If you wish to get into IIMs.You need to clear CAT exam first.CAT syllabus is vast, generally question asked middle school Maths and English topics. But It's always be tricky, You must learn to solve these tricky question before appearing exams. The CAT is computer based online test. It Cover mainly Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation and logical Reasoning.
Below the table you need to consider before preparation most of the questions came from below topics.
Section | Topics |
Quantitative Aptitude Section | Number System, Geometry, Algebra, Mensuration, Time and Work |
Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation Section | Seating Arrangement, Blood Relation, Syllogism, Tables, Graphs, Data Caselets |
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension Section | Para-jumbles & para-summary, sentence completion, inferences, RC passages based questions, short passages based questions. |
Number Systems | LCM & HCF | Profit, Loss & Discount |
Percentages | Speed Time and distance | Time and work |
Simple and compund interest | Ration and proportion | Averages |
Quadric and linear equation | Complex numbers | Logarithm |
Binomial Theorem | Sequence and series | Inequalities |
Mixtures and Allegation | Trignometry | Coordiate Geometry and Mensuration |
Number of question asked | 24-28% |
Sectional Weightage | 24-28% |
Type of Question | MCQ |
Negative Marking | -1 for each wrong answer |
Type of RC passages | Generally trend is 4-3 long passages & 2-3 short passages |
Topics | Science, History, Politics, Environment, Societyt to literature,mythology and abstract topic is covered |
Difficulty level | Easy to moderated |
Blood Relations |
Series |
Proposition |
Direction Sense |
Coding-Decoding |
Assumptions |
Puzzles |
Clocks and Calendars |
Statements |
Data Arrangement |
Family Tree |
Binary Logic |
Seating Arrangement |
Venn Diagram |
Sets |
Data Structures |
Syllogism |
Caselets |
Tables |
Pie Charts |
Data Sufficiency |
Bars |
Line Graphs |
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From 2017-2018, 34 from Verbal and Reading Compresion, 34 From Quantitative and 32 from Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning.
The difficulty was same in both the year. VARC and DILR was less difficult in 2018 as compare to QA. Till know the subjects and topics remain unchanged but sometime one or two question asked out of the topic which always be surprise.
CAT is neither easy nor difficult, You need to constantly work hard and learn the new way to solve the problems, sometimes question came which seems easy and method is also easy but it takes too much time to apply and get the result.
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