CAT (Common Admission Test)

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Data Interpretation & Logical Puzzles

Caselets, Charts, Seating Puzzles, Tournament Logic & Venn Diagrams

• Data Interpretation: TablesExtracting and computing values from tabular data sets and multi-row tables.
• Bar and Line GraphsReading trends, comparisons and growth from bar charts and line graphs.
• Pie ChartsInterpreting proportions, angles and shares represented in circular charts.
• Caselets and Data SetsText-heavy data puzzles requiring conditions to be organized before solving.
• Data SufficiencyDeciding whether given statements are enough to answer a question.
• Seating and Linear-Circular ArrangementPlacing people or objects in rows, circles or grids from clues.
• Puzzles and Grid-Based ReasoningMatrix puzzles matching entities across multiple attributes using clues.
• Venn Diagrams and Set TheorySet unions, intersections and region counting using Venn diagrams.
• Blood Relations and Direction SenseFamily-tree relationship chains and directional distance tracking.
• Games, Tournaments and NetworksScoring tables, round-robin and knockout tournaments and route networks.

Advanced Quantitative Aptitude

Number Theory, Permutations, Probability, Functions & Series

• Number System and Number TheoryFactors, divisibility, remainders, HCF-LCM, base systems and properties of integers.
• Percentages, Profit-Loss and InterestPercentage change, profit and loss, discounts, simple and compound interest.
• Ratio, Proportion, Mixtures and AlligationRatios, proportions, partnership sharing, and mixture-alligation problems.
• Time, Speed and DistanceRelative speed, trains, boats and streams, races and circular motion.
• Time and WorkWork rates, pipes and cisterns, and combined-effort scheduling problems.
• Equations and InequalitiesLinear and quadratic equations, inequalities, and their integer solutions.
• Functions, Graphs and Maxima-MinimaFunction types, composition, graphs, modulus, and optimization problems.
• Logarithms, Surds and IndicesLaws of exponents, radicals, and logarithmic identities and manipulation.
• Sequences and SeriesArithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions and summation of series.
• Geometry and Coordinate GeometryTriangles, circles, polygons, similarity and the coordinate plane.
• Mensuration (2D and 3D)Areas, perimeters, surface areas and volumes of plane and solid figures.
• Permutations, Combinations and ProbabilityCounting principles, arrangements, selections and basic probability.

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension

RC passages, para-jumbles, para-summary, odd-sentence-out and critical reasoning — not SSC grammar

• RC Main Idea and Primary PurposeAuthor-original reading passages and questions on primary purpose — what the piece is doing, not a vocabulary drill or error-spotting exercise.
• RC Inference: Must Be TrueCAT VARC inference: keep only claims a hostile reader must grant from the quoted lines.
• RC Structure and ToneWhat a paragraph or sentence is doing in a CAT passage, and how the author stands toward the subject — function and tone, not grammar and not a main-idea recap.
• Para-jumblesFour-sentence orders as CAT verbal ability writes them: find the only sequence that holds. Not grammar rules, idioms, or one-word substitution.
• Paragraph SummaryCAT verbal-ability paragraph summary: a short argumentative paragraph and four one-sentence restatements, one of them too narrow or too wide.
• Odd Sentence OutCAT verbal ability: five sentences, four form one paragraph, name the leftover.
• Critical ReasoningTesting CAT-density arguments: isolate the claim, name the gap, then strengthen, weaken, or assume.
• Mapping a CAT RCHow to map a CAT reading-comprehension passage — paragraph jobs, who owns each claim, returning to a slot, killing options, and time discipline — not SSC grammar or synonym drills.