What subjects does this CAT study plan cover?

This 6-Month Plan covers 3 subjects: VARC, DILR, QA. Topic order is weight-prioritised so the highest-yield material is covered first.

Is this CAT 6-Month Plan free?

Yes — StudyRoadmap publishes every duration plan free, with no signup or paywall. The full 180-day schedule, daily topics, and per-subject breakdown are all open-access on this page.

Updated 2026-04-06 · 2026 Edition

CAT 6-Month Plan

A complete 180-day plan covering 31 highest-weightage topics — prioritised by subject weight, not alphabet. No signup, no fees.

Days: 180
Topics: 31
Subjects: 3
Phases: 3

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Full foundation a concept-first pass, a depth pass, a revision pass, and a structured mock series

How to actually use your 180 days

Build real understanding, then layer depth, two revision passes, and a structured mock series.

Daily study

2.5–3.5 hours

New topics / day

≈ 0.17

Approach

a concept-first pass, a depth pass, a revision pass, and a structured mock series

This 6-month plan gives you 180 days to work through 31 weighted CAT topics across 3 subjects — roughly 0.17 new topics a day at 2.5–3.5 hours of focused study. That moderate daily load is the point of starting this early — you trade intensity for retention.

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 become the conceptual backbone the rest of the syllabus hangs off. Cover everything, and give weight 3–5 topics a second problem-solving pass. Low-weight topics get one solid pass — at this length they are worth keeping, not cutting.

Around 6 months lets you do far more than cover CAT — you can understand it: a concept pass, a problem-solving pass, then spaced revision across all 31 topics. A multi-month plan fails by drifting in the early, low-pressure weeks. Anchor each month to a concrete checkpoint so the slack does not become a late scramble.

What to prioritise & cut

Cover everything, and give weight 3–5 topics a second problem-solving pass. Low-weight topics get one solid pass — at this length they are worth keeping, not cutting.

Mock tests & revision

Topic and sectional tests through the build phase; full-length mocks every other week from the midpoint, weekly in the final two months. Maintain an error log from the start.

Weekly rhythm

Three arcs: a concept-building phase, a depth-and-problems phase, and a revision-plus-mocks phase. Each subject gets at least two spaced passes.

Phase-by-phase plan

24 weeks total

A 180-day plan only works when you sequence it. Here is how the 6-Month Plan breaks down — foundation, depth, then mocks.

1

Foundation
8 weeks

Build concept depth across full syllabus

Topic-wise notes
Concept tests
Recap docs
2

Advanced + PYQs
10 weeks

PYQs of last 7-10 years; advanced problems

Year-wise PYQ solving
Topic-wise problem mastery
Concept gap-fix list
3

Mocks + final revision
6 weeks

Weekly full-length mocks; targeted revision

10+ full mocks
Weak-topic eradication
Last-mile drill

Week-by-week schedule

Week	Days	Topics covered
1	1–7	VARC: Reading Comprehension (w5)DILR: Data Interpretation Tables (w5)
2	8–14	QA: Percentages (w5)VARC: Critical Reasoning (w5)
3	15–21	DILR: Logical Reasoning Arrangements (w5)QA: Profit-Loss (w5)
4	22–28	VARC: Verbal Ability (w4)DILR: Logical Reasoning Puzzles (w5)
5	29–35	QA: Time-Work (w5)VARC: Summary (w4)
6	36–42	DILR: Data Interpretation Charts (w4)QA: Time-Distance (w5)
7	43–49	VARC: Para Jumbles (w4)DILR: Data Interpretation Graphs (w4)
8	50–56	QA: Equations (w5)VARC: Grammar (w4)
9	57–63	DILR: Blood Relations (w4)QA: Triangles (w5)
10	64–70	VARC: Odd Sentence (w3)DILR: Caselets (w4)
11	71–77	QA: Ratio (w4)VARC: Vocabulary (w3)
12	78–84	DILR: Data Sufficiency (w4)QA: Inequalities (w4)
13	85–91	DILR: Direction (w3)QA: Functions (w4)
14	92–98	QA: Circles (w4)QA: Coordinate (w4)
15	99–105	QA: Permutations (w4)QA: Probability (w4)
16	106–112	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 180-day plan beats a 1,200-page prep book

Dimension	Typical CAT book	This 6-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 180 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 6-Month Plan — common questions

Is 180 days enough to prepare for CAT? +

Around 6 months lets you do far more than cover CAT — you can understand it: a concept pass, a problem-solving pass, then spaced revision across all 31 topics. The honest answer depends on your starting point, but this 6-month plan is built to get the most from the time you have: build real understanding, then layer depth, two revision passes, and a structured mock series.

How many hours a day does this CAT 6-month plan need? +

Plan for 2.5–3.5 hours of focused study, covering about 0.17 new topics a day. Three arcs: a concept-building phase, a depth-and-problems phase, and a revision-plus-mocks phase. Each subject gets at least two spaced passes.

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

Cover everything, and give weight 3–5 topics a second problem-solving pass. Low-weight topics get one solid pass — at this length they are worth keeping, not cutting.

When should I start mock tests on this plan? +