CAT Introduction

Common Admission Test (CAT) is one of the computer based selction test which is being conducted by the IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management). And this test is a prerequisite for admissions to their business administration programs. CAT is not only for IIMs but it is also a prerequisite for admissions into numerous other esteemed management collegese across India. And list of these prestigious institue are:-

(1)SPJIMR (S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research)
(2)FMS (Faculty of Management Studies)
(3)Management Development Institute (Gurgaon)
(4)Institute of Management Technology (IMT)
(5)JBIMS (Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies)
(6)IMI (International Management Institute)
(7)NITIE (National Institute of Industrial Engineering)

And there are many other institute which adopt CAT exam. And when we say about the candidates register for CAT every years is aprox 2.4 lakhs. And CAT 2024 will be conducted by IIM lucknow on 26 November 2024. And result date is 1st week of January 2025.

CAT 2024 Registration

When we say about the registration process for CAT 2024 it is started in month of August and close by the end of September. And when we say about the result it is announced in first week of January 2025. Following the announcement of result, IIMs will begin shortlisting of candidates for admission.

CAT 2024 Exam Eligibility

(1)Candidate should have Bachelor's Degree with minimum 50% marks or equivalent CGPA. And when say about the reserved categories like ST(Scheduled Tribe), SC(Scheduled Caste), DA(Differently Abled) and PWD(Persons with Disability) must at least have 45% marks.
(2)Candidate degree has to be awarded by any of Universities included by an act of the central or a state legislature in India, or any other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or are declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or hold an equivalent qualification recognized by the MHRD, India.
(3)Both Candidate who has done graduation or awaiting result are eligible to apply in CAT exam. And if candidate is selected he must be allowed to join the program provisionally, only if she/he has submited certificate from the Registrar/Principal of her/his College/Institute (issued on or before June 30, 2024) mentioning that the particular candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date when the certificate was issued.

CAT Sample Paper (2023)

To make pratice we have added some sample paper to get idea of CAT paper and do pratice for exam. (Year 2023)

CAT Sample Paper (2022)

To make pratice we have added some sample paper to get idea of CAT paper and do pratice for exam. (Year 2022)

CAT Sample Paper 2021

To make pratice we have added some sample paper to get idea of CAT paper and do pratice for exam. (Year 2021)

CAT Sample Paper 2020

To make pratice we have added some sample paper to get idea of CAT paper and do pratice for exam. (Year 2021)

Syllabus of CAT

What is the Syllabus of CAT?

When we say about the CAT Syllabus it is deided into three sections and these are given below:-
(1)VARC
(2)DILR
(3)Quantitative Aptitude
When we say about the official CAT syllabus there is no such docs available as per the IIM on there websites. And when we say about the CAT syllabus here on crackyourinterview.com is based on verbal ability, logical reasoning, data interpretation and for quantitative aptitude for competitive exams and CAT question papers of last 10 years.

To get above 98 percent in CAT 2024, First and most important factor is to consider in preparation is how to complete CAT syllabus 2024 and what topics to focus on. To secure good percentage reas the full article.

Who will set CAT 2024 paper

When we say about the CAT 2024 paper it will be set by one of the top 6 IIMs. Last year, IIM Bangalore conducted CAT exam. Based on the trends of the last 8 years, CAT 2024 will be conducted by either IIM Lucknow or IIM Calcutta.

When should I start preparing for CAT Exam

CAT exam is held on 26 November 2024. And as per the conversion with the CAT toppers he suggested 4-5 months are enough for preparation and that include coverage of CAT 2024 syllabus, mock tests, previous year papers and CAT study material avaialble. And if your appearing for first time start from June month.

CAT Syllabus 2024

When we say about the CAT Syllabus 2024 VARC, QA and DILR is tabulated below. Here list of all topics and sub-topics which are included in CAT syllabus 2024 irrespective of the weightage is provided below:-

CAT Topic Weightage

What is the Syllabus of CAT?

When we observ last 3 Years CAT questions paper we observ that IIM have change some weightage of topics over the others. Here reading Comprehension and Arithmetic alone account for more than 40% weightage in CAT syllabus. And some of the topics even not has been asked in the last 2 years like clocks, calendars, trigonometry, error detection, cloze tests etc. Below is the CAT topic wise weightage is provided below for the CAT 2024 aspirants.

VARC Syllabus

When we say about the VARC Syllabus for CAT from last couple of years CAT is now primarily focused on 5 topics and that's are given below:-
(1)Para jumbles
(2)Para completion
(3)Para summary
(4)Reading comprehension
(5)Odd sentence out
When you prepare for CAT you should focused around these 5 topics of VARC CAT syllabus 2024. You should also perpare the questions asked in previous years that could helps you to know the pattern. The topic wise weightage of VARC syllabus for CAT is provided here in below image:-

CAT Verbal Ability Syllabus

And when we say about the Cat verbal ability you must check the below topics:-

Reading Comprehension Syllabus for CAT

When we say about the Reading Comprehension Syllabus there is no specific topic which help you to study in CAT syllabus 2023 for reading comprehension. So our advice is to make practice more on reading comprehension passage. That is only suggestion we have for this section. And this will contains 67% weightage in VARC section so it is very important to score well here. BUt i have tried to cover some area so i have creatd a list of topics on which RC questions were asked in last three years.

DILR Syllabus

When we say about the DILR it contains 2 sections as the name suggest DI +LR so here DI means data interpretation and LR is logical reasoning. And when we say about the covering of these section you need a daily pratice. And when we say about the CAT 2023 you can expect 2 question sets of 4-6 questions each from DI and LR. And to get pattern you can solve previous CAT Paper to understand.

CAT Syllabus for Data Interpretation

CAT Syllabus for Data Interpretation basically includes understanding of types of diagrams, graphs, charts and the calculation process to get the required values from the given data. (1)When we say about the most asked questions it is a combination of 2 or more types of data representation. (2)And DILR questions are also framed on basis of data presented in tables and paragraphs.

CAT Syllabus for Logical Reasoning

To cover the Logical Reasoning i have added 10 topics in below tabluar form. And if we say about the CAT 2023 you will get question set from 2-3 from these 10 topics. And when we do weightage to these 10 topics 3/10 have the higest priority and these are:- Blood relations, Logical puzzles and seating arrangement.

Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus

When we say about the Quantitative Aptitude CAT Syllabus it is based on Maths topics. And when we say about important topic is Arithmetic it contains almost 50% of questions from here. And when we say about the major topics then answer is Profit & Loss, discount, mixtures, average, work, percentage, SI/CI, time speed & distance and ratio & proportion. And the topic wise syllabus for CAT is shown in below picture with details:-

CAT Exam Pattern

When we say about the exam pattern from last 3 years there are some major changes happen to pattern of CAT exam. From 2015-19, Cat exam had 100 questions to be attempted in 180 minutes.
But in year 2020 CAT exam pattern has changed and revised due to COVID-19 pandemic. Now questions was reduced to just 76 and time also reduce to 120 minutes.
But in next year 2021 one more change added to CAT Exam. In 2021 the number of questions reduced by 10 and now count is 66.
CAT exam 2022 was follow the same pattern as we have in year 2021.
And latest CAT exam pattern which will be followed for the year 2023 is given below:

CAT Questions

Solving CAT Questions forms an indispensable part of completing CAT syllabus 2023. This is advice to every candidates that to solve CAT previous year papers as sample papers to get hold of which topic of CAT exam syllavus they need to focus more on. I have tried to attach some CAT questions of previous years for VARC, DILR and Quant.

Study Material

To some extent we have tried to attach some good collection on CAT Questions with category and section wise. And you can view the latest questions and practice test here which helps you to understand the topics. The study material for CAT 2024 include concepts, shortcut methods, sample questions, and more.

Best Books for CAT Syllabus 2024

Here we have tried to mention the most famous books which cover all the topics and questions with some latest sample paper:-

Prepare CAT for MBA

We have tried to provide some tips from the CAT topper of last year below are some tips from top 4 toppers:-

CAT Syllabus 2024

Here we have some latest faq questions asked by different candidate:-