Hi

Your CAT examination question paper has 3 subjects/ sections :-

• VARC i. e Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

• DILR i. e data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

• QA i. e quantitative Ability

IIMs officially don't release CAT syllabus .But on the basis of previous  year question papers, you can get the complete syllabus of CAT by visiting our page our page for which link is provided below :-

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

A gist of the syllabus is provided below section wise :-

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

• *Grammar or English Usage

• *Synonyms Antonyms (Vocabulary Based)

• *Fill in the blanks

• *Meaning/Usage Match

• *Jumbled Paragraph and Close Passage

• *Verbal Reasoning

• *Reading Comprehension

• *Analogies and Reverse Analogies

• *Summary Questions

• *Facts Inferences Judgments

• *Verbal Logic

• *One word substitution

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)

• *Bar Graphs and Column Graphs

• *Caselets and Tables

• *Venn Diagrams

• *Combination of two or more types linked to each other

• *Line Charts & Pie Chart

• *Calendars, Cubes and Clocks

• *Number and Letter Series

• *Binary Logic

• *Seating Arrangement

• *Connectives

• *Matching/ Puzzles

• *Logical Sequence

• *Blood Relations

• *Syllogism

• *Coding-Decoding

Quantitative Aptitude (QA)

• *LCM & HCF

• *Number Systems

• *Speed, Time & Distance

• *Percentages

• *Profit, Loss & Discount

• *Time & Work

• *Averages

• *Simple & Compound Interest

• *Quadratic & Linear Equations

• *Complex Numbers

• *Ratio & Proportion

• *Logarithm

• *Sequences & Series

• *Probability, Permutation and Combination

• *Set Theory

• *Binomial Theorem

• *Surds & Indices

• *Inequalities

• *Functions & Geometry

• *Mixtures & Allegations

• *Trigonometry

• *Coordinate Geometry & Mensuration

• *Partnership (Accounts)

• *Algebra

To help you further,

PREPARATION TIPS for each section is given below:-

----------------------) VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION ( VARC) :- Reading  is the key to score good marks in VARC, you need to go through newspapers, articles, journals, etc so that you can improve your reading skills. While reading note down the new words and write their meanings to improve your vocabulary. You need to practice questions based on comprehension, para jumbles and inference.

>>>> Best books for VARC

• Word Power made easy by Norman Lewis ( to improve your vocabulary)

• How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay

• Mastering the Verbal Ability for CAT by Ajay Singh

----------------------)DATA INTERPRETATION AND LOGICAL REASONING (DILR) :- You need to practice topics like blood relations ,seating arrangements, syllogisms,Propositions, etc to have a good hold on this section. Unlike maths, there's no formula in DILR so practice is the key, the more you practice, the better you get.

>>>> Best books for DILR :-

• How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT by Arun Sharma

• Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT by K. Sinha Nishit

----------------------)QUANTITATIVE ABILITY (QA) :- First clear your basics of maths,  you need to go through topics like profit and loss, geometry,  Arithmetic, number system, Time-Speed and Distance etc . Avoid the use of calculator so that you can do improve your calculation speed. For each topic, you can write down important fomulas and short tricks on a sheet of paper so that it's easy for you during revision.

>>>> Best best books you can follow for QA:-

• How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Arun Sharma

• Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha

• Quantitative Aptitude Quantum by Sarvesh K Verma

For preparation tips visit :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-preparation-tips-for-beginners

Thank you

Greetings Aspirant,

I hope you are doing well. The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a computer based test for admission in a graduate management programs. The test consists of three sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Ability (QA). The exam is taken online over a period of three hours, with one hour per section.

CAT syllabus 2021 is broadly divided into three sections: Quantitative Ability (QA); Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR); and Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC).

The following are the syllabus sectional division with overview of topics in cat system along with their weightage in cat examination.

• Quantitative Ability (QA) - Arithmetic, Modern Math, Number System, Algebra, Mensuration, Trigonometry, Geometry- 34%

• Data Interpretation (DI)- Data Charts, Data Tables, Bar Graphs, Venn Diagrams - 16%

• Logical Reasoning (LR)- Seating arrangement,Team formation, Clocks & Calendars, Direction Sense, Family Tree- 16%

Verbal Ability (VA)- Jumbled Paragraphs; Para- summary Picking the Out of context sentence from a jumbled paragraph- 10%

Reading Comprehension (RC)- Long & Short Passages- 24%

CAT 2021 exam date is November 28, 2021. The exam will be conducted in three slots of 2 hours each. This year CAT Exam syllabus is changed as per the changes in CAT exam pattern which will have fewer questions this year as compared to last year.

I hope this information helped you.

All the best, Have a great day ahead!