Stage-I

Quantitative Aptitude Recommended books for CAT/ XAT /MBA Exams

Recommended Books
Simple and easy to understand How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT Common

Admission Test 5th Edition (Paperback) by Arun Sharma, Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill 2012
Rs. 625, 2012 edition
Other Books

To learn mathematics for the Quantitative Aptitude section from basics, refer to NCERT
Mathematics books for 8th, 9th & 10th standard & CBSE Mathematics books for 8th, 9th &
10th standard

Data Interpretation/ Logical Reasoning Recommended books for CAT/MBA

Recommended Books

A Good book for DI How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT Common
Admission Test 1st Edition (Paperback) by Arun Sharma Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill Rs.
550, 2012 edition

A Good book for LR How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT Common
Admission Test by Arun Sharma Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill Rs. 450, 2012 edition

Verbal Ability / Logical Reasoning Recommended books for CAT/MBA Entrance

Recommended Books

A Good book for VA How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the
CAT Common Admission Test 4th Edition (Paperback) by Meenakshi Upadhyay, Arun
Sharma. Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill, Rs. 575, 2011 Edition

Other Books

Word Power Made Easy by NORMAN LEWIS Rs. 149, 2011 edition.

A Communicative Grammar of English By: Geoffrey Leech Rs. 500, 2003 edition.

30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary by Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis Rs. 150, 1991
edition

If you are preparing for CAT 2014 Read Comprehensive Online Coaching For CAT 2014
Current Affairs General Knowledge
CAT Score is just the first step, GD/WAT Essay/PI is the next one! so get prepared to build
general awareness well in advance. Doing well in the interview/GD/ WAT Essay requires
you to be aware of your surroundings and current affairs. In personal interviews the

candidate needs to show his/her well rounded personality. This is not something one can
pick up in the 2 month gap between the written exam and interviews. This requires the
candidate to start orienting herself on this aspect long before even applying for the bschools.
Make sure that you make it a point to read at least one good newspaper, a weekly current
affairs magazine and one business magazine regularly. Also understand that most
publications from the same media house would be slightly biased in some respect. A variety
of views from different media houses would strengthen your knowledge of the subject and
help you especially in the GD/WAT Essay.
Recommended Business Magazines for CAT/MBA Aspirants

Business Line by The Hindu Group

Business Today by India Today Group

BusinessWorld

Management Compass Career Launcher

Business & Management Chronicle by Chronicle Publications

Competition Success Review

Recommended Newspapers for CAT/MBA Aspirants

The Hindu

Economics Times

The Statesman

Online Reading Speed

CAT is an online exam; and so one needs to be very comfortable in an online environment,
viz. Students need to be comfortable reading text on computer monitors and be able grasp the
question quickly. Of course higher reading speeds directly help in scoring high in VA RC
section too!

Recommended websites for online reading

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/articles/

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/view/editorials/

http://rwer.wordpress.com/

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/editionals.html

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/

http://blogs.wsj.com/?mod=WSJ_formfactor