CAT Exam Test Books

Can you provide me the names of some of the good reference Books for preparation of CAT or Common Admission Test as I need it for preparation?

[sumit]

How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT Common Admission Test 5th Edition (Paperback) by Arun Sharma, Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill 2012.

The Pearson Guide To Quantitative Aptitude And Data Interpretation For The CAT by Nishit Sinha, Publisher: Pearson.

Quantum CAT: Quantitative Aptitude Common Admission Test for Admission Into IIMs (Paperback) by Sarvesh K Verma Publisher: Arihant.

Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations Tips, Techniques, And Short-cut Methods by Guha Abhijit.

How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT Common Admission Test 1st Edition (Paperback) by Arun Sharma Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill.

How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT Common Admission Test by Arun Sharma Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill.

The Pearson Guide To Verbal Ability And Logical Reasoning For The CAT 1st Edition (Paperback) by Nishit K. Sinha. Publisher: Pearson.

How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT Common Admission Test 4th Edition (Paperback) by Meenakshi Upadhyay, Arun Sharma. Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill.

The Pearson Guide To Verbal Ability And Logical Reasoning For The CAT 1st Edition (Paperback) by Nishit K. Sinha Publisher: Pearson.

Word Power Made Easy by NORMAN LEWIS.

A Communicative Grammar of English By: Geoffrey Leech.

30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary by Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis.

Some recommended magazines for GD and PI preparation are as follow –

Business Line by The Hindu Group
Business Today by India Today Group
Business World
Management Compass Career Launcher
Business & Management Chronicle by Chronicle Publications
Competition Success Review
Recommended Newspapers

The Hindu
The Indian Express
Economics Times
The Statesman


CAT Exam Pattern

Aspects Details
Duration of the Test 3 hours
Total Number of Sections 3
Sectional Duration 1 hour
Total Number of Questions 100
Marks per question 3
Negative marking for wrong question -1

The 3 sections of the exam and the number of questions in each of them is given in the table below.

CAT Exam Structure

Section Number of Questions

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) 34

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DI & LR) 32

Quantitative Ability 34


Non-MCQs:
According to the CAT exam pattern, the non-MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) without any answer choice would also be present.

Use of Calculator:
The on screen basic calculator also is there.
None allowed entering in the examination hall with scientific calculator.