CAT Slot 2 Analysis 2024: Exam was lengthy, Quant comparatively difficult, say students
Anu Parthiban | November 24, 2024 | 03:12 PM IST | 2 mins read
CAT Slot 2 Exam Analysis 2024: Overall, students found all sections to be lengthier. Reading comprehension, however, easy compared to DILR and Quant sections.
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Download EbookNEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) administered the Common Admission Test (CAT 2024) slot 2 exam from 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm at 170 exam cities across the country. As per the CAT slot 2 exam analysis, students rated the question paper to be moderate in difficulty level. CAT 2024 Live
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Candidates with a valid CAT admit card 2024 were allowed to sit for the exam. Around 3.29 lakh candidates are expected to appear in the CAT exam 2024 today in three shifts. The CAT slot 1 exam was held between 8.30 am to 10.30 am. Students found the slot 1 questions to be moderately difficult.
Rhiju from Delhi told Careers360 : "This year, the CAT Exam was lengthy in general. Logical reasoning, Quant and DILR were all lengthy but English was easy. My strategy was to stick to the basics. Overall, it was a good paper." He said he is aiming for a 80-85 percentile.
Apurva said: "It was an easy to moderate exam. I had expected tougher DILR questions, but they were comparatively easy. English being my strength was also pretty easy." She is aiming for a percentile around 90 and wants to take up specialisation in finance.
According to the CAT marking scheme 2024, 3 marks will be awarded for every right answer and one mark will be deducted for every wrong response. No negative marks for the non-multiple-choice questions (non-MCQs).
CAT Slot 2 Exam: Types of questions
As per the CAT slot 2 exam analysis, verbal ability and reading comprehension (VARC) and Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) was moderate in difficulty-level and quantitative aptitude (QA) was comparatively difficult. Overall, students found the VARC section lengthier.
VARC - Geographical facts, colonisation and spices states of India, scientists and physicist, fill in the blanks
DILR - 4 sets. Four questions in each set.
QA -Number system, profit loss, ratio, mix and all, time and work, speed distance and time, logarithm, geometric question.
CAT slot 2 analysis 2024
Here’s the section-wise CAT slot 2 exam analysis and number of good attempts.
|
Section |
Total Number of Questions |
Number of Questions MCQs |
Number of Questions TITA |
Difficulty Level |
|
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
24 |
22 |
2 |
Moderate
|
|
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
22 |
14 |
8 |
Moderate |
|
Quantitative Aptitude (QA) |
22 |
16 |
6 |
Moderate to Difficult |
|
Total |
68 |
52 |
16 |
Moderate |
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