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Updated 2026-05-23 · 2026 Edition

CAT 3-Month Plan

A complete 90-day plan covering 31 highest-weightage topics — prioritised by subject weight, not alphabet. No signup, no fees.

Days
90
Topics
31
Subjects
3
Phases
3

Phase-by-phase plan

12 weeks total

A 90-day plan only works when you sequence it. Here is how the 3-Month Plan breaks down — foundation, depth, then mocks.

  1. 1

    Foundation

    4 weeks

    Concept pass across full syllabus

    Subject-wise notes
    Topic-wise quizzes
    Weekly recaps
  2. 2

    Advanced + practice

    4 weeks

    Higher-difficulty problems, PYQs

    Last 5 years PYQs
    Topic-wise problem journals
    Weak-topic drill
  3. 3

    Mock cycle + revision

    4 weeks

    6-8 full-length mocks + per-mock analysis

    Bi-weekly mocks
    Final revision sheet
    Last-mile cheatsheets

Week-by-week schedule

Week Days Topics covered
1 1–7 VARC: Reading Comprehension (w5)DILR: Data Interpretation Tables (w5)QA: Percentages (w5)
2 8–14 VARC: Critical Reasoning (w5)DILR: Logical Reasoning Arrangements (w5)QA: Profit-Loss (w5)
3 15–21 VARC: Verbal Ability (w4)DILR: Logical Reasoning Puzzles (w5)QA: Time-Work (w5)
4 22–28 VARC: Summary (w4)DILR: Data Interpretation Charts (w4)QA: Time-Distance (w5)
5 29–35 VARC: Para Jumbles (w4)DILR: Data Interpretation Graphs (w4)QA: Equations (w5)
6 36–42 VARC: Grammar (w4)DILR: Blood Relations (w4)QA: Triangles (w5)
7 43–49 VARC: Odd Sentence (w3)DILR: Caselets (w4)QA: Ratio (w4)
8 50–56 VARC: Vocabulary (w3)DILR: Data Sufficiency (w4)QA: Inequalities (w4)
9 57–63 DILR: Direction (w3)QA: Functions (w4)QA: Circles (w4)
10 64–70 QA: Coordinate (w4)QA: Permutations (w4)QA: Probability (w4)
11 71–77 QA: Logarithms (w3)

Subject-wise topic split

Each topic shows its weightage (1–5 dots) and the concepts you'll cover. Higher-weight topics appear first.

VARC

8 topics
  • Reading Comprehension ●●●●●

    Comprehending and answering questions from passages on diverse topics including humanities, business, science, and social issues.

  • Critical Reasoning ●●●●●

    Evaluating arguments, identifying assumptions, conclusions, and logical flaws in reasoning-based questions.

  • Verbal Ability ●●●●○

    Contextual usage of words, fill-in-the-blank, and sentence completion based on logical and semantic coherence.

  • Summary ●●●●○

    Identifying the main idea and picking the most accurate summary from multiple options for a given passage.

  • Para Jumbles ●●●●○

    Rearranging jumbled sentences to form a coherent paragraph by identifying logical flow and connectors.

  • Grammar ●●●●○

    Error identification, sentence correction, and application of standard English grammar rules.

  • Odd Sentence ●●●○○

    Identifying the sentence that does not logically fit into a paragraph from a set of jumbled sentences.

  • Vocabulary ●●●○○

    Synonyms, antonyms, contextual meanings, and word usage in high-frequency MBA entrance-level vocabulary.

DILR

9 topics
  • Data Interpretation Tables ●●●●●

    Extracting and computing values from structured tabular data including schedules, registers, and statistical tables.

  • Logical Reasoning Arrangements ●●●●●

    Linear and circular seating arrangements, sequencing, and ranking puzzles with multiple conditional constraints.

  • Logical Reasoning Puzzles ●●●●●

    Complex puzzles involving tournaments, team selections, floor arrangements, and binary logic conditions.

  • Data Interpretation Charts ●●●●○

    Reading and interpreting pie charts, bar charts, and mixed chart types to answer calculation-based questions.

  • Data Interpretation Graphs ●●●●○

    Analysing line graphs, radar graphs, and other graph formats for trends and comparative values.

  • Blood Relations ●●●●○

    Family tree problems with coded relationship terms, generating accurate conclusions from given connections.

  • Caselets ●●●●○

    Paragraph-based data interpretation where information is embedded in a descriptive passage rather than a chart or table.

  • Data Sufficiency ●●●●○

    Determining whether given statements provide enough information to answer a question without actually solving it.

  • + 1 more topic on the full roadmap →

QA

14 topics
  • Percentages ●●●●●

    Percentage conversions, successive percentage changes, and applications in profit-loss, SI-CI, and ratio problems.

  • Profit-Loss ●●●●●

    CP-SP relationships, discount and marked price, and gain/loss percentage calculations in business scenarios.

  • Time-Work ●●●●●

    Work equivalence, efficiency-based problems, pipes and cisterns, and work-sharing in partnerships.

  • Time-Distance ●●●●●

    Speed-time-distance relationships, average speed, relative speed, train problems, and boats in streams.

  • Equations ●●●●●

    Linear and quadratic equations, forming equations from word problems, and simultaneous equation solving.

  • Triangles ●●●●●

    Properties of triangles, congruence, similarity, angle bisectors, medians, centroid, and Pythagorean theorem.

  • Ratio ●●●●○

    Ratio simplification, proportion, direct and inverse variation, and ratio-based mixture and alligation problems.

  • Inequalities ●●●●○

    Quadratic inequalities, modulus inequalities, and number line-based inequality reasoning problems.

  • + 6 more topics on the full roadmap →

Why a 90-day plan beats a 1,200-page prep book

DimensionTypical CAT bookThis 3-Month Plan
Time to startHours of reading before any study startsSeconds — plan is already here
PersonalisationOne-size-fits-allFits exactly your 90 days
FreshnessPrinted months agoRebuilt every deploy · verified 2026-05-23
Weightage signalAuthor guessDerived from last 5 years' papers
Cost₹500–2,500₹0
Sign-up requiredOften (with a trial trap)None

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