Hello. CAT is India's one of the toughest exams and early preparation oviously helps. Your brother can enroll for any coaching institutes available like TIME, Made Easy etc. But if he doesn't want to take a classroom course then he can also opt for online courses e.g iQuanta etc.

The following are the basic things that he needs to keep in mind while preparing for CAT.

• Keep up with the updated syllabus and exam pattern of the CAT exam and studying accordingly.
• Downloading or buying books containing previous years question papers and their solutions. That way he can get a brief idea of the important topics asked in the exam.
• Referring good books is also important to get good grip on topics. Many good CAT preparation books are available in the market like How to prepare for Quantitative aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma, Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Nishit Sinha, etc. Also he needs to read newspapers and magazines daily to keep up with the vocabulary and current affairs.
• Lastly whether he is enrolled in some coaching institute or not he must take mock tests to analyse his preparation level. There are many mock tests over the internet for CAT. The frequency of mock test per week should increase with the exam time coming up.

These were just some basic tips. For more detailed information check the below link.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-without-coaching/amp

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Hello vidish

Preparing for CAT is not much difficult as long as you are taking it seriously and devoting your time appropriately. Your brother can start by preparing for general knowledge reading newspapers and other things to have a knowledge about the happenings nowadays. This can also improve the verbal ability part of the paper.

Further, for maths some competitive exam books can be referred.

For more information you can have a look at the link below

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

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