CAT / MBA

CAT guides

How the exam works and how to prepare for each part of it, kept up to date and linked to real past questions.

CAT Exam Pattern: Sections, Marking, Question Types and PercentilesCAT has three 40-minute sections in a fixed order, +3/−1 marking and no penalty on TITA questions. Here is the full pattern, how it has changed, how percentiles... Read → CAT Syllabus: every topic, section by sectionIIM Ahmedabad and the other IIMs don't publish an official CAT syllabus. This one is built from the questions actually asked in past CAT papers, and every topic... Read → CAT Preparation Strategy: A Complete Plan from Foundation to RevisionA practical CAT plan in four phases (foundation, practice, mocks and past papers, revision), with sample six-month and three-month schedules and a method for an... Read → How to Prepare for CAT VARCCAT VARC is mostly Reading Comprehension plus a few paragraph-reasoning questions. This guide explains what the section tests today, how to build reading skill... Read → How to Prepare for CAT DILRCAT DILR is a section of sets, where picking the right sets matters as much as solving them. This guide covers the set families CAT uses, a practice plan built... Read → How to Prepare for CAT Quant (QA)CAT Quant tests school-level maths applied quickly and cleverly. This guide lists every chapter with practice links, describes the current question style, lays... Read → XAT Decision Making: How to Approach It, with Worked ExamplesXAT Decision Making rewards a consistent method, not guesswork. Learn the scenario types, a six-step way to pick the best option, and how to practise with real... Read →

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