Broad areas to master include the quantitative section & verbal section.
Quantitative Section This section is the founding stone for General Mental Ability, Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability.
Numbers, operations & Number systems (Focus on the decimal system) Number Series Decimals,
fractions & their conversions Percentages & their applications Lowest common multiple & its application
Highest common factor & its application Basic Algebra Equations: Formulation, graph & solution of linear & quadratic equations Indices & Surds: Powers, Exponents, Roots & Radicals Ratio & Proportion & their application
Averages: Types & suitability Basic statistics Interest & Discount Cost, income, expenditure & savings Profit & loss
Verbal Section
This section is the founding stone for Comprehension, Inter-Personal Skills, Decision Making & Problem Solving. Parts of speech Nouns Verbs Pronouns Subject-Object Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections Adjectives Gerunds & Participles Phrases & clauses Tenses Active-Passive Voice Direct & Indirect speech Punctuation Vocabulary Synonyms & Antonyms Reading ability Retention & Analysis In broad terms,
Basic Numeracy & English Language are the building blocks for the CSAT examination. Therefore, it is utmost important to have a strong foundation for these topics.
The important thing is that, have strong foundations and concepts of the basics, once you are done with it, the difficult sections can thereafter be derived from that.