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Exam Name : CAT (Common Admission Test) 2021
Announcement : CAT 2021 Syllabus
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Career Launcher CAT Syllabus
Preparation is the key to success in all aspects of life. There are few, if any, instances where things will be handed to you on a golden platter. CAT (Common Admission Test) 2021 certainly does not represent such an instance.
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CAT 2021 Syllabus is the building block which a candidate cannot miss out on. And so, we have tried to break down and provide you an entire analysis of the CAT 2021 syllabus in the best way possible.
CAT is one of the toughest and most competitive exams in the world with lakhs of aspirants vying for a few thousand seats in the best B-Schools. Therefore in order to succeed in this brutal arena, the aspirant needs to ensure that he/she is putting in the right effort in the right way by turning their radar to the prime of the hour.
For this very reason, there needs to be a structure in which they prepare which is where the CAT exam pattern and the CAT 2021 syllabus come in. Before diving deep into the latter, an overview of the CAT Exam Pattern will also help.
The CAT Exam is comprised of 3 sections:
** Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
** Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)
** Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
Amongst these sections, the common denominator in terms of the CAT Exam Syllabus is that it is limited to the topics and knowledge that one gains till Class 12.
VARC CAT 2021 Exam Syllabus
The VARC CAT Exam Syllabus, as compiled by experts at CL, is:
** Synonyms Antonyms (Vocabulary Based)
** Grammar or English Usage
** Correction in Sentence
** Fill in the blanks
** Jumbled Paragraph and Cloze Passage
** Analogies and Reverse Analogies
** Meaning/Usage Match in terms of context of question
** Verbal Reasoning
** Summary Questions
** Reading Comprehension
** Facts Inferences Judgments
** Syllogisms
** Usage of foreign language words
** Multiple usage of one word
** Idioms and phrases
** One-word substitution
** Odd sentence out
Verbal Ability CAT Exam Syllabus 2021
The Verbal Ability section over the past 3-4 years has focused majorly on 3 types of questions:
** Summary Questions
** Jumbled Paragraphs
** Odd sentences in Paragraph Jumbles.
The Summary questions usually consist of:
** Small passage (80-100 words) with 4 options
** Objective is to find the best summary for the passage
** In these types of questions usually, the key is to find the options which does not contradict the passage in any manner
** Once you are able to eliminate the other options, the right answer would emerge.
The Odd Sentence in Paragraph Jumbles is also a TITA questions for the past 3-4 years:
** The objective for this type of question is to identify the sentence which does not match with the theme established in the rest of the paragraph.
** These questions may be easy or difficult depending on how it is presented.
** For easy questions, the sentence will talk about something completely different from the theme of the rest of the passage.
** On the other hand, in difficult questions, the sentence will be on the same topic as the rest of the passage but will differ slightly in terms of the opinion being offered or the theme being set.
** It is also possible for the sentence to introduce a topic within the theme which is not pursued further.
Reading Comprehension CAT Exam Syllabus
The Reading Comprehension consists of questions based on passages in the exam. The questions are generally of three types: Fact-based, Inference-based and Vocabulary-based. The Vocabulary based questions have already been discussed above.
However, the CAT 2020 RC section included more inferential questions than CAT 2019, which made the section slightly more complex in terms of level of difficulty. The same can be expected from CAT 2021.
The fact based questions, as the name suggests, demand answers on the basis of facts mentioned in the passage. They are usually the easiest questions in the section.
The Inference-based questions are slightly trickier since the aspirant has to deduce the tone and theme of the author before answering these questions. In CAT 2018 and CAT 2019, these types of questions have been fairly limited.
DILR CAT Exam Syllabus
DILR was the trickiest section for aspirants in CAT 2016, CAT 2017 and CAT 2020 but the difficulty level was reduced in CAT 2018 and CAT 2019. One of the reasons for this difficulty is the unpredictability of the sections in terms of where the sets could be taken from.
The CAT syllabus for the DILR section for CAT 2021 is:
** Caselets and Tables
** Bar Graphs and Column Graphs
** Venn Diagrams
** Line Charts & Pie Chart
** Combination of two or more types linked to each other
** Number and Letter Series
** Calendars, Cubes and Clocks
** Binary Logic
** Seating Arrangement
** Matching
** Logical Sequence
** Connectives
** Blood Relations
** Games and Tournaments
** Routes and Networks
** Venn Diagrams
** Missing Information/Incorrect Information
Data Interpretation CAT Exam Syllabus
From the above syllabus mentioned, the DI CAT Syllabus consists of caselets and tables. These caselets have data in the form of bar graphs, column graphs, venn diagrams, lines and pie charts.
In this section of the CAT 2021 Syllabus, the aspirants will be asked to solve questions which are posed based on the data given in the above formats. In order to solve these questions, the data has to be structured in the most intuitive manner so that the questions can be solved.
In certain questions, there will be variables that have to be left untouched since they may be provided in the questions. The only way to prepare for this section in the CAT exam is to solve as many problems as possible and go through the previous years’ CAT Exam Papers.
Logical Reasoning CAT Exam Syllabus
The topics for Logical Reasoning in the CAT syllabus across the years consists of numbers and sequences, arrangements, syllogisms, logical sequences, blood relations, calendars, cubes and clocks. The questions are usually arrangements with a combination of the other topics.
As can be seen, the number of topics for reasoning is quite numerous and the combination can lead to very tricky sets. This can be one of the reasons that CAT 2015 and CAT 2016 were considered to have difficult DILR sections. The reasoning topics can lead to very complicated sets when combined with each other. The major concern with solving LR questions is not to solve them but solving them as expeditiously as possible.
Quantitative Ability CAT Exam Syllabus
The QA syllabus is quite vast and has been compiled according to CL’s experts:
** Number Systems
** LCM & HCF
** Profit, Loss & Discount
** Percentages
** Speed, Time & Distance
** Time & Work
** Simple & Compound Interest
** Ratio & Proportion
** Averages
** Quadratic & Linear Equations
** Complex Numbers
** Logarithm
** Binomial Theorem
** Sequences & Series
** Surds & Indices
** Inequalities
** Probability, Permutation and Combination
** Set Theory
** Functions & Geometry
** Mixtures & Allegations
** Trigonometry
** Coordinate Geometry & Mensuration
The vast number of topics in the CAT syllabus means that it needs to be broken up into more manageable chunks.
The sub-sections in the CAT 2021 Syllabus of QA may be broken down to:
** Commercial Maths
** Arithmetic
** Geometry
** Algebra
** Trigonometry
** Sequences and Series
** Alligations and Mixtures