VARC mock scores stuck at 0 to 4 (sometimes negative) with 70 days left for CAT. Is my problem comprehension or accuracy, and what did you change to improve?

Asked by Shreya Meshram on 2026-09-20 in CAT Prep

I'm giving CAT this year and have about 70 days left. My last few VARC mock scores were 0, 3, 4 and -8. I read every passage and try to attempt as many questions as I can, but my accuracy is low. I feel the vocabulary is tough, but I'm not sure that's the real problem.

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Pratibha jain · 2026-09-21 · 1 helpful

First check whether it’s comprehension or accuracy instead of assuming it’s vocabulary after each mock look at the questions u got wrong and ask yourself whether u misunderstood the passage misunderstood the ques or eliminated the options incorrectly stop trying to attempt as many questions as possible and focus on getting a few correct work on accuracy first do RCs regularly analyse every wrong answer properly and compare why the correct option is right and why yours is wrong vocab can help but CAT RC is much more about understanding the passage and options than knowing every difficult word

Viswanath · 2026-09-21 · 0 helpful

I think trying to read every passage and attempting as many questions as possible is not right. I think selecting passages that are easier for us in the given paper and attempting the questions which we are absolutely sure is good. Because in this case we get more time to think and also the passages will feel familiar, accuracy will stay high. But I think, trying to go for all passages and questions wont let us manage our time efficiently and it impacts our accuracy. By practising more, I think we can try attempting more number of questions when we are confident

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