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June 24, 2026
Quant TITA Strategy: Which TITA Questions to Attempt First
A strategy guide to CAT Quant TITA questions, built on the fact that TITA carries no negative marking and therefore offers the highest expected value in the paper.
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June 24, 2026
Inequalities Advanced: AM-GM, Cauchy-Schwarz and Optimization Problems
A practical CAT 2026 Quant guide to advanced inequalities, the marks most aspirants skip on TITA.
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June 24, 2026
Geometry Shortcuts: How to Derive Formulas You Forgot During the Exam
A meta-skill guide for the CAT aspirant who blanks on a geometry formula mid-exam.
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June 24, 2026
Remainders Advanced: Chinese Remainder Theorem, Fermat's Little Theorem, Pattern Method
Advanced remainder problems show up as TITA questions, so they carry no negative marking and reward a prepared aspirant.
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June 24, 2026
Progressions in Word Problems: How AP GP HP Appear Disguised
Aspirants who know every progression formula still drop marks because they cannot spot the AP, GP, or HP hidden inside a CAT word problem.
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June 24, 2026
Clocks and Calendars: Angle Formulas, Day Calculation and 12 Solved Questions
A focused CAT 2026 Quant guide to clocks and calendars, the small topic most aspirants skip.
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June 24, 2026
Boats and Streams: All Formulas, Upstream Downstream Tricks and 12 PYQs
A practical guide to boats and streams for CAT 2026 Quant. It lays out every core formula, a 3-setup recognition framework for spotting what a question is really asking, and 12 fully solved PYQs with…
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June 24, 2026
Pipes and Cisterns: Formula Sheet, Shortcuts and 12 Solved Questions
Pipes and cisterns is time and work with one twist: emptying pipes do negative work.
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June 24, 2026
HCF and LCM Tricks: Formulas, Shortcuts and 12 Solved Questions
A CAT 2026 Quant guide that treats HCF and LCM as a recognition problem, not a calculation one.
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