Hi

I am extremely sorry to inform you dear but careers360 doesn't offer CAT coaching but yes I can definitely help you with its syllabus and preparation part

Syllabus is given below sectionwise:

Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VARC) :-

*English Usage or Grammar,
*Close Passage, Verbal Ability,
*Jumbled Paragraph,
*Reading Comprehension,
*Verbal Reasoning,
* Synonyms Antonyms,
*Facts-Inferences-Judgements etc.

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)

*Bar Graphs,
*Column Graphs,
* Tables, Caselets,
*Blood Relations,
*Calendars,
*Cubes,
*Clocks,
*Number and Letter Series,
* Seating Arrangement,
*Binary Logic,
* Line Charts,
*Venn Diagrams,
*Pie Chart,
*Combination of two or more types linked to each other,
*Syllogism etc

Quantitative Ability (QA)

*Trigonometry,
*Mensuration,
* Algebra,
* Arithmetic,
*Higher Maths,
*Geometry, etc

For detailed and complete syllabus go through

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-syllabus

Exam PAPER PATTERN
IIMs officially don't release cat examination pattern, expected CAT 2021 pattern is provided below:-

-)CAT 2021 will be of 2 hour duration
-)it is conducted in computer-based mode.
-)In cat 2021 , there will be a total of 76 questions - 54 mcqs and 22 non - mcqs
-)The complete paper will be divided into three major sections, which are listed below along with number of questions they have:-
*QA i. e quantitative Ability :- it will have 26 questions in total (18 mcqs and 8 non - mcqs)
*DILR i. e data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning :- it will have 24 questions (18 mcqs and 6 non - mcqs)
* VARC i. e Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension :- it will have 26 questions( 18 mcqs and 8 non - mcqs )

-)There's 40 minutes for each section .

Marking scheme:-
-)3 marks is awarded for every correct answer
-) -1 marks for every wrong answer in case of mcqs
-) no marks deduction is there for wrong answers in case of wrong non -mcqs


How to prepare :-

-) first of all go to your syllabus and examination pattern which I have provided above

Top books which you can follow for CAT are listed below section wise :-

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

-)How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Arun Sharma:-

*it is the best book for your Aptitude for your cat examination .
*it covers all the topics according to your cat syllabus.
*it has elaborative examples so that it's easy for you to understand them .
* questions are divided into 3 levels of difficulty

DATA INTERPRETATION AND LOGICAL REASONING (DILR) :-

-)Logical reasoning and data interpretation for cat by K. Sinha Nishit:-

* the best thing about this book is it starts with your fundamental and basics and then goes to advanced level too, you get each topics with explained examples .
*it has questions divided into three difficulty levels, so that you can start from basic and move ahead step by step

-) how to prepare for data Interpretation for cat by arun sharma :-

*it has strategies and concepts which you need to solve questions accurately and quickly.
*it has exercises which are designed in a manner to help you boost your logical thinking etc.

VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION

-) word power made easy by norman lewis:-
*it is one of the best books that you can get for improving your vocabulary .
* it helps you in learning correct usage of words etc.
* at the end of each chapter you get review exercises

-) mastering the verbal ability for cat by ajay singh:-
*it has more than around 200 passages for your practice .
*it also contains test papers of other B-School as well, etc.

-) How to prepare for verbal ability and reading comprehension for the cat by arun sharma and meenakshi upadhyay:-
*it is written in a very lucid manner.
* it has past year question papers analysis .
* you get topicwise segregation in this book along with mock papers for your practice.

For detailed information go through our page the link for the same is provided below

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/best-books-for-cat-preparation

*Make a routine and religiously follow it as it will help you to utilise the time in the best possible way and avoid procrastination and laziness .

*Keep short breaks of 20 to 25 minutes after every 1.5 to 2 hours between your studies in your routine .Half of the time of your studies must be for practicing questions

* Plan your studies, and set daily, weekly and monthly goals and meet them without any fail.

*Solve previous year question papers of CAT :-it will let you know the examination pattern, type and difficulty level of questions, also concepts behind the question often gets repeated, so you should definitely solve year papers . You can get cat previous year question papers at https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-question-papers

*Once you are done with complete CAT syllabus then go through CAT mock test papers , it will let you know your preparation level and and weak areas so that you can work on them and perform well in your examination

For detailed information go through

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat/amp

Thank you

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