The BASIC Areas Covered in The CAT…

Verbal Ability
Quantitative Ability
Data Interpretation
Data Sufficiency
Reasoning
Reading Comprehension

Verbal Ability:

1. Synonyms
2. Antonyms
3. Foreign Expressions
4. Meaning from a sentence
5. Choose The Odd man out
6. Idioms and Phrases
7. Correct Usage of prepositions
8. Two blanks in a sentence
9. Sentence Correction
10. Writing a Paragraph in a concise manner
11. Parajumbles
12. Concise way of expressing a idea
13. Analogies
14. Contextual usages
15. Fill in the blanks in a paragraph
16. Wrong usages of words
17. Match the meaning to the usage.

Quantitative Ability:

1. Simple Equations
2. Ratio- Proportion – Variation
3. Percentage Profit & Loss – partnerships
4. Numbers
5. Indices – surds
6. Logarithms
7. Averages Mixtures & Allegations
8. Quadratic Equations
9. Progressions
10. Simple Interest Compound Interest Annuities
11. Time and work
12. Time and distance
13. Geometry
14. Mensuration
15. Permutations and Combinations
16. Probability
17. Inequalities and Modulus
18. Special Equations
19. Number Systems
20. Operator Based Questions
21. Co-ordinate Geometry
22. Functions and graphs
23. Trigonometry
24. Statistics

Reasoning

1. Direction sense
2. Blood Relationships
3. Number series
4. Number Analogies
5. Letter Series and letter Analogies
6. Coding Decoding
7. Odd man out relationships
8. Venn Diagrams
9. Clocks
10. Calendar
11. Symbols and Notation
12. Deductions
13. Logical Connectives
14. Linear Sequencing
15. Double Line-up
16. Ordering and Sequencing
17. Selections
18. Seating Arrangement
19. Routes/ Networks
20. Binary Logic
21. Cubes
22. Logical reasoning

Data Interpretation:

1. Data Tables
2. Pie Charts
3. 2-D graphs
4. Bar Charts
5. 3-D Graphs
6. Venn Diagrams
7. Geometrical Diagrams
8. Pert Charts
9. Others