What is the syllabus of CAT exam and which books to refer

Hello,

First and foremost understand the syllabus.



Understand the syllabus



This is a useful tip for almost any exam. Understand the syllabus by going through past years papers and official guidelines. CAT can be segmented into four broad parts-



Quantitative Ability

Data Interpretation

Logical Reasoning

Verbal Ability



The concepts used in this examination are broadly of class 10 level. However, the questions are little bit tricky to solve and require good amount of logical thinking. Butit can be developed by practice.



Books and material



First of all, get CAT preparation material of some good coaching institute.



For Quant, there are two good books- Arun Sharma & Sarvesh Varma. You can refer to any of these. I referred the latter one as suggested by one of my friends. However, I think the former is more popular with the students. Both the books are good. But dont buy both. No need to unnecessary collect a lot of books & material. If you have limited time, solving one book is enough. Go for the second book only when you have finished the entire syllabus.



No special book for concepts of Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning and Verbal Ability. You can rely on the coaching material for all the concepts and can solve all the practice questions. However, you can refer to some books on these topics only after you finish the entire syllabus.



For verbal, you also need to read Word Power made Easy by Norman Lewis. It is a very good book which helps in increasing vocabulary not by memorising stuff, but by understanding the ideas behind the words. It is distributed into 45-47 sessions meant to be read one at a time. It is a must-read book and should be completed within two months of starting your preparation.



You also need to read a few good story books.



I hope it will work for you.

Cheers!!

For preparation you can refer to following reference books as per your choice: 1) How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT How to prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT How to prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT How to prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT 2) Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Nishit Sinha Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude and Data Intrepretation for CAT by Nishit Sinha Pearson Guide to Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning for CAT by Nishit Sinha There are others books like Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis, High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin etc to help you for your preparation. You can also join various coaching institutes like TIME, CL, IMS etc or the online coaching institutes also for concepts and mock tests. All the best!

CAT is devided into the section Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability. You can check the complete syllabus of CAT with given below link.

CAT Syllabus

The books to prepare the exam:

Quantitative Aptitude :

QA for MBA Entrance Exams by R.S. Aggarwal
How to prepare for QA for CAT from McGraw Hill
Crack the CAT QA & DI by Vivek Gupta and Sandeep Amar

Data Interpretation

How to prepare for the DI & LR for the CAT by Aun Sharma
Fundamental of reasoning logic by Robert M.Johnson

English

High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin
Word power made easy by Norman Lewis

Good Luck!