CAT 2025 syllabus for VARC, DILR, QA sections; registration closes tomorrow
Anu Parthiban | September 12, 2025 | 01:42 PM IST | 2 mins read
IIM CAT exam will be conducted on November 30 in three sessions in 170 cities. Around 3.29 lakh registered for the exam in the last year.
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The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) will close registrations for the Common Admission Test ( CAT 2025 ) tomorrow, September 13. The CAT 2025 syllabus PDF has not been uploaded yet, but there has been no change in the question paper for this year.
As per the schedule, the CAT exam will be conducted on November 30 in three sessions in 170 cities. The IIM CAT admit card will be issued on November 3 for all registered candidates.
The CAT question paper 2025 is divided into three sections - Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Aptitude (QA).
Last year, 3.29 lakh candidates registered for the exam, and nearly 3 lakh appeared for the exam.
IIM CAT 2025 syllabus
The CAT section-wise topics asked and syllabus is given below, based on previous year question paper pattern.
The CAT exam will have around 68 questions. The VARC section usually consists of 24 questions and DILR and QA will have 22 questions each. As per the marking scheme, three marks will be awarded for each correct answer, one mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer, and zero for unanswered questions.
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CAT Question Paper: VARC section |
Topics |
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Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
Fill in the Blanks Reading Comprehension Verbal Logic Subject-Verb Agreement Sentence Completion Paracompletion and Inference Verbal Reasoning Article Usage Different Usages of the Same Word Grammar Idioms Analogies Errors in Tenses Antonyms Foreign Language Words Used in English Syllogisms Sentence Correction One Word Substitution Prepositions Types of Clauses Parts of Speech Phrase Modifiers |
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Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
Blood Relations Clocks and Calendars Series Statements Syllogism Proposition Venn Diagram Data Arrangement Direction Sense Data Structures Tables Family Tree Binary Logic Coding-Decoding Assumptions Pie Charts Data Sufficiency Puzzles Seating Arrangement Sets and Caselets Bars and Line Graphs |
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Quantitative Aptitude (QA) |
Logarithms Trigonometry Number System Permutation and Combination Simple interest and compound interest In-equations: Quadratic and linear equations Surds and Indices Time-Speed-Distance Probability Partnership (Accounts) Profit and Loss Ratios and Proportions Mean, mode, median Binomial theorem Mensuration Inequalities Square Root and Cube Root Work and Time Geometry Percentages Geometric Progression |
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