CAT 2025 Syllabus

The CAT 2025 syllabus in general, covers three main sections. Following is the list of the main topics which are usually covered by the exam authorities when conducting CAT exam.

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC):

• Reading comprehension passages
• para jumbles
• para summary
• para completion
• odd sentence out
• vocabulary (synonyms/antonyms)
• grammar
• fill in the blanks
• cloze passage
• verbal reasoning
• sentence correction
• analogies
• facts-inferences-judgements
• summary questions
• jumbled paragraphs

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR):

• Data interpretation (bar graphs, tables, line graphs, pie charts, scatter plots, venn diagrams, radar charts, Gantt charts)
• arrangements (linear, circular, rectangular)
• puzzles
• grids
• routes and networks
• scheduling and allocation
• games and tournaments
• set theory
• word/math puzzles
• coding-decoding
• blood relations
• syllogisms
• direction sense
• input-output
• data sufficiency

Quantitative Ability (QA):

• Arithmetic (averages, ratio, percentages, profit & loss, time & work, time & distance)
• algebra (linear/quadratic equations, inequalities, polynomials, binomial theorem)
• number systems (divisibility, LCM/HCF, remainders, factorials, base systems, surds and indices, logarithms)
• geometry (2D & 3D, coordinate geometry, mensuration)
• modern math (permutations & combinations, probability, set theory, progressions)

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