120 days study plan to prepare for CAT with EduRev | Quantitative Aptitude (Quant)

The syllabus for CAT is not well defined, and thus it is easy to lose track of what all one needs to study to crack this exam and get into your dream IIM. To help you with your preparation EduRev, after exhaustive research of previous year papers, and interviews of toppers have formed not just the syllabus but also a timetable that paves the way for your dream IIM.

EduRev ensures that you study what matters so that your time is used in the most efficient way possible. This timetable focuses not only on all the concepts and types of questions asked in CAT Exam but also on the speed at which you are solving those questions. Here is the timetable to study for CAT from EduRev: 

Note: Apart from the timetable, students need to spend at least 1 hour every day reading newspapers and solving sudoku, to help train the brain for solving quizzes and reading comprehensions.

Week 1: Syllabus, PYQs and Mock Tests

1. Day 1:  CAT Syllabus
2. Day 2 - 4:  Previous year questions
3. Day 5 to 7:  Mock tests

By the end of week one, you would have a clear idea of all the topics that are asked in CAT.

Week 2: 

1. Day 1 to 3 - Quant 

• Number System
• Time and Work
• Averages
• Ratio and Proportion
• Percentages
• Speed, Time, and Distance

2. Day 4 - Quant Topic wise tests 

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 5 and 6 - Verbal

• English Grammar
• Grammar tenses
• Synonyms
• Vocabulary

4. Day 7 - Mock tests

Here in week 2, in verbal your time is spent revising concepts like tenses, vocabulary, and general grammar. There might not be questions directly asked from these topics, but their knowledge would prove indispensable while attempting questions from verbal.

Week 3:

1. Day 1 and 2 - LRDI - Videos and Notes and tests

• Number Series
• Seating Arrangement
• Tables
• Venn Diagrams
• Syllogism

2. Day 3 - LRDI Topic wise tests 

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 and 5 - Verbal 

• Reading Comprehensions

4. Day 6 - Verbal

• Spotting Errors
• Sentence Correction

5. Day 7 - Mock tests

Week 4:

1. Day 1 and 2 - Verbal 

• Verbal Analogies
• One Word Substitutes
• Sentence Improvement
• Idioms and Phrases

2. Day 3 - Verbal topic wise tests 

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 - 5 - Quant 

• Quadratic Equations
• Linear Equations
• Trigonometry

4. Day 6 - Quant topic wise tests 

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

5. Day 7 - Mock tests

Week 5:

1. Day 1 and 2 - LRDI 

• Data Sufficiency
• Calendars
• Column/Bar Graphs
• Classification
• Cause and effect

2. Day 3 - LRDI Topic wise tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 - Verbal 

• Change of speech
• Selecting Words
• Sentence Formation
• Completing Statements

4. Day 5 - Verbal Topic wise tests 

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

5. Day 6 - Verbal 

• Reading Comprehension

6. Day 7 - Mock tests

Week 6:

1. Day 1 and 2 - Quant 

• Logarithm
• Permutation and Combination
• Interest (Simple and Compound)
• Profit, Loss, and Discount
• Square Root and Cube Root

2. Day 3 - Quant Topic wise tests 

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 and 5 - LRDI 

• Verification of Truth
• Dice
• Verification of Truth
• Bankers Discount
• Cubes
• Letter series

4. Day 6 - LRDI Topic-wise tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

5. Day 7 - Mock tests

Week 7:

1. Day 1 and 2 - Verbal 

• Binary Logic
• Antonyms
• Para Jumbles

2. Day 3 - Verbal Topic wise tests  

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 and 5 - Quant

• Progressions (Sequences & Series)
• Mixtures and Alligations
• Mensuration
• Clocks

4. Day 6 - Quant Topic-wise tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

5. Day 7 - Mock tests

Week 8:

1. Day 1 and 2 - LRDI 

• Cubes & Cuboids
• Arithmetic Reasoning
• Logical Connectives
• Logical Matching
• Analogy

2. Day 3 - LRDI Topic wise tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 - Verbal

• Spellings
• Ordering of Sentences

4. Day 5 - 6 - Verbal

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics
• Reading comprehensions

5. Day 7 - Mock tests

Week 9: 

1. Day 1 - 3 Quant

• Functions
• Coordinate Geometry
• Inequalities
• Set Theory
• Problems on Trains
• HCF & LCM
• Boats and Streams

2. Day 4 - Quant Topic-wise tests  

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 5 - Verbal

• Reading comprehensions

4. Day 6 - LRDI 

• LRDI CAT tests

5. Day 7 - Mock tests

Week 10: 

1. Day 1 - 2 - Quant

• Pipes and Cisterns
• Heights and Distances
• Surds and Indices
• Remainder & Divisibility
• Stocks and Shares

2. Day 3 - Quant Topic-wise tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 - 5 - Verbal

• Verbal CAT tests 2019

4. Day 6 - LRDI  

• LRDI XAT tests

5. Day 7 - Mock tests

Week 11: 

1. Day 1 and 2 - Verbal 

• Reading comprehensions  
• Verbal CAT 2018 and 2017 tests

2. Day 4 - 5 - Quant

• Quant CAT tests

3. Day 6 - LRDI 

• LRDI SNAP tests

4. Day 7 - Revision 

Week 12: 

1. Day 1 - 2 - Revision continued 

2. Day 3 - 4 - Quant

• Quant XAT tests
• Quant SNAP tests

3. Day 4 - 5 - Verbal  

• Verbal XAT tests
• Verbal SNAP tests

4. Day 6 - 7 - Mock tests

Week 13:

1. Day 1 to 5 - Revision from Courses at EduRev  

2. Day 6 and 7 - Mock tests

Week 14:

1. Day 1 to 5 Revision from Courses at EduRev

2. Day 6 and 7 - Mock tests

Week 15:

1. Day 1 to 5 - Revision from Courses at EduRev  

2. Day 6 and 7 - Mock tests

Week 16:

1. Day 1 to 5 - Revision from Courses at EduRev  

2. Day 6 and 7 - Mock tests

With our timetable keep your progress tracked and study what matters.
Happy learning with EduRev!!