CAT exam 2022 concludes; Overall analysis, answer key, score vs percentile and cut-off
Himanshu Shekhar | November 27, 2022 | 07:23 PM IST | 2 mins read
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.
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Use NowNEW 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
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CAT paper pattern 2022 was as per the official CAT mock test 2022 released on iimcat.ac.in CAT 2022
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CAT 2022 question paper had a total number of 66 CAT questions
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A total of 46 multiple-choice questions were asked in CAT exam question paper 2022
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The CAT questions were distributed in the format 24-20-22 (VARC-24, DILR-20, QA-22)
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The CAT exam time duration was 120 minutes
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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
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Sections |
Number of questions |
Difficulty level |
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
24 |
Easy to Moderate |
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
20 |
Easy to moderate |
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Quantitative Ability (QA) |
22 |
Moderate |
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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
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Sections |
Number of questions |
Difficulty level |
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
24 |
Easy |
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
20 |
Easy to moderate |
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Quantitative Aptitude (QA) |
22 |
Moderate to difficult |
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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
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Sections |
Number of questions |
Difficulty level |
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
24 |
Moderate |
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Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
20 |
Easy to moderate |
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Quantitative Ability (QA) |
22 |
Moderate |
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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
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List of B-schools |
Expected CAT cutoff |
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DMS, IIT Delhi |
98+ percentile |
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Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi (FMS, DU) |
98.20 percentile |
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SJMSOM, IIT Bombay |
99+ percentile |
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Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai |
90+ percentile |
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Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon |
95+ percentile |
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Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad |
90+ percentile |
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SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai |
85+ percentile |
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National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai |
95+ percentile |
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Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras |
95+ percentile |
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T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal |
85+ percentile |
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Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) |
90+ percentile |
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IIM Ahmedabad |
85 |
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IIM Bangalore |
85 |
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IIM Calcutta |
85 |
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IIM Lucknow |
90 |
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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 |
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80%ile |
25 |
17 |
19 |
57 |
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90%ile |
30 |
23 |
27 |
69 |
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95%ile |
35 |
27 |
33 |
83 |
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98%ile |
39 |
33 |
40 |
101 |
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99%ile |
42 |
36 |
44 |
106 |
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99.5%ile |
47 |
41 |
48 |
122 |
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