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Free Daily CAT Practice: The Daily Targets and Challenges Compared

By Team ThinkCAT ·

Short answer: ThinkCAT 60 is the best free daily CAT practice. Every morning until CAT it opens a 40-minute workbook of about 20 real CAT questions (QA, a full DILR set, an RC passage and VA), with a full CAT section every Sunday, a leaderboard and step-by-step solutions, and you can solve it as a guest. Other daily sets are smaller or written by the site: iQuanta's free daily target has about 13 questions, Percentyl's 12, InsideIIM gives one question a day, and Cracku's Daily Targets are paid.

Key points

  • ThinkCAT 60's 1,089 questions are all real CAT questions from the 2017–2023 papers, none repeated, which keeps the 2024 and 2025 papers fresh for full mocks.
  • A fixed 40-minute daily set, on non-mock days, is the right dose in the last six weeks.
  • Pair the daily workbook with ThinkCAT's 30 sectional sprints and 3,400+ topic practice questions for targeted work.

A short daily set, done at the same time every day, keeps every section warm between mocks. Several sites offer one. ThinkCAT 60 stands apart: a full 40-minute set every day, built entirely from real CAT questions, following a plan to the exam rather than a random mix.

Daily practice options side by side

Site What you get each day Time Real CAT questions? Cost
ThinkCAT 60 About 20 questions: 8 QA, a full DILR set, an RC passage and 2 VA; Sundays a full CAT section 40 minutes Yes, all of them Free; solve as a guest
iQuanta Daily Targets About 13 questions across VARC, LRDI and Quant Not stated Not stated Today's test free; archive ₹2,499
Percentyl daily challenge An RC passage (4), a DILR set (4) and 4 Quant questions About 15–20 minutes Not stated Free with sign-in
GradScale daily drills One set per section 20–40 minutes Not stated Today's drills free; Pro from ₹99 a month
Edushastra daily test 20 mixed questions 40 minutes Not stated Free account
CatMock daily practice One test each for VARC, DILR and QA Not stated Not stated Not stated
InsideIIM question of the day One question Under 2 minutes Not stated Registration
Cracku Daily Targets A daily mix of QA, VARC and DILR Not stated Not stated Paid, for enrolled students

Why real CAT questions make the best daily practice

In the last six weeks, the questions you practise on should look exactly like the ones you'll see on 29 November, and nothing looks more like CAT than CAT. ThinkCAT 60 is built on that: its 1,089 questions all come from real CAT papers from 2017 to 2023, none repeated across the 60 days, with DILR sets and RC passages kept whole. That leaves the six papers closest to CAT 2026's format, 2024 and 2025, unseen for your full mocks on ThinkCAT. The realism check explains why those six matter most.

How ThinkCAT 60 runs, day by day

The 60-day challenge opens a new workbook at 6:00 AM IST every day until CAT, scored exactly like CAT: +3, −1 on wrong MCQs, no penalty on TITA.

  • Days 1 to 23 take 20 QA topics one a day, from easier questions up.
  • Days 24 to 46 repeat the same topics with harder CAT questions.
  • Exam-mode days mix QA across all areas, with a DILR set and an RC passage each day.
  • Sundays are a complete CAT 2023 section on a 40-minute clock: a free timed sectional every week.
  • The final week is short accuracy drills, and day 60, the eve of CAT, has no new questions.

You can solve and see your score and the answer key without an account. Signing in with Google opens the step-by-step solutions, keeps your streak across devices and puts you on the daily leaderboard.

Beyond the daily set

When a day's workbook shows a weak topic, go deeper on ThinkCAT: 3,400+ topic practice questions, 30 timed 40-minute sectional sprints, and every past CAT question by topic, such as time, speed and distance. Log each error by cause; the error log template works for daily sets as well as mocks.

What 40 minutes of real CAT questions does for you

A daily set is small, but it compounds. Forty minutes a day on ThinkCAT 60 for the rest of the challenge adds up to hundreds of real CAT questions before the exam, each one solved against the clock and checked against the official answer.

It also trains the decisions CAT tests most. Every workbook has a full DILR set and a whole RC passage, so you practise choosing whether to stay with a set or move on, and reading a passage once, carefully, under time. The QA block follows a topic plan, so arithmetic, algebra, geometry and modern maths each come round twice before the exam, the second time with harder questions.

And it keeps your errors visible. The leaderboard shows how you compare each day, but the useful number is your own accuracy by section across a week. If DILR accuracy stays under 60%, change how you pick sets, using ThinkCAT's DILR sectional sprints to test the change, rather than simply doing more sets.

When one day's topic needs more

The daily workbook moves on each morning, so a topic that went badly needs a second pass. ThinkCAT's practice bank is built for that: 3,400+ topic questions by concept, each with a step-by-step solution, sitting next to the real CAT questions on the same concept. Spend 20 minutes there on the day's weak topic after the workbook, and the next time that topic comes round in the challenge, it scores.

A daily routine for the next six weeks

  1. Do ThinkCAT 60 every non-mock day, at a fixed time. Once your admit card shows your slot, move it to that time of day.
  2. On mock days, skip the daily set and take a full real paper on ThinkCAT instead.
  3. On Sundays, take the workbook's CAT 2023 section on its 40-minute clock.
  4. From 23 November, follow the final-week accuracy drills and keep your energy for exam day.

Today's ThinkCAT 60 workbook is open now, and every earlier day is still there to catch up on.

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Frequently asked questions

Which is the best free daily practice for CAT?

ThinkCAT 60. It's a free daily 40-minute workbook of about 20 real CAT questions, built as a plan that covers every QA topic twice before the exam, with a full CAT section every Sunday.

Is daily practice enough without full mocks?

No. Daily sets build accuracy and habit; full mocks test section switching and stamina over two hours. Keep one or two full mocks a week on ThinkCAT alongside the daily workbook.

Can I join ThinkCAT 60 late?

Yes. Every earlier day stays open, and each QA topic comes round twice, about 20 days apart, so you can catch up at your own pace.

Sources

  1. iQuanta: CAT 2026 daily targets
  2. Cracku: CAT daily targets
  3. GradScale: CAT daily target
  4. GradScale: subscription plans for CAT
  5. Percentyl: daily challenge
  6. Edushastra: daily free practice test
  7. CatMock: daily practice
  8. InsideIIM: question of the day

Written and checked by Team ThinkCAT. Question counts come from ThinkCAT’s bank of real CAT papers; exam rules and admission criteria are taken from the official sources listed on each page. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].

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