CAT 2024/ 2025 Exam Analysis will be available soon on the website. The examination is organised for providing admission to various management courses offered by IIMs.
Common Admission Test (CAT) is a national level examination. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta will conduct the exam in slot 1, slot 2 & 3 among various cities. The examination is conducted every year on a rotation basis. On the basis of CAT scores, candidates get admission into other management colleges.
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CAT 2024/ 2025 Exam Analysis
The CAT 2024 registration will started from first week ofAugust 2024 & end in September 2024. The Authority provides correction facility for limited time period. Candidates were only allowed to edit their signature & photograph only. Total 2.88 lakh candidates appeared for the examination.
The authority also provides mock test for candidates. The admit card for CAT 2024 will be released in first week of November 2024. CAT 2024 examination will be conducted as computer based test on fourth week of November 2024, Sunday for providing admission to MBA/ PGDM course.
The examination was successfully conducted in three slots. This year, CAT 2024 exam will be conducted in 375 test centres.
Check table below to view number of sections, section name, and number of questions asked in the CAT exam.
| Section Number | Section Name | Total no. of Questions |
| I | Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension | 24 |
| II | Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning | 20 |
| III | Quantitative Ability | 22 |
| Total | 66 |
Slot Wise CAT 2024 Exam Analysis
Check below slot wise CAT 2024 exam analysis:
Previous Year Exam Analysis for Slot 1:
The paper pattern was same as the last year. CAT exam was doable and was not very tough on comparison to year 2023.
The VARC section was more inference based. The questions in this section had reading comprehension passages from the topics mostly predicted.
The DILR section was little time consuming or lengthy and was considered moderate in difficulty level by the students.
For the QA section, most students found it tough but was considered basic for the well-prepared ones. Students told about this section that it had diverse set of questions with varying complexities in it.
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Exam Analysis for Slot 2:
CAT 2023 Slot 2 exam was overall considered moderate and little tough comparison to last year exam.
The VARC section had questions from predicted topics and was more inference based.
Whereas DILR section was considered lengthy by candidates and was moderate in difficulty level.
About QA section, students considered it a balanced mix of challenges making it moderate in difficulty level.
Exam Analysis for Slot 3:
According to the students, CAT 2024 Slot 3 paper was moderate to difficult. Students mostly found this slot very much challenging and were dissatisfied with the paper.
There were easy to difficult question in the VARC section of CAT paper.
Whereas DILR section had moderate to difficult level of questions and also demanded time management skills.
The QA section was considered difficult by the students and students mostly encountered challenging problems in various topics.
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