how can i prepare for CAT entrance .Suggest any books , schedule ,syallabus

Hi aspirants

Stick to the syllabus. Practice many mock test series.

The syllabus are

• Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)-
• Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
• Quantitative Aptitude (QA)

For General 40 Minutes for each section and For PwD 53 Minutes 20 Seconds for each section. The marking stream

• Three marks for the correct answer will be awarded

• One mark will be deducted for an incorrect answer

Best books for CAT preparation

For verbal readiing

• The Pearson Guide to Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning (VARC) by Nishit Sinha
• Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
• How to Prepare for the VARC for the CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay (Tata McGraw-Hill)

For Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)

• Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency by Ananta Ashisha
• How to Prepare for DILR for CAT (Tata McGraw-Hill) by Arun Sharma
• Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha

For Quantitative Aptitude (QA)

• QA for CAT and Other MBA Entrance Exams by Trishna Knowledge Systems (Pearson)
• Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by EAbhijit Guha (Tata McGraw-Hill)

For more information click the link

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

Hope this Helps

Good Luck!

Hi

SCHEDULE

• CAT 2021 notification announcement:- 1st Week of August 2021

• CAT 2021 Registration date starts from:- 1st Week of August 2021

• Last Date to submit the application form :-Last Week of September 2021

• CAT application form correction facility :- 4th Week of september 2021

• CAT Mock Test 2021- 1st week of November 2021

• Admit Card release :-October last week 2021

• Exam Date CAT 2021:- 28th November 2021 (Sunday)

• CAT Result 2021 :-Second Week of December 2021

For dates refer :- https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-registration

To start your cat preparation, first of all go through its syllabus at

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

EXAMINATION PATTERN

Here's a brief of your CAT 2021 Question 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 .

For detailed CAT examination patttern visit :- https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern

BOOKS

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

Also follow the below tips :-

*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