CAT Exam Analysis
1. The duration of the test is 2 hours and 30 minutes including initial 15 minute tutorial. No breaks will be given during the test. The test consists of questions that evaluate a candidate’s quantitative, verbal, and logical & data interpretive abilities. The paper had 60 Qs, 20 QA, 20 DI/LR and 20 VA
2. Each Question has 4 options for marking and only one answer is correct for each question.3. Each question carries 3 marks each, so maximum marks for paper is 180.
4. Although there was no mention but there should be negative marking . As such 1 mark should be deducted for each incorrect answer
5. The coverage of questions in three sections were similar to previous CAT papers although the difficulty may have been a notch lower
The exact questions are not known but some indications of CAT 2010 are as under
The paper was of 2 hours 15 minutes duration with 20 questions each from Verbal Ability, LR and DI and Quantitative Aptitude section.
In Verbal Ability Section, common pattern of questions is
| Topic | Number of Qs |
| Completion of paragraph/sentence | 2 |
| Paragraph Jumbles | 4 |
| Grammar (Sentence Correction) | 2 |
| Correct Usage of words given | 2 |
| Vocabulary Based Questions | |
| Fill in the blanks (2 blanks) | 1 |
| Reading Comprehension | |
| RC 1 | 3 |
| RC 2 | 3 |
| RC 3 | 3 |
In LR and DI, common pattern of questions is
| Topic | Number of Qs |
| Logical and Critical Reasoning reasoning questions | 14 |
| Calculation based questions | 6 |
Broadly following areas are covered in DI questions
1.Table
2. Pie-chart
3. Bar chart
4. Stacked Bar
5. Line Graphs
6. Mixed Diagrams
7. 3D Charts
8. Maxima & Minima
Broadly following areas are covered in Reasoning Questions
1. Set of conditions
2. Logical Arguments and conclusions / deductions
3. Puzzles
4. Venn Diagrams
In Quant Section , common pattern of questions is
| Topic | Number of Qs |
| Algebra and Number System | 8 |
| Geometry and Mensuration | 3 |
| Probability | 1 |
| Arithmetic and others | 8 |
Broadly following areas are covered in arithmetic, algebra , geometry and others
Arithmetic
1. Number Systems and Number Theory
2. Percentages - Details
3. Profit and Loss - Details
4. Simple and Compound Interest
5. Speed, Time and Distance
6. Pipes and Cisterns
7. Races
8. Averages
9. Ratio and Proportions
10. Mixtures and Alligations
Algebra
1. Linear and Quadratic Equation
2. Logarithm
3. Progressions - AP, GP, HP
4. Binomial Theorem
5. Inequalities
6. Permutation & Combination
7. Probability
8. Function
9. Set Theory
Geometry
1.Geometry
2. Co ordinate Geometry
Trigonometry
Mensuration
CAT 2010 Cut Offs :
Cut Offs are compiled on basis of likely cut-offs for various business schools for admissions to their MBA/PGDBM programmes. There is no rule in compiling same. It is based on data sourced from B Schools, from candidates getting calls. Kindly call respective B schools for specific information. The said information is only indicative
| Correct Questions | Marks @ 3 marks for correct question | Percentage | Expected Percentile | Expect Call fr | |
| 37 | 111 | 62 | 100 | All IIMs | |
| 36 | 108 | 60 | 99.5 | At least 3 IIMS | |
| 35 | 105 | 58 | 99 | At least 1 IIM | |
| 34 | 102 | 57 | 98 | At least 1 IIM | |
| 33 | 99 | 55 | 97 | MDI Gurgaon | |
| 32 | 96 | 53 | 96 | MDI Gurgaon ,IMT G | |
| 31 | 93 | 52 | 95 | NITIE, IMT G,IMI. MDI HR | |
| 30 | 90 | 50 | 94 | SP Jain, Nirma, FORE | |
| 29 | 87 | 48 | 93 | IMI New Delhi, TA PAI Manipal | |
| 28 | 84 | 47 | 92 | UBS Chandigarh, | |
| 27 | 81 | 45 | 91 | KJS, ISWBM | |
| 26 | 78 | 43 | 90 | NIRMA | |
| 25 | 75 | 42 | 89 | LBS, IMDR, NIBM, BIM-Trichy | |
| 24 | 72 | 40 | 85 | NIA, BIM-Tech, SDM-IMD, EDI | |
| 23 | 69 | 38 | 80 | Geat Lakes, Chennai | |
| 22 | 66 | 37 | 75 | IIFM, NIT-Trichy | |
| 21 | 63 | 35 | 70 | Welingkar, IMFR Chennai | |
| 20 | 60 | 33 | 65 | Amity Noida |
CAT 2008 Exam Analysis
The paper was slightly more difficult than last year. In addition there was more stress on verbal ability with increase of 15 questions in that section
There were 90 questions of 4 Marks each.Negative marking -1 for each question
Section I - Data Interpretaion ,Data Sufficiency and Reasoning 25 Q
Section II - Quantitative Aptitude 25 questions
Section III - Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension 40 Q
CAT 2008 Cut offs
Overall cut off for CAT 2008 for IIMs for General category between 120+ to 140+
Section wise cut off
Quantitative Aptitude : 32 - 35
Data Interpretaion: 32-35
Verbal ability : 46 - 49
CAT 2008 Selection Criteria Institute wise
| Category | Section I (QA) | Section II | RA | Section III | VA | Overall | |||
| Percentile | Marks | Percentile | Marks | Percentile | Marks | Percentile | Marks | ||
| Maximum Marks | 100 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 100 | 160 | 100 | 356 | |
| IIM Ahemdabad | General | 94 | 35 | 94 | 35 | 94.5 | 47 | 98 | 121 |
| OBC | 80 | 21 | 80 | 25 | 80 | 28 | 88 | 79 | |
| IIM Calcutta | General | 96 | 38 | 96 | 38 | 96 | 51 | 99 | 133 |
| OBC | 85 | 25 | 85 | 28 | 85 | 32 | 94 | 98 | |
| IIM Bangalore | General | 90 | 32 | 85 | 32 | 85 | 26 | 90 | 82 |
| OBC | 80 | 25 | 75 | 26 | 60 | 12 | 80 | 65 | |
| ST | 50 | 13 | 50 | 12 | 50 | 9 | 70 | 52 | |
| SC | 50 | 13 | 50 | 12 | 50 | 9 | 70 | 52 | |
| IIM Indore | General | 80 | 25 | 80 | 28 | 80 | 21 | 99 | 132 |
| OBC | 75 | 23 | 75 | 26 | 75 | 19 | 95 | 98 | |
| ST | 65 | 19 | 65 | 19 | 65 | 14 | 72 | 55 | |
| SC | 65 | 19 | 65 | 19 | 65 | 14 | 83 | 71 | |
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