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sir, i want to know that what are the books required to study for preparation of CAT 2016 exam.Now i'm currently doing b.com honours in accounting and finance and i'm in first year.And also when i have to start preparations for CAT exams for doing MBA after b.com?please mention the name of books and any recognised institution for doing MBA from calcutta?

Best books for CAT 2016 exam



How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT Common Admission Test
by Arun Sharma
Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill



How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT Common Admission Test
by Arun Sharma
Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill



How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT Common Admission Test
by Arun Sharma
Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill



CAT: Common Admission Test (Paperback)
by R. P. Verma
Publisher: Asian Books



CAT Common Admission Test
by G. K Publishers
Publisher: G. K. Publications Pvt. Ltd



Cat Common Admission Test Previous Paper ( Solved)
by Editorialrph Board
Publisher: Ramesh Publishing House



CAT Common Admission Test (Topicwise Analysis & Solution)
by G.K.P.
Publisher: G. K. Publications Pvt. Ltd

Here are some good books which will help you to fo through whole syllabus:

How to prepare for Quantative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma

NCERT 8,9,10, are verh important to make your basics clear.

To preapre DI and Logical Reasoning Arun Sharma

English Proficiency IMS India

Magazines:

Business World

Newspaper :

The Hindu

THE statesman

CAT is the Common Admission Test For MBA admission.You will get admission in MBA on the basis of your entrance exam score.CAT is conducted by IIT , Ahmedabad.

Other MBA Admission Test
- XAT
- MAT
- CMAT
- ATMA
- State Level CET such as TANCET , ICET , MHCET etc.

Best Books For CAT
- Quantitative Aptitude by Arun Sharma (Tata Mcgraw Hill Publication)
- Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma
- Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension by Meenakshi Upadhyaya & Arun Sharma
- Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation by Nishit Sinha (Pearson Publication)
- Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning by Nishit Sinha
- Quantitative Aptitude by Sarvesh K Verma (Arihant Publication)
- Cummunicative Grammer of English by Geoffrey Leech
- 30 Days to More Powerful Vocabulary by Normal Lewis & Wildfrek Funk

CAT Paper Pattern
CAT Paper is divided into three section namely
1) Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
2) Data Interpretation & Logical Reaaoning (DILR)
3) Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VRC)
- There are total 34 questions asked from section QA and VRC.Total 32 questions are asked from DILR.
- Each question will carry 3 marks.Nagative 1 mark for each wrong answer.
- Time Duration : 3 Hours

Important Dates CAT
- CAT Notification : 06/08/2015
- Last Date to Apply : 20/09/2015
- Admit-Cards Download From : 15/10/2015
- CAT Exam : 29/11/2015
- CAT Result : 2nd Week of January , 2016

It is nice to see you aspire to achieve your future goals and your desire to work hard.
The best books which should be referred for CAT preparation are :

- How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT Common Admission Test 5th Edition (Paperback) by Arun Sharma
- The Pearson Guide To Quantitative Aptitude And Data Interpretation For The CAT by Nishit Sinha
- Quantum CAT: Quantitative Aptitude Common Admission Test for Admission Into IIMs (Paperback) by Sarvesh K Verma
- How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT Common Admission Test 1st Edition (Paperback) by Arun Sharma
- How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT Common Admission Test by Arun Sharma Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill
- How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT Common Admission Test 4th Edition (Paperback) by Meenakshi Upadhyay, Arun Sharma. Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill
- Word Power Made Easy by NORMAN LEWIS
- A Communicative Grammar of English By: Geoffrey Leech

Apart from these, you should also be well aware of current affairs for further rounds of selection after CAT.

Recommended Business Magazines for CAT/MBA Aspirants
- Business Line by The Hindu Group
- Business Today by India Today Group
- BusinessWorld
- Management Compass Career Launcher
- Business & Management Chronicle by Chronicle Publications

Recommended Newspapers for CAT/MBA Aspirants
- The Hindu
- Economics Times

IIM, Kolkata is the best institute to pursue MBA in Kolkata.

Recommended Books for CAT 2016 Examination Preparation:

I suggest to start good preparation for CAT 2016 Examination from now onwards. Yes, 1 year preparation is not generally enough for appearing in Common Aptitude Test Competitive Examination. Kindly follow the below books which are very recommended for CAT Exam preparation.

>> Separate Concept and Practice Books with Key Concept Questions and Theory

>> How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT Exam 6th Edition by Arun Sharma

>> The Pearson Guide to Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning for CAT Exam by Nishit K.Sinha

>> Best Book for Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma

>> Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Exams, Tips and Technologies by Guha Abhijit

>> Recommended News Papers - The Hindu, Economic Times

>> Recommended Business Magazines - Business World, Competition Success Review and Business Line by The Hindu Group

Originally Posted by Unregistered

sir, i want to know that what are the books required to study for preparation of CAT 2016 exam.Now i'm currently doing b.com honours in accounting and finance and i'm in first year.And also when i have to start preparations for CAT exams for doing MBA after b.com?please mention the name of books and any recognised institution for doing MBA from calcutta?

You can start your preparation from 1st year only. This is the right time to study for CAT exam as well for your graduation degree too. Since, you have mentioned that you are from commerce stream so I guess you would not be facing as much problem as other streams might face for instance Arts stream. You can prepare for CAT exam by yourself also or you can enroll your name to any coaching institute for better result. Coaching institute in kolkata are : T.I.M.E, CAREER LAUNCHER, CAREER FORUM, PT EDUCATION, ERUDITE etc.

Coming to your question that is reference books for CAT exam. So, here are the list of some books that you refer for your exam :

- Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT Admission Test by Arun sharma.

- Quantitative Aptitude for the competitive examination by Guha Abhijit.

- The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for CAT exam by Nishit Sinha.

- Wren and Martin for English Grammar.

- A modern Approach to Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal.

- Competition Success Review for current Affairs.

- Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lew.

- Logical Reasoning for CAT by Arun Sharma.

- Recommended Newspaper for CAT Exam : THE HINDU, THE STATEMENT, THE ECONOMIC TIMES. etc.

Coming to your second question that is list of MBA Colleges in Kolkata are :

• Indian Institute Of Management.
  
• Army Institute of Management.
  
• Academy of Professional excellence.
  
• St. Xavier's College.
  
• Calcutta University.
  
• ICFAI Business School.
  
• Institute of Business Management etc.

You will be getting admission to MBA course only on the basis of your CAT score. So, if you want to take admission in a top college for doing MBA then you need to score above 80 percentile in your CAT exam.

If you are taking the CAT entrance exam for the first time, then it would be beneficial to go for coaching right from now. You have cover to all the topics and should do practice which takes more time.

Here are some of the reference books which will be useful for the CAT preparation :

* Quantitative Aptitude for Arun Sharma.

* Pearson Guide for Data interpretation and Logical reasoning.

* A modern application for verbal & non-verbal reasoning by R S Agarwal.

* Word power made easy by Norwan Lewis.

* Wren and Martin English grammar.

* Business line by the Hindu group.

Some of the renowned coaching institutions in calcutta are given below :

* Career Launcher.

* Erudite.

* IMS learning center.

Recommended books for CAT 2016 preparation :

• The Pearson Guide To Quantitative Aptitude And Data Interpretation For The CAT by Nishit Sinha, Publisher: Pearson
• Quantum CAT: Quantitative Aptitude Common Admission Test for Admission Into IIMs (Paperback) by Sarvesh K Verma Publisher: Arihant
• How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT Common Admission Test 5th Edition (Paperback) by Arun Sharma, Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill
• How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT Common Admission Test 1st Edition (Paperback) by Arun Sharma Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill

Recognised Institutes for doing MBA from Calcutta :

Budge Budge Institute of Technology (BBIT)
Nischintapur, Budge Budge
Kolkata, West Bengal
(033) 24820676

Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management
24/1 A, Chandi Ghosh Road,
Kolkata, West Bengal
(033) 24219951

Footwear Design and Development Institute - FDDI Kolkata
Inside Kolkata Leather Complex (Gate No. 3) Mouza Karaidanga, J.L No. 32 -35, Gangapur, Near Banatala,
Kolkata, West Bengal
(033) 64992116

Guru Nanak Institute of Technology - GNIT
157/F, Nilgunj Road, Panihati,
Kolkata, West Bengal
(033) 25233900

Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration
#210, Bepin Behari Ganguly Street
Kolkata, West Bengal
(033) 22412216

CAT stands for Common admission test that is conducted every year for admission in master of business program and the books referred for the exam preparation are-

** Mathematics of cat quantum

** Quantitative aptitude by Arun Sharma

** Quantitative aptitude by Abhijit guha with short tricks

** Quantitative aptitude by Nishit Sinha

** Quantitative aptitude by Mac graw hill publication

** English language of word made easy by Norman Lewis

** Business English and communication by Clark

** Verbal ability by Arun Sharma

** Business today by India today group

1)Book Name:How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT Common Admission Test
Author:Arun Sharma.

2)For Quantitative Aptitude follow Abhijit Guha's book:Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations by Guha Abhijit.

3)The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for CAT" by Nishit Sinha"