which author's book is most suitable for cat 2021?
Hello Aspirant,
Common Admission Test, in short CAT is conducted by any of the IIM in rotation every year , it is a computer-based entrance exam conducted for MBA/PGDM admissions at 20 IIMs and 1000+ B-Schools in India. Candidates who have completed graduation with 50% of marks are eligible to apply for IIM CAT 2021. As per the new paper pattern 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
I am enlisting down the best books for CAT 2021 Preparation :-
- How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT- Authored by: Arun Sharma
- How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT -Authored by: Arun Sharma & Meenakshi Upadhyay
- How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for CAT - Authored by: Arun Sharma
- How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT -Authored by: Arun Sharma
- Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Nishit K Sinha
- Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension by Ajay Singh
- Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
For more details about best books for CAT 2021 kindly check out the link given below :-
Best Books for CAT 2021 Preparation - QA, VARC, DI & LR Books (careers360.com)
You can get complete information about CAT 2021 from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat
Now 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.
For 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!!
Hello aspirant
You can refer the below books
- How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma (8th Edition)
- How to Prepare for Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension for CAT by Meenakshi Upadhyay and Arun Sharma (8th Edition)
There are available in amazon.
Hope this helps. All the best.
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