CAT 2026 Course by CAT Toppers

CAT 2026 Detailed Strategy and Resources for CAT Aspirants

Note: The following strategy to be followed only if one wants to get a 99.5 +. Not for those who are aiming less.

Short One: 1 set of material (can either be a softcopy/ or a hardcopy) for practice + Take two standard mocks for analysing (after a subject is over) + 1 course for application, doubt clarification and concepts. Be consistent and motivated throughout.

Long One:

Quant: Take any standard book eg. CAT Hardcopy Material by iQuanta or IIM ABC CAT material by iQuanta or any coaching material if you have or you can get. Along with this, you can refer to iQuanta’s CAT Preparation study material for additional practice.

You can also refer to CAT Past Year Question Papers for more practice.

Practice is the Key:

Build Concept, Practice on them. Ask in case of doubts, make note of any new things you learn. Repeat. As Arithmetic followed by Algebra has the highest weightage, ie 7-8 out of 22 Questions, doing them completely will give you an edge. Solving 8-9 out of 24 questions can give you a 90%ile in the CAT Quant section. For the same reason, we will be solving more than 1000 questions in arithmetic at iQuanta. Followed by Algebra, Geometry, Numbers & PNC. If you get any doubts while solving, Ask doubts on iQuanta platform, we will help you.

Expert Tip: No book is enough, just solve as many as you can and most importantly solve all questions being posted in CAT Preparation - iQuanta group or iQuanta Paid group, because the questions posted in group are random which prepares you to some extent for CAT. (even if you don't comment, do solve) . [must]

LRDI: All you need for cracking LRDI is the familiarity over CAT Type LRDI Sets. Means if you have solved 300-400 CAT Type LRDI sets till CAT you will be able to solve at least 50% of the sets in CAT 2026. And how much can you get by solving 50% of the CAT exam? 99 %le! In CAT, LRDI had approximately 22 Questions so for a total 66 Marks, you need to score around 37-38 marks ( i.e. 2.5 sets out of 5 sets to score 99%ile. So all you need to do is select the sets you can solve and solve them with patience. And to get that familiarity all you need is practice.

CAT LRDI level changed from the year 2015, even though they are tough they are just a lengthy puzzle and don't need a lot of concepts or tricks to solve them. If you solve a variety of LRDI sets it will be enough if complemented with mocks at the later stage. But what about those who want to start with the basics? You can do two things.

Read "CAT LRDI Strategy by iQuanta" :

Now the LRDI section from the year 2000 to 2014 weren't of higher level, so they are good to start with if you want your base strong for LRDI. You can solve CAT Past Year Questions and at the later stage it will be complemented by CAT Level LRDI Sets in Mocks, sectionals or iQuanta Course. This will make you understand how to deal with a situation where all sets are tough. Forget your ego in mocks. Apart from this you may also take IIM ABC Material by iQuanta having 500 CAT Level LRDI Sets.

Tip: Start with remembering squares and reciprocal of fraction and percentage calculations. Then move to basic conceptual questions.

CAT VARC: CAT will be of 2 hours, and hence there will be 16 questions on RC, which is 70% of the total VARC questions. This is a section which checks your comprehension the most, and not the vocab or the grammar. The first step towards comprehension is how you can retain what you have read. The best way to exercise your mind is to start reading articles from reputed newspapers and summarise it in your mind. At the end of 2 months you'll be able to retain the majority of the points from the article and that if complemented with CAT Past Year Questions practice is well and good. (Past CAT Papers:)

Expert Tip for VA: For VA, since there is still time, try to improve your grasp on articles from different topics by reading editorials, aldaily, project-syndicate etc. This will strengthen your understanding of the RCs and retentive power. Specifically for CAT, try to do at least 2 RCs everyday and increase the number as the exam approaches. Practise any VA Questions you may encounter without options. Initially, pick any book (preferably iQuanta Books) for practice and then diversify you sources to include old mocks, tests, CAT group questions etc. Vocabulary isn't that important per se. So, instead of cramming up words, just look for the meanings once you encounter them in your daily reading. CAT 2015-2024 was all about grasping and understanding power, rather than proficiency in English. [must]

You can go for IIM ABC CAT material by iQuanta having 500 RC sets. Apart from that we will also be doing RC 60 by Indra, which will fine tune your RC preparation. For reference you can check iQuanta CAT Preparation Study Material here, but it's not recommended to solve them right now.

Other Sources: Verbal: Sujit kumar/NK sinha [ or any coaching material like iQuanta Hardcopy CAT Material] just for practice and in case of any doubts you can simply post on iQuanta Group to clarify.

Vocab: Norman Lewis (optional, not necessary). The best way is to get the essence of a word rather than cramming the words. Hence while reading an article, in case of any tough words just use google to understand the essence and comprehend the passage.

Grammar: Wren n Martin (optional, not necessary). Not necessary for CAT, but you can refer in case you are preparing for other Non CAT exams.

RC: Refer to CAT Past Year Questions and sectional & Mocks. For enhancing reading speed refer these 3 sites: Aeon, Arts & Letters Daily, The Atlantic. (must)

𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩

1) Keep solving questions from your materials and in case you get doubt, post in iQuanta group. Somebody will help, if no one helps then tag Indrajeet directly, he will clear it himself.

2) Make a note of new things you learn. It helps a lot. And keep revising. Be regular this whole year.

3) Take two Mocks: One mock will be suggested apart from iQuanta mocks (iCAT). They will start around May June. And do analyse mocks. Till then try to cover all basics before you start taking Mocks. iQuanta questions were on the same level as CAT.

4) In case you need an offline coaching then checkout the results of nearby coaching centres or iQuanta offline centres if available in your city and get the feedback from their students and then take your decision.

5) In case you need an online coaching ( preferable for working and college going people due to time constraints), check out the results of online classes and get their feedback from toppers. If you want to know the art of solving and get your doubts cleared within a few minutes, then the iQuanta course is best suited. iQuanta classes are known for concept building, application and the art of solving, doubt clarification and very much result oriented.

Choose your iQuanta CAT 2026 Course here:

(Classes started this week)

Most importantly: Try to solve questions in CAT Preparation iQuanta or iQuanta Paid group, that too quickly, if possible try to be first one to solve. Make it a competitive environment. This has helped even Mr. Indrajeet get the speed when he was appearing for CAT 2015 and all his friends/ students who got phenomenal percentiles.

-Timeline Breakup :

● Feb - May: Practice different questions from each topic and prepare your cheat sheet. By June Mid even iQuanta course will complete its syllabus before mock season starts.

● Mid May: Assess your strengths & weaknesses by analysing your Mocks.

● June - Aug: Read important concepts from your weaknesses and regularly update your cheatsheet. iQuanta will conduct practice sessions on each of the topics in the paid group.

Give one Mock every fortnight and spend more time analysing the mock than you spend on taking it. (One of the Most understated piece of advice)

This is where your IIM ABC Practice Batch will help. From June to September there will be 12 QA, 3 RCs, 3 LrDi sets daily.

Strive to improve your performance after each Mock by identifying your weaknesses and practicing questions on the topics you could not solve in your mocks. The agenda after every Mock is to identify one topic and ensure that you never get questions wrong on the same topic in the next Mocks. This way you'll be plugging in all your loopholes.

● September: Take mocks weekly and all others same as above

● Oct-Nov: Start solving questions from previous years papers and improve your time management. (This is where iQuanta Crash course will help you) - Give two mocks weekly.

● November: Revise your cheat sheet and take a Mock everyday

● Mid Nov: Chill out & Crack CAT!

● January: Thank iQuanta

Note: We will start discussing topic wise questions and strategies for CAT in the CAT Preparation group on Facebook. So you may add your friends preparing for CAT and tag them in this strategy post.

Remember, obsession beats talent.

Consistency beats ability.

Constant work beats skill.

Creation beats affirmation.

People say winners don't do different things but do things differently, I say do it with more perseverance, dedication and of course smartly - Indrajeet Singh

LRDI for CAT 2026 | How to get a 99%le in LRDI in CAT 2026?

Many aspirants consider Logical Reasoning as the toughest part in CAT examination. Logical Reasoning questions usually come with 3/4 bits. A paragraph is given with information followed by 4 questions. You have to read the information thoroughly and apply your logic for answering these questions. The first and most important step in solving an LR problem is to write down all of the information given in a box, table or diagram. For example, if the problem involves seating arrangements at a round table, always draw the table first and then try various permutations and combinations of people seated around it. Once you have drawn the figure for the problem, you are free to think with a clear mind. LR problems usually contain several statements which serve as clues to solving the given questions. Thus, the problem should always be attempted in a methodical manner, and solved step-by-step, because trying to look at all the information at once will confuse even the best of us.

All you need for cracking LRDI is the familiarity over CAT Type LRDI Sets. Means if you have solved 300-400 CAT Type LRDI sets till CAT you will be able to solve at least 2 out of 4 sets (considering 2 hour CAT Pattern) in CAT 2026. And how much you can get by solving 2/4 LRDI sets in the CAT exam? 99%ile. So all you need to do is select the sets you can solve and solve them. And to get that familiarity all you need is practice.

To be honest the best thing one has to do is to solve the maximum variety of sets, enough so as you are able to guess which set is doable for you and which set is not, that's it. In iQuanta mocks and sectionals, Classes and Applications there are around 700 CAT level LRDI sets overall and if one solves them all properly then they are almost through this section. Now what do I mean by properly solving? Let's see…

Approaching any LRDI SET:

Invest some time over a question and study the question carefully before you start solving. A brief explanation of why each choice is correct or incorrect should go into your mind. If you can practice this tip in sample reasoning questions, you will do well on the actual assessment.

NEVER assume or use any information that the question fails to give you. This is NOT an assessment of how much you know about a subject in general! Consider ONLY the information given in each reading passage when choosing among the alternative responses.

Read both the factual passage and the sentence completion instruction carefully. Both must be considered in making your choice.

Be sure to read all the response choices carefully before eliminating or choosing one of them.

CAT LRDI level changed from the year 2015, even though they are tough they are just a lengthy puzzle and don't need a lot of concepts or tricks to solve them. If you solve a variety of LRDI sets it will be enough if complemented with mocks at the later stage. But what about those who want to start with the basics. You can do two things.

a. Read " CAT LRDI Strategy by iQuanta "

b. Now the LRDI section from the year 2000 to 2014 wasn't of Higher Level, so they are good to start with if you want your base strong for LRDI. You can solve CAT Past Year Questions and at the later stage it will be complemented by 300 CAT Level LRDI videos in iQuanta Course.

iQuanta LRDI Course includes 32+ Classes which are conducted at night (10 pm-12 am) Every class starts from basics and goes up to CAT Level Sets.

Every Session has around (5-6) Sets, all come with a detailed video explanation, so a total of around (170-180) videos in the classes themselves that are covered in 4 months approx. Apart from the classes, we provide a total of (300) sets which also cover some tough Past CAT LRDI sets as daily practice sets (1-2) everyday to keep you on your toes which again come with detailed video explanations.

The last two months (Oct - Nov) are packed with a special LRDI 70 series of 70+ CAT Level LRDI Sets and the iQuanta Crash Course having around 60 Sets which again come with detailed video solutions covering all kinds of conventional as well as unconventional sets. We also provide detailed video solutions to all the LRDI sets in our 15 full CAT Mocks as well as the assignments.

So before you write CAT, you solve

✓170+ Sets in iQuanta Classes

✓60+ sets in Crash course

✓70 sets in LRDI 70 Series

✓300+ sets as daily practice.

So a total of around 500+ LRDI sets with detailed video solutions.

Apart from this you can solve CAT 20 years LRDI Past Year Questions sets from here. I don't think if anyone solves all this and cant get a 99%le in LRDI section in CAT until unless you do a major fuck up in exam pressure.

All this comes with 24*7 doubt-solving assistance.

All these are included in iQuanta CAT 2026 Course.

CAT Quants Strategy to score 99%ile

QA is the most popular section of CAT. You either love this section or hate it. There's no third way. One thing I would like to say to all non-engineers or anyone who gets intimidated by this section is that this is the easiest section to improve upon. There's a well-defined syllabus which covers a lot of topics which all of us have studied in Class 9th and 10th. The concept used is the same, just the application might differ on some topics like Numbers, PNC & Algebra.

The Syllabus Dilemma

The most important topics (in terms of weightage):

=>Arithmetic ( 3-5 Questions)

=>Algebra ( 2-4 Questions)

=>Geometry (2-4 Questions)

Other important topics:

=>Numbers ( 1-3 questions but this topic is going to be your base for all other topics, some concept that you'll learn in this topic will help you not only in Quant but some DI sets as well)

=>Series, logs, P and C (1-2) Question

=> Miscellaneous (1-2 Questions)

Several chapters are quite simple and need just a little brush-up. A chapter like Logarithm and Series is considered to be pretty simple and you can expect 1-2 questions each from there. So, the job at hand is to realise the importance of each topic. We, at iQuanta, have a pretty solid curriculum. Students have often called and said that there were exact questions that came from what we taught.

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗔𝗧 2026 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 & 𝗦𝘆𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀, This is why iQuanta classes are designed in such a way.

We start with the Non-Engineering Quant Module. The Non-Engineers’ QA videos are 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 for those who are extremely weak in Math or just want to brush up their fundamentals before starting their CAT preparation.

After that in Classes we start with Numbers because it is the base for the quants topic even though the number of questions coming directly from this topic is not much. We then focus on Arithmetic which has the highest weightage. Permutation & Combination comes next as it is a very logical topic and the next topic Algebra is dependent on it.

By this time, we are done with 80 percent of our syllabus and you are ready to rock mocks. Geometry comes at the end because this is something that we will be revising for a long time due to the number of theorems that we have.

𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

While you are learning the Concept, the right application of concepts are important, followed by Practice to get comfortable in the topic. After you are comfortable with the Topics, start timer-based practice. To find out the topics which need revision, the first thing to do is to give a Quants mock test. After 2-3 tests, it becomes quite clear the topics you are weak at. Now comes how to prepare for the topics you are weak in. Only taking the exam would not suffice. Proper analysis should be done after the exam and have a look at the solutions to understand whether a particular sum could not be solved due to lack of understanding regarding the subject or is it because you forgot a relevant formula.

We follow exactly the same approach in our iQuanta CAT Quant Classes, we just don't focus on Concept Learning but the right application of them. iQuanta Quant sessions are 30% Concept Learning and 70% Application and later we make you practice on those topics to make you comfortable. Post that you guys can solve timer based questions on iQuanta Portal in form of assignments and CAT Past Year Questions

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀

Quant is covered quite extensively in the iQuanta classes. But if you want to work on it on your own, the best way is to do one topic at a time. And when you revise the topics, keep a handbook of your cheat sheet handy. Topic-wise tests are necessary to understand the level of competency. You can complete your CAT 2026 Preparation with iQuanta’s CAT Past Year Questions for this purpose which provides topic-wise free quants content. They do come in handy during preparation. It will help you understand if you are being able to apply the concepts or not.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲

Initial scores in quants are meant to be less because that is the learning phase. As you practice more and more, the speed and accuracy increase. Practising quants regularly is a must and iQuanta Facebook group provides regular practice. Normally, accuracy is an issue in quants. The CAT paper has a history of having both easy and difficult Quants paper. As long as the basics are strong, the paper would be a cakewalk.

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗔𝗧 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱

1) Get the Concept Clarity

2) Getting acquainted with Methods of Solving

3) Apply in n number of questions

Important: Now getting acquainted with solving questions yourselves has some internal steps.

Coz initially you might have to go through solutions when not able to solve. And that's okay.

But how to get through?

i) The attempt should be to solve it by yourselves. Let's say you were able to solve it within 1-3 minutes. (Depends on difficulty/length). It's all fine. Let's suppose it's going beyond 4 minutes, it means you're still slow, and need more practice to reduce speed.

ii) If the method is not clicking or stuck in some step, you should try for 5-10 minutes before seeing the solution. If you get the solution yourselves, you'll feel great as well as you will remember it for a long struggle.

iii) If not able to solve even after spending 5-10 mins, then you can check the solution, and mark in which step you were stuck, was it the first step or something in between. Note that step in your cheat sheet. You'll have to revise so that the same mistake is not repeated in the future.

REPEAT MODE ON till you achieve 90% accuracy

Accuracy is the key in quants. An attempt of 15 questions in 40 min with 90% accuracy will fetch you a score of 42+ which can be enough to have a 99%ile plus in quant.

𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

There are various ways in which the paper can be solved. The usual way is to scan the paper and find out the easy ones. It is often the case that students start solving from the first question and skip those which were lengthy for later. Normally when people come to this section, they are tired after solving a VARC section and a historically difficult LRDI section.The aim is to solve as many as possible and not to miss out on the easy ones.

If you get any doubts while solving, ask doubts on iQuanta platform, we will help you.

● Expert Tip: No book is enough, just solve as many as you can and most importantly solve all questions being posted in CAT Preparation - iQuanta group or iQuanta Paid group, because the questions posted in group are random which prepares you to some extent for CAT. (even if you don't comment, do solve) .

And if you need books then you can follow iQuanta CAT 2026 Updated Books. You will get more than 5000 questions to solve with detailed solutions.

Also make sure to complete iQuanta IIM ABC Practice Module where you will get 7500 CAT Level questions to practice out of which you will have around 3500 QA Questions.

𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

The most important thing that you can do for yourself is to ensure you get all your doubts clarified. The problem with not getting your doubts clarified is that it builds up. By the time you notice this - there is already a huge lag. iQuanta is the best in Doubts Clarifications for the reason we make sure your doubts get clear within 30 mins, irrespective of the time you are posting your doubts, be it Night or Day. You can check the proof of iQuanta’s 24*7 Doubt Solving system by iQuanta students.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿

The CAT paper has a history of having both easy and hard quants sections. The one who holds his/her nerve to solve the last section of CAT aces it. The 2017 CAT paper had a very easy quants paper where a scaled score of 72% marks fetched 99%ile, whereas, in 2018, 99%ile was achieved at a score below 58% marks and coming to last CAT exam CAT 2024, around 40 marks out of 66 marks were required to get 99%ile than means around 60% score.

Hence iQuanta CAT 2026 New Batch which is going to start soon, the syllabus will get over by August in terms of Concepts, Applications as well as Practice, while Mocks will start in June only. Though for those starting now it is suggested to start taking mocks after 60% of your syllabus is done.

In the end it is complemented by the CAT Crash course where we work on speed, shortcuts and revise everything in the last 2-3 months. The Crash course is Free along with the full course of iQuanta CAT 2026 Course

𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆, 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗔𝗧 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟵𝟵%𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮.