Which books should I refer to get above 95% in CAT?

Majority of the CAT aspirants, before going for books first they start their own preparation in all the functional areas. Secondly, they should opt best coaching institute available to them nearby, normally, they can get good material provided by the coaching institutes. Further if they want, basically they can start with the external material like RS Agarwal as basic version of quantitative techniques later they can go for Sarvesh Verma of recent edition. For English basically one can start with Wren and Martin. Later they can follow the material provided by the coaching institute. However, regular practice in all function areas that would provide great success to any aspirant to conquer CAT examination with good score and percentile. Steadfastness, hardship is the only key factors for success.

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If you have joined a coaching institute like CL/TIME/Tathagat, I feel that you need not worry about any external material. Just practice that material and you will get 95+. If you have not joined regular coaching, then you may purchase the study material of any coaching institute. I found CL material to be exhaustive (especially verbal). For QA, Quantum CAT by Sarvesh Verma and the Arun sharma QA books are sufficient. For LR, Logical Reasoning for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha is the best book in my opinion. For VA, you need to refer to online resources and read a lot on random topics to increase reading speed. A regular newspaper read for 15 minutes can do wonders here. Also, if you can refer to Barrons, it will help your vocabulary to a large extent. You can also join some webinars and online tutorials like Handa ka Funda to fine tune your preparation. They don't cost a lot and classes are held at night/over weekend. Do practice with timed mock tests and analyze your mocks every time.

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First of all, get CAT preparation material of some good coaching institute. For Quant, there are two good books- Arun Sharma & Sarvesh Varma. You can refer to any of these. I referred the latter one as suggested by one of my friends. However, I think the former is more popular with the students. Both the books are good. But don’t buy both. No needs to unnecessary collect a lot of books & material. If you have limited time, solving one book is enough. Go for the second book only when you have finished the entire syllabus. If you need more books for practice, consider the following list - Quantitative Aptitude: How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma Quantum CAT by Sarvesh Verma Pearson Guide for Quantitative Aptitude Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning: Logical Reasoning for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT by Arun Sharma How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT by Arun Sharma Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension: Read the editorial sections of popular newspapers like the Hindu. Additionally, refer to he following books - How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma Verbal Ability & Comprehension by Aditya Choudhary Vocabulary , Grammar: Word Power Made Easy Book by Norman Lewis 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary by Norman Lewis Wren and Martin High School Grammar Practice Papers: For practice, first complete all the material mentioned above, and solve questions from indiabix and

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Hello, Common Admission Test is a national level online exam held for admission into the post graduate management programs into the top Institutes like IIMs. The test scores a candidate on the bases of Quantitative Ability (QA), Verbal Ability (VA) and Reading Comprehension (RC), Data Interpretation (DI) and Logical Reasoning (LR). The following are the top reference books for CAT section wise: 1) Quantitative aptitude: Arun Sharma's ' How to prepare for Quantitative Ability for CAT', published by Tata McGraw Hill. 2) Verbal and reading comprehension: a) How to Prepare for the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay (Tata McGraw-Hill) b) Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis. c) Barrons Pocket Guide to Vocabulary. 3) Data Interpretation and logical reasoning:How to Prepare for Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning for CAT (Tata McGraw-Hill) by Arun Sharma There are highly recommended books for CAT which would help you to get a good percentile.

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