CAT 2025 Preparation from May: Check Section-wise Detailed Plan

CAT 2025 Preparation from May: If you are preparing for CAT 2025 starting in May, you do not have enough time to adopt a slow-paced preparation strategy since the exam will be conducted on November 30, 2025. You must build a strategy to tackle all 3 sections of the exam (VARC, DILR and Quant) and maximise your marks in each of them with sustained efforts within these 7 months. If you are successful in utilising this time effectively, you will be able to score a high CAT percentile score and secure admission to some of the top B-schools in the country. CAT preparation with a limited amount of time needs to be precise and efficient, leaving no room for wasted time and effort.

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Month-Wise CAT 2025 Preparation Timetable (May to November)

Since you only have a few months' worth of preparation time left, you must use each day wisely. Here is a month wise CAT 2025 preparation timetable from May to November:

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Section-Wise CAT 2025 Preparation Plan from May to November

In addition to an excellent overall preparation, you must also prepare for each section of CAT 2025 individually with remarkable effectiveness. Here is a section wise CAT 2025 preparation plan from May to November:

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

May: Build Your Foundation

You must first work on your reading ability. Read consecutively for 30 days from editorials of The Hindu, Indian Express, or other magazines such as The Economist. This will help you with comprehension, study of vocabulary, and how critical reading is performed. You can work on basic Para Jumbles, Para Summary, and Sentence Completion questions to familiarize yourself with the CAT 2025 VARC syllabus structure and tone of the language typically employed in CAT questions.

June–July: Dive Into RCs and Grammar

You should now read and solve 1-2 Reading Comprehension passages every day (ballpark about 40-50 pages worth of reading). Choose subjects that you would not originally choose to read - i.e., psychology, science, and/or philosophy; read something difficult (no one said preparation was easy!). At the same time, hone your grammar fundamentals - modifiers, subjects, and verbs, articles, and prepositions. You could solve some of your past CAT questions, and also other books as well such as Arun Sharma and Verbal Ability by Nishit Sinha.

August–September: Develop Strategy and Stamina

Now’s the time to take weekly VARC sectionals under timed conditions. After each test, analyze your incorrect answers. Try to identify question types where you're consistently losing marks — tone-based RCs or sentence rearrangement, for example. Build stamina to read 4 long RCs in one sitting without losing focus.

October–November: Master Accuracy and Revision

In the last two months, it is time to improve your reading comprehension by revising your processes - whether you read the questions first or after reading the passage, do what works! Right now, accuracy is more important than volume. Revisit the vocabulary you need to master and ensure you have a great understanding of the grammar rules. Don't forget to solve a few RCs every day to help keep your momentum!

Quantitative Ability (QA)

May: Strengthen Fundamentals

When it comes to CAT 2025 Quantitative syllabus , start with the fundamentals: percentage, average, ratio and proportion, profit & loss, and simple equations. These are commonly asked in the exam and build your foundations for complicated materials. You should try to clarify any gaps in concepts using the NCERT Class 9–10 books or video lectures. Dedicate 1–1.5 hours a day to Quant and continue to solve 15-20 questions a day.

June–July: Work on Advanced Topics

Once you are comfortable with the basics, you can move on to more advanced topics in both algebra (quadratic equations, linear equations, inequalities) as well as number systems, and geometry (lines, angles, triangles, circles). Make sure you not only practice but also choose to focus on concepts, tricks, or shortcuts, and importantly, maintain an error log so you can track where you make errors and catch up on those areas through revision.

August–September: Build Speed and Consistency

From August, begin to take Quant sectionals twice weekly, as well as attempt solving questions in 2-minute windows so that you can develop your time efficiency. Be sure to have a formula revision notebook close by for a daily review. Work with mixed-topic sets to best simulate the real time conditions offered by the CAT exam and to develop and employ a tactic to focus on the smart way to pick questions – you do not have to try and solve every question.

October–November: Final Polishing

In the final two-month phase of your preparation work, start to focus on everything from revision through to mock test reviews. Focus only on remedial areas and, for the last 2 months, focus only on high-yield areas that are often tested and seldom learnt or revised. You are unlikely to learn new topics at this late stage, so practice working on questions that are trickier and slow to complete, since you will need to improve your attempt-to-accuracy ratio and solve approximately 30 Quant questions habitually.

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

May: Begin with Basics

Start with the basic DI sets from the CAT 2025 DILR syllabus , fully extracting information from the bar graphs, pie charts, and line graphs. Practice interpreting tables and calculating percentages without calculations. Shifting to the LR section, solve easy logic puzzles -- the arrangement-based, the direction-based, the blood relations-based, and the syllogisms. This part is also meant to get your fingers walking over the pages comfortably, as well as for you to quickly visualize and absorb data.

June–July: Build Logical Thinking

Move to medium-difficulty caselets like seating arrangements, team formations, and logical conditions. These are common in CAT. Practice 2 DILR sets daily and take 2–3 timed mini-sectionals every week. Spend time breaking down complex sets into smaller logical blocks — that’s a key skill to master.

August–September: Mimic CAT-Level Sets

This is the most crucial time to improve your DILR performance. Focus on set selection — not every DILR set in CAT is meant to be solved. Learn to leave difficult ones and solve 2–3 high-scorers instead. Time yourself strictly — 40 minutes for 4 sets. Analyze how you think while solving each one.

October–November: Game Time Practice

Now you should focus entirely on CAT-style mock sets. Solve one full-length DILR section (4–5 sets) every other day. Pick from past year papers, mock tests, and coaching material. Post-solution analysis is key: how could you have solved it better? Which sets were time traps? Keep revising your strategy till it becomes second nature.

Since you are beginning your CAT 2025 preparation with limited time, you must focus on your weak areas, revise regularly, and track your progress every month. Remember, CAT is not just about speed but accuracy and smart time management. Stay motivated, stay disciplined, and success in CAT 2025 will follow naturally.

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