How to prepare for CAT

Hello,
How to start preparing for CAT?As mentioned by many, CAT (Common AdmissionTest) is one of the toughest exam to crack. It is the gateway to getting into prestigious IIMs and other top B-schools of India. A lot of CAT aspirantsask me how to prepare for CAT. Here I amsharing a few tips which I feel helped me in cracking this exam.

Understand the syllabus

This is a useful tip for almost any exam. Understand the syllabus by going through past years papers and official guidelines. CAT can be segmented into four broad parts-

Quantitative Ability
Data Interpretation
Logical Reasoning
Verbal Ability

The concepts used in this examination are broadly of class 10 level. However, the questions are little bit tricky to solve and require good amount of logical thinking. Butit can be developed by practice.

Begin with the end in mind

Start your preparation with sheer determination. Whenever you feel demotivated, you can dream about the day when you will crack the exam and it will definitely motivate you. March-April is a good time to start preparation for the exam which will be held in October-November.

You can join any coaching class too if you want too.
I wish you all the best
Cheers !!

For preparation you can refer to following reference books as per your choice: 1) How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT How to prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT How to prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT How to prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT 2) Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Nishit Sinha Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude and Data Intrepretation for CAT by Nishit Sinha Pearson Guide to Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning for CAT by Nishit Sinha There are others books like Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis, High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin etc to help you for your preparation. You can also join various coaching institutes like TIME, CL, IMS etc or the online coaching institutes also for concepts and mock tests. All the best!