CAT 2022 Exam is in 6 months (the expected date is 27th Nov 2022). Most of the aspirants are having the common question, Are 6 months enough for CAT preparation? Yes, it is more than enough time if you have a perfect study plan. In this article, we provide you with an excellent self-study plan for CAT 2022.
Sticking to this CAT study plan for the next six months and doing the daily tasks religiously will help you to cover the syllabus by September and leave enough time for revision.
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An effective way to use our CAT 6 Months Study Plan:
If you are making a study plan for the CAT exam, it is essential to ensure that you stick to it, to improve the possibility of getting a 99+ percentile and leads to getting a call from IIMs and top b-schools. Many of the aspirants make this common mistake while preparing for the CAT exam – spending more time on the topics that are too difficult. Remember that there will be easy questions in the exam, you just need to spot them. This study plan guides you with an excellent preparation strategy to ace the exam, which includes the topics that you must learn.
While preparing for the exam, a perfect study plan helps you know where you have to start and which concepts you must concentrate on more. This CAT 6 months study plan (from MAY) helps you to prepare for the exam in a strategic manner. If you are a working professional, it is more essential to consider making a preparation strategy to manage your time for preparation. You can follow the daily tasks given in the 6-month study plan and take mocks after your preparation. Mocks play an important role in your preparation. You can get effective results on your CAT mocks after using this study plan.
Have a look at the sample screenshot of the CAT 6 months study plan with day wise schedule given below. Download the PDF to view the complete daily schedule till the CAT 2022 exam.
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6 month study plan for cat 2022 PDF
The major topics that cover in this study plan from each of the sections are given below. Following are the topics mentioned in the above PDF. You can roughly allot these number of days for each topic.
CAT VARC Topic-wise Study Plan:
Study plan for Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)– Try to focus on reading for 1 hour every day. It will help you to develop a viewpoint on a variety of issues. In the initial days of your preparation, solve at least one RC every day. The following is the schedule one can follow. You can adjust this depending on the time available during the day, and based on your strengths and weaknesses.
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Topic |
No. of days |
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RC’s |
12-13 |
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Para Summary |
6-7 |
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Para Completion |
6-7 |
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Para Jumbles |
6-7 |
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Odd sentence out |
6-7 |
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Grammar, Sentence Correction, Fill in the blanks, Verbal Reasoning, Facts / Inferences / Judgements. |
12 |
CAT LRDI Topic-wise Study Plan:
Study plan for Logical Reasoning And Data Interpretation (LRDI)– As we know, CAT has moved away from the traditional LRDI sets, it’s imperative to practice the non-traditional type of sets. The sets that are appearing are more logic-based (and relatively less data-intensive in nature). Try to spend around 1 hour every day on the DI / LR concepts. Also, try to solve 2 sets every day (one DI set and one LR set).
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LR Topics |
No. of days |
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Arrangements (Linear, Circular, etc) |
3 |
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Puzzles (Einstein puzzles, constraint-based etc) |
3 |
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Networks, LR based on picking coins |
5 |
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Games and tournaments |
3 |
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Scheduling |
3 |
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Blood relations, family tree, Truth-liar concept |
7 |
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Cubes |
3 |
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Others (2D Space LR’s, etc) |
5-6 |
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DI Topics |
No. of days |
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Bar Graphs, Line Charts, Pie Charts, Unconventional charts (radar chart, bubble chart etc) |
12-14 |
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Tables |
4 |
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Venn Diagrams |
4 |
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Others (DI Based on growth over years, Data Sufficiency, Caselets, etc) |
9 |
CAT Quant Topic-wise Study Plan:
Study plan for Quantitative Ability (QA)– The Quant basics will play a crucial role in this Quantitative Ability section. The aspirant must spend at least 1-2 months learning the quant basics. Most of the Candidates will neglect to view the quant basics during the preparation. You can follow the given study schedule for preparing the Quantitative Ability section. You can customize the schedule according to your strengths and weaknesses in this section.
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Topic |
Number of days |
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Number Systems |
3-4 |
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Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Averages, Alligation, Profit Loss and Discount |
12-13 |
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Simple Interest and Compound Interest |
1-2 |
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Time, Speed and Distance |
2-3 |
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Time & Work |
2 |
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Linear equations, Quadratic equations |
6 |
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Inequalities |
2 |
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Logarithms, Functions |
6 |
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Progressions and series |
3 |
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Surds and indices |
1 |
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Geometry & Mensuration |
10-11 |
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Basic trigonometry |
1-2 |
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Co-ordinate Geometry |
2 |
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Permutation and Combinations |
4 |
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Probability |
3 |
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Set Theory |
2 |
| Miscellaneous | 4-5 |
CAT Month-wise schedule / Study plan:
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May-July |
Learning the concepts of all the three sections |
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July/August |
Revise the concepts, Practice, Take one mock per week |
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September |
Take sectional tests, and two mocks per week |
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October |
Can take 2-3 mocks per week, experiment with mock strategies. Note down your mistakes, improve your question selection skills, and experiment with various strategies in the mocks. |
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November |
Pick a strategy that suits you the most. Test it in the mocks. Revise the concepts and the common mistakes you tend to make. |
Daily routine / Time Table while preparing for CAT
The daily routine depends on whether you are a college student, a working professional or you have taken a drop. The following is a broad schedule you can follow. You can customize the schedule.
The daily routine from Monday to Saturday:
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Watch the concept videos. Spend around 2-3 hours on understanding your weak areas.
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Reading regularly, read what you like (can be your favourite novels also)- 30 minutes to 1 hour daily.
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Reading diverse articles- 30 minutes.
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Solving puzzles like sudoku and doing basic mental math calculations- 30 minutes
- Sunday: Take concept tests (to test yourself on the concepts learned during the week)
- Overall try to allocate around 2-3 hours for preparation during the weekdays and more time on weekends.
- Customize your schedule that balance all three sections. And make sure to allocate more time to work on weak areas. So, This is the best time to start preparing for CAT 2022. Try to complete the syllabus within 3-4 months and do practice, take mocks and analyze them, and understand your strengths and weaknesses.
Candidates are advised to check out the CAT 2022 Syllabus PDF to know more details about the CAT 2022 syllabus with CAT previous papers slot analysis.
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