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CSAT is a game of targets: 66.67 marks qualify; everything else is strategy.
Targets
- Pass mark: 66.67 out of 200. Safe attempt: 27-30 correct with high accuracy ≈ 72-80 net.
- Negative marking: 0.66 per wrong; accuracy below 75% punishes guessing.
Order of attack
- First sweep: your strongest of comprehension or reasoning in the first 40 minutes.
- Second: DI and arithmetic; last: puzzles with heavy setups.
- Two-pass rhythm: solve-easy, flag-medium, abandon-hard.
Final weeks
- Full 20-year PYQs under timer;analyse error log weekly.
- Attempt decision-making and easier RC early to bank no-risk marks.
Revise in 30 seconds
- Qualifying mark: 66.67/200.
- Safe: 27-30 high-accuracy attempts.
- Two-pass rhythm; abandon brutal setups.
- Decision questions first: zero risk.
Quick revision
- Pass mark: 66.67 out of 200. Safe attempt: 27-30 correct with high accuracy ≈ 72-80 net.
- Negative marking: 0.66 per wrong; accuracy below 75% punishes guessing.
- First sweep: your strongest of comprehension or reasoning in the first 40 minutes.
- Second: DI and arithmetic; last: puzzles with heavy setups.
- Two-pass rhythm: solve-easy, flag-medium, abandon-hard.
- Full 20-year PYQs under timer;analyse error log weekly.
