Paper Analysis CAT 2019

CAT 2019 – PAPER ANALYSIS

MBA Entrance

CAT 2019 - Paper Analysis

Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation was the toughest section. But it was easier than in previous years.
Quantitative Aptitude was on the easier side. The questions were simple and not that calculation intensive. Probably the easiest in the last 3-4 years. There were a lot of TITA questions as well.
Verbal Ability was on the easier side when compared to other sections, as it has been the case for the past few years. However, if you compare it with previous year papers it was on the harder side.
Overall the paper would end up being easier than CAT 2018 because of the impact of the level of Quant questions and a little bit because of LRDI.

Analysis Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

Summary: 3 questions
All Reading Comprehension and Summary questions were objective type questions. The passages this year were significantly harder to read than in previous years. Also, they were a bit longer. The questions were inferential in nature.
Para-jumbles and odd one out were Type in the answer / Fill in the Blanks type questions. The Para-jumbles questions in CAT 2019 were a little bit easier than earlier years with smaller sentences and only 4 sentences. It made sense to attempt them because it would not take too long and hopefully you would get couple of them right. Even if you didn't, at least it won't have any negative marking.
So, a total of 27 questions had negative marking for incorrect answers whereas the other 7 did not.

Analysis Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation

Question Structure
There were 8 sets of 4 questions each.
We can say that there were 2 sets of Data Interpretation and 6 sets for Logical Reasoning but the Data Interpretation sets required a lot of logic to solve them as well.
well. It would be better to put them in the ˜Logical DI' category if something like that exists.
A total of 24 questions had negative marking for incorrect answers whereas the other 8 did not. Also, these 8 Type-In-The-Answer type questions were distributed across multiple sets. There was no set that all 4 TITA questions.
As far as the difficulty level is concerned, it was on the difficult side. It was definitely easier than CAT 2018 where a few sets were doable. In my personal opinion, it is unfair to have one section significantly easier than the other two, which was the case with this year's Verbal section.

Analysis Quantitative Ability

Section Name	cat 2019 compared to cat 2018
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)	Easy
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)	Moderate
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)	Moderate
Overall	M Easy

The CAT 2019 examination was taken place on 24 November 2019 across various cities in the country. The CAT exam is the gateway to getting into various business schools across India - including the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), MDI, FMS etc. The CAT exam is taken by close to two lakh candidates across the country each year.
IM Kozhikode (IIM-K) is the official organiser of the CAT 2019 exam. The CAT 2019 Slot 1 is on-going from 9:00 am and will extend till 12:00 p.m. across 156 test cities.
There were 100 questions (3 Sections) and the time allotted was 3 hours.

Total Questions in CAT Exam	100
Total Marks	300
Total Sections	3
Total Exam Duration	3 Hours
Mode of Paper	Online Only
Question Types	MCQs and Non MCQs (TITA)
Marking Scheme	+3 For Correct Answers
	-1 For Incorrect Answers
	0 For Unattempted Questions
Section Names	1. Quantitative Aptitude
	2. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
	3. Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation

Section Name	Number of Questions	Duration (mins)
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)	34	60
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)	VA:10	60
	RC:24
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)	DI:16	60
	LR:16
TOTAL	100	180 (3 hours)

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Normally, the cut-offs for old IIMs are higher than those for the new IIMs.
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