Curriculum breakdown / CAT 2027

CAT 2027 Syllabus & Preparation Pattern

Build your 2027 preparation around the stable CAT skill areas: VARC, DILR, and QA. Use recent paper structure for planning, then recalibrate when the official CAT 2027 bulletin and mock are released.

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2027 status: the official CAT 2027 pattern has not been announced. Question counts and timing below are preparation baselines from recent CAT papers, not a guarantee of the 2027 paper. Confirm updates on the official CAT portal.

Planning Calendar

What are the CAT 2027 Important Dates?

CAT 2027 dates have not been announced. These windows are projections based on recent official CAT schedules, in which notifications arrived in late July, registration opened in early August, and the exam was held on the last Sunday of November. Treat every date below as tentative until the 2027 notification is published.

Event	Tentative 2027 window	Planning note
Official notification	Last week of July 2027	Expected on the CAT website
Registration opens	First week of August 2027	Online application begins
Registration closes	Third week of September 2027	The deadline may be extended
Application correction window	Late September 2027	If offered; editable fields are limited
Admit card release	First week of November 2027	Download from the candidate login
CAT 2027 exam	November 28, 2027	Likely date: the last Sunday of November
Response sheet and provisional answer key	First week of December 2027	Usually released together
Answer-key objection deadline	First or second week of December 2027	A short objection window is typical
CAT 2027 result	Late December 2027 to early January 2028	Result timing has varied across cycles

Projection basis: CAT 2023, CAT 2024, and CAT 2025 official advertisements. Always use the CAT website for final dates.

Recent CAT Pattern: 2027 Planning Baseline

68-question baseline

MCQs and TITA-style questions

120-minute baseline

Plan around 40 minutes per section

Recent marking: +3 / -1

Confirm against the 2027 notification

About the syllabus: the IIMs do not publish a chapter-by-chapter CAT syllabus. The topics below are a preparation framework derived from the three official sections and recurring themes in recent papers. Standalone grammar, vocabulary, coding-decoding, blood relations, syllogisms, and clocks are not presented as core CAT topics because recent papers test language and logic mainly through passages, paragraphs, and multi-condition sets.

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Focuses on reading comprehension, argument analysis, and paragraph-level verbal reasoning.

24-question baseline40 Minutes72-mark baseline

Important Topics Covered

Reading Comprehension: humanities, economics, science, society, and literature

Main idea, inference, tone, purpose, and argument structure

Para Summary

Para Completion and Sentence Placement

Para Jumbles

Odd Sentence Out

Paragraph coherence and logical flow

Reading speed without loss of inference accuracy

2027 Preparation Priority

Reading Comprehension

Core focus

Para Summary

Regular practice

Para Completion

Regular practice

Para Logic

Supporting focus

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)

Tests analytical thinking through data-based problems and logical puzzles.

22-question baseline40 Minutes66-mark baseline

Important Topics Covered

Data Interpretation (Tables, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts)

Caselets and Sets

Logical Reasoning (Arrangements & Grouping)

Seating Arrangement

Puzzles and Games & Tournaments

Networks, routes, scheduling, and optimization

Venn diagrams and set-based reasoning

Selection, distribution, and sequencing sets

Hybrid sets combining data and logical constraints

2027 Preparation Priority

Set Selection

Critical skill

Logical Sets

Core focus

Data Sets

Core focus

Calculation

Supporting skill

Quantitative Aptitude (QA)

Evaluates mathematical ability across arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and modern math.

22-question baseline40 Minutes66-mark baseline

Important Topics Covered

Arithmetic (Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Profit & Loss)

Time, Speed & Distance

Time & Work

Averages, Mixtures & Alligation

Simple & Compound Interest

Algebra (Linear & Quadratic Equations, Inequalities, Functions)

Number System (Divisibility, Remainders, HCF & LCM)

Geometry (Lines, Angles, Triangles, Circles, Polygons)

Mensuration (2D & 3D)

Coordinate Geometry and basic Trigonometry

Modern Math (Permutation & Combination, Probability)

Logarithms

Sequences, Series, and Progressions

2027 Preparation Priority

Arithmetic

Core focus

Algebra

High priority

Geometry

High priority

Number & Modern Math

Supporting focus