A Quant question-selection filter
How to scan all 22 questions in the first two minutes and sort them into solve-now, come-back and leave, before you have invested time in any of them.
Smarter CAT Preparation · Episode 05 · Free Live Masterclass
Quant Edge
Solve Smarter, Score Higher
One hour with Abhishek Anand on the Quant decisions that separate a 90 from a 99 percentile: which questions to pick, how to solve them faster, and when to walk away.
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Abhishek Anand
Founder – Mentors Capital
MBA – IIM Bangalore
- AACSB Accredited B-School
- FIIB, New Delhi
- Speaker: MBA, IIM Bangalore
- No fee. No selling. One hour of strategy.
In 60 minutes
What you will leave with
Faster routes to the answer
Option elimination, approximation and back-substitution: when each one is faster than solving from scratch, and when it is a trap.
The attempts-vs-accuracy maths for Quant
The attempt-and-accuracy combinations that actually produced 95, 99 and 99.5 percentiles in Quant in recent CATs, and which one you should target.
A topic priority list for the last five weeks
Which Quant areas pay back the most marks per hour of practice between now and the test, and which ones to stop revising.
Live Q&A in the last 15 minutes. Bring your last mock's Quant score.
The problem
Most aspirants lose Quant percentile on questions they should never have opened
01
Quant is a fixed 40 minutes
Five minutes sunk into a hard question you eventually leave is two easy questions you never reached. Selection, not speed, is the biggest lever you have left.
02
Wrong answers take marks away
With +3 for a right MCQ and −1 for a wrong one, three careless attempts wipe out one solid one. Attempts only help at the accuracy you can actually hold.
03
Percentile is relative, not absolute
You are not trying to finish the paper. You are trying to make better decisions than everyone else in the same 40 minutes. That is a skill, and it can be practised.
Your speaker
Abhishek Anand
Founder, Mentors Capital · MBA, IIM Bangalore
Abhishek Anand is the founder of Mentors Capital and an MBA from IIM Bangalore. He has spent over a decade mentoring 5000+ CAT aspirants, helping hundreds secure seats at IIMs and other top-tier B-schools with his 99.9+ percentile insights.
He teaches test strategy the way he took the test: as a series of small decisions made under a clock. This session is that method applied to Quant, with the numbers behind it.
Connect on LinkedIn →Masterclass schedule
Seven Sundays, 20 September to 15 November, live on Zoom and free. Each episode has its own registration; you get the Zoom link by email the moment you book.
Building specific skills for a top-tier percentile, one session at a time. Each masterclass is standalone and focused on a unique leverage point in your preparation.
- 01Completed
CAT Test Strategy: Know What to Attempt and What to Leave
Sunday, 20 September 2026 · 2:30 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
- 02Completed
The 99+ Playbook: What High Scorers Do Differently
Sunday, 27 September 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
- 03Completed
DILR Mastery: Think in Sets, Score in Percentiles
Sunday, 4 October 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
- 04Completed
VARC Advantage: Beyond Reading to Reasoning
Sunday, 11 October 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
- 05Registering now
Quant Edge: Solve Smarter, Score Higher
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
- 06
Mock to Mastery: Turning Mock Tests into Score Gains
Sunday, 1 November 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
- 07
CAT Strategy Lab: Attempts, Accuracy, Time & Decision-Making, with RC Practice Lab
Sunday, 15 November 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Abhishek Anand
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How it works
1
Book your slot
Thirty seconds. Name, email, phone and which CAT you are taking.
2
Check your email
Your Zoom link and a calendar invite arrive immediately. A reminder comes the day before.
3
Join on Sunday, 7:00 PM
Open the link five minutes early from a laptop if you can. Keep a pen and your last mock score handy.
Questions people ask
Is it really free?
Yes. No fee, no card, no catch. FIIB runs the Smarter CAT Preparation series as a service to aspirants.
Is there a Q&A?
Yes, the last 15 minutes are for your questions. Use the Zoom Q&A or chat; Abhishek takes as many as time allows.
Do I need to prepare anything?
No. If you have taken a mock, keep your section-wise attempts, accuracy and score in front of you; the session will make more sense against your own numbers.
I missed the earlier episodes. Can I still join?
Yes. Every masterclass is standalone. Past episodes are on FIIB's YouTube channel if you want to catch up first.
Is this connected to FIIB admissions?
FIIB is an AACSB-accredited business school in New Delhi. Registering creates no obligation of any kind. If you tick the box on the form, you will also get FIIB PGDM admission updates; if you do not, you will only get the series.
Who is this for?
Anyone taking CAT 2026. If you are starting early for CAT 2027 you will still get the method, only the five-week timeline will not apply to you yet.
One hour on Sunday. A sharper Quant plan for the rest of your prep.
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · 7:00 PM IST · Live on Zoom · Free
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