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CAT 2013 Paper Pattern and
Syllabusby Manisha VermaCommon 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 theCAT 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 isno 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 familiarisecandidates 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, , oneword 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
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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, Assertionand 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