Hii , hope everyone is well . I am Nandini . I have question. I completed my graduation in 21 nd started preparing for CAT in Feb 22 due to my operation . But this year too I have alot of weakness so I have not prepared well for my exam . Should I prepare for CAT 23 or leave it because of gap year .I am a fresher as well. I am confused what to do .... please suggest .

Hello Aspirant,

Common Admission Test, in short CAT is conducted by IIM Indore every year for admissions to different B-Schools across the country. The paper is of total 228 marks and it will consists of 76 total number of questions divided in three sections namely VARC, DILR and QA. Out of these 76 questions, 54 question will be of MCQ type and other 22 will be Non-MCQ. For every correct answer 3 marks will be awarded and on incorrect answer -1 will be deducted only from MCQs not from Non-MCQs. For complete exam pattern(latest) of CAT kindly check out the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern

Coming to your question that if you complete your graduation in August 2021 and appear for CAT 2022 in November then it will be considered as one year gap.

If you are preparing for CAT 2022 then some preparation tips would be helpful for you. So let us discuss how to prepare for above three sections so that we can get the best score which can take us to the best B-Schools of the country.

Quantitative Ability :-

> For this section your pre-requisite is the complete understanding of basics of Mathematics.

> You should have proper command on topics like profit and loss, number system, geometry.

> Practice as many as sample papers you can and go for some mock tests as well.

For complete details about preparation of QA section kindly check out the link given below :-

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

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension :-

> Reading skill is the pre-requisite for this section, so try to read different English story books, magazines, etc.

> Go through newspapers, journals, blogs, articles, etc to enhance your reading skills and watch some English visuals such as English News, web series, movies and likewise.

> Try solving questions based on comprehension, inferences and para jumbles. You can purchase some booklets for the same from market.

For complete details about preparation of VARC section kindly check out the link given below :-

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

Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation :-

> This section seems to be the toughest section in CAT exam, but it is not if you practice a lots of questions on logical reasoning and practice solving different hard core problems so that your problem solving ability will increase, which is the pre-requisite for this section.

> Go through some basic topics like seating arrangements, blood relations, syllogisms, etc to get familiar with this section.

> For complete details about preparation of DI&LR section kindly check out the link given below :-

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

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Graduating in August 2021, and answering CAT in Nov 2022, for Admissions in August 2023, will be considered as a 2 Year Gap.

However, if you have certain employment in those 2 years, it would be considered as work experience and might just give you extra credits as per criteria of certain IIMs like IIM Bangalore.

For more information about CAT Exam do follow the link below

https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat