The 55-day plan, 5 October to 28 November
Learn all twelve chapters by 31 October, then spend November on real CAT questions and twelve full mocks. The last two days are revision only.
5 Oct12 Oct19 Oct26 Oct2 Nov9 Nov16 Nov23 Nov
Basics, %, P&L, SI/CI
Ratio, averages, mixtures
Time-work, TSD, review
Easy algebra
Second pass: real PYQs
Mocks + error-log drills
Light revision only
Full mocks (12)
CAT 2026, 29 Nov
Daily routine on study days
About 2¾ hours of QA. Keep VARC and DILR practice running alongside.
- 15 minMental-math drill
- 45 minThe day’s chapter: concepts and worked examples, attempting each example before reading its solution
- 25 minThe chapter’s practice set, timed
- 60 minThat chapter’s real CAT questions, 3 minutes each
- 20 minError log and tomorrow’s redo list
165 minutes in all.
How to analyse a mock
Same day, 2–3 hours.
- Re-solve, untimed, every QA question in your topic list that you skipped. Any you crack in under 3 minutes is a “missed easy”; log it.
- Tag every wrong answer with a mistake type (concept, misread, calculation, time, selection).
- Compare attempts, accuracy and time per question with the exam-day targets.
- Pick the two weakest patterns and schedule them for the next three days.
VARC and DILR, on the same calendar
About an hour each a day, alongside the QA plan. Mocks follow the QA calendar above.
VARC weekly focus
- 5 Oct – 18 OctThe reading method on easier passages (science, history, environment); untimed for the first three days, then 9 minutes each
- 19 Oct – 1 NovHarder topics (philosophy, arts, economics), timed, plus the 2-minute passage ranking
- 2 Nov – 15 NovA full 40-minute VARC section from a CAT 2021–2025 paper every other day
- 16 Nov – 28 NovMocks on the QA calendar; between mocks, error-log review and one VA set a day
DILR weekly focus
- 5 Oct – 11 OctArrangements and matching grids (Sets 1, 2 and 9)
- 12 Oct – 18 OctScheduling and tournaments (Sets 3 and 4)
- 19 Oct – 25 OctDI tables and charts, Venn diagrams (Sets 5, 6, 11 and 12); selection drill twice a week from now
- 26 Oct – 1 NovRoutes, scores, binary logic and process sets (Sets 7, 8, 10, 13 and 14)
- 2 Nov – 15 NovA full 40-minute DILR section from a CAT 2021–2025 paper every other day, opening with the 5-minute scan
- 16 Nov – 28 NovMocks on the QA calendar, with one selection drill on each non-mock day
Week-by-week checklist (QA)
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