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I have not joined any coaching yet and i want to prepare from home for cat 2019 please suggests me a good book for cat va di lr and Qa.


Anmol Tapdiya 2nd Jul, 2019
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mdsameenabanu Student Expert 2nd Jul, 2019

HI,

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CAT Section-1: Best Books for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension


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

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Nishit K Sinha

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension by Ajay Singh

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CAT Section-2: Best Books for Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation


How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for CAT by Arun Sharma

How to prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT by Arun Sharma

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



CAT Section-3: Best Books for Quantitative Aptitude


How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma

Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT by  Sarvesh K Verma

Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal


Best Books for CAT on Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)

One of the best books for CAT 2019 on VARC recommended by toppers to steer your through the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) section in CAT exam is the Arun Sharma Verbal Ability book which is both a text book as well as a practice book.

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snigdha.sharan19_9176762 Student Expert 2nd Jul, 2019

Hi Anmol,

The books to prepare for CAT 2019 are:

A. Quant:

  • Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examination - Abhijit Guha
  • How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT - Arun Sharma

B. Verbal:

  • Word Power Made Easy (The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary) - A wonderfully written book that makes learning new words fun.
  • The editorial sections of major newspapers
  • Good non-fiction books on diverse topics - law, finance, history, politics, philosophy, crime, religion etc
  • Verbal ability for CAT: Arun Sharma
  • High School English Grammar & Composition - by Wren and Martin (for grammar)

You can also go for Online resources

Apart from the basic forums - PagalGuy, TotalGadha, HandakaFunda etc, the below websites will help you prepare comprehensively for the written test as well as for the later parts of the process.


A. Verbal

A.1. Vocab

IFTTT - Send yourself a weekly vocabulary list of Wikipedia words of the day: Sit down every Sunday (or any other day you like) and learn 7 new words. All you need is a IFTTT and a Pocket account (both free).

ESL Exercises: Test your vocabulary by taking a series of structured quizzes.

Visual thesaurus: Understand what words mean, and why. Visualize the origin of words and their interconnections

Dictionary.com Flashcards: When you are on the go, use this flashcard app to learn new words.

A.2. Reading Speed

Spritz: Boost your reading speed. Spritz is one of the rare speed-reading websites/app that actually helps.

A.3. English language

BBC - Learning English: A great resource to know and understand the various nuances of the English language.

Hope this helps. Good Luck

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