CAT exam 2022 concludes; Overall analysis, answer key, score vs percentile and cut-off

CAT 2022 conducted today in three slots. CAT exam was moderately-difficult. Check out overall CAT exam analysis of all slots, answer key and CAT cut-off for IIM MBA admission.

CAT Exam Concludes

Himanshu Shekhar | Nov 27, 2022 - 7:23 p.m. IST

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NEW DELHI- Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore has concluded all the slots of the Common Admission Test (CAT) today, November 27. The CAT exam 2022 was conducted in a computer-based (online) mode in three shifts. IIM Bangalore conducted CAT slot 1 between 08:30 to 10:30 am, CAT slot 2 between 12:30 to 02:30 pm, and CAT slot 3 between 04:30 to 06:30 pm.

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IIM CAT exam 2022- Key highlights

CAT paper pattern 2022 was as per the official CAT mock test 2022 released on iimcat.ac.in CAT 2022
CAT 2022 question paper had a total number of 66 CAT questions
A total of 46 multiple-choice questions were asked in CAT exam question paper 2022
The CAT questions were distributed in the format 24-20-22 (VARC-24, DILR-20, QA-22)
The CAT exam time duration was 120 minutes
The sectional time limit of each section in this MBA entrance exam was 40 minutes

CAT 2022 slot 1 analysis

As per CAT 2022 students' reactions and experts, CAT slot 1 was easy to moderate. Check out the detailed CAT slot 1 sectional analysis.

CAT Slot 1 analysis 2022: Sectional

Sections	Number of questions	Difficulty level
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	24	Easy to Moderate
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	20	Easy to moderate
Quantitative Ability (QA)	22	Moderate
Total	66	Moderate

CAT 2022 slot 2 analysis

Overall difficulty level of CAT slot 2 was moderate to difficult. Check out the detailed sectional analysis of the CAT slot 2 paper.

CAT 2022 slot 2 sectional analysis

Sections	Number of questions	Difficulty level
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	24	Easy
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	20	Easy to moderate
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)	22	Moderate to difficult
Total	66	Moderate

CAT 2022 slot 3 analysis

As per test takers and experts, CAT slot 3 was easy to moderate. Find out the difficulty level of CAT slot 3 sectional analysis.

CAT 2022 slot 3 sectional analysis

Sections	Number of questions	Difficulty level
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	24	Moderate
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	20	Easy to moderate
Quantitative Ability (QA)	22	Moderate
Total	66	Moderate

IIM Bangalore will release the official CAT 2022 answer key for all slots on the official IIM CAT website- iimcat.ac.in probably in the second week of December. Candidates will be able to download the preliminary CAT answer key by using their CAT user ID and password. CAT 2022 response sheet will also be released along with the CAT exam answer key in the form of a PDF.

Expected CAT cutoff 2022 of top colleges

List of B-schools	Expected CAT cutoff
DMS, IIT Delhi	98+ percentile
Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi (FMS, DU)	98.20 percentile
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay	99+ percentile
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai	90+ percentile
Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon	95+ percentile
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad	90+ percentile
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai	85+ percentile
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai	95+ percentile
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras	95+ percentile
T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal	85+ percentile
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB)	90+ percentile
IIM Ahmedabad	85
IIM Bangalore	85
IIM Calcutta	85
IIM Lucknow	90
IIM Indore	90

CAT 2022 Expected Score vs Percentile

Check out the expected score vs percentile CAT, suggested by experts.

Percentile	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
80%ile	25	17	19	57
90%ile	30	23	27	69
95%ile	35	27	33	83
98%ile	39	33	40	101
99%ile	42	36	44	106
99.5%ile	47	41	48	122

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CAT exam 2022 concludes; Overall analysis, answer key, score vs percentile and cut-off

CAT 2022 conducted today in three slots. CAT exam was moderately-difficult. Check out overall CAT exam analysis of all slots, answer key and CAT cut-off for IIM MBA admission.