Well first of all you need to asses strong and weak section and thereafter to divide time accordingly for preparation.

One year is more than enough to prepare for the CAT exam

First focus on the weak areas and once you attain reasonable confidence in those, you can divide your time equally for different section from the point of view of preparation.

I feel 3-4 hours per day is sufficient for preparation. However a caveat here is that one should not go overboard with the CAT studies.

It may result in saturation and instance of peaking at the wrong time.

CAT going online, now the checking process will be faster and you will be able to know score on the spot and issues like mistakes on marking on OMR sheet etc will be eliminated.


You should develop the habit of taking an exam online, reading articles on computer so as to prepare them for the new format.

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