CAT Syllabus 2020 is provided here as Section Wise. Get CAT Exam Pattern, Marking Scheme, Important Dates, Eligibility, Application Fee, Question Papers, Model Papers all the details in the below webpage. Start preparation of the CAT 2020 Exam using the given Syllabus information subject wise. All the applied candidates can check the required details for their Common Admission Test CAT Entrance Exam 2020 Preparation. To cover all the topics section wise of the CAT Exam, aspirants need to use this page to know about the question paper pattern, no of questions, exam duration, total marks at Exam Pattern. All the Most important topics are mentioned in the below page, candidates need to more focus on those topics to get qualify and secure more marks in the CAT Written Exam / Online / CBT Examination 2020. Keep visiting PuzzlesHuB to know the Latest Entrance Exams information based on the official announcement:
| Organization Name | Indian Institute of Management (IIM) |
| Exam Name | Common Admission Test (CAT) |
| Category | National Level Entrance Exam for MBA |
| Official Website | iimcat.ac.in |
CAT Syllabus 2020 :
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
- Fill in the blanks
- Verbal Reasoning
- Sentence completion
- Grammar
- Syllogisms
- Jumbled paragraphs
- Para Completion and inference
- Contextual usage
- Foreign language words used in English
- Reading Comprehension
- Analogies
- Sentence correction
- Verbal Logic
- Different usage of same word
- Idioms
- Parajumbles
- Antonyms
- One word substitution
Verbal Ability (VA): Key Points
- Number of questions asked range from 7-11
- Sectional weightage of this section is 7-11 percent
- The type of questions are all non-MCQs, which means the candidates have to type in the answer (TITA)
- There is no negative marking in VA since the questions are the non-MCQ type
- Types of questions range from para-jumbles, out of context sentence in a para, error correction in a para, vocabulary usage and sentence completion to analogies and critical reasoning
Reading Comprehension (RC): Key Points
- Number of questions asked range from 24-28
- Sectional weightage of this section is 24-28 percent
- The type of questions are all MCQs, hence there is a negative marking of -1
- RC section of CAT has a mix of RC passages, on an average 4-3 long passages and 2-3 short passages
- According to the trend of the last three years, long passages are of 900 word and short passages are of 600 words
- Topics of these RCs range from science, history, politics, environment, society to literature, mythology and abstract topics
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
- Blood Relations
- Series
- Proposition
- Direction Sense
- Coding-Decoding
- Assumptions
- Puzzles
- Clocks and Calendars
- Statements
- Data Arrangement
- Family Tree
- Binary Logic
- Seating Arrangement
- Sets & Caselets
- Syllogism
- Venn Diagram
- Data Structures
- Tables& Pie Charts
- Data Sufficiency
- Bars & Line Graphs
Logical Reasoning (LR): Key Points
- Number of questions asked in LR is 16
- Sectional weightage of this section is 16 per cent
- LR contains both MCQ and non-MCQ type questions
- Number of MCQs and non-MCQs may vary
- There is negative marking for MCQs
- There is no negative marking for non-MCQs
Data Interpretation (DI): Key Points
- Number of questions asked in DI is16
- Sectional weightage of this section is 16 per cent
- DI contains both MCQ and non-MCQ type questions
- Number of MCQs and non-MCQs may vary
- There is negative marking for MCQs
- There is no negative marking for non-MCQs
Quantitative Ability
- Geometry
- Trigonometry
- Algebra
- Mensuration
- Partnership (Accounts)
- Profit & Loss
- Ratios and Proportion
- In-equations Quadratic and linear equations
- Surds and Indices
- Time-Speed-Distance
- Number System
- Geometric Progression
- Inequalities
- Work and Time
- Percentages
- Logarithms
Quantitative Aptitude (QA): Key Points
- Number of questions asked in QA is 34
- Sectional weightage of this section is 34 per cent
- LR contains both MCQ and non-MCQ type questions
- Number of MCQs and non-MCQs vary every year.
- Past trends suggest the number of MCQs in QA section range from 24-27 and non-MCQs range from 7-10
- There is negative marking for MCQs
- There is no negative marking for non-MCQs
Common Admission Test Exam Pattern 2020 :
| Section Name | No. of Questions | Allotted Time |
|---|---|---|
| Quantitative Ability (QA) | 34 | 60 minutes |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) | 32 | 60 minutes |
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | 34 | 60 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 180 minutes |
Important Dates
| S. No | Event | Date |
| 1 | Issue of CAT 2020 notification | Last week of July 2020 |
| 2 | Start date for filling CAT 2020 application form | 1st week of August , 2020 |
| 3 | Last date to register for CAT 2020 | 3rd week of September 2020 |
| 4 | Start and end date to make corrections in CAT registration form | Last week of September 2020 |
| 5 | Release of CAT Mock Test 2020 | 3rd week of October , 2020 |
| 6 | Availability of CAT admit card 2020 | Last week of October 2020 |
| 7 | Issue of CAT 2020 guidelines | 2nd week of November 2020 |
| 8 | CAT 2020 | Last week of November 2020 |
| 9 | Release of CAT 2020 response sheet and question paper | Last week of November 2020 |
| 10 | Start and end date to challenge the CAT Answer Key 2020 | 1st week of December 2020 |
| 11 | Release of Final Answer key of CAT 2020 | First-Second week of December |
| 12 | Announcement of CAT Result 2020 | 1st week of January 2020 |
| 13 | CAT 2020 Selection Process | April- June 2020 |
Marking Scheme
The marking scheme of CAT 2020 Exam is fixed marks for subject wise, in below we have mentioned the no of questions for section wise, based on the latest announcement we mentioned these details here. There is no accurate details, candidates also need to check the actual information through official website. Based on these marking scheme, the question paper are issue for all applied candidates and seek the score under the official prescribed circumstance. Kindly Check the complete CAT 2020 Exam Marking Scheme for Subject Wise, Section Wise, Marks Wise, Topics wise in below page.
Geometry & Mensuration have 7-8 Questions.
Algebra have 6-7 Questions.
Arithmetic Questions have 10-12 Questions.
Number System have 4-5 Questions.
Others have 2-3 Questions.
CAT Preparation Books & Study Materials :
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
| Name of the Book | Name of the Author |
|---|---|
| CAT Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning | Gautam Puri |
| Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT | Nishit K. Sinha |
| Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency | Ananta Ashisha |
| How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT | Arun Sharma |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
| Name of the Book | Name of the Author |
|---|---|
| How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT | Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay/Arihant |
| 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary Mass Market Paperback | Wilfred Funk & Norman Lewis/ Simon & Schuster |
| How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT | Sharma and Upadhyay |
| PSC for VA for CAT | Nishit Sinha |
| High School English Grammar & Composition | Wren & Martin |
Quantitative Ability (QA)
| Name of the Book | Name of the Author |
|---|---|
| NCERT Mathematics Books (Class 6 to 10) | NCERT |
| How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT | Arun Sharma |
| Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT | Sarvesh Sharma |
| Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations | Abhijit Guha |
| Quantitative Aptitude for CAT | Nishit Sinha |
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