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I haven't started for my CAT prepartion,what should i do now & which publisher should i used or I should give next year?


Mohit Jangid 31st Aug, 2020
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 31st Aug, 2020

Hi

Your CAT 2020 exam is on 29th November, 2020 . So, you don't need to worry at all you have time and you  can still prepare well for your CAT examination all you need is to be honest dedicated and focused towards your preparation.


To start your preparation , first u nderstand the exam pattern first , there will be a total of 100 mcqs.

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  :-

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QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

*How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by  Arun Sharma:-
it is a great book covering all  topics as per CAT syllabus, with good and elaborative examples , questiond divided into 3 levels of difficulty .

DATA INTERPRETATION AND LOGICAL REASONING (DILR) :-

* Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT by K. Sinha Nishit:- it covers both fundamental and advanced topics with explained examples , questions of three difficulty  levels are there etc

*How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT by Arun Sharma :- it has strategy and concepts to solve questions quickly and accurately, excerises are designed in a manner to boost Logical thinking etc

VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION

*Word Power made easy by Norman Lewis:- Best for improving  vocabulary and learning correct usage of words.

*Mastering the Verbal Ability for CAT by Ajay Singh:- it has more than 200 passages for practice ,test papers of other B-School etc

*How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay:- it has past years papers analysis , topicwise segregation is there along with mock papers

For detailed information go through

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

*Make a routine to utilise the time in the best possible way and to avoid procrastination and laziness .

*Keep short breaks of 20 to 25 minutes after every 1.5 to 2 hours between your studies in your routine .Half of the time of your studies must be for practicing questions

*Solve 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

*Once you are done with complete CAT syllabus then go through 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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