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FOLLOWING ARE THE LIST OF BOOKS FOR CAT THAT WILL HELP YOU A LOT

IN YOUR PREPARATION . THESE ARE AS FOLLOWS :-

Books for Quantitative Aptitude (QA) section

Arun Sharma – Highly recommended and since it is popular, it has its own thread on
Pagalguy too.

SK Verma – Good for clearing basics, goes into much detail and may get a tad
boring for those who are used to this section. Those who are brand new, should buy
this book over Arun Sharma as this one is more detailed than the former.

Nishant Sinha – A good book for MBA preparation but the above two shine above
and beyond this one.

TIME material of Quant is very good.

Some Great books and material for Logical reasoning and Data
Interpretation for this section include -

Career Launcher LR DI book – a thick booklet, the thickest in fact.

TIME Logical Reasoning for checking out the type of questions which are normally
asked.

Test Fundas’ Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation Module

Test Funda free puzzle.


Shakuntla Devi Puzzles

Last but certainly not the least – Arun Sharma Logical Reasoning and Data
Interpretation book.

Books for preparation of the Verbal Ability section of CAT include -

Normal Lewis Vocabulary book.

GOOD LUCK ..

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BEST BOOKS -

R.S AGRAWAL QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE


ARIHANT PUBLICATION'S REASONING
R.S AGRAWAL'S VERBAL & NON VERBAL REASONING .
VERBAL ABILITY BY MIDHHA PUBLICATIONS
REASONING BY HARISH CHANDRA VERMA
MATHEMATICS BY LUCCENT.
REASONING BY DEEPAK AGRAWAL.

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Some of the books, which will help you in preparing for the
Data Interpretation part of the Quantitative Ability & Data
Interpretation section, are:

• How to prepare for the Data Interpretation for CAT by TATA-


McGraw Hill publications
• ‘Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning' by R.S. Agarwal
• How to prepare for the Data Interpretation for CAT by Arihant
Prakashan
• ‘Analytical and Logical Reasoning' by B.S. Sijwali.
• An interesting way to prepare for this is by regularly solving
crossword puzzles, Sudoku, riddles etc. For this, pick out the
leisure section of the daily newspaper. You can also solve case
lets from various books and puzzle sites in the internet .

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Quantitative Aptitude Recommended books for CAT/XAT/MBA Exams


While preparing for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT/XAT/MBA one can refer following
books:
1.Start with Arun sharma (Simple and easy to understand...recommended for those
who are starting their CAT preparation ).
Book Name:Quant Aptitude by Tata Magraw Hill , Author:Arun Sharma
Read this book: Arun Sharma How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the
CAT
Note: In case you want to learn maths for Quantitative Aptitude section starting from
basics, please refer:
- NCERT Mathematics books for 8th, 9th & 10th standard
- CBSE Mathematics books for 8th, 9th & 10th standard
2.If you feel your Quantitative Aptitude is pretty decent but you want to make it more
stronger then you can follow :
Abhijit Guha's book:Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations Tips,
Techniques, And Short-cut Methods by Guha Abhijit
Please note that the Above book by Guha has lots of tips & tricks, so refer this book
only if you have sufficient time left for your preparation.As it takes time to get along
with the tips and tricks.
3.Even the "Quantitative Aptitude for CAT from Pearson by Nishit Sinha" is a nice book.
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Data Interpretation Recommended books for CAT/MBA


For Data Interpretation any of the following books can be followed:
1.TMH How To Prepare For The Data Interpretation And Logical Reasoning For The CAT
3rd Edition by Arun Sharma
Read this book: How To Prepare For DI & Logical Reasoning by Arun Sharma
2.Nishit Sinha's DI LR book by Pearson

3.Quantitative Aptitude for MBA Entrance Exams by Guha Abhijit

4. R.S. Agarawal books on verbal reasoning.

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Verbal Ability Recommended books for CAT/MBA Entrance

1. Student's Companion By Wilfred D. Best


2. English PLUS I.C.S.E. For Class 10 by Xavier Pinto
3. Wren and Martin English Grammar
4. Word Power Made Easy by NORMAN LEWIS
5. VERBAL ABILITY BY ARUN SHARMA
6. English Proficiency IMS India
7. A Communicative Grammar of English By: Geoffrey Leech
8. Business English and Communication By: Clark
9. 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary by Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis.
10. To download Free books for Verbal Ability, Click here

Recommended Business Magazines for CAT/MBA Aspirants

1.Business Line by The Hindu Group


2.Business Today by India Today Group
3.BusinessWorld
4.Management Compass Career Launcher
5.Business & Management Chronicle by Chronicle Publications
6.Competition Success Review

Recommended Newspapers for CAT/MBA Aspirants


The Hindu
Economics Time
The Statesman

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