Step 1 of your exam prep: Knowing about CAT Syllabus!
Remember your school and college days when most of us used to check the syllabus the day or few days before the exam and then would run around arranging notes as per the syllabus. Well, your approach to CAT has to be different than that and that’s where we come in the picture. In this article we have covered Syllabus for CAT. CAT is an exam known for giving surprises; also, the IIMs don’t release an official syllabus for the exam which effectively means that we have tried to include all the important and relevant topics based on the previous year exam trends.
Check out this amazing infographic of important topics based on CAT 2015 and 16 Analysis:
CAT Syllabus: Verbal Ability
- Reading Comprehension
- Para Jumbles
- Misfit Sentences
- Paragraph Summary
- Grammar & Usage (including questions based on common Grammar errors, Confusing Words, & Phrasal Verbs)
- Sentence Correction
- Fact Inference Judgment
- Para Completion
- Verbal Reasoning
- Vocabulary based questions like: Synonym-Antonym, Cloze Test, One Word Substitution, Idioms and Phrases and Analogies
- Critical Reasoning
- Sentence Completion
CAT Syllabus: Quant
- Geometry
- Trigonometry
- Number System
- Permutation & Combination
- Speed, Time and Distance
- Profit and Loss
- Logarithmic Equations
- HCF and LCM
- Probability
- Complex Numbers
- Ratio
- Algebra
- Quadratic and Linear Equations
- Percentages
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Mensuration
- Progressions
CAT Syllabus: Data Interpretation
- Tables & its variants
- Bar Chart
- Line Graphs
- Pie Charts
- Venn Diagram
- Miscellaneous data types – Spider, Triangle, Scatter Diagram,
CAT Syllabus: Logical Reasoning
- Assumptions
- Constraint-based puzzles
- Data Arrangement
- Family Tree
- Proposition
- Statements
- Syllogism
- Venn Diagram
- Binary Logic
- Clocks and Calendars
- Seating Arrangement
- Blood Relations
- Matching Puzzles
This covers the syllabus for CAT, the first phase of your preparation should cover the basics and tricks to crack each topic and once you are thorough with it and have done enough practice of each topic you should move on to the next phase which is appearing for Mock Tests.
Pro Tip for CAT Syllabus: If you have joined or are planning to join any coaching institute for CAT Preparation, make sure you check the material of the institute and see that it covers all of these topics.
All the Best!
Happy Learning -:)