📘 CAT Syllabus (Latest)

Official CAT syllabus for admission into IIMs and top MBA colleges in India. CAT tests aptitude, not academic syllabus.

VARC DILR Quantitative Aptitude

📝 CAT Exam Pattern (Overview)

Section Focus Area
VARC Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
DILR Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
QA Quantitative Aptitude

📌 CAT has MCQs + TITA questions with negative marking (MCQs only)

🗣️ VARC – Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension

  • Reading Comprehension (Inference, Tone, Main Idea)
  • Para Jumbles
  • Para Summary
  • Odd Sentence Out
  • Sentence Completion
  • Grammar & Usage (limited)

📊 DILR – Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

Data Interpretation

  • Tables
  • Bar Graphs
  • Line Graphs
  • Pie Charts
  • Caselets

Logical Reasoning

  • Seating Arrangements
  • Games & Tournaments
  • Venn Diagrams
  • Binary Logic
  • Routes & Networks
  • Puzzles

🧮 Quantitative Aptitude

Arithmetic (Highest Weightage)

  • Percentages
  • Profit & Loss
  • Ratio & Proportion
  • Time, Speed & Distance
  • Time & Work
  • Simple & Compound Interest
  • Averages & Mixtures

Algebra

  • Linear & Quadratic Equations
  • Functions & Graphs
  • Inequalities
  • Logarithms

Geometry & Mensuration

  • Lines & Angles
  • Triangles & Circles
  • Polygons
  • Mensuration (2D & 3D)

Number System

  • HCF & LCM
  • Divisibility
  • Remainders
  • Base System

📊 Difficulty Level

Section Difficulty
VARC Moderate – High
DILR High (Unpredictable)
QA Moderate – High

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