CAT syllabus

Computer-based management admission test: VARC, DILR and QA, 40 minutes each, in English. Right answers score 3; a wrong multiple-choice answer costs 1; a wrong typed answer costs nothing.

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

24 questions, 72 marks · 40 minutes (separately timed)

Section I. Four reading passages of 4 multiple-choice questions, then 8 verbal questions: 2 summaries and 2 paragraph completions (multiple choice) and 2 odd-sentence and 2 jumble questions (typed). A right answer scores 3. A wrong multiple-choice answer costs 1. A wrong typed answer costs nothing.

  • Reading comprehension
  • Paragraph summary
  • Paragraph completion
  • Odd sentence out
  • Paragraph jumble

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

22 questions, 66 marks · 40 minutes (separately timed)

Section II. Five sets: two of 5 questions and three of 4. In the 2025 test, 11 questions were multiple choice and 11 were typed. A right answer scores 3. A wrong multiple-choice answer costs 1. A wrong typed answer costs nothing.

  • Tables
  • Arrangements
  • Selection
  • Games and tournaments
  • Scheduling

Quantitative Ability

22 questions, 66 marks · 40 minutes (separately timed)

Section III. 14 multiple-choice questions and 8 typed answers, in the mix reported for 2025. A right answer scores 3. A wrong multiple-choice answer costs 1. A wrong typed answer costs nothing.

  • Arithmetic
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Numbers
  • Modern mathematics