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Can you suggest a few good books for beginners for cat 2021


kalyanikrishnabs 1st Dec, 2020
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Garvita 1st Dec, 2020
Hello,

Some of the best books for CAT preparation are:


For Quantitive aptitude:


1. How to prepare for quantitive aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma

2. Quantitative aptitude for CAT by nishit k Sinha

For Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension

1. how to prepare for verbal ability and reading comprehension for CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay

2. Modern approach to verbal and nonverbal reasoning by RS Aggarwal


For data interpretation and logical reasoning:

1. Logical reasoning and data interpretation for CAT by nishit k Sinha

2. how to prepare for data interpretation and logical reasoning for CAT by Arun Sharma


Hope this helps, all the best.

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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 1st Dec, 2020

Hi

Your complete CAT paper is divided into three major sections :-

*Quantitative Ability
*Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
*Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Top books which you can follow for CAT are listed below section wise  :-

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

*How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by  Arun Sharma

DATA INTERPRETATION AND LOGICAL REASONING (DILR) :-

* Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT by K. Sinha Nishit

*How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT by Arun Sharma

VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION

*Word Power made easy by Norman Lewis

*Mastering the Verbal Ability for CAT by Ajay Singh

*How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay

For detailed information go through

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/best-books-for-cat-preparation

Also,

after completing these books, Go through

*previous  year question papers of CAT :-it will let you know the examination pattern, type and difficulty level of questions, also concepts behind the question often gets repeated, so you should definitely solve year papers

* CAT mock test papers , it will let you know your preparation level and and weak areas so that you can work on them and perform well in your examination

For detailed information go through

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat/amp

Thank you

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