CAT 2026 is the toughest entrance test in India. It attracts lakhs of working and non-working professionals. It is usually held in the month of November. The CAT 2026 exam is expected to be held on November 28. But there has been no official update on the exam date so far. So, keeping this in mind, you have 44 weeks and 2 days left from 1st May.
As the CAT exam is tough, your preparation should be more focused and consistent. The 7-month detailed time table to target CAT 2026 may slightly vary for working and non-working professionals. This is because working professionals have limited time to prepare as they need to manage their full-time job alongside their studies. Non-working professionals include both college-going students and repeat aspirants. To help, iQuanta has designed a 7-month CAT 2026 timetable for both working and non-working professionals. Although, this will maximize your productivity and help you cover the entire syllabus in less time. Candidates can download the PDF for free on this page. Let’s discuss more about the preparation strategy in a detailed manner.
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CAT 2026 7-Month Time Table for Working & Non-Working Professionals
Are you a working professional aiming for CAT 2026? Well, you’re in the right place. The working professionals need to balance both their studies and jobs. Many toppers have scored 99+%ile in CAT along with their full-time job roles. So it’s seems quite difficult but preparation can be done with the right strategy. You just need a smart approach and consistency.Â
As a working professional, you should start by mastering the basics first. Strong concepts will help you solve any type of question easily. The non-working professionals are mainly college students and repeat aspirants who want to perform well in the CAT exam. Are you any of them? You must grasp the basics first and then slowly move to advanced topics.
But many aspirants wonder where to start or what to cover first in the exam. For this, iQuanta has launched the CAT 2026 Course. It is a flexible course that benefits both working and non-working professionals to cover important concepts and fulfill preparation strategies. You will get live+ application classes, daily targets, section-wise modules, assignments, books, etc. Along wth this, you can also join their CAT preparation group more for expert guidance. This course also offers 24X7 doubt-solving support so whenever you get stuck in between your CAT preparation journey, this trusted feature helps you a lot. The basic and advanced modules of this course help you build concepts from scratch itself. Let’s discuss the detailed 7-month CAT exam timetable for working and non-working professionals.
CAT 2026 Detailed 7-Month Time Table (Phase 1)
You must solve at least 30 RC passages, 30 LRDI sets and 200 Quant questions. You can increase these numbers on weekends if you could not cover on weekdays. Phase 1 is from mid-April to August 2026. This phase focuses on covering the basics and the CAT syllabus.
| Daily Targets | Weekdays | Weekends |
| Morning | CAT Daily Target VARC Essential: Vocab Videos, Articles & RCs Solve RCs From iQuanta Assignments, Books & IIM ABC Batch | CAT Daily Target VARC Essential: Vocab Videos, Articles & RCs Solve Rcs From iQuanta Assignments, Books & IIM ABC Batch |
| Afternoon | LRDI Essential VideosDaily LRDI Sets from iQuanta Assignments, Books & IIM ABC Batch Attend the iQuanta Practice Session at 1:30 PM | LRDI Essential Videos Daily LRDI Sets from iQuanta Assignments, Books & IIM ABC Batch |
| Evening | Non-Engineers’ Quant VideosSolve QA Questions From iQuanta Assignments, Books & IIM ABC Batch | Non-Engineers’ Quant Videos Solve QA Questions From iQuanta Assignments, Books & IIM ABC Batch |
| Daily Classes & Sessions | Live Class From 7 to 9 PM (4 -5 Days) Rest days are used for revising sessions where you have doubts. Application Class from 10 PM to 12 AM Daily | Attend Schedule Live or Application Class (if any) Revise all the sessions and complete your backlogs (if any) |
Note: If you have started late and are behind your batch schedule, you must cover the recordings and other material on weekends and holidays while continuing with the ongoing topics. This helps you avoid creating any new backlog.
CAT 2026 Weekly Time Table (Phase 1)
| Topics | VARC | LRDI | Quant | Mocks/Tests this Week | |||
| Week 1 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Basics of RC | Linear Arrangements 1 and 2 | Numbers Basics and Divisibility and Remainder | – | ||
| Week 2 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Types of Questions in RC (Part 1) | Circular Arrangement part 1 and 2 | Divisibility and Remainder Part 2, LCM and HCF, Misc (Last Digit, Factorial | Beginner iCAT 1 | ||
| Week 3 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Types of Questions in RC (Part 2) | Distribution 1 & 2 | Percentages and Profit and Loss 1 | |||
| Week 4 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Process of Elimination (Easy Level & Mod level) | Ranking and Order, Selection | Profit and Loss 2, Simple Interest and Compunnd Interest | Begginer’s iCAT 2 | ||
| Week 5 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Process of Elimination (Diff Level), RC Genre -Philosophy / Sociology / Psychology | Binary Logic 1 and 2 | Ratio and Proportion 1 and 2, Average Mixture and Aliigation 1 | |||
| Week 6 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | RC Genre Science / Environment | Caselet | Average Mixture and Aliigation 1, Time and work Part 1 & 2 | iCAT 1 | ||
| Week 7 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | RC Genre Technology / AI | DI Table and Graph | Time, Speed and Distance Part 1, 2, 3 | |||
| Week 8 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | RC Genre Economics / Business | DI Line Graph and Pie Charts | Linear Equation 1 and 2 | iCAT 2 | ||
| Week 9 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | RC Genre Arts & Literature | DI Special Charts | Quadratic Equation 1 and 2 | |||
| Week 10 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | RC Genre History | Venn diagram 1 & 2 | Algebra Identities, Indices and Surds | iCAT 3 | ||
| Week 11 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Politics / Government styles / Ideology & Critcial Reasoning basics | Venn diagram 3 & 4 | Sequence Series 1 & 2 | |||
| Week 12 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Critical Reasoning | Games and Tournament 1 & 2 | Logarithm and Inequalities | iCAT 4 | ||
| Week 13 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Critical Reasoning (Conclusion and Assumption) | Games and Tournament 3 | Modulus, Maxima, and Minima | |||
| Week 14 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Critical Reasoning (Strengthen the Claim ) | Scheduling 1 | Functions and Graphs 1 and 2 | iCAT 5 | ||
| Week 15 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Critical Reasoning (Weaken the Claim) | Routes and Network | Lines and Angles, Triangles | |||
| Week 16 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Critical Reasoning (PYQ 1) | Cubes | Circles 1 and 2 | ICAT 6 | ||
| Week 17 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Critical Reasoning (PYQ 2), | Quant-based Reasoning 1 and 2 | Quadrilateral and Polygon 1 and 2 | iCAT 7 | ||
| Week 19 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Short Summaries & Para Completion | Reasoning-based DI 1 and 2 | 3D Mensuration and Co-ordinate Geometry | ICAT 8 | ||
| Week 20 | iQuanta Classes Schedule | Parajumble & Odd One Out | LRDI Revision | Permutation and Combination & Probability | ICAT 9 | ||
CAT 2026 Detailed 7-Month Time Table (Phase 2)
Phase 2 begins with the CAT syllabus completed. Now, your focus should be on mock, practice, and revision. With the completion of the syllabus, you need to update your weekend and weekdays CAT 2026 timetable. After covering basic modules in Phase 1, you will slowly progress to iQuanta’s advanced modules. This helps you practice exam-level questions in-depth. This table specified below covers the CAT 2026 weekly timetable from July to September 2026.
| Daily Targets | Weekdays | Weekends |
| Morning | CAT Daily Target Engineers’ VARC Videos & RC Practice | CAT Daily Target Solve 2x Engineers’ VARC Videos, RC Practice and VARC Assignment |
| Afternoon | LRDI Inception Videos Solve LRDI Sets from iQuanta Assignments, Books & IIM ABC Batch | LRDI Inception Videos Solve 2x LRDI Sets from iQuanta Assignments, Books & IIM ABC Batch |
| Evening | CAT QA Cutshort Videos | Watch and Solve 2x CAT QA CutShort Videos Solve Quant Questions from Books, Assignments & IIM ABC Batch |
| Daily Classes & Sessions | Daily Practice Marathons IIM ABC Practice Batch Dynamic Practice | |
CAT Weekly Time Table 2026 (Phase 2)
You should start practising full-length mocks after August. After every mock, you must analyse your performance to identify your weak areas. This is where iQuanta’s iCAT mocks help you. It offers exam-level questions, detailed analysis, and video solutions. Their mocks match the actual exam standard. Even, you can solve 50 questions per weak topic using IIM ABC Batch, Assignments & Books, etc. This will improve your accuracy, speed, and score in the next mocks. Repeat the process until you solidify your weak areas.Â
| Week 1 | iCAT 11 | ||
| Week 2 | iCAT 12 | ||
| Week 3 | iCAT 13 | ||
| Week 4 | iCAT 14 | ||
| Week 5 | iCAT 15 | ||
| Week 6 | iCAT 16 | ||
| Week 7 | iCAT 17 | ||
| Week 8 | iCAT 18 | ||
| Week 9 | iCAT 19 | ||
| Week 10 | iCAT 20 | ||
CAT 2026 Detailed 7-MonthTime Table (Phase 3)
This phase should be all about syllabus revision, full-length mocks, sectionals and PYQs. This helps you strengthen your concepts and practice more to improve. That’s where iQuanta’s proctored iCAT (CAT mock tes series) and marathon helps you. You can even utilize iQuanta’s CAT preparation group and 24/7 doubt-solving facility. This is the CAT 2026 timetable from October to November 2026.
| Daily Targets | Weekdays | Weekends |
| Morning | CAT Daily Target CAT RC 60 Practice | CAT Daily Target Solve 2x CAT RC 60 Series. Practice Sets and VARC Assignment |
| Afternoon | CAT LRDI 70 Series Practice Sets and iQuanta Practice Session | Solve 2x CAT LRDI 70 Series Practice Sets and iQuanta Practice Session |
| Evening | CAT QA 250 Series Practice | Solve 2x CAT QA 250 Series Practice Solve Quant Assignment |
| Daily Classes & Sessions | Daily Practice Marathons IIM ABC Practice Batch 10 Static Questions | Daily Practice Marathons IIM ABC Practice Batch 20 Static Questions |
CAT Weekly Time Table 2026 (Phase 3)
| Week | Proctored iCAT (Full) | Marathon | ||
| Week 1 | iCAT 15 | Arithmetic Booster Session (4 Hrs) | ||
| Week 2 | iCAT 16 | Algebra Booster Session (4 Hrs) | ||
| Week 3 | iCAT 17 | Geometry Booster Session (4 Hrs) | ||
| Week 4 | iCAT 18 | Numbers booster Session (4 Hrs) | ||
| Week 5 | iCAT 19 | Numbers Marathon & RC Marathon (6 Hrs) | ||
| Week 6 | iCAT 20 | Arithmetic Marathon & LRDI Marathon (6 Hrs) | ||
| Week 7 | Algebra Marathon & VA Marathon (6 Hrs) | |||
| Week 8 | All formula revision Marathon | |||
The last week’s CAT exam strategy should be simple. You need to practice full-length mocks. Keep all the exam-day documents ready in advance. Visit the exam centre in advance. It gives you an idea of the route, traffic, and transportation. Revise and practice lightly. This keeps your mind focused for the exam. Join the iQuanta course today and maximise your chances of success.
