Common Admission Test Syllabus

CAT Syllabus

The CAT exam syllabus is not officially prescribed by the IIMs, but it has remained fairly consistent over the years. It primarily covers three sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Aptitude (QA). The exam syllabus includes topics from basic 8th to 10th-grade Mathematics and English, such as Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Reading Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, and Data Analysis.

CAT Quantitative Aptitude

All mathematics topics from classes 9 and 10—such as arithmetic, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and mensuration—are covered in this section. In this section majorly logical-based questions are asked. Since the last few years questions were more focused on arithmetic followed by algebra. Few questions were from geometry.

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CAT Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation:

This section cover topics such as Puzzles, Pie Charts, Tables, Bar Graphs, etc. Both of this sub-section have MCQ and non-MCQ type questions

• Logical Reasoning is about the logical study and its importance/application to everyday difficulties.
• Data Interpretation is nothing but the deriving equations from a given set of data.

CAT Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension:

This section covers English Grammar, para jumbles, Verbal Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension topics. The majority of the question in CAT 2024 was from Reading Comprehension, and 8 questions were from Verbal Ability. There are two types of para jumbles asked in the exam- multiple-choice and subjective para jumbles.

• Grammar and Vocabulary
• Verbal Reasoning
• Error Correction
• Facts
• Comprehensions
• Para Summary and related topics.

• The questions in the VARC section are divided into both MCQs and TITA Questions