CAT VARC Syllabus 2024

The VARC section is the first section of the exam which must be completed in 40
minutes. The Reading Comprehension part of the section dominates with
approximately 70% weightage of the total score of this section. Given below are the
topics that should be covered in the CAT VARC syllabus 2024:

CAT VARC Syllabus

Jumbled Paragraphs Reading Comprehension

Summary Questions Para Completion

Odd-sentence-out

VARC Analysis
For the past few years, the section has focused on majorly 5 types of questions:

1. Summary Questions
Small passage (80-100 words) with 4 options
The objective is to find the best summary of the passage.
In these types of questions, the key is usually to find the options that do not
contradict the passage in any manner or go beyond the scope of the discussion.
Once you are able to eliminate the other options, the right answer will emerge.

2. Jumbled Paragraph Questions

These are usually TITA, which means that there is no margin for error.
In these types of questions, there are 4-5 sentences given out of order.
Together they form a paragraph, and the aspirant has to find the order which best
suits the group of sentences. To answer these kinds of questions, the first thing that
each aspirant needs to do is identify the first and last sentence of the paragraph.

This is usually quite easy since the first sentence introduces a topic while the last
sentence makes some kind of judgment or conclusion.
Following this, the first sentence should lead to the second sentence, and so on and
so forth.

3. Odd Sentence in Paragraph Jumbles

Like jumbled paragraph questions, it has also been a TITA question for the past 3-4
years.

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 CAT DILR Syllabus 2024
The second section of the CAT exam, the DILR section is the most undefined as
compared to the other sections in the CAT Exam Syllabus. The three subsections of
the DILR section in the CAT syllabus 2024 are
Data Interpretation (DI): Data will be presented in the form of a graph, chart, or
another form of visualization and you will be required to solve the questions given
based on the information given.
Logical Reasoning (LR): Here you may be given information in a non-structured
manner and you may be required to structure it and derive the outcome to solve the
questions given.
Arrangement (AR): Here you may be given information in the form of conditions and
you may be required to organize it and answer the given questions.
Given below are the major topics of the CAT DILR syllabus-

CAT DILR Syllabus

Table Caselets Bar Graph Pie Chart
Data Different Diagrams:
Interpretation Combination Radar, Triangular, Train & Flight Time
(DI) Line Graph
Graphs Scatter, Boxes, Traffic Table
Tolls, Candlestick,

Set Theory Games and Grid/Matrix Cubes/Cuboids

Tournaments

Logical Table/Bar Graph/Pie Route based

Reasoning Chart/Line Graph/Radar (Car/Airline
(LR) Letter/Number Graph/Triangular/Scatter Route/Pipeline
Binary Logic
Coding /Boxes/Road & Street material); Train/Flight
Intersection/Number Time Table, Number
Logic based Logic-based

Seating AR:
Matrix AR:
Linear,
Arrangement Table, Rank, Family Tree; Logical Selection/Grouping/
Circular,
(AR) Conditions/ Sequence Teams/Committees
Square,
Arguments
Rectangle

DILR Analysis
The number of questions in the DI, LR and AR sub-sections are generally distributed
in the ratio 1 : 2 : 1 respectively, which means that the students who are more
comfortable in one of the sub-sections can still clear the cut-off if they attempt that
part of the CAT 2024 Paper well.

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 CAT Quant Syllabus 2024
The CAT QA Syllabus has the maximum portion since it covers everything related
to mathematics that one studies in school. Some of the major topics in the CAT
QA Syllabus are:
● Arithmetic: This topic covers the maximum number of questions in most of
the CAT Exams and is a topic that all students should prepare for.
● Algebra: This topic has the second-highest weightage in terms of the
questions asked in the CAT Exam.
● Numbers: These are topics that are regularly tested in the CAT Exam and every
aspirant should be clear about the basics of the topics to not lose out on easy
marks.
● Geometry: This is another regularly tested topic that consists of Geometry,
Coordinate Geometry, and Mensuration. Having a basic knowledge of the topic
will allow aspirants to attempt at least a few questions from the topic in the
CAT 2024 Exam.

Given below are the major topics of the CAT DILR syllabus-

CAT Quant Syllabus

Simple and
Simplification Percentage Compound Interest, Average
Installments

Time, Speed and

Distance - Average Time and
Arithmetic
Speed, Relative Work,
Mixtures and
Ratio, Proportion Speed, Linear Races, Efficiency,
Alligation,
and Partnership Trains, Boats & Pipes &
Replacement
Streams, Escalators, Cisterns,
Circular Races, Wages
Clocks

Linear Equations,
Quadratic
Equations, Higher
Polynomials Inequalities Binomial
Degree Equations,
Ages, Word
problems
Algebra
Functions,
Greatest Integer Modulus Exponents & Powers Logarithm
Function

Sequence and Maxima and Co-ordinates

Graphs
Series Minima Geometry

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 Numbers Surds & Indices Factors HCF & LCM

Numbers Factorials Divisibility Rules Cyclicity Remainders

Fractions Digits Base System Calendars

Quadrilaterals -
Triangles - Angle,
Square,
Side, Equilateral,
Rectangle,
Isosceles, Right
Parallelogram,
triangle, Other
Circles - Rhombus,
Points/Parallel triangles, Properties
Geometry Radius/Diameter, Trapezium,
Lines/Angles of Centroid,
Chord, Tangents Quadrilateral;
In-center,
Polygons -
Circum-center,
Pentagon,
Ortho center in a
Hexagon, More
triangle
than 6 sides

2-D: Area of
Triangle, Circle,
3 -D: Cube, Cuboid,
Square/Rectangl
Cone, Cylinder,
Mensuration e/Parallelogram/
Sphere, Prism,
Rhombus/Trapez
Pyramid
ium/Quadrilatera
l

Permutations and
Combinations -
Letter and
Set Theory - Sets, Probability- General,
Modern Maths Geometric
2 Sets, 3 Sets Base theorem
Arrangements,
Roots, Distribution
and Grouping

Trigonometric Heights and

Trigonometry
Identities Distances

No. of
Miscellaneous Cubes/Cuboids/C General problems
olored faces

QA Analysis
Here are a few tips for each of the topics-
Arithmetic is also fairly basic and should be easy to prepare for. Most of the topics in
Arithmetic are of Class X level and the only trick is to solve them as fast as possible.

Alignments and mixes are similar to sequences and mixes in the sense that they are
occasionally tested in CAT. It is fairly easy to solve problems of this type with the right
guidance.