CAT Preparation

I am interested in the field of management and planning to apply for CAT (Common Admission Test) doing preparation. Can you tell what the Eligibility Criteria for Appearing in CAT Exam also suggest me some good books for CAT exam so that I can prepare well for this exam?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

CAT (Common Admission Test) 2017 is a national level management aptitude test conducted by IIMs primarily for admission to several management programmes offered by IIMs.

Eligibility Criteria for Appearing in CAT Exam

Please go through the minimum eligibility criteria required for appearing in this test:

Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent qualification (recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India) with minimum 50% marks or its equivalent CGPA (45% for candidates belonging to SC/ST/DA/PwD category applicants).

List of books for CAT preparation:

How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma

• Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT Common Admission Tests For Admission into IIMsby Sarvesh K Verma

• Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations by Guha Abhijit

• The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Nishant sinha

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning :::

• Logical Reasoning for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha

• How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT by Arun Sharma

• How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the Cat by Arun Sharma

Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension :::

• How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma

• Verbal Ability And Logical Reasoning For The CAT by Nishit K. Sinha

• Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal

• Verbal Ability And Logical Reasoning For The CAT And Other MBA Examinations by TIME

CAT Exam Important Dates

CAT 2017 Events Respective Dates
Online registration/online application form begins from August, 2017 to September, 2017
Downloading window of admit card will be open from October, 2017
Examination date November, 2017
Result announcement date Second week of January, 2017