There is not a proper specification of the syllabus for the CAT exam in the official notification issued. Thus a variety of questions are made from the three sections. Experts have suggested the syllabus of the examination after seeing the paper pattern of the previous few years.

The Common Aptitude Test is taken to check the basic aptitude of the candidates from the three areas. The prescribed syllabus for the three sections are given below.

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) 

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Fill in the blanks
• Analogies
• Para jumble
• Reverse analogies
• Sentence correction
• Summary questions
• Reading Comprehension
• Verbal reasoning
• Facts and interferences

 Quantitative Ability (QA) 

• Profit and loss
• Number system
• Speed distance and time
• Geometry
• Mensuration
• Time and work
• Ratio and proportion
• Surds and Indices
• Trigonometry
• Alligation and Surds
• Logarithm
• Mixtures and Alligations
• Averages
• Equations

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) 

• Tables
• Graphs
• Venn diagram
• Series
• Binary
• Logic
• Blood relations
• Caselets
• Seating arrangement