One of the most common questions in CAT preparation is how many RC sets to practice per day. The honest answer is that the number matters less than the quality of your review. But there is still a useful stage-wise answer.
In the early months, prioritise reading over question practice. One RC passage per day with full question review is enough. Your goal is not to solve 50 passages. Your goal is to build a reading habit and understand how CAT RC questions are structured. Rushing into high volume practice before your reading ability is developed leads to guessing, not learning.
Move to two RC sets per day. One from a curated source like GRADFLIX or Aeon, with self-generated questions. One from past CAT papers or a mock test. After each set, review every answer, right and wrong, against the passage. Track your accuracy. If you are getting below 70 percent on main idea questions, slow down and focus on passage structure before adding volume.
Three to four RC sets per day, including at least one full VARC section under timed conditions per week. At this stage, accuracy should be above 75 percent consistently. If it is not, do not add more sets. Go back to Stage Two and find the pattern in your errors.
Never skip the review. An RC set without review is almost worthless for improvement. The learning happens when you find the exact sentence that makes the correct answer right and the exact word that makes your wrong answer wrong. Ten reviewed sets teach you more than 50 unreviewed sets.
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Start PracticingOne passage with thorough review in the early months, two in the middle stage, and three to four in the final two months. Quality of review matters more than volume.
Not in the early stages. High volume without review builds bad habits. Start with one or two passages reviewed carefully before increasing the number.
15 to 20 minutes per set including reading, answering and initial review. Spend an additional 10 minutes on detailed review of every wrong answer.
Start timed practice in Stage Two, roughly three to four months before the exam. Before that, focus on accuracy without time pressure.