Session Plan – CAT 2018

Session Details

Subject Number of sessions

Intro/PDP/WAT 4
Quantitative Ability 37
LRDI 19
Verbal Ability 29
Total 89

S. No. Session ID Subject Class Sheets Contents

• B-School Selection Process

• Computer-based CAT

1 Intro Miscellaneous Introduction to MBA • Details of the program

• Material Schedule and Preparation flow

• List of books and additional material

2 QA – 01 Quantitative Ability Percentage – 1 • Vedic Maths
• Percentage
3 QA – 02 Quantitative Ability Percentage – 1
• Percentage Calculations
• Introduction to English in various exams, Intro to
4 VA – 01 Verbal Ability Vocabulary – 1
Vocabulary & types of questions in exams
• Change of base
5 QA – 03 Quantitative Ability Percentage – 2
• Successive Percentage change
• Tables
6 LRDI – 01 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 1
• Line Graphs
7 VA – 02 Verbal Ability Reading Techniques – 1 • Speed reading, Skim and Scan
• SI/CI
8 QA – 04 Quantitative Ability Percentage – 2
• Installments
• Pie chart
9 LRDI – 02 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 2
• Bar Graphs
• Profit, Loss and Discount
10 QA – 05 Quantitative Ability Percentage – 3
• Faulty weights
11 VA – 03 Verbal Ability Vocabulary – 2 • Etymology – 1
• Ratio
12 QA – 06 Quantitative Ability Ratio – 1
• Direct/Inverse Proportions

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13 LRDI – 03 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 3 • Mix graphs

14 VA – 04 Verbal Ability Vocabulary – 3 • Etymology – 2

• Average/ Weighted Average

15 QA –07 Quantitative Ability Ratio – 2
• Partnership

16 LRDI – 04 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 4 • Data Sufficiency

• Alligation

17 QA – 08 Quantitative Ability Ratio – 3 • Mixtures and Solutions

• Removal and Replacement

18 LRDI – 05 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 5 • Arrangement – 1

19 VA – 05 Verbal Ability Reading Techniques – 2 • Types of Question

• Arrangement – 2
20 LRDI – 06 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 6
(Grouping/Selection/Table Formation)

21 QA – 09 Quantitative Ability TSD – 1 • Proportionality

22 VA – 06 Verbal Ability Reading Techniques – 3 • Types of Passages

• Average speed
23 QA – 10 Quantitative Ability TSD – 1 & 2
• Relative Speed

24 LRDI – 07 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 7 • Numbers based LRDI

25 VA – 07 Verbal Ability Vocabulary – 4 • Common Confusables

• Escalator Problems

26 QA – 11 Quantitative Ability TSD – 2 & 3 • Pools

• Circular Motion

• Clocks

27 QA – 12 Quantitative Ability TSD – 3 & 4 • Linear Races

• Boats and Streams

28 VA – 08 Verbal Ability Vocabulary – 5 • Idioms and Phrasal verbs

29 LRDI – 08 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 8 • Set Theory – 1

30 QA – 13 Quantitative Ability TSD – 4 • Time and Work

31 QA – 14 Quantitative Ability Numbers – 1 • Classification of Numbers

32 LRDI – 09 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 9 • Set Theory – 2

• Surds & Indices

33 QA – 15 Quantitative Ability Numbers – 1 & 2
• Misc

34 VA – 09 Verbal Ability Grammar – 1 • Parts of Speech, Prepositions and Articles

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35 QA – 16 Quantitative Ability Numbers – 2 • Factors

• LCM & HCF

36 QA – 17 Quantitative Ability Numbers – 3
• Highest Power dividing a Factorial

37 LRDI – 10 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 10 • Games & Tournaments – 1

38 VA – 10 Verbal Ability Grammar – 2 • Noun and Pronoun

• Divisibility
39 QA – 18 Quantitative Ability Numbers – 4
• Cyclicity
40 LRDI – 11 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 11 • Games & Tournaments – 2
41 VA – 11 Verbal Ability Grammar – 3 • Verb and Tenses
42 QA – 19 Quantitative Ability Numbers – 5 • Remainders
• Base System
43 QA – 20 Quantitative Ability Numbers – 6
• Calendars
44 VA – 12 Verbal Ability Eclectic Reading – 1 • Literature
45 LRDI – 12 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 12 • Reasoning based DI
• Polynomials
46 QA – 21 Quantitative Ability Algebra – 1
• Linear Equations
47 VA – 13 Verbal Ability Eclectic Reading – 2 • Business and Economy
48 LRDI – 13 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 13 • Based on Missing data
• Quadratic Equations
49 QA – 22 Quantitative Ability Algebra – 2
• Higher Degree Equations
50 VA – 14 Verbal Ability Eclectic Reading – 3 • Philosophy
• Tips for the Interview
51 PDP – 01 Miscellaneous Interview Concepts • Typical Questions
• Know the Interviewer
• Binomial Theorem
52 QA – 23 Quantitative Ability Algebra – 3
• Inequalities
53 LRDI – 14 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 14 • Misc. LRDI
54 VA – 15 Verbal Ability Grammar – 4 • Subject Verb Agreement
55 VA – 16 Verbal Ability Grammar – 5 • Adjective, Adverb and Modifiers
• Functions
56 QA – 24 Quantitative Ability Algebra – 4
• Greatest Integer Function
• Modulus
57 QA – 25 Quantitative Ability Algebra – 5
• Logarithm
58 VA – 17 Verbal Ability Grammar – 6 • Parallelism and Punctuation
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59 VA – 18 Verbal Ability Eclectic Reading – 4 • Science and Technology
60 QA – 26 Quantitative Ability Algebra – 6 • Progressions
• Maxima/Minima
61 QA – 27 Quantitative Ability Algebra – 7
• Misc.
62 LRDI – 15 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 15 • Non-CAT reasoning – 1
63 VA – 19 Verbal Ability Eclectic Reading – 5 • Art
64 VA – 20 Verbal Ability Eclectic Reading – 6 • Political theories and world affairs
65 LRDI – 16 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 16 • Non-CAT reasoning – 2
• Graphs
66 QA – 28 Quantitative Ability Algebra – 8
• Co-ordinate Geometry
67 QA – 29 Quantitative Ability Geometry – 1 • Properties of Triangles
68 VA – 21 Verbal Ability Reading Techniques – 4 • Tone and Theme
69 VA – 22 Verbal Ability Reading Techniques – 5 • Nuances of Reading
70 LRDI – 17 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 17 • Puzzles
• Properties of four centers in a triangle
71 QA – 30 Quantitative Ability Geometry – 1 & 2
• Similarity

• Content vs Process
• Critical Success Factors in a GD

72 PDP – 02 Miscellaneous GD concepts • Types of GD

• Suggestions on selection of Chairman and the
topic for discussion
• Different roles that one plays in a GD
73 VA – 23 Verbal Ability Verbal Logic – 1 • Deductive logic and Logical Consistency
74 VA – 24 Verbal Ability Verbal Logic – 2 • Critical Reasoning
• Quadrilaterals
75 QA – 31 Quantitative Ability Geometry – 2 & 3
• Polygons
76 QA – 32 Quantitative Ability Geometry – 3 • Circle
77 LRDI – 18 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 18 • LRDI Practice Exercise – 1
78 QA – 33 Quantitative Ability Geometry – 4 • Mensuration
79 VA – 25 Verbal Ability Verbal Logic – 3 • Advance Critical Reasoning
80 WAT Miscellaneous WAT Concepts • WAT Concepts
81 LRDI – 19 LRDI LRDI Exercise – 19 • LRDI Practice Exercise – 2
• Fundamental Principle of Counting
82 QA – 34 Quantitative Ability P&C – 1
• Permutations and Combinations

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 83 VA – 26 Verbal Ability Verbal Logic – 4 • Parajumbles – 1
84 VA – 27 Verbal Ability Verbal Logic – 5 • Parajumbles – 2
• Letter and Geometrical Arrangement
85 QA – 35 Quantitative Ability P&C – 2
• Distribution and Grouping

86 VA – 28 Verbal Ability Verbal Logic – 6 • Para Completion

87 QA – 36 Quantitative Ability Probability • Probability
88 QA – 37 Quantitative Ability Trigonometry • Trigonometry
89 VA – 29 Verbal Ability Verbal Logic – 7 • Summary Type questions, FIJ

 The faculty members should strictly follow the sequence and the agenda of the sessions given in the session plan.
 The faculty members must ensure that the students complete the pre-class and post-class work assigned for every
session religiously.
 In Quantitative Aptitude, the faculty members should try to take examples mainly from the Class Exercise sheet while
explaining a particular topic.
 Students’ scores in the Test Gym are visible to faculty members in their Faculty Zone. Please keep track of how many
students in the batch are regularly taking these. Students should be encouraged to take more of these tests.
 All the MBA Classic 2018 students should take the two D-CATs (Test IDs – 771253, 771581) the links of which would be
visible on SIS.

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