKU which converts to not more than 3-4 minutes for  actual CAT paragraph and gives extra edge .

Vijay Dev · Answer

Yes, even I felt that

IMS Student · Answer

I find the VA tests of CRACKU unnecessarily long. Also, sometimes I zone out and have to re read and I end up not even attempting all the questions. i also find the RCs in CRACKU mocks too rich as compared to CAT.

Aditya Srivastava · Answer

Cracku's VARC Sectional Tests and Full Length Mocks is a total waste at this point of time. Better to attempt Simcats and Aimcats as they have standard CAT passages.

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