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CAT Exam 2023 Subject Wise Weightage

CAT 2023: In India, the CAT is regarded as one of the hardest management entrance exams. Therefore, it's critical to design a study plan based on the CAT 2023 topic weighting. The three portions (VARC, QA, and DILR) of the 66-item question paper are scheduled to be completed in two hours, following the CAT exam pattern. To learn more about the specifics of the CAT topic weighting for each part, carefully read this article.

CAT Syllabus 2023: Overview

The VARC section in the CAT exam evaluates student’s language proficiency, reading comprehension skills, and verbal reasoning abilities. The QA section in CAT 2023 assesses students’ mathematical and analytical abilities. The CAT DILR section evaluates students’ ability to analyze and interpret data, solve complex puzzles, and make logical decisions. Here you can see the expected CAT subject-wise weightage of VARC, QA, and DILR in the exam based on trends.

CAT Subject Wise Weightage

The CAT syllabus consists of three divisions, each of which has a distinct weight on the CAT question paper. Despite the syllabus being organized into three sections, there are five sections because the DILR and VARC sections are further broken into two sub-sections each. Find out more below.  

Sectional Division of Syllabus

Overview of Topics in Syllabus

Overall Weightage in the CAT exam

Section-1: CAT Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension Syllabus Weightage and Topics

RC Based Questions, Para jumbles, Para summary, Out of Context Sentence

36%
Section-1.1: CAT Verbal Ability (VA) Syllabus- Key Topics & Weightage
 

Jumbled Paragraphs; Para-summary

Picking the Out of context sentence from a jumbled paragraph

10%
Section-1.2: CAT Reading Comprehension (RC) Syllabus- Key Topics & Weightage

Long and short RC Passages followed by questions based on vocabulary, statements, inferences, and elaboration of ideas in the passage

24%

Section-2: CAT Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation Syllabus Weightage and Topics 

Data Analysis Charts, Tables, Graphs, Direction sense, seating arrangements

32%
Section-2.1: CAT Data Interpretation Syllabus Weightage & Topics Set of 3-4 Questions based on Data Charts, Data Tables, Bar Graphs, Venn Diagrams 16%

Section-2.2: CAT Logical Reasoning Syllabus Weightage & Topics

Set of 3-4 Questions based on Seating Arrangement, Team Formation, Clocks and calendars, Direction Sense, Family Tree

16%

Section-3: CAT Quantitative Ability Syllabus Weightage & Key Topics

Individual Questions based on Arithmetic, Algebra, Modern Math, Geometry, Mensuration, Number system, Trigonometry

34%

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