CAT 2020 Syllabus Details You Might be Interested in
CAT 2020 Syllabus:
The Common Admission Test or CAT as it is popularly referred to is the gateway to all prominent management schools in the country. These include 20 Indian Institute of Management’s (IIM’s), IIT DoMs, FMS Delhi, MDI, SPJIMR, and almost 500 top B schools. CAT exam requires meticulous preparation especially with all top B schools giving a high percentile cutoff for admission. CAT 2020 syllabus helps candidates prepare for the exam in an organized manner.

Date of notification for CAT exam: 27th and 28th July 2020
Date of start of registration of application: 4th August 2020
Last date to submit completed application: 18th September 2020
Date of CAT exam 2020: 29th November 2020
Convening institute of CAT 2020: IIM Indore
Application fee:
- All candidates must pay 2000/-
- The application fee must be paid online through credit or debit card or other net banking options.
CAT composition:
Syllabus | Total Questions | Topics |
Section-1: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) | 34 | 5 Reading Comprehension Passages followed by 24 questions based on inferences, statements, arguments, main idea, author’s assumption, vocabulary – synonyms, antonyms, meaning of the phrase as given in the passage 10 questions based on Para Summary, Jumbled paragraphs with 4 sentences, Jumbled paragraphs with 5 sentences followed by question to pick the odd sentence out |
Section-2: Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) | 32 | Question are in sets of 4-5 both in DI and LR. 16 questions in DI part are based on Data Analysis, Data comparison from Table, Graphs, Bar charts, Pie charts, Caselets. 16 questions in LR are based on Direction sense, Team formation, Seating Arrangement, Blood Relation among others |
Section-3: Quantitative Ability (QA) | 34 | Around 50% questions are based on Arithmetic topics like Number System, Ratio, Percentage, Interest, Profit & Loss, Speed & Distance, Time & Work and others. Rest 50% is covered by topics on Geometry, Algebra, Mensuration, Modern Math |
CAT syllabus:
Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus | Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Syllabus | Verbal Reasoning Syllabus |
Number Systems | Tables | English Usage or Grammar |
Profit, Loss and Discount | Caselets | Vocabulary Based (Synonyms/ Antonyms) |
LCM and HCF | Bar Graphs | Fill in the blanks |
Speed, Time and Distance | Line Charts | Sentence Correction |
Percentages | Column Graphs | Cloze Passage |
Time and Work | Venn Diagrams | Jumbled Paragraph |
Ratio and Proportion | Pie Chart | Meaning-Usage Match |
Averages | Other Basic Reasoning Questions | Analogies or Reverse Analogies |
Quadratic Equations & Linear Equations | Calendars | Summary Questions |
Complex Numbers | Number and Letter Series | Verbal Reasoning |
Simple and Compound Interest | Clocks | Facts-Inferences-Judgments |
Logarithm | Venn Diagrams | Reading Comprehension |
Sequences and Series | Cubes | |
Inequalities | Seating Arrangement | |
Probability | Binary Logic | |
Surds and Indices | Logical Matching | |
Set Theory & Function | Logical Sequence | |
Permutation and Combination | Syllogism | |
Mixtures and Alligations | Logical Connectives | |
Trigonometry | Blood Relations | |
Coordinate Geometry | ||
Geometry | ||
Mensuration |
For any further details regarding CAT 2020 syllabus check the website at www.iimcat.ac.in .
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