CAT Exam Preparation Tips: Books, Coaching, Pattern, Syllabus

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In India, every year more than two lakh candidates give this MBA entrance test. It is computer-based MBA test to get admission in 20 IIMs and over 1,200 top B-Schools in the India offering MBA, PGDM and PGP programs.

Every year IIMs (Indian Institute of Management) conducts this exam and along with that IIM select the Convener for overseeing all aspects of the test. Convener is that person who overseas and is responsible for managing everything and see and see all the possibilities.

This year, CAT 2022 exam is most probably expected to be held on 27^th November, 2022 by any one of the IIMs. The authority will release the official notification by the last week of July, 2022 and registrations will begin in the month of August, 2022.

CAT Exam Pattern

CAT Test is divided into 3 sections that will come in Non-MCQ and MCQ type questions format are given below:-

VARC (Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension)
QA (Quantitative Aptitude)
DILR (Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning)

Given below the detailed distribution of CAT exam Sections and questions:-

Sections	VARC, QA and DILR
Duration of exam	Total 120 minutes (40 minutes per section)
Total number of questions	76 Questions
Section-wise number of questions	VARC – 26 Questions DILR – 24 Questions QA – 26 Questions
Total marks	228 Marks
Language of question paper	English Language
Type of questions	Non-MCQs and MCQs
Marking Scheme	You will get +3 marks for every correct answer 1/3 (-1) marks will deducted for every wrong answer in MCQs There is no negative marking for every wrong non-MCQ answer

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CAT Exam Syllabus: Important Topics

CAT Sections	Important Topics
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	Para-Jumbles, Para Summary, Antonyms, One Word Substitution, Sentence Completion
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	Syllogism, Seating Arrangement, Tables, Charts, Graphs, Caselets
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)	Geometry, Algebra, Mensuration, Time and Work, Number System

Best Books suggested for the Preparation of CAT exam

Given below are some of the books that are being suggested for the CAT exam preparation along with the author/publishers name for all three sections:-

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT – Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay/Arihant
30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary Mass Market Paperback – Wilfred Funk & Norman Lewis/ Simon & Schuster
How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT – Sharma and Upadhyay
PSC for VA for CAT – Nishit Sinha
High School English Grammar & Composition – Wren & Martin

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

CAT 2018 Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning – Gautam Puri
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT – Nishit K. Sinha
Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency – Ananta Ashisha
How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT – Arun Sharma

Quantitative Aptitude

NCERT Mathematics Books (Class 6 to 10) – NCERT
How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT – Arun Sharma
Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT – Sarvesh Sharma
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations – Abhijit Guha
Quantitative Aptitude for CAT – Nishit Sinha

Best CAT exam coaching

Doing preparation from the Top CAT Coaching institute will be more beneficial to sharpen candidate’s skills and it will also help all the candidates to boost up their preparation without wastage of time.

Top CAT Coaching in Delhi NCR

Coaching Institute Name	Location of Coaching Centers in Delhi
TIME	Connaught Circus, Nirman Vihar, GTB Nagar, Pitam Pura, East of Kailash, Kalu Sarai, Rajouri Garden, Satya Niketan (South Campus), Sec 7 Dwarka, Shahadara, Jhendewalan, Sec 15 Noida, Sec 62 Noida
Career Launcher	Connaught Place, Dwarka Sec 5, PitamPura, Rajouri Garden, Preet Vihar, SDA College Centre, Kailash Colony, Kingsway Camp, Mohan Estate, KP-II Greater Noida
IMS	Connaught Place, Dwarka Sec 7, Karkardooma, Kailash Colony, GTB Nagar, PitamPura, Najafgarh Road, Satya Niketan (South Campus), Sec 2 Noida, Sec 14 Gurgaon, Sec 16 Faridabad
MBAGURU	Connaught Place Center – 1, Connaught Place Center – 2, North Campus Center, Rajouri Garden Center, Pitampura Center, East Delhi Center
Arun Sharma’s Mindworkzz	Connaught Place – 2 Centers
Tathagat	Connaught Place

How to do registration or apply for CAT Examination

Given below the step by step procedure to apply for the CAT Examination:-

Firstly go to the official website of IIM CAT
Now go to registration tab and do registration by entering your credentials such as name, DOB, mail ID and phone number
After that you will receive an OTP for successful registration on your number or e-mail
Now log in the registration details
After that you will get your registration form on the screen
Fill in the CAT Examination registration form with all the required credentials
Along with the form upload all the asked or required scanned documents
After that select the CAT exam center for the giving Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI)
At last pay the CAT Examination registration fee and submit the form.

CAT Registration Fee

CAT Registration Fee for General and OBC Category Candidates is 2,000/-
CAT Registration Fee for SC, ST and PWD Category Candidates is 1,000/-

How to pay CAT Exam Registration Fee?

You have to pay the CAT Exam Registration Fee via online mode by using any one of the option given below

Debit card
Credit card
Net banking

CAT Exam Centers

CAT examination has been conducted at numerous centers located in 156 cities in India. You can choose at least six CAT exam center preferences for the Writing Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) at the time of registration.

Mumbai	Hamirpur	Port Blair
Nashik	Jammu	Guntur
Satara	Bokaro	Nellore
Palghar	Dhanbad	Vijayawada
Ulhasnagar	Hazaribagh	Kakinada
Shillong	Jamshedpur	Rajahmundry
Aizawl	Ranchi	Visakhapatnam
Kohima	Belagavi (Belgaum)	Kurnool
Balasore	Bengaluru	Tirupathi
Cuttack	Hubballi(Hubli)	Vizianagaram
Sambalpur	Mysuru(Mysore)	Itanagar
Berhampur	Kalaburagi(Gulbarga)	Dibrugarh
Dhenkanal	Shivamogga(Shimoga)	Silchar
Bhubaneswar	Dharwad	Guwahati
Rourkela	Mangaluru(Mangalore)	Tezpur
Puducherry	Udupi	Jorhat
Pathankot	Kannur	Aurangabad-Bihar
Ludhiana	Ernakulam	Darbhanga
Amritsar	Kollam	Arrah
Bhatinda	Kottayam	Muzaffarpur
Patiala	Kozhikode	Bhagalpur
Jalandhar	Thrissur	Patna
Sangrur	Trivandrum	Mohali
Ajmer	Bhopal	Chandigarh
Jaipur	Jabalpur	Bhilai Nagar
Sikar	Ujjain	Bilaspur
Alwar	Gwalior	Raipur
Jodhpur	Sagar	Delhi
Udaipur	Indore	Faridabad
Bikaner	Satna	Gurugram
Kota	Bhopal	Ghaziabad
Madurai	Jabalpur	New Delhi
Chennai	Ujjain	Greater Noida
Salem	Gwalior	Noida
Trichy	Sagar	Meerut
Coimbatore	Indore	Panaji
Vellore	Satna	Ahmedabad
Tirunelveli	Amravati	Mehsana
Hyderabad	Jalgaon	Vadodara
Karimnagar	Nagpur	Anand
Warangal	Pune	Rajkot
Allahabad	Solapur	Gandhinagar
Bareilly	Navi Mumbai	Surat
Kanpur	Ahmednagar	Ambala
Muzaffarnagar	Kolhapur	Hisar
Agra	Nanded	Karnal
Gorakhpur	Raigad	Kurushetra
Lucknow	Thane	Panipat
Varanasi	Vasai	Rohtak
Aligarh	Aurangabad	Shimla
Dehradun	Moradabad	Jhansi
Asansol	Roorkee	Haldwani
Burdwan	Bankura	Durgapur
Kalyani	Hooghly	Kolkata
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