Anisha has done MBA in Marketing from NMIMS And Executive Management(PMNO) from Harvard Business School. She has been instrumental in growing CATKing Digital with her experience with Marico and Henkel in the past.
Quantitative aptitude is one of the most important sections that ask a good number of questions in the CAT exam. The QA will have both MCQs and TITA questions, and candidates will have 40 minutes to answer. To score well in this section, candidates are required to refer to some important topics in quant for CAT.
Important topics for the CAT exam:
|
Topics |
Expected No. of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
|
Time and Work |
1 to 2 Questions |
Difficult |
|
Interests (SI, CI) |
1 to 2 Questions |
Moderately difficult |
|
Time, Speed, and Distance |
1 to 2 Questions |
Moderately difficult |
|
Probability |
1 to 2 Questions |
Moderately difficult |
|
Geometry & Mensuration |
7 to 8 Questions |
Moderately difficult |
|
Number System, Basic Arithmetic |
5 to 10 Questions |
Moderately difficult |
|
Algebra |
6 to 7 Questions |
Moderately difficult |
|
Permutation & Combination |
1 to 2 Questions |
Easy |
|
Profit, loss, and Discounts |
1 to 2 Questions |
Easy |
|
Trigonometry, Logarithms, and Sets |
1 to 3 Questions |
Easy |
How to study?
- Attend live classes regularly.
- Do not study through hardcopies but take the dashboard access which is now available at a 50% discount, and in that, you will get CATKing LOD 1 &2 bible.
- After 2 months, do all the Must-do sections present in the dashboard where you need to do all the questions. This is particularly true for LOD 2 STUDENTS.
- There is study material for every kind of student. We can attend recorded lessons for them. There are Advanced sessions, Shortcut sessions, and advanced shortcut sessions from faculties of IIMs, NITIE, etc. There is also a recording of the sessions section so that if you miss a session this comes to you.
- When you feel demotivated, look at your final goal. Got to alumni profiles and watched them on the dashboard. Learn through them.
- Do not leave your preparation till the last day of CAT.
Timetable for CAT
- Daily, cover the topic in two sections at least, for example
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday |
| Quantitative Ability | Data Interpretation | Verbal Ability |
| Data Interpretation | Verbal Ability | Quantitative Ability |
- Here, in 3 days, you are covering everything at least twice. You need to do this on weekdays repeatedly and then on weekends, Revise everything, Consolidate, and give a mock. Give a mock on Saturday preferably then analyze the same on Sunday.
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