Best Books for CAT VARC 2025: Top Resources for High Score in Verbal Ability & RC

Best Books for CAT VARC 2025: Top Resources for High Score in Verbal Ability & RC

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Common Admission Test is one of the most competitive exams in India for admission to PG management programmes. The CAT VARC section will include 24 questions with a weightage of 72 marks. A comprehensive understanding of the various topics in this section is essential to excelling in CAT VARC. Although there are many CAT VARC study materials available online, books remain one of the most reliable and useful resources for CAT preparation for the VARC section. Read the article below and get the best books to prepare for CAT VARC.

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  1. Best Books to Prepare for CAT VARC 2025
  2. List of VARC CAT Books 2025
  3. Topics Covered in the VARC CAT Books
  4. How to Prepare with the Best Book for CAT VARC?
Best Books for CAT VARC 2025: Top Resources for High Score in Verbal Ability & RC
Best Books for CAT VARC

Best Books to Prepare for CAT VARC 2025

In this article, Careers360 experts have shared a list of VARC CAT books that candidates should prepare for the Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning section. This is one of the most important sections, with questions based on the RC passage to check the consistency, comprehensive and verbal skills of the candidates. Hence, it is most important for you to get the best books for CAT VARC to prepare this section effectively.

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Candidates can also check out the DILR & Quant section syllabus of CAT 2025 from the below table.

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List of VARC CAT Books 2025

Check out the below table for a list of CAT books to help students study the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension sections.

Name of the CAT VARC Books

Author’s Name/Publishers

PSC for VA for CAT

Nishit Sinha

How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT

Arun Sharma - TMH Publishers

Word Power Made Easy

Norman Lewis

A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning

RS Agarwal - S.Chand Publishers

30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary Mass Market Paperback

Wilfred Funk & Norman Lewis/ Simon & Schuster

Apart from the VARC CAT books listed above, candidates can also follow the fiction and non-fiction books listed below to prepare for the CAT VARC section.

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Topics Covered in the VARC CAT Books

Candidates may know that verbal ability and reading comprehension are integral parts of the CAT exam. The questions asked in this section will test the English language ability of the candidates. It also includes questions related to the topics listed below:

  • Para Jumbles

  • Para Summary

  • Verbal Reasoning

  • Meaning-usage-match

  • Reading Comprehension

  • Analogies and Reverse Analogies

  • Facts-Inferences-Judgments

  • Grammar, Sentence Correction, Vocabulary, Fill in the Blanks, etc

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Check previous year CAT papers to get an understanding of the topics mostly covered by the CAT exam conducting body.

VARC Books for CAT 2025: How to Choose the Best One?

Choosing the best books for VARC CAT is a tough task for every aspirant. Note that there is no official CAT syllabus. So, choosing the best one to crack this section with a good percentile can be a bit confusing for the candidates.

Here are some tips you should keep in mind while choosing CAT VARC books for preparation.

  • Check the author's credibility first: There are many CAT VARC books to reference. But choose those books for CAT preparation where the author has followed a well prepared structure for each chapter of VARC.

  • Choose the VARC CAT books written in simple language, as simple content helps with better conceptual understanding.

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How to Prepare with the Best Book for CAT VARC?

VARC is one of the most important and time consuming sections of the CAT entrance exam. By using CAT VARC questions, the conducting authority assesses the overall skills of the candidates. As most of the questions in this VARC section are based on passages, aspirants should develop reading habits. Additionally, it is very important to have a solid understanding of CAT vocabulary words. Several tips to prepare for the VARC section of CAT 2025:

  • Aspirants should read CAT books for VARC as often as possible. This will also benefit your RC.

  • Apart from reading VARC books for CAT, students also read various topics and editorials. Mark any new words and look them up online.

  • It is best to complete the previous year's CAT question papers to know the difficulty level of the exam.

  • Keep journals or practice your vocabulary with flashcards. See examples of using it in sentences.

  • Take CAT mock tests to assess your preparedness. Correct your mistakes and learn from them.

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With a 70 percent in CAT Examination, you can go for various B-Schools or private collages. The S. K. Patel Institute of Management in Gandhinagar is an option for those who score 70-80 percent in their CAT examination or The Gujarat Institute of Management (GIM) in Goa with a cutoff of 60-80 percentage. These are the collages you can look for in Gujarat or nearby.

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Hello dear candidate,

NO. your application for CAT will not rejected for wrong gender small mistake in the OBC NCL certificate. You will be considered as an OBC candidate.

you just need to get your OBC certificate corrected and need to inform the CAT helpdesk about this error.


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Here are some top MBA colleges in India with fees under Rs. 2 lakh and their exam/cutoff details:

  • SIMSREE, Mumbai – Fee around Rs. 1.3–1.4 lakh for 2 years. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, MAT, ATMA. Cutoff is very high, usually 99+ percentile in CAT/CMAT.

  • PUMBA (Dept. of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University) – Fee around Rs. 1.2–1.3 lakh. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, ATMA. Cutoff approx. 75+ percentile in CAT, 90–95+ percentile in CMAT, high scores in MAH-CET.

  • TISS, Mumbai (MA HRM & other management-related programmes) – Fee around Rs. 1.7–1.9 lakh. Accepts CAT for some courses. Qualifying cutoff is around 60–70 percentile, but final selection cutoffs are higher.

These are the main government institutes where the full MBA/PG programme fee is within Rs. 2 lakh. Cutoffs vary slightly each year and by category, but SIMSREE and PUMBA generally need high scores, while TISS has its own process along with CAT shortlisting.

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You can consider private dental colleges, state quota seats in other states, or reattempt NEET next year to improve your chances.

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YES, with NEET score 344in the ST category you have high chances of getting admission in a BDS College in J&K through JKBOPEE counselling.

check the seat availability and next participate in JKBOPEE Counselling with all the necessary documents.

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