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

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:  Go through the CAT Syllabus
2. Day 2 - 4:  Have a look at Previous Year Questions
3. Day 5 to 7:  Try to attempt one or two Mock Tests
   

By the end of week one, you will familiarize yourself with the CAT Syllabus and would have a clear idea about the topics that are asked in CAT. Additionally, you will have a fair idea about your initial level of knowledge before proceeding with the preparation. Make sure you have a mind map at this moment of time about how your preparation journey would look like, how much hours you need to devote everyday to bag that one seat in a prestigious institution. 

Week 2: 

1. Day 1 to 3 - Quantitative Aptitude (Quant)

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

2. Day 4 - Quant Topic-wise Tests 

• Attempt a few topic-wise tests of all the topics studied till now.

3. Day 5 and 6 - Verbal Ability

• English Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Synonyms and Antonyms & Idioms and Phrases
• Spellings

4. Day 7 - Attempt a few Mock Tests

In week 2, you will spend your time studying important topics under Quantitative Aptitude. Further, your time will be spent revising concepts like Tenses, Vocabulary, and General Grammar under Verbal Ability. There might not be questions directly asked from these topics, but their knowledge would prove indispensable while attempting questions in Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability as well.

Week 3:

1. Day 1 and 2 - Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation (LRDI)

• Sequence & Series
• Seating Arrangement
• Tables
• Venn Diagrams
• Syllogism

2. Day 3 - LRDI Topic-wise Tests 

• Attempt topic-wise tests of all the topics studied this week

3. Day 4 and 5 - Verbal Ability (VA)

• Reading Comprehensions
• Introduction to Reading Comprehension 
• How to Prepare VARC for CAT
• RC Concepts
• CAT Previous Year RCs

4. Day 6 - Verbal Ability

• Spotting Errors
• Sentence Correction
• Para Completion 

5. Day 7 - Mock Tests

Make sure that you solve one RC every day from RC of the Day: 100 RCs and have a brief look at all the topics you have covered throughout the week. Logical reasoning needs continuous revision of formulas and tricks, so gear up with that and revision must be the key element of your every weekend.

Week 4:

1. Day 1 and 2 - VA

• Verbal Analogies
• Supplementary Topics
• Para Summary
• Syllogism

2. Day 3 - VA Topic-wise Tests 

• Take 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

As the whole week consisted of logical and analytical concepts, so try to analyse topic wise test of each of the chapter that you have attempted and re-attempt all the questions that you faced difficulty in. Make sure you keep an eye on timer while solving and improve your problem solving capability with every practice.

Week 5:

1. Day 1 and 2 - LRDI 

• Data Sufficiency
• Routes & Network
• Line Graphs and X-Y Charts
• Bar Graphs
• Pie Charts

2. Day 3 - LRDI Topic wise Tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 - VA 

• Para Jumbles
• Selecting Words
• Parts of Speech

4. Day 5 - VA Topic wise tests 

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

5. Day 6 - VA

• Topic Wise RCs

6. Day 7 - Mock Tests

Start reading Daily Reads for VARC: News Resources in week 5. Also revise concepts of English Grammar that were covered earlier in this week. You may also look through all the concepts of Quantitative Aptitude and tests that you have covered.

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 

• Rankings
• Input Output
• Cubes & Dices
• Statement- Course of Action
• Logical Deduction

4. Day 6 - LRDI Topic-wise tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

5. Day 7 - Mock Tests

By the end of Week 6, you would have learned about a variety of topics for CAT preparation and have a fair idea about the kind of effort you need to put in to ace the exam. Make sure you go through quant formulas that you have studied earlier this week and keep taking tests to check the hold on the concepts.

Week 7:

1. Day 1 and 2 - VA 

• Odd One Out
• Phrasal Verbs
• Cloze Test
• Change of Speech

2. Day 3 - Verbal Topic wise tests  

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 and 5 - Quant

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

4. Day 6 - Quant Topic-wise Tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

5. Day 7 - Mock Tests

In this whole week, you have gone through various concepts of english grammar and quantitative aptitude. For grammar, revision of the rules is the key and for quant, have a look at all your tests, analyze your performance, try to attempt all the questions you found difficulty in under a time constraint.

Week 8:

1. Day 1 and 2 - LRDI 

• Statement and Assumptions
• Statement and Conclusions
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Logical Matching
• Calendars
• Analogy

2. Day 3 - LRDI Topic-wise Tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 - VA

• Facts, Inference & Judgement
• Grammar 

4. Day 5 and 6 - VA

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics
• Aeon Based RCs

5. Day 7 - Mock Tests

Make sure you practice Aeon Based RCs under time, brush up your whole grammar skills that you have studied till date and attempt more mock tests of Grammar and Quantitative Aptitude to keep a check on your performance and improve with every growing day whether in terms of calculations, memorizing grammar rules or knowing the right quant formula at a quick pace.

Week 9: 

1. Day 1 to 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 - VA

• News Based RCs

4. Day 6 - LRDI 

• LRDI Sectional tests

5. Day 7 - Mock Tests

By this week you should be able to know basics of your Mathematics topics, Solve new RCs. Make sure you attempt more and more sectional tests regularly.

Week 10: 

1. Day 1 and 2 - Quant

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

2. Day 3 - Quant Topic-wise tests

• Topic-wise tests of studied topics

3. Day 4 and 5 - VA

• Verbal CAT tests

4. Day 6 - LRDI  

• LRDI Sectional tests

5. Day 7 - Mock Tests

Revision of concepts should be the prime motive by now. Make sure you follow up through your notes by every then and now, Revision and tests should be the primary motive.

Week 11: 

1. Day 1 and 2 - VA 

• CAT Previous Year RCs
• Verbal CAT tests

2. Day 4 and 5 - Quant

• Quant CAT tests

3. Day 6 - LRDI 

• Mock Tests

4. Day 7 - Revision 

By this week, you should be able to attempt the whole Mock tests, refer to previous year questions and solve as much PYQs possible to know the weak areas and work on them.

After week 12, Your primary aim should be revision, attempting mock tests, Solving PYQs and analyzing your performance every single day. Your vision should be improving your efficiency with every other test.

Week 12: 

1. Day 1 and 2 - Revision continued 

2. Day 3 and 4 - SNAP Tests

• SNAP Mock tests
• SNAP Practice tests

3. Day 4 and 5 - XAT Tests

• XAT Mock tests
• XAT Practice tests

4. Day 6 and 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!!