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CAT Syllabus 2026 — every subject & topic
The complete Common Admission Test syllabus: 3 subjects, 75 topics. Every topic links to free study notes, practice questions and topic-wise quizzes.
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🎓 This whole syllabus, split into daily doses — free. Rebuilt every morning around what you actually did — miss a day, nothing is lost.Build my plan →Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension
Main Idea / Central Theme · Inference · Tone & Attitude · Vocabulary in Context · Author's Purpose · Detail / Fact-based · Logical Structure
- Para Jumbles
- Para Summary
- Odd Sentence Out
- Para Completion
- Sentence Correction
- Critical Reasoning
- Word Analogies
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
- Tables-based DI
- Bar Charts
- Line Charts
- Pie Charts
- Scatter & Radar Charts
- Caselets
- Mixed / Combined DI
- Venn Diagrams
- Logical Puzzles
- Seating Arrangement
- Blood Relations
- Direction Sense
- Syllogism
- Coding-Decoding
- Number / Letter Series
- Clocks & Calendars
- Games & Tournaments
- Routes & Networks
- Cubes
- Binary Logic / Truth-Tellers
Quantitative Aptitude
- Arithmetic
Percentage · Profit, Loss & Discount · Ratio & Proportion · Averages · Mixtures & Alligation · Simple & Compound Interest · Time & Work · Pipes & Cisterns · Time, Speed & Distance · Boats & Streams · Trains
- Algebra
Linear Equations · Quadratic Equations · Inequalities · Functions & Graphs · Logarithms · Progressions (AP, GP, HP) · Polynomials · Maxima & Minima
- Geometry & Mensuration
Lines & Angles · Triangles · Circles · Quadrilaterals & Polygons · Mensuration — 2D · Mensuration — 3D · Coordinate Geometry · Trigonometry
- Number Systems
Divisibility & Remainders · Factors, HCF & LCM · Base Systems · Indices & Surds
- Modern Math
Permutations & Combinations · Probability · Set Theory · Binomial Theorem
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