CAT Syllabus
CAT syllabus includes all the important topic of Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Data
Interpretation &Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. The weightage of these three sections is
as follows:
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension – 24 questions, 72 marks
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning – 20 questions, 60 marks
Quantitative Aptitude – 22 questions, 66 marks
CAT VARC Syllabus
CAT VARC section is the first section of the CAT question paper. The section has two parts - Verbal
Ability and Reading Comprehension. Take a look at important VARC topics for CAT exam syllabus.
CAT VARC Syllabus
Para completion and
Fill in the blanks Verbal logic
inference
Verbal reasoning Subject-verb agreement Parajumbles
Foreign language words Different usage of same
Sentence completion
used in English word
Grammar Reading comprehension Idioms
Syllogisms Analogies Antonyms
Jumbled paragraphs Sentence correction One word substitution
Parts of speech Preposition Types of clauses
Phrases modifiers Errors in tenses Articles usage
Important Topics & Weightage for CAT VARC
In CAT syllabus, the VARC section is dominated by Reading Comprehension. About 12-14 questions are
passage based and rest of the questions are based on Parajumbles, Verbal Ability and Sentences.
No. of Questions in CAT
VARC Topics for CAT Level of Difficulty
Exam
Reading Comprehension 16 Moderate to Difficult
VA-Parajumbles 3 Moderate to Difficult
VA-Odd Sentence 2 Easy to Moderate
VA-Summary 3 Easy to Moderate
Overall 24 Moderate to Difficult
CAT DILR Syllabus
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) is the second section of the CAT question paper and
is to be solved after the VARC section. This section has two sub-sections - Data
Interpretation and Logical Reasoning. Take a look at important topics and some important logical
reasoning and data interpretation topics included in CAT syllabus.
CAT DILR syllabus
Blood Relations Clocks and Calendars Syllogism
Series Statements Venn Diagram
Proposition Data Arrangement Data Structures
Direction Sense Family Tree Tables
Coding-Decoding Binary Logic Pie Charts
Assumptions Seating Arrangement Data Sufficiency
Puzzles Sets & Caselets Bars & Line Graphs
Important Topics & Weightage for CAT DILR
The DILR section of CAT includes questions of two types – Data Interpretation and Logical
Reasoning. Given below is the usual weightage of DILR section of CAT.
CAT DILR Syllabus No. of Questions Level of Difficulty
Data Interpretation 4 Easy
Data Interpretation 4 Moderate
Moderate to
Logical Reasoning 6
difficult
Logical Reasoning 6 Easy to Moderate
Moderate to
Overall 20
difficult
CAT Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus
Quantitative Aptitude is the last section of CAT question paper. Take a look at important
topics and some key points of CAT 2023 syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude:
CAT Quantitative Aptitude syllabus
Geometry Ratios and Proportion Inequalities
In-equations Quadratic and
Trigonometry Work and Time
linear equations
Algebra Surds and Indices Percentages
Mensuration Time-Speed-Distance Logarithms
Partnership (Accounts) Number System Square Root and Cube Root
Profit & Loss Geometric Progression Probability
Simple interest and
Mean, mode, median Binomial theorem
compound interest
Topic wise weightage in CAT Quantitative Aptitude
The CAT Quantitative Aptitude has the weightage of 22 questions. Given below is the composition of the
Quantitative Aptitude section as seen in the last few years.
CAT Maths Syllabus No. of Questions Level of Difficulty
Arithmetic 10 Moderate
Algebra 5 Moderate
Geometry 3 Moderate
Modern Maths 4 Moderate
Overall 22 Moderate
Important Topics for Quantitative Aptitude Section of CAT
You can check the table below for important chapters of various Quantitative Aptitude topics that you
need to study to prepare for the CAT.
CAT Syllabus: Important Topics for Quantitative Aptitude
Averages, Mean Median Mode, Percentages,
Ratio and Proportion, Simple and Compound
Arithmetic Topics for CAT Interest, Profit and Loss Mixtures and
Allegations, Time and Work, Time Speed and
Distance
Basics Algebraic Formulae, Linear Equations,
Problems on ages, Number of integer
solutions, Quadratic Equations, Finding out
roots, Maxima and Minima, Higher Degree
Algebra Topics for CAT
Equations, Descartes Rule of Signs,
Inequalities, Logarithm, Functions,
Modifications of Graphs, The Smallest Value
in a Maximum Function
Basics of Numbers, Properties of Numbers,
Divisibility Rules, Divisibility and Factors,
Highest Common Factor and Lowest
Common Multiple, Finding Out the Last Digit,
Finding Out Last Two Digits, Number of
Trailing Zeroes, Finding out Remainders
Number System Topics for CAT based on, Basic Divisibility Rules, Binomial
Theorem, Simplifying the Dividend (Single
and/or Multiple Divisors), Fermat’s Theorem,
Euler’s Theorem, Pattern Recognition and
Cyclicity of Remainders, Wilson’s Theorem,
Base Systems, Conversion of Bases, Addition
/ Subtraction / Multiplication in different bases
Lines and Angles, Triangles – Basic
Concepts, Area, Angles, Similar Triangles,
Geometry Topics for CAT Polygons, Circles, Solids / Mensuration – 3D
Geometry, Coordinate Geometry,
Trigonometry
Sequence and Series, Binomial Theorem, Set
Modern Maths Topics for CAT Theory, Permutation and Combination,
Probability
