Is it necessary to join coaching as I want to give CAT 2017? If not, can you provide some details of the books for the same?

If it is necessary then tell about the coaching centers in Patna as I reside there.

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Abhishek Desai
9 years ago
The coaching is not mandatory to crack CAT exam, but it will definitely help you to be on the right track. You can consider TIME for coaching and Arun Sharma's book are quite popular. For strengthening GK, you should read newspapers regularly. For improving your vocabulary, you can go through the

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Hi, You can start your own preparation and try to understand the problems. You can also take coaching for CAT exam. You can solve previous year question papers. All the best.

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Dhara Sardhara
9 years ago
Hello Sandy, If you want to join any coaching class, then it's very good option. It will help you to enhance your interpersonal skills and communication skills. If you want to do self-study, then you can choose the books like 5th Edition (Paperback) by Arun Sharma, Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill 2012,

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9 years ago
You can get yourself enrolled in Bulls Eye to prepare for CAT exam.

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Hello Sandy, It depends upon your intelligence. For cracking CAT exam coaching is somewhat necessary. But, self-practicing is very important. There are some books which makes it somewhat easy to crack CAT exam. Self-training, dedicated practice is very important. Arun Sharma's CAT quantitative apt

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