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IPCC is divided into two groups:
Group 1 and Group 2.
Group 1 includes Paper 1: Accounting
Paper 2: Law, Ethics and Communication
Part I: Law
Business Law
Company Law
Part II: Business Ethics
Part III: Business Communication
Paper 3: Cost Accounting and Financial Management
Part I: Cost Accounting
Part II: Financial Management
Paper 4: Taxation
Part I: Income Tax
Part II: Service Tax & VAT
Group II includes
Paper 5: Advanced Accounting
Paper 6: Auditing & Assurance
Paper 7: Information Technology and Strategic Management
Part I: Information Technology
Part II: Strategic Management this is all about exam pattern group 1 is of 400 marks and you should get more than 200 marks and in each subject you should get at least more than 40 marks then only you can pass the first group and the case is same with group 2, it is of 300 marks and you should score more than 150 marks in total and get at least more than 40% in each subject.
The syllabus is mentioned in your kit.

CAT is an exam where your basics need to be strong. They will ask you questions anyhow by combining two topics together or putting up a single topic example in a unique and different way.
The main topics that a student should prepare would be time distance, time speed, probability, ages, dice, ratio and proportions, etc., from Quants.
Verbal is considered to be the most difficult area in CAT exam as you need to have a strong hold on English language i.e you must be having a very good vocabulary, grammar should be perfect, etc.
For Reasoning, your focus should be on matrix puzzles, coding-decoding, sequential output, etc.
You need to be very strong in verbal and reasoning to crack CAT as these are the two main sections where you can score more than others if you practice well.
So, start with basics as those are the most important ones.

Best coaching institutes for CFA are:
Shah Classes (Sir Laukik Shah): Being the oldest coaching institute, seniors I know studied with him. He made a name for having a monopoly in the CFA coaching industry a decade back. At that time, there were no options, you see. The passing score was high in CFA exams overall, as much as ninety percent at that time, so that was in his favor. In fact, he himself confessed in the demo session that he hasn't cleared even the first level of CFA. However, there were no other options from where one could learn the CFA, other than him, at that time.
Finstructor: I almost decided on joining this institute but later, I dropped the idea as I learned that the founder has handed over the Finstructor franchise to other professors to let them use the brand which he created.
V D Shah: Inexperienced tutor, so obvious problems associated with not being experienced like silly mistakes in formulas or keeping his book open while writing a formula, (he himself says he can't remember a few formulas). But I admit that he logically, step by step derives every formula & also gives some practical valuation stories regarding it.
FinTree: The decade old FinTree (Pune branch) is awesome. Everything's great, the teaching pace (slow pace & day long lectures), the support for doubt solving and all I've heard about this institute is good. When it comes to FinTree-Mumbai, I think it loses its charm a bit.

From my personal experience, I would say coaching classes can provide you only 20% of your marks, the rest you get is through self-study.
So, classes don't make much of a difference. Still, you can consider going for online Career Launcher classes. Enrolling courses helps to save you time and are much productive as compared to offline classes.
Personalised teaching which you get from these online coaching classes helps you understand "fundamental concepts" in a much more holistic manner.
Also, CAT is an exam of aptitude and not really the test of how much you know. Every question has a certain way to solve to save time so just try to search for those shortcut techniques to save time and earn more marks in CAT.
In the end, I would say while you go for the exam, keep your mind calm and solve the problems using fundamental concepts of class 10th.

KMAT or Karnataka Management Aptitude Test is an entrance test conducted by Karnataka Private Postgraduate Colleges Association for those seeking admission for MBA & MCA in various colleges in Bangalore and other cities of Karnataka.
IMS:
It is known as the best MBA coaching institute offering entrance coaching for KMAT in its various centres across India. For further details, you can visit:
www.imsindia.com
Career Launcher:
An education service provider in Asia which provides intensive training for meeting the challenges in KMAT and attains top rank and percentile. For further enquiries, you can log onto:
www.time4education.com
TIME:
With nearly 201 offices in 105 cities, the institute takes the pride in coaching for entrance examinations such as KMAT also and has been successful in producing exemplary results. For further enquiries, you can contact the registered office at:
95B, 2nd floor,
Siddamsetty Complex,
Park Lane,
Secunderabad - 500 003.
www.time4education.com

The best coaching institutes for XAT are:
IMS
Established in 1977 in Mumbai, IMS is one of oldest higher education entrance exam training institutes of the country. The institute, which has over 75 centres in 44 cities, believes in acting as a mentor, motivator and guide to students. IMS learning resources offer coaching and training for MBA entrance tests. Students are mentored for entrance tests like CAT, GMAT, CMAT, NMAT by GMAC, etc.
TIME
Established in 1992, Triumphant Institute of Management Education Pvt. Ltd. (T.I.M.E.) is considered to be one of India's leading test-preparation institutes. Headquartered at Hyderabad, TIME is led by a team of more than 40 IIT/IIM graduates. It has an all India presence with 236 offices in 112 towns and cities. TIME has constantly produced various CAT and other MBA entrance exam toppers.

Opt for higher studies or pursue a job after completing CA.
Courses that supplement CA degree-These are the courses which are more or less similar to the CA syllabi and with which a normal CA student may be familiar with. CWA and CS, you can earn these qualifications by availing the benefit of exemption granted by these institutes for qualified CAs. CA+CWA can help you in manufacturing industries while CA+CS can help you in the service industry. For more details check the websites of these institutes.
Dip IFRS: It is a certification course offered by the ACCA Institute, London and is an accounting certification. It is a short-term course and can help you if you are in audit/ accounting role in a company.
CISA/DISA courses offered by CIMA and ICAI respectively. It mostly helps you if you are in auditing service line.
CIMA/CMA: CIMA degree is offered by CIMA, London while CMA is offered by IMA, USA. These degrees will help you if you are working in controlling function. Also, these qualifications will be more useful if you are working in an MNC and in a business role.
Post qualification courses by ICAI: ICAI offers many post qualification courses which are useful for professionals in their respective service areas. Check more on this at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

You can make the scope of the subject of your choice. In the market, the demand is very high for both IB and Healthcare management. Based on the recent trends, I feel healthcare management is a growing field. Since large hospitals, Polyclinics, super speciality centres, etc., are coming up, there is a good demand for hospital management. Placement is also good if you completed your Bachelor's/Master's degree from a designated college. But when it comes to International Business here too ample of opportunities are available. It is a degree which equips the students with the sufficient knowledge and training for the all needed basic knowledge of International Business. It is a degree designed to develop the resources and capability of managers in the global economy.

Schedule to crack IIFT in just 3 months is as follows :
Reading comprehension in 10 days.
Read the columns, editorials and articles from the newspapers and find out how many words are there which you do not know. Note down these words, know their meaning, frame good sentences upon them and start using them in your conversation to practice more on them.
Verbal Ability in 5 days
Practice and revise your stuff well.
Identify the type of questions that appeared in last year exams and practice them well.
Questions based on grammar come as a saviour when you are not lucky with the passage.
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation in 10 days
Speed is the most important factor to solve this question. For this, you will have to work on your speed to attempt the maximum number of questions.
Vedic maths is very helpful to solve this section in time.
Quantitative Analysis in 10 days
GK in 10 days
Revision in 10 days
Solve at least one mock test paper every day. Try to reduce the involved time every day.
Identify your weak areas and work upon your mistakes.
Hope it helps.