CAT Preparation Guide

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CAT Exam Preparation
Number of questions in CAT

Early 90s – 180 questions (120 minutes)
1999 - 2000 – 165 questions (120 minutes)
2001 - 2003 – 150 questions (120 minutes)
2004 – 123 questions (120 minutes)
2005 – 90 questions (120 minutes)
2006 – 75 questions (150 minutes)
Questions in CAT can be classified as follows
1. Verbal ability and reasoning – covers i) vocabulary based questions like "synonym - antonym" , fill in the blank with the appropriate word etc. ii) English Usage / Grammar – Questions on Sentence correction (SC) also there is an alternative A set of 4 sentences were given and you had to find out how many out of the 4 sentences were gramatically correct iii) Verbal Reasoning questions like rearranging sentences of a paragraph, Fact Inference Judgement questions etc.

2. Reading Comprehension - Covers passages on social or historical issue, scientific phenomenon, business related passages, topic related to entertainment, sports, leisure, etc.

3. Quantitative skills - Broadly categorized as Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry CAT typically tests a student's quantitative ability from over 25 topics. Topics like Number Systems and Number Theory , Percentages, Profit and Loss, Simple & Compound Interest , Speed, Time and Distance, Pipes and Cisterns, Races, Averages, Ratio, Proportion, Mixtures and Alligations, Linear and Quadratic Equation, Logarithm, Progressions - AP, GP, HP, Binomial Theorem, Inequalities, Permutation & Combination, Probability, Function, Set Theory, Geometry, Co ordinate Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration etc

4. Data Intrepretation section - In these questions data is presented either in the form of a table or a bar chart or a pie chart or a line graph or as a combination of one of these formats. Following each of these data presentations, there will be 4 to 6 questions. You are expected to answer the questions by interpreting the data given in the table or graph. Here is a sample data interpretation question. And Data Sufficiency (DS) - Every Data Sufficiency problem consists of a question followed by two statements. You have to decide NOT WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT WHETHER THE QUESTION CAN BE ANSWERED based on the information given in the two statements.

5. Analytical and Logical reasoning

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CAT exam is a very tough exam as per what the candidates perceive...
actually its just very simple if done in a logicalk way and approproate selection.
Make sure to solve all the last 5 year papers .
2. Select the easy questions
3. Dont rack your brains cracking the tougher ones and then becoming happy over that 1 question.
4. Equally divide your time between all the sections
5. keep a buffer time for the end and devote that time in solving all the other easy questions from the easier secctions.

REMEMBER CAT game could be won only if proper selection is done under a lot of pressure

ALL THE BEST!