I'm a B.Com graduate. I want to prepare for CAT without any coaching. Can anyone guide me on how to start it?

First of all, take a mock. No matter how poorly you perform in it at-least you will get to know where you stand before starting your preparation, which are the areas you need to focus on. There are 3 sections in CAT VA-RC, DI-LR and quants. VA-RC: The only way to score well in this section is to read various topics. It does not test your vocabulary but your understanding of the written text. You must be able to read and understand anything and everything. Please avoid comfortable topics. You can start with editorials of any newspaper. DI-LR: There is no other way but practice. Practice and practice and don't lose your cool of head if you are unable to understand the set. Don't stop, just proceed. Quants- Clear your concepts because questions are comparatively easy. You can try Dinesh Miglani Tutorials, it is very helpful.

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You must clear your all concepts. Then, you may try to solve previous year question paper. Some books to prepare for CAT- As far as book is concerned - I will suggest CBSE NCERT book for Maths, English and Arihant for LR/DI. Though Arun Sharma is good for Maths, but given the level of quant in past two year. I won't suggest you Arun Sharma unlike past year where Arun Sharma was the must do book for CAT. As far as timing is concerned you can dedicate 3-4 hours per day in weekdays and in weekends 10-12 hours. You can divide timings like1-2 hours before you leave for college you can practice topics like Arithmetic, Numbers, Geometry. And probably late in the evening once you are back you go for verbal. But whichever is your stronger area go for it first. You can practice RC, DI-LR for 2 days in the weekends till 2 months before CAT. Post that important topics should be in your daily to do list. Hope this helps Good Luck.

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Dear Aliya, Firstly, I will suggest you to take a diagnostic test for CAT (or solve past year paper) to know where you stand in terms of level of your Maths, English, LR/DI. It is just like pre-board, where you get to know your strong and weak areas and work upon them by the time before your main boards. You can maintain excel sheet and note down your strong and weak areas. As far as book is concerned, I will suggest CBSE NCERT book for Maths, English and Arihant for LR/DI. Though Arun Sharma is good for Maths, but given the level of quant in past two year. I won't suggest you Arun Sharma unlike past year where Arun Sharma was the must do book for CAT. As far as timing is concerned you can dedicate 3-4 hours per day in weekdays and in weekends 10-12 hours. You can divide timings like1-2 hours before you leave for college you can practice topics like Arithmetic, Numbers, Geometry. And probably late in the evening once you are back you go for verbal. But whichever is your stronger area go for it first. You can practice RC, DI-LR for 2 days in the weekends till 2 months before CAT. Post that important topics should be in your daily to do list. Hope this helps

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