Dear Ravi, CAT is an online examination of 3 hours duration.The questions in the exam will be of MCQ and TITA type totaling 100 questions. MCQ are multiple choice questions, for which candidates get multiple answer choices. Whereas,TITA is Type In the Answer which means you need to write the answer in the text box that is provided. The Verbal Ability section and Data interpretation-Logical Reasoning section have 24 MCQ questions each. Quantitative Ability has 25 MCQ questions totalling up to 75 questions. The Type in the Answer questions are 25 in number. Each Question has 3 marks and a wrong answer takes away 1 mark. However Type in the Answer questions are exempted from Negative Marking.


NCERT books will sharpen your basics and you need strong basics for preparing for any entrance examination. Once your basics are in place, because the time period for preparation is quite less, your preparation should be extensive and thorough.

Quantitative Aptitute covers almost 30% of the CAT question paper. QA can be categorised into Arthimetic, Algebra, Geometry and Advanced Mathematics. Practise chapter by chapter and develop mental calculations. Like practise more of basic summation, substraction, fractions and tables. Numbers, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Simple and Compound Interest, Ratio, Proportionality, Time-Distance, Time-Work, Mixtures, Averages, Partnership, Permutation and Combinations, Probability, Set Theory, Progression and Series, Line, Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Polygon, Circles, Ares, Volume, Height and Distance, Co-ordinate Geometry, Basic Trigonometry are few important topics.


In Verbal Ability session, command on your English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Understanding of the given parapgraph are of more importance. Reading English NewsPaper will also help you in your preparation.


Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning needs to be practised as much as possible. Comparision of data, Data Analysis, taking clues, interpreting missing data, coming to conclusions and making future projections will be covered under this Category. The questions here are inter linked and so if you get one formula correct, cracking the next few questions will be easy. So its important to memorise and practise formulae. You should cover topics like Data tables, Data Charts, Bar Diagrams, Pie Charts, Graphs, Data Comparision and Analysis.


We can recommend few books for you:
NCERT books to cover the basics from 6th to 10th Class
Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Nishit Saxena
Quantitatuve Aptitude Quantum for CAT by Sarvesh Sharma
How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exams by Abhijit Guha


You also can download free downloadable e books at:
https://bschool.careers360.com/download/cat-ebooks

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Hii aspirant ,

Coming to your question the syllabus for the CAT 2019 , the books prefferd for the exam and the pattern of the exam you can find on the link given below , 

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-syllabus

Hope this helps you , as you will get all the necessary details regarding this exam in this link .

Good luck.

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CAT syllabus 2019 is mostly generalized and it is vast as well. According to the syllabus of CAT 2019, questions are generally asked from middle school level English and Mathematics. Under the CAT 2019 syllabus, one gets to know all about the sections and the topics that are covered.

For detailed syllabus, visit the link below:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-syllabus/amp

Hope this helps. Good luck!

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