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The most difficult ATPL subjects
Instrumentation: A lot of concepts and details; a relatively small number of questions pertain to the same issue. Many quite abstractive problems are difficult to be referred to the existing knowledge. Moreover, the subject involves a relatively high number of questions.
Airframes: A subject that serves as an introduction into the world of airplane systems.
Meteorology: The most massive ATPL subject. It's worth to learn this subject with understanding, as it makes memorising numerous issues easier. Bear in mind, that majority of issues are more or less directly interrelated, thus understanding one issue makes it easier to comprehend others.
Radio Navigation: A lot of concepts and details one must simply learn by heart.
General Navigation: A subject many students wrongly assume to be highly difficult. It comprises a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part involves a dozen or so topics one ought to master. The practical part involves problems that constitute a major part of the study material. They are all based on around 10 solution schemes. When solving them, pay attention to details, e.g., the symbols +/-. Although you know how to solve a given problem, getting the symbol wrong gives you a completely different result. While sitting the exam, you've got about 2 minutes (on average) to solve one problem. For that reason, try to gradually reduce the time dedicated to solving the problems to prepare for the exam. Solving Navigation problems will be more time-consuming than solving problems of other subjects, especially at the first time. Don't get discouraged it's perfectly normal.
Principles of flight: the second most massive subject after Meteorology. When studying this subject, focus on learning with understanding. Dedicate some more time to visualise a phenomenon you're studying and comprehend it. In this subject, many questions pertain to the very same issue. You should learn formulas you can find in study materials and charts presenting various interrelations by heart. Knowing these formulas is vital for answering many questions. To this end, I recommend studying while holding a model airplane in your hand, which in many cases will help you visualise phenomena that occur around the aircraft.

The first option is to do a course in hotel management or in culinary arts at a reputed professional institute.
- The 19 institutes registered under the National Council of Hotel Management provide excellent training in the field.
Apart from these, there are institutes run by reputed hotel chains and some private institutes with foreign affiliations and approvals from the All India Council for Technical Education.
- Institutes under the National Council offer a three-year Diploma course while private institutes offer a four-year Bachelor's programme.
For a three-year Diploma course, the following are a good bet:
Army Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology in Bangalore
Oriental School of Hotel Management in Kozhikode
Merit Swiss Asian School of Hotel Management in Ooty, Nilgiris
- Courses run by reputed hotel chains are considered more credible because of the infrastructure, the faculty they provide and the future prospects they offer. They are the best in terms of exposure to a working hotel and they enable one to imbibe the exacting levels of service. One may also be absorbed by the parent company post the training.
These institutes are run by three premium hotels graded as best in this category:
The Taj Group's Institute of Hotel Management at Aurangabad
Oberoi School of Hotel Management in New Delhi
Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration in Manipal
-Another option is to train at a renowned institute abroad.

Basically, there are 3 sections in CAT exam - verbal ability, DILR, Quants.
Verbal ability-
Start reading newspaper daily to increase your reading speed and grasping power. Don't miss out the editorial page. Do proper analysis of articles on editorial page. Try to make summary of articles that you read para by para. However, reading newspaper won't be sufficient. Start solving RCs on a regular basis with proper analysis.
DILR-
This is one of the toughest section especially from previous 2-3 years. Not only it is tough but it also checks how quick your senses are and how good you are in selecting the sets. Therefore, the best thing to score in LR-DI is to practice more questions on daily basis so you understand which sets you should leave and before attempting the sets what are the things you should look for.
QUANTS-
This section is one of the most scoring section for student and you too should try to get maximum mark in this section. It has a proper syllabus and you need to practice each and every chapter. The major topics are- Geometry, Arithmetic, Algebra, Number System and Modern Math. It is basically the math that you have studied till tenth standard. However, having said that, the questions are not really easy. Focus more on Arithmetic and Algebra as these two are most important topics. Start with basics then go for intermediate.