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What Is Syllabus of CAT?

CAT is an entrance exam conducted by IIMs for admission to management programmes in India. It is a multiple choice test that covers sections on verbal ability, quantitative ability, logical reasoning, and data interpretation. Candidates are evaluated based on their CAT percentile score and may be called for further selection rounds including group discussions, essays, and interviews. While CAT does not have a predefined syllabus, questions typically assess skills in English vocabulary, math concepts like ratios, geometry, probability, and data analysis.

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What Is Syllabus of CAT?

CAT is an entrance exam conducted by IIMs for admission to management programmes in India. It is a multiple choice test that covers sections on verbal ability, quantitative ability, logical reasoning, and data interpretation. Candidates are evaluated based on their CAT percentile score and may be called for further selection rounds including group discussions, essays, and interviews. While CAT does not have a predefined syllabus, questions typically assess skills in English vocabulary, math concepts like ratios, geometry, probability, and data analysis.

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CAT - known as Common Admission Test is all-India national level test conducted by IIMs as entrance

exam for admission to management programmes. Based on CAT percentile score, candidates are called
for next stage of selection rejection process which usually consists of Group Discussion, Essay and
Personal Interview (GDPI). CAT is multiple-choice based test with penalties for wrong answers.

CAT 2009 was Computer Based Test (CBT) with 60 questions. Duration of CAT 2009 was 2 hours and 15
minutes plus 15 minutes tutorial.

What is syllabus of CAT?

This is the most frequent question asked when one starts preparing for CAT. CAT is a test with no
predefined syllabus, however past trends suggest that CAT tests in general aptitude including Verbal
Ability (English), Quant Ability (Mathematics), Logical Resoning (LR) and Data Interpretation (DI) skills.

Similar to CAT, there are other admission tests - MAT, XAT, JMET and SNAP. There are some B-Schools
(like IIFT, IRMA, FMS Delhi) which conduct their own exam.

Verbal Ability (English)

1. Vocabulary Based

2. English Usage/Grammar

3. Verbal Reasoning

4. Reading Comprehension

Quant Ability (Maths)

1. Number Systems

2. Percentages

3. Profit and Loss

4. Interest

5. Speed, Time and Distance

6. Time and Work

7. Averages, Ratio and Proportion

8. Quadratic Equation

9. Logarithm

10. Progressions

11. Binomial Theorem


12. Inequalities

13. Permutation and Combination

14. Probability

15. Functions

16. Set Theory

17. Mixtures and Alligations

18. Geometry

19. Co-ordinate Geometry

20. Trigonometry

21. Mensuration

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