If you do not go for coaching classes and cannot access the expert notes, there is no dearth of right study material. There are ample question banks, sample papers and study materials by expert authors available online as well as offline.

The foremost step to crack an exam is to know and understand theCAT exam pattern and syllabus. Before preparing you must know the areas or topics you have to prepare, like we say, before shooting you must know what you are aiming for.

Once you know your syllabus and have your study plan ready, you get acquainted with the basics in each section of the test. Having the fundamental concepts clarified is the biggest asset any CAT aspirant can have as an answer to how to prepare for CAT exam. If you have conceptual clarity, you can solve any tough problem.

Section-wise preparation for CAT -

• Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
• Quantitative Ability (QA)
• Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DI & LR)

QA:
Use the reverse strategy for it, take mock paper, try to solve it with timer, and later analyse it from the solutions available.

DI& LR:
Focus on being familiar with versatile forms of data representation like pie chart, bar chart, line graph, piled bar chart, spider chart and complex combinations of these. Later, analyse your preparation via mock tests

VARC:
Focus only on those question types where comprehending the content is a core requirement like Para-jumbles, RCs, etc.

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