Welcome to Saakaar Academy Your Gateway to Excellence in CAT, IPMAT, and CLAT Preparation
The CAT exam is a prerequisite for admission to premier management institutes like the Indian
Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top business schools in India.
These institutes are renowned for providing world-class management education, which opens
doors to excellent career opportunities.
The CAT (Common Admission Test) is a national-level entrance exam conducted in India for admission to postgraduate management programs, such as MBA and PGDM, offered by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top B-schools. The CAT exam pattern is as follows:Â
Mode of Exam: Online (Computer-Based Test)
Duration: 2 hours (120 minutes)
Each section is time-bound, with 40 minutes allocated per section.
Number of Sections:
VARC: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
DILR: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
QA: Quantitative Ability
Section Number of Questions   Time Allotted
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) ~24 40 minutes
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) ~20 40 minutes
Quantitative Ability (QA) ~22 40 minutes
Total 66 120 minutes
Reading Comprehension
Passages from various topics, including:
Science and Technology
Business and Economics
Humanities (Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology)
Current Affairs
Fiction and Literature
Questions test:
Main idea and purpose
Inferences
Tone and style
Facts vs. opinions
Verbal Ability
Para Jumbles: Rearrange sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
Odd Sentence Out: Identify the sentence that does not fit in a paragraph.
Sentence Completion/Elimination: Fill in the blanks or remove irrelevant parts.
Critical Reasoning: Evaluate arguments and identify assumptions.
Data Interpretation (DI)
Charts:
Bar Graphs
Line Graphs
Pie Charts
Scatter Plots
Tables: Analyze tabular data for trends, averages, and other metrics.
Caselets: Interpret data given in paragraph form.
Venn Diagrams: Solve problems based on sets and their intersections.
Logical Reasoning (LR)
Puzzles:
Seating arrangements (linear, circular)
Grid-based puzzles
Games and Tournaments:
Match results
Rankings
Scheduling and Calendars
Logical Sequences
Statements and Conclusions
Blood Relations
Direction Sense
Arithmetic
Percentages
Profit and Loss
Simple and Compound Interest
Ratio and Proportion
Time, Speed, and Distance
Time and Work
Averages and Mixtures
Pipes and Cisterns
Algebra
Linear and Quadratic Equations
Inequalities
Functions and Graphs
Progressions (AP, GP, HP)
Logarithms
Exponents
Geometry and Mensuration
Triangles (properties, similarity, congruence)
Circles (chords, tangents, arcs)
Polygons
Coordinate Geometry
Area and Volume of 2D and 3D shapes
Number System
Divisibility Rules
HCF and LCM
Factors and Multiples
Modular Arithmetic
Base Systems
Remainders and Unit Digits
Modern Mathematics
Permutations and Combinations
Probability
Set Theory
