CAT exam 2022 in a week; Paper pattern, CAT previous year questions

CAT exam 2022: Solve CAT previous year question papers in this last week to ace this MBA entrance. Checkout CAT 2022 exam pattern and detailed weightage of each section.

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Prerna Goel | November 21, 2022 | 12:38 PM IST

NEW DELHI: CAT exam date is November 27. With CAT exam 2022 just a few days away, MBA aspirants need to focus mainly on revision via mock tests and CAT previous year question papers. IIM Bangalore has already released the CAT admit card on the official website - iimcat.ac.in. The search now narrows down to CAT exam previous year question paper download as practising from CAT question papers allows aspirants to know the exam pattern as well as important topics.

As per IIM Bangalore, CAT exam will have 66 questions. Duration of CAT exam 2022 is 120 minutes. The total marks for CAT exam are 198. CAT 2022 will have questions on Quantitative Aptitude (QA), Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation (LRDI) and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) with 40 minutes for each section.

CAT Exam 2022 : Know Paper Pattern

Particulars

Details

CAT 2022 test mode

Computer based

CAT exam duration

● 120 minutes (total)

● 40 minutes per section

CAT exam 2022 timings

● Morning: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM

● Afternoon: 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM

● Evening: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Total CAT exam questions

66

Total marks in CAT 2022

198 (expected)

CAT question paper language

English

CAT Question Types

MCQ and non-MCQ


CAT Exam 2022: Section wise weightage

CAT 2022 exam components

Total questions

Total MCQs (With negative marking)

Total Non-MCQs (Without negative marking)

Section-1: VARC

24

19

5

Section-2:DILR

20

15

5

Section-3: QA

22

14

8

Total

66

48

18


CAT questions from 2021

CAT QA Question: The number of integers n that satisfy the inequalities |n - 60| < |n - 100| < |n - 20| is

A. 21

B. 18

C. 20

D. 19

The number of groups of three or more distinct numbers that can be chosen from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 so that the groups always include 3 and 5, while 7 and 8 are never included together is

CAT VARC Question on sentence rearrangement:

A. But when it feels other ants walking on its back, the ant simply stays put.

B. When an ant on the march comes to a gap in its path, it slows down.

C. In this way, the ants build a bridge long enough to span whatever gap is in front of them.

D. The process repeats as the next ant in line slows, gets trampled and freezes in place.

E. The rest of the colony, still barreling along at 12 centimeters per second, comes trampling over its back.

A. BDEAC

B. BEADC

C. BEDCA

D. BADEC

CAT previous year question on text completion

More often than not, mothers are ____________ for oddities of behaviour in their offspring. ____________, single mothers’ children, raised even in the most difficult of times, do not display ‘outrageous’ patterns of behaviour, as do those of nuclear families.

A. appreciated, consequently

B. berated, therefore

C. praised, in the same manner

D. blamed, interestingly enough

Solving CAT previous years question papers - Benefits

  • Constant practice will allow CAT 2022 aspirants to avail the following benefits

  • The important CAT exam topics can be known with the weightage of topics

  • CAT previous year question paper download and practice will give candidates an ease and feel of the actual CAT 2022 exam.

  • Candidates are advised to use CAT mock test and CAT question papers within the given time constraint to acclimate to the actual exam conditions

  • Candidates can devise new problem-solving techniques to any CAT previous year question. Also the solutions given can help them learn another approach to solve it.

  • Solving previous year CAT exam papers helps in understanding the difficulty levels which in turn widens the scope and boosts confidence.

IIM CAT is being conducted by IIM Bangalore across 150 exam cities. The last date to download the CAT admit card is November 27 which is also the CAT exam date. IIM Bangalore is expected to release the CAT answer key in the first week of December 2022.

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