CAT 2023 || 5 Months Preparation Plan

Section​

Number of Questions​

Number of Questions MCQs ​

TITA ​

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)​

24​​

21​​

3​

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)​

20​​

14​

6​

Quantitative Ability (QA)​

22​​

14​​

8​​

Overall​

66​​

49​​

17​​

5 Month Study Plan

Details

Month 1: Start Preparation

They must analyze their position first to start their CAT preparation. They must identify their weakness and strengths. They can make their study plan for month 1 in the following way.

• Start with the basic concepts of LR topics, including clock and calendar, arrangements, and analogies.
• Go through with basic arithmetic skills, required to solve number systems, Divisibility rules, geometry, mensuration, and probability. 

Month 2: Continue with QA, DILR, and VARC

In the second month of their preparation, the candidates must prepare on the following basis

• Continue with QA topics, like Percentage, profit and loss, time and work, and set theory
• Study different VA topics (Idioms, synonyms and antonyms, phrases, and reading comprehension)
• Focus on logical reasoning chapters, including direction problems and syllogism

Month 3: Complete QA

They can continue their third-month preparation in the following way:

• Complete QA chapters (interests, series and sequences, logarithms, inequalities, functions, equations, and P&C
• Make a detailed study of VR topics (English grammars, solving cubes and dices)
• Go through LR chapters, including blood relations and quantitative reasoning months

Month 4: Complete DILR

They must complete LR in month 4

• Study LR chapters (coding and decoding, puzzles)
• Focus on VR chapters including fill in the blanks, prepositions, para jumbles, Critical reasoning. Sentence correction, logical reductions  month
• DI chapters such as Tables, pie charts, bar graphs, line charts, data sufficiency, and caselets

Month 5: Start Revision and Give Mock Test

In the 5th month, the candidates must be focused on the following things.

• Start Revisions for all the chapters. It will help them to know whether they have missed chapters or not.
• Solve CAT previous years’ question paper. It will help to understand the question type that the candidates will face in the CAT exam.
• Memorise important formulas of math.
• Give mock tests regularly to analyze the performance of the test.
• They can attend BYJU’s Exam Prep CAT online mock test series to revise all the chapters.

Percentile

Marks in

Marks in

Marks in

Marks in

Marks in

Marks in

CAT 2022

CAT 2021

CAT 2020

CAT 2019

CAT 2018

CAT 2017

Total Marks

198

198

228

300

300

300

99.9

110.72

120

131

196

192

208

99.5​

93

107​

115​

170​

170​

183​

99​

82.5

97​

102​

157​

155​

173​

95​

60

71​

77​

120​

125​

139​

90​

48.5

59​

63​

90​

110​

121​

80

35.5

45

49

75

80

98

70

29

36

36

57

62

83

Particulars

Weightage

CAT Score

20-40%

Performance in Interview, WAT, GD, etc.

50-60%

Marks in 10th, 12th & Graduation

0-10%

Work Experience

0-5%

Academic Diversity

0-3%

Gender Diversity

0-3%

Particulars

Weightage

CAT/XAT/IIFT Score

50-70%

Performance in Interview, WAT, GD, etc.

30-40%

Marks in 10th, 12th & Graduation

0-10%

Work Experience

0-5%

Percentile

Marks in

CAT 2022

CAT 2021

CAT 2020

99.5

37​

40

50

99

33.5​

35-36

44

95

22.5​

24

30

90

17​

17

23

80

11.5​

12

16

Topics

CAT 2022

CAT 2021

CAT 2020

Arithmetic

8-9​

7-10

10

Algebra

4-9​

6-8

6-8

Geometry  & Mensuration

3-4​

3-5

5-6

Number System

1-3​

1-2

2-3

Modern Math

0-3​

1

0-2

Overall

22

22

24

CAT 2020-2022​

Total​

Average​

Weightage​

Arithmetic​

85​

9.44​

40.48​

Time & Distance​

19​

2.11​

9.05​

Time & Work​

12​

1.33​

5.71​

Profit & Loss​

7​

0.78​

3.33​

Averages​

15​

1.67​

7.14​

Mixtures & Allegation​

9​

1.00​

4.29​

Ratios​

8​

0.89​

3.81​

SI CI​

8​

0.89​

3.81​

Percentages​

7​

0.78​

3.33​

CAT 2020-2022​

Total​

Average​

Weightage​

Algebra​

69​

7.67​

32.86​

Quadratic Equations​

13​

1.44​

6.19​

Sequence and Series​

12​

1.33​

5.71​

Logarithms​

9​

1.00​

4.29​

Functions​

10​

1.11​

4.76​

Linear Equations​

12​

1.33​

5.71​

Inequalities​

5​

0.56​

2.38​

Special Equations​

7​

0.78​

3.33​

Algebraic Identities and Standard Results​

0​

0.00​

0.00​

Higher order equations​

1​

0.11​

0.48​

CAT 2020-2022​

Total​

Average​

Weightage​

Geometry​

31​

3.44​

14.76​

Area and Volume​

5​

0.56​

2.38​

Triangles​

9​

1.00​

4.29​

Circles​

2​

0.22​

0.95​

Coordinate Geometry​

5​

0.56​

2.38​

Polygons​

6​

0.67​

2.86​

Quadrilaterals​

4​

0.44​

1.90​

Lines and Angles​

0​

0.00​

0.00​

Number Theory​

15​

1.67​

7.14​

Modern Math​​

10​

1.11​

4.76​

Permutations and Combinations​

8​

0.89​

3.81​

Set Theory​

2​

0.22​

0.95​

Probability​

0​

0.00​

0.00​

Percentile

Marks in

CAT ​​

2022​​

CAT ​​

2021​​

CAT ​​

2020​​

99.5

43​​

49-50​​

47​​

99

38.5​​

45​​

42​​

95

29​​

34-35​​

33​​

90

23.5​​

29​​

28​​

80

17​​

 21​​

22​​

Percentile

Marks in

CAT 2022​

CAT 2021​

CAT 2020​

99.5

32​

38​

39​

99

29​

33​

34​

95

19​

25​

25​

90

15​

20​

20​

80

10.5​

14-15​

16​

Topic​​

Number of Sets in PYQP 2017-22​​

Reasoning Based DI​​

10​​

Matrix and Grid​​

7​​

Matrix Arrangement​​

7​​

Venn Diagram​​

7​​

Scheduling and Matrix​​

6​​

Unconventional and Hybrid Games and Tournament​​

6​​

Mathematical AR​​

4​​

Order and ranking​​

3​​

Missing Data​​

3​​

Arithmetic Caselet​​

3​​

Logic Based Table​​

3​​

Topic​​

Number of Sets in PYQP 2017-22​​

Routes and Networks​​

3​​

Gantt Chart​​

2​​

Maxima-Minima Concept​​

2​​

Algebra Caselet​​

2​​

Arithmetic Based DI​​

2​​

Misc​​

11​​