Common Admission Test
(CAT) is an all India level national
test. The test is conducted by IIMs as entrance exam for getting
admissions in top IIMs and leading institutes of the country. This
year the CAT exam will be held in the
month of Oct - Nov 2013. Based on CAT
percentile and scores, candidates are called for next stage of
selection process which generally includes Group Discussion, Essay
and Personal Interview (GDPI). The
pattern of the CAT exam is objective type
multiple choice questions are asked in the exam. There is negative
marking in the exam, for each wrong answer 1 mark will be deducted
& for correct answer candidate will get Three marks will be
awarded There is no penalty for questions that are left
unanswered.
Test duration will be of 2 hours and 20 minutes which means 70
Minutes is allotted to each section. From this year there are only
two sections in the exam. The first section is Quantitative
Ability & Date Interpretation: the second section is
Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning. The time
limit for each section is different. The duration of the exam is
140 minutes. Candidates will be given 70 minutes to answer 30
questions within each section, each section have an on-screen
countdown timer. Once the time ends for the first section, students
will move to the next section and will not be able to go to
previous section.
Before beginning of the test, there will be a 15-minute optional
tutorial to familiarise candidates with navigation and
functionality available during the test. Its highly recommended for
Candidates to go through tutorial.
CAT 2012 Syllabus
CAT 2012 Syllabus for
English:
Comprehension of passage, Verbal Reasoning, Syllogisms , Contextual
usage, Analogies, Antonyms, Fill In the Blanks, Foreign language
words used in English, Sentence completion, Sentence correction,
idioms, Errors in word choice, mania & phobia, Incorrect words,
Conditionals & Multiple Usage , Punctuation, Proverb, , one
word substitution, Different usage of same word Phrasal verb
etc.
CAT 2012 Syllabus for
Quantitative Ability:
- Geometry, (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube,
Cone etc)
- Ratios and Proportion, Ratios, Percentages, In-equations
- Quadratic and linear equations
- Algebra
- Mensuration, Alligation & Mixtures, Work, Pipes and
Cisterns
- Instalment Payments, Partnership, Clocks
- Probability, Permutations & Combinations
- Profit & Loss
- Averages, Percentages, Partnership
- Time-Speed-Distance, Work and time
- Number system: HCF, LCM, Geometric Progression, Arithmetic progression,
Arithmetic mean, Geometric mean , Harmonic mean, Median, Mode,
Number Base System, BODMAS, etc.
CAT 2012 Syllabus for Data
Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
- Data Interpretation based on text, Data Interpretation based on
graphs and tables. visit tutorial>>
- Graphs can be Column graphs, Graphs representing Area, Bar
Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Venn Diagram, etc.
- Graphs can be Column graphs, Graphs representing Area, Bar
Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Venn Diagram, etc.
- Critical reasoning, Visual reasoning,
Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Assertion and reasons, Statements
and conclusions, Cause and Effect, Identifying Probably true,
Probably false, definitely true, definitely false kind of
statement, Linear arrangements, identifying Strong arguments and
Weak arguments, Matrix arrangements.
GK/GA/BA:
- Current Affairs, Business, Punch line of companies, Top
officials of big companies, Major corporate events
- Science, History, Geography, International organisations
- Important quotations
- Social issues, Sports, Finance, Automobiles, Entertainment,
Politics etc.
- Famous award and prizes
- World Records
- Books and authors
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