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How to prepare for CAT in 4 months by self study and which books are best to prepare for it?


bhumika goel 15th Jul, 2020
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 15th Jul, 2020

Hello

To prepare for your CAT in 4 months first you need to Understand the exam pattern  , there will be a total of 100 mcqs.

Your complete CAT paper is divided into three major sections :-

*Quantitative Ability

*Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)

*Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

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 a great book covering all  topics as per CAT syllabus, with good and elaborative examples , questiond divided into 3 levels of difficulty .

DATA INTERPRETATION AND LOGICAL REASONING (DILR) :-

* Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT by K. Sinha Nishit :- it covers both fundamental and advanced topics with explained examples , questions of three difficulty  levels are there etc

* How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT by Arun Sharma :- it has strategy and concepts to solve questions quickly and accurately, excerises are designed in a manner to boost Logical thinking etc

VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION

* Word Power made easy by Norman Lewis:- Best for improving  vocabulary and learning correct usage of words.

* Mastering the Verbal Ability for CAT by Ajay Singh:- it has more than 200 passages for practice ,test papers of other B-School etc

* How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay: - it has past years papers analysis , topicwise segregation is there along with mock papers

For detailed information go through

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

*Make a routine to utilise the time in the best possible way and to 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

*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

*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






















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