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Course Material, Mock CATs for CAT (IIMs' Entrance Test) Prepared by IIM Graduates

The CAT correspondence course that to IIM offers provides comprehensive study material prepared by the alumni of the IIMs and is self explanatory. The course material covers all areas tested in the Common Admission Test (CAT) - viz., Quantitative reasoning, Verbal reasoning, Reading comprehension , Analytical and logical reasoning, and Data Interpretation. The study material has been prepared with extreme care to provide you with the necessary ammunition to face CAT.
Refresher Books in Math, English and Data Interpretation

1. CAT Quantitative Reasoning (Math)

* 3 Refresher books covering all relevant topics - starting from Number systems, Percentages to Permutation & Combination to Geometry to Functions.
  *A total of 27 topics from Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry.
  *The refresher books contain introduction and explanation on concepts in each topic followed by adequate number of  solved examples which cover a wide range of questions that appear from these chapters in CAT.
  *Solved examples in the refresher books include questions that are replicas of questions that appeared in previous CATs.   Such questions are separately identified for your convenience.
 *Solved examples are followed by several exercise problems. These problems are provided with answers and detailed explanatory solutions.
* Shortcuts or alternate methods to solve quant questions are provided alongside the solved examples wherever possible.
* A book of Chapterwise Tests in Math.

1. Each test comprises 30 to 60 oft-repeated questions.
2.The Speed Tests are to be taken after you complete each chapter.
3.The tests have been designed to help you consolidate what you have learnt in the respective topic.
4.Speed Tests help you identify ways of solving a question in the quickest possible time, when multiple choices are provided.
5.Explanatory answers along with correct answers to each question is provied

* Quant Proficiency Tests in select Math topics
1.These tests test your proficiency in 1 to 3 chapters in mathematics.
2.These tests are to be taken as part of your final revision, about two months before CAT.
3.These tests are designed to acquaint you with a variety of CAT - like questions and to help you master concepts in Math and skillfully employ smart techniques in answering these questions.


2. CAT Verbal Ability (English Section)

* Refresher book on Sentence Correction. Emphasises on how to spot common errors in sentences. Includes Speed Tests on Sentence Correction.
* Refresher book on Sentence Re-arrangement. Includes Exercises and Tests on Sentence Re-arrangement.
* A Word list with around 2500 words. Includes commonly used Non-English Foreign Words. Also includes Alphabet-wise tests on vocabulary.
* Proficiency test in Sentence Correction.

3. Reading Comprehension (RC)
Reading Comprehension questions have been a regular feature in all CAT tests in the past. The level of difficulty of the passages and the questions that appear in CAT have been getting tougher over past two years. We have redesigned and included a lot of passages to reflect this changing trend in CAT.

* Tips and techniques on attempting RC questions
* Speed Test in Reading Comprehension with over 50 passages and 300 questions from various topics.

4. Data Interpretation (DI)

* A Refresher book on DI with introduction to various types of questions that typically appear in Data Interpretation - viz. Tables, Pie Charts, Bar Charts, Line Graph ...
* A Refresher book on Data Sufficiency with emphasis on common traps in the DS section.
* The refresher book on DI includes Speed Tests on Data Interpretation (DI).
* The refresher book on DS includes Speed Tests on Data Sufficiency (DS). 5.General Aptitude