Dear Narendra, CAT exam has seen changes over the years.  While the pattern may change, the sections would remain the same. So if you start preparing from now, you can certainly make it. Almost all books available in the market are very similar in the nature of their content of study material but the important thing is what you make of it.

Here I can give you the list of books for each section that can help you accelerate your preparation to ace the tests.

CAT Books For Quantitative Ability:
1.NCERT mathematics books (from 6th to 10th class) ::
These books are a good way to start if one needs to clear their basics and concepts. NCERT books are best to start your CAT Preparation with only if you have a lot of time before your exam date and need to brush up on concepts before solving advanced problems.

2.How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT (by Arun Sharma)
(publisher: Tata McGraw Hill)
This is a very popular book among CAT aspirants and really easy and simple to understand. This book also focuses on the basics first and has different levels of difficulties step by step.

3.Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations (by Abhijit Guha)
This book is quite comprehensive for various competitive exams, for both MBA aspirants and for those seeking jobs who need to prepare for the aptitude tests.
4.Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT by Sarvesh Verma
It is an extensive book for students aspiring to go to IIMs. It has a very simple, lucid and tailor made content revolving around CAT.

5.Quantitative Aptitude for CAT (by Nishit Sinha)
This book by Pearson focuses on in depth understanding of core topics for basic and advanced applications.


Verbal Ability Books For CAT:

1.How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT( by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay)
This book is good to brush up your verbal and reading comprehension skills. It covers three important topics: reading comprehension, verbal ability and verbal reasoning. It provides sufficient practice and mock papers for self-assessment.

2.Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension For The CAT( by Nishit Sinha)
This book by Pearson provides not only an exhaustive resource for verbal ability. It also includes numerous tests as well as integral problem solving techniques and approaches.

3.Word Power Made Easy (by Norman Lewis)
This is the go-to book to improve your vocabulary. It is not a book to be read but a book to work with daily to enrich your vocabulary.

4.High School Grammar and Composition( by Wren and Martin)
It is a very good book for people who want to improve their grammar skills. It helps to understand and conceptualise different aspects of grammar and it is a must have book for anyone with poor grasp on verbal ability or who wants to make up with the basics of english.

Read books from different genres
The ultimate key to improve your verbal ability is to read extensively and to read books from different genres. This ensures that when the time for reading comprehension comes you are well acquainted with different writing styles and topics. Reading extensively also improves your reading speeding over a period of time. There are no shortcuts here.

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning Books For CAT:

1.A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning( by R.S. Agarwal)
This CAT book by R.S. Agarwal is to start with the most basic reasoning problem as it is quite simple to understand. It is segregated into different sections such as logic, statements, inferences and arguments, assumptions, conclusions, course of actions, logical puzzles, etc.

2.How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for CAT book (by Arun Sharma)
This book by Tata McGraw Hill contains all topics to be considered under Logical Reasoning for CAT as well as other entrance exams. Each topic is explained with solved examples followed by a series of problems with varied difficulty levels to solve which gives an individual enough practice for this section.

3.How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT book (by Arun Sharma)
This book focuses on all areas of Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency. It provides and emphasizes on developing our calculations to get an edge with DI. This book also provides you with previous years questions, Model and Sample test papers.

4.Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT (by Nishit Sinha)
This book covers fundamental and advanced topics under the aforementioned section which are explained with the help of solved examples, case lets and exercises to do. It is useful for various other exams as well.

5.Data Interpretation (by Nishit Sinha)
Practice Book for CAT and Other MBA Entrance Examinations( by Nishit Sinha):
This book provides adequate practice and to sharpen the skills for Data Interpretation. It is also quite useful for other competitive exams like NMAT, GMAT, SNAP, XAT, CMAT, etc.

Another CAT Preparation material or book to be considered is Previous Years Solved CAT Paper:
This ensures that you are familiar with the kind of questions that are asked in CAT providing you an edge. They can be taken as mocks and the analysis of the same can provide you with great insights for your preparation.

It is always better to read newspaper for CURRENT G.K. than trying to grasp all info at once. Some of the newspaper sources which you can use to prepare this section are The Hindu, Financial Express, and The Economist.

In case, you dont like reading newspaper daily, you can go with Manorama Yearbook or Current Affairs Yearly by Arihant for General Knowledge which is published every year.

In order to prepare for STATIC G.K. section, you need to broaden your overall scope in following sections: Sports, Politics, Entertainment, Biographies, etc. So, for this, you can use Static General Knowledge by A.P. Bhardwaj and S. Chands Advanced Objective General Knowledge. These books are okay to start with if you are not someone with a newspaper reading habit from the past.

Helo aspirant,

First of all congratulations for your positivity towards clearing jee mains in 5 months.

Start building up your basics .

Now, during examination, don't panic. Keep calm, and be confident in whatever you do.

You know that the syllabus for JEE exams is not very easy to be learn within 5 months. And also if you you are unaware of the syllabus then it's very tough for you. But also it not impossible. And preparing to secure 250+ in JEE for those who don't know the syllabus needs a very very hard and smart work.

All you need is the best planning and management. And you will get a very good understanding of the syllabus and contents through video lectures.

Hope this will be helpful for you.

Best of luck.

Dear Akansha, there are 20 IIMs in India. And all of them conduct their admissions through CAT score. Not completely via CAT score but considering other factors like Academic profile, Work experience, Diversity Factor, etc. And there are more than 1000 institutions that participate in accepting CAT score. With such wide acceptance, CAT must be something different than  the rest of the entrance examimations. Well, yes because CAT exam doesnt test you on your previous Academic credentials but on your capability to dwell in the Management world where adaptability, effective communication, thinking better and faster are important. Thats the reason CAT doesnt have sections that test your knowledge in Physics, Chemistry or any other core subjects that you must have studied in Graduation. CAT has sections like Quantitative Ability,  Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning. If MBA is about Management and Business Administration, CAT fits the bill to test your readiness to enter that world.

Hello Sugyani, Greetings!

Here is list of most recommended books for civil engineering:

1. SOM by James Gere (for Concepts)

2. SOM by R.K Bansal (for Questions and Theory Reading, recommended for GATE).

3. RCC by Pillai and Menon.

4. Fluid Mechanics by R.K. Bansal.

5. Structural Analysis by C.S. Reddy.

6. Highway and Transportation Engineering by L.R. Kadiyali

7. Soil mechanics by B.C. Punmia.

8. Building materials by K.C. Rangwala

9. Design of Steel Structures by S.S. Bhavikatti

10. Surveying by R. Subramanian.

11. For Irrigation Engineering you can follow the topics selectively in previous year question from S.K. Garg.

12. Engineering Mathematics by Made Easy Publications.

13. For previous year questions books by Made Easy, ACE Academy and ESE Master all are same but the thing which gives edge to Made Easy Publications over the others is the quality of solutions and their explanation.

14. For Aptitude there is no need to follow any book, they will ask Engineering Aptitude not Elementary Maths (which is being asked in the other exams as aptitude).

Thank you, best of luck.

Dear Siva, this might help you.


NEET syllabus:

The Syllabus for Physics Includes:

Physical World and Measurement
Kinematics
Laws of Motion
Work, Energy and Power
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid body
Gravitation
Properties of Bulk Matter
Thermodynamics
Behaviour of perfect gas and kinetic theory
Oscillation of waves
Electrostatics
Current Electricity
Magnetic effects of current and magnetism
Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents
Electromagnetic waves
Optics
Dual Nature of matter and radiation
Atoms and nuclei
Electronic devices


Best Books:

NCERT Physics Class XI & Class XII
Concepts of Physics by H. C. Verma
Objective Physics By DC Pandey
Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick and Walker
Fundamental Physics by Pradeep
Problems in General Physics by IE Irodov

Preparation tips:

Physics needs utmost focus and time because it involves with theoretical concepts and numbers. There should be a systematic approach in preparing for NEET. The important topics are Mechanics, ElectroDynamics, Modern Physics, Heat and Thermodynamics, Optics, Simple Harmonic Motion, Waves. Formulae form an integral part of your preparation. Memorise as many formulae as you can and write them down and stick them as post its so that you can always see them. Practise regularly and try various kinds of questions. Solving previous papers and mock tests to test your improvement. Keep a clock and check the time its taking you to solve these questions. And improve the time as you practise more. One day of the week should be set aside for revision so as to keep the mind fresh. For reading what the toppers and experts have to say, please visit our page at: https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-neet-physics/amp

Syllabus for Chemistry Includes:

Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
Structure of Atom
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
State of Matter: Gases and Liquids
Thermodynamics
Equilibrium
Hydrogen
S-block Element
Some p-block Elements
Organic Chemistry
Hydrocarbons
Environmental Chemistry
Solutions
Chemical Kinetics
Surface Chemistry
General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements
D and F Block Elements
Coordination Compounds
Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
Biomolecules, Polymers and Chemistry in Everyday life


Chemistry Best Books:

NCERT Chemistry textbooks for Class XI and XII
Physical Chemistry by OP Tandon
ABC of Chemistry for Classes 11 and 12 by Modern
Concise Inorganic Chemistry by JD Lee
Dinesh Chemistry Guide
Practise books by VK Jaiswal, MS Chauhan and N Awasthi

Preparation tips:

Chemistry is divided into Inorganic, Physical and Organic chemistry. For inorganic chemistry, you must refer to the NCERT. Organic comprises of many reactions and reagents which can be practised by writing over and over again. Physical chemistry requires a comparatively deeper understanding of concepts, so preparing with the NCERT and referring to study material a level higher than NCERT should be the way to go. For more information, please visit our page at:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-neet-chemistry


Syllabus for Biology includes:

Diversity in Living world
Structural Organization in Animal and Plants
Cell Structure and Function
Plant Physiology
Human Physiology
Reproduction
Genetics and Evolution
Biology and Human Welfare
Biotechnology and its applications
Ecology and Environment

Biology Best Books:

NCERT Biology Class XI and Class XII textbooks
Biology Vol 1 and Vol 2 by Trueman
Objective Biology by Dinesh
Objective Botany by Ansari
Pradeep Guide on Biology
GR Bathla publications for Biology

Preparation tips:

Biology is the biggest section in NEET, comprising about half of the exam, and acing this subject can help you in scoring more in the exam. Human Physiology and Genetics have maximum weightage in NEET. It is advisable to practise questions of Genetics from previous year question papers, which will give you a thorough understanding of how the questions are being asked. Topics of Plant and Animal kingdom have a lot of portion to memorize. You can prepare these topics by making a comparative table for the sub-topics and studying it together. Plant physiology is also equally important and easy to score. For more tips, please visit our page at:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-neet-biology

Hi Aniket

Welcome to carrers360

All student preparing for gate has different strategy so understand yourself and make your own strategy because cannot grasp anything fastly so you should categories yourself and make strategy wheather  understand concept fastly or take more time to understand
So hope above information is useful for you

If you have any doubt you can comment below i am more than happy to help you out

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