EDUCATION

Mock CAT for real experience
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Oct 8 — To prepare the candidates for the Combined Admission Test (CAT), which is just two months away, Top Careers and You, a career counselling centre, organised a mock test at Government College for Women, here today. More than 100 candidates from Ludhiana, Khanna, Phillaur, Moga and Samrala took the test.

The test was in exact simulation of CAT. The candidates were given 187 multiple choice questions, which they were supposed to answer in 120 minutes. The degree of difficulty was also kept the same. ‘‘The main purpose of conducting the test was to make the students realise the strategies for clearing the test because knowing the strategies is more important than working hard,’’ said Mr Kamal Wadhera, director of the centre.

After the test, a two-hour long discussion based on the question paper was held. The students stated the problems they faced and the instructors of the centre answered their queries. Candidates who appeared for the test said,‘‘The mock test made us somewhat confident and we have realised our weak points.’’

Mr Wadhera said similar mock tests would be organised on October 29 and November 12 to prepare the students for the real CAT examination scheduled for December 10. 

CULTURE

Making waves at the age of four
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Oct 8 — Hardly four years of age, Harsimran has been making waves in the city by winning a number of prizes in dancing and singing. A lower K G student of St Mary's kindergarten, Harsimran has already proved her worth by appearing in a music album. She plays the character of the heroine's child. The song has been titled Milne di aas na rakhin.

Simran, her nick name, has been undergoing vigorous training in dance from Amit Verma, director, Indo-British Cultural Academy. According to Verma, Simran has got tremendous talent and her response to various situations is remarkably different. "It seems that she is God gifted," he remarked.

Simran began her dancing career at the tender age of two, when she was not even able to speak properly. She has been presented a crown for her brilliant performance at South City on the occasion of Baisakhi celebrations. She was invited to give a performance at the Vasant Valley Day Boarding School, Dhuri, in January.

Simran has given a number of dance performances at Basant Resorts, Aggar Nagar and Las Vegas which have been appreciated a lot by the people. When asked what she liked the most, Simran replied in her innocence, "Apple".

Nowadays, she is busy preparing herself to perform at Jalandhar Doordarshan. Her father, Mr Satnam Singh, who deals in computers, revealed that Simran has always been creative. She can even operate the computer. "She opens it thoroughly, watches her nursery rhymes and shuts it properly", he said. Simran actively participates in fancy dress competitions and other extra curricular activities also.