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Updated 2026-04-06 · 2026 Edition

CAT 2-Year Plan

A complete 730-day plan covering 31 highest-weightage topics — prioritised by subject weight, not alphabet. No signup, no fees.

Days
730
Topics
31
Subjects
3
Phases
4
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Two-year deep build a foundations year, a mastery-and-depth year, and a sustained mock campaign across both

How to actually use your 730 days

The long game: build from zero across two cycles, with depth and a sustained mock habit most candidates never reach.

Daily study
1.5–2.5 hours
New topics / day
≈ 0.04
Approach
a foundations year, a mastery-and-depth year, and a sustained mock campaign across both

This 2-year plan gives you 730 days to work through 31 weighted CAT topics across 3 subjects — roughly 0.04 new topics a day at 1.5–2.5 hours of focused study. That gentle daily load is the whole advantage of a two-year run — you build mastery slowly enough that it actually sticks.

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 the first year builds genuine mastery of them, not just familiarity. Nothing is cut and nothing is rushed. At this length the differentiator is depth on the hardest, lowest-frequency topics and relentless revision — the work most candidates skip.

Two years is a genuine head start. You can build CAT from zero in year one and convert understanding into rank-grade speed and accuracy in year two — every one of the 31 topics, twice over, with room for the hardest material. The two-year risk is losing momentum in the long flat middle. Set quarterly milestones and treat year-one mocks as checkpoints, or the early lead quietly evaporates.

What to prioritise & cut

Nothing is cut and nothing is rushed. At this length the differentiator is depth on the hardest, lowest-frequency topics and relentless revision — the work most candidates skip.

Mock tests & revision

Year one: topic and sectional tests only, building accuracy. Year two: monthly then fortnightly then weekly full-length mocks, with a disciplined error log you actually revisit.

Weekly rhythm

Think in semesters, not weeks: build, deepen, revise, simulate — repeated across two cycles so every subject is seen many times on a spaced schedule.

Phase-by-phase plan

104 weeks total

A 730-day plan only works when you sequence it. Here is how the 2-Year Plan breaks down — foundation, depth, then mocks.

  1. 1

    Y1 Foundation

    24 weeks

    Concept depth + NCERT-level coverage

    Subject-wise mastery
    Topic notes
    Monthly tests
  2. 2

    Y1 Advanced

    28 weeks

    Reference-book level problems + first PYQ pass

    Topic-wise problem mastery
    PYQ pass 1
    Weak-area journal
  3. 3

    Y2 Practice

    26 weeks

    PYQ deep-dive + topic-wise mocks

    PYQ pass 2
    Topic-mock cycles
    Concept-gap closure
  4. 4

    Y2 Mocks + final

    26 weeks

    Weekly full-length mocks + final revision

    20+ mocks
    Last-mile cheatsheets
    Exam-mode drills

Week-by-week schedule

Week Days Topics covered
1 1–7 VARC: Reading Comprehension (w5)
2 8–14 DILR: Data Interpretation Tables (w5)
3 15–21 QA: Percentages (w5)
4 22–28 VARC: Critical Reasoning (w5)
5 29–35 DILR: Logical Reasoning Arrangements (w5)
6 36–42 QA: Profit-Loss (w5)
7 43–49 VARC: Verbal Ability (w4)
8 50–56 DILR: Logical Reasoning Puzzles (w5)
9 57–63 QA: Time-Work (w5)
10 64–70 VARC: Summary (w4)
11 71–77 DILR: Data Interpretation Charts (w4)
12 78–84 QA: Time-Distance (w5)
13 85–91 VARC: Para Jumbles (w4)
14 92–98 DILR: Data Interpretation Graphs (w4)
15 99–105 QA: Equations (w5)
16 106–112 VARC: Grammar (w4)
17 113–119 DILR: Blood Relations (w4)
18 120–126 QA: Triangles (w5)
19 127–133 VARC: Odd Sentence (w3)
20 134–140 DILR: Caselets (w4)
21 141–147 QA: Ratio (w4)
22 148–154 VARC: Vocabulary (w3)
23 155–161 DILR: Data Sufficiency (w4)
24 162–168 QA: Inequalities (w4)
25 169–175 DILR: Direction (w3)
26 176–182 QA: Functions (w4)
27 183–189 QA: Circles (w4)
28 190–196 QA: Coordinate (w4)
29 197–203 QA: Permutations (w4)
30 204–210 QA: Probability (w4)
31 211–217 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 730-day plan beats a 1,200-page prep book

DimensionTypical CAT bookThis 2-Year Plan
Time to startHours of reading before any study startsSeconds — plan is already here
PersonalisationOne-size-fits-allFits exactly your 730 days
FreshnessPrinted months agoUpdated for the 2026 cycle · verified 2026-04-06
Weightage signalAuthor guessDerived from last 5 years' papers
Cost₹500–2,500₹0
Sign-up requiredOften (with a trial trap)None

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CAT 2-Year Plan — common questions

Is 730 days enough to prepare for CAT? +

Two years is a genuine head start. You can build CAT from zero in year one and convert understanding into rank-grade speed and accuracy in year two — every one of the 31 topics, twice over, with room for the hardest material. The honest answer depends on your starting point, but this 2-year plan is built to get the most from the time you have: the long game: build from zero across two cycles, with depth and a sustained mock habit most candidates never reach.

How many hours a day does this CAT 2-year plan need? +

Plan for 1.5–2.5 hours of focused study, covering about 0.04 new topics a day. Think in semesters, not weeks: build, deepen, revise, simulate — repeated across two cycles so every subject is seen many times on a spaced schedule.

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

Nothing is cut and nothing is rushed. At this length the differentiator is depth on the hardest, lowest-frequency topics and relentless revision — the work most candidates skip.

When should I start mock tests on this plan? +

Year one: topic and sectional tests only, building accuracy. Year two: monthly then fortnightly then weekly full-length mocks, with a disciplined error log you actually revisit.

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