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📚 CAT 2025 Syllabus – Complete Section-Wise Guide

Preparing for CAT 2025? The first step to cracking this exam is knowing the syllabus thoroughly. While CAT doesn’t officially release a fixed syllabus, it is based on concepts from middle school to high school level in English and Math — along with logical reasoning and data interpretation.

Let’s break it down section by section.

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📝 CAT 2025 Exam Pattern (Quick Overview)

• Duration: 2 hours (40 min per section)

• Total Questions: ~66 (varies year to year)

• Sections:

  1. VARC – Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension

  2. DILR – Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

  3. QA – Quantitative Ability

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📖 CAT 2025 VARC Syllabus (Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension)

• Reading Comprehension (RC):

  • Inference-based questions

  • Main idea & para summary

  • Tone & author’s intent

  • Odd sentence out / misfit sentence

  • Para completion

• Verbal Ability:

  • Parajumbles (arranging sentences)

  • Sentence completion & correction

  • Vocabulary in context (not direct word meanings, but application)

👉 Focus: RC dominates this section (approx. 70% of questions).

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📊 CAT 2025 DILR Syllabus (Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning)

• Data Interpretation (DI):

  • Tables, charts, bar graphs, line graphs

  • Pie charts, caselets, data sufficiency

  • Combination of multiple data sources

• Logical Reasoning (LR):

  • Arrangements (linear, circular)

  • Seating puzzles

  • Blood relations

  • Games & tournaments

  • Venn diagrams & set theory-based reasoning

  • Coding-decoding, syllogisms

👉 Focus: Practice sets-based DILR, as CAT often frames questions in small caselets.

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➗ CAT 2025 QA Syllabus (Quantitative Ability)

• Arithmetic: Ratio, Proportion, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Time-Speed-Distance, Time & Work, Averages, Mixtures

• Algebra: Equations, Inequalities, Functions, Progressions (AP, GP, HP)

• Geometry & Mensuration: Triangles, Circles, Polygons, Coordinate Geometry, Solid Geometry

• Numbers: Number system, LCM/HCF, Divisibility, Factors, Remainders

• Modern Math: Permutation & Combination, Probability, Set Theory, Logarithms

• Other Topics: Trigonometry basics, Surds & Indices

👉 Focus: Arithmetic & Algebra form the largest chunk of QA in recent years.

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🎯 Preparation Tips for CAT 2025 Syllabus

1. Start with basics → Build strong foundations before moving to shortcuts.

2. Daily Reading → Read editorials & essays for VARC.

3. DI + LR practice → Solve at least 1 set daily to build stamina.

4. Quant practice → Focus on Arithmetic + Algebra first, then Geometry.

5. Mocks + Analysis → Apply concepts in exam-like practice.

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📘 Final Note

The CAT 2025 syllabus covers familiar concepts, but the real challenge is application under time pressure. Focus on accuracy, speed, and smart selection of questions.

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