CAT has no official syllabus; it is inferred from past papers across three sections — VARC, DILR and QA — each with a 40-minute limit. The exam tests reasoning and comprehension under time pressure rather than memorised content.
Practise the full syllabus — free CAT mock →| Section | Questions | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| VARC (24 Q · 40 min) | 24 | 40 min |
| DILR (22 Q · 40 min) | 22 | 40 min |
| QA (22 Q · 40 min) | 22 | 40 min |
| Total | 68 | 120 min |
Marking: 3 marks per correct answer, -1 per wrong answer (negative marking). Scale: 0–204.
The Common Admission Test (CAT), conducted by the IIMs on rotation, is a national computer-based test for MBA admission to the IIMs and other Indian business schools. It has three sequentially timed sections — VARC, DILR and QA — at 40 minutes each (about 2 hours total), with roughly 66–68 questions (the exact count is set each year). Marking is +3 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong multiple-choice answer, with no negative marking on type-in-the-answer questions, and results are scaled and reported as percentiles valid for one year.
The CAT syllabus covers Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR), Quantitative Ability (QA). CAT has no official syllabus; it is inferred from past papers across three sections — VARC, DILR and QA — each with a 40-minute limit. The exam tests reasoning and comprehension under time pressure rather than memorised content.
Common Admission Test (IIM) has 68 questions across 3 sections in 120 minutes, with negative marking of -1 per wrong answer.
CAT is organised into 3 sections: VARC (24 Q · 40 min), DILR (22 Q · 40 min), QA (22 Q · 40 min).
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