What subjects does this CAT study plan cover?

This 1-Month Plan covers 3 subjects: VARC, DILR, QA. Topic order is weight-prioritised so the highest-yield material is covered first.

Is this CAT 1-Month Plan free?

Yes — StudyRoadmap publishes every duration plan free, with no signup or paywall. The full 30-day schedule, daily topics, and per-subject breakdown are all open-access on this page.

Updated 2026-04-06 · 2026 Edition

CAT 1-Month Plan

A complete 30-day plan covering 31 highest-weightage topics — prioritised by subject weight, not alphabet. No signup, no fees.

Days: 30
Topics: 31
Subjects: 3
Phases: 2

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Focused intensive one full pass plus a targeted second look at weak topics

How to actually use your 30 days

A single full pass plus targeted revision of your weak areas — one demanding month.

Daily study

5–6 hours

New topics / day

≈ 1.0

Approach

one full pass plus a targeted second look at weak topics

This 1-month plan gives you 30 days to work through 31 weighted CAT topics across 3 subjects — roughly 1.0 new topic a day at 5–6 hours of focused study. That is a demanding but realistic daily load for a one-month working timeline.

CAT marks are not spread evenly across subjects. QA, DILR, and VARC carry the heaviest weightage in recent papers, so this plan front-loads them — so they are mastered in the first fortnight and the lighter subjects fill the rest. Cover weight 3–5 topics thoroughly. Give weight 1–2 topics a single light reading in your final week rather than skipping them outright.

30 days lets you cover the full CAT syllabus once at a steady pace, then circle back to whatever stayed shaky. At this pace it is tempting to chase coverage and never revise. Protect the weekly consolidation day — it is what makes the pass stick.

What to prioritise & cut

Cover weight 3–5 topics thoroughly. Give weight 1–2 topics a single light reading in your final week rather than skipping them outright.

Mock tests & revision

From the second week, sit one full-length mock every week and analyse it fully before moving on — analysis matters more than the score.

Weekly rhythm

Each week: 5 days new topics, 1 day consolidating that week, 1 day mock + review. Keep a running error log.

Phase-by-phase plan

4 weeks total

A 30-day plan only works when you sequence it. Here is how the 1-Month Plan breaks down — foundation, depth, then mocks.

1

Foundation pass
3 weeks

Cover full syllabus once, weight-sorted

Daily ~3 topics
Short notes per topic
End-of-week recap
2

Mock + revision
1 week

Two full-length mocks + targeted revision

Mock 1 + analysis
Mock 2 + analysis
Weak-area drill

Week-by-week schedule

Week	Days	Topics covered
1	1–7	VARC: Reading Comprehension (w5)DILR: Data Interpretation Tables (w5)QA: Percentages (w5)VARC: Critical Reasoning (w5)DILR: Logical Reasoning Arrangements (w5)QA: Profit-Loss (w5)VARC: Verbal Ability (w4)
2	8–14	DILR: Logical Reasoning Puzzles (w5)QA: Time-Work (w5)VARC: Summary (w4)DILR: Data Interpretation Charts (w4)QA: Time-Distance (w5)VARC: Para Jumbles (w4)DILR: Data Interpretation Graphs (w4)
3	15–21	QA: Equations (w5)VARC: Grammar (w4)DILR: Blood Relations (w4)QA: Triangles (w5)VARC: Odd Sentence (w3)DILR: Caselets (w4)QA: Ratio (w4)
4	22–28	VARC: Vocabulary (w3)DILR: Data Sufficiency (w4)QA: Inequalities (w4)DILR: Direction (w3)QA: Functions (w4)QA: Circles (w4)QA: Coordinate (w4)
5	29–30	QA: Permutations (w4)QA: Probability (w4)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 30-day plan beats a 1,200-page prep book

Dimension	Typical CAT book	This 1-Month Plan
Time to start	Hours of reading before any study starts	Seconds — plan is already here
Personalisation	One-size-fits-all	Fits exactly your 30 days
Freshness	Printed months ago	Updated for the 2026 cycle · verified 2026-04-06
Weightage signal	Author guess	Derived from last 5 years' papers
Cost	₹500–2,500	₹0
Sign-up required	Often (with a trial trap)	None

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CAT 1-Month Plan — common questions

Is 30 days enough to prepare for CAT? +

30 days lets you cover the full CAT syllabus once at a steady pace, then circle back to whatever stayed shaky. The honest answer depends on your starting point, but this 1-month plan is built to get the most from the time you have: a single full pass plus targeted revision of your weak areas — one demanding month.

How many hours a day does this CAT 1-month plan need? +

Plan for 5–6 hours of focused study, covering about 1.0 new topics a day. Each week: 5 days new topics, 1 day consolidating that week, 1 day mock + review. Keep a running error log.

What should I skip if I am short on time? +