The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a Online computer based test held in India.

It is an all-India test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an entrance exam for admission to the Post-graduate and Fellow Programs in management courses of several management institutes all over India including the IIMs.

CAT exam pattern-

No. of Questions Duration
Quantitative Ability 34 3 hrs
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension 34
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning 32
Total 100

CAT will have a new section called Data Interpretation and Logical reasoning (DILR).

QA and VRC will have 34 questions each, and DILR will have 32 questions.

Test duration is 180 minutes.

Syllabus-

Quantitative Ability


Number Systems
LCM and HCF
Percentages
Profit, Loss and Discount
Interest (Simple and Compound)
Speed, Time and Distance
Time and Work
Averages
Ratio and Proportion
Linear Equations
Quadratic Equations
Complex Numbers
Logarithm
Progressions (Sequences & Series)
Binomial Theorem
Surds and Indices
Inequalities
Permutation and Combination
Probability
Functions
Set Theory
Mixtures and Alligations
Geometry
Co-ordinate Geometry
Trigonometry
Mensuration


Data Interpretation


Tables
Column Graphs
Bar Graphs
Line Charts
Pie Chart
Venn Diagrams
Caselets


Verbal Ability


Vocabulary Based (Synonyms Antonyms)
English Usage or Grammar
Sentence Correction
Fill in the blanks
Cloze Passage
Analogies or Reverse Analogies
Jumbled Paragraph
Meaning-Usage Match
Summary Questions
Verbal Reasoning
Facts / Inferences / Judgements
Reading Comprehension


Logical Reasoning


Number and Letter Series
Calendars
Clocks
Cubes
Venn Diagrams
Binary Logic
Seating Arrangement
Logical Sequence
Logical Matching
Logical Connectives
Syllogism
Blood Relations