CMAT 2021 successfully conducted; Overall moderate paper with 5 sections

CMAT 2021 second slot concluded, check students reaction and section-wise CMAT exam analysis.

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Himanshu Shekhar | March 31, 2021 | 06:40 PM IST

NEW DELHI- The National Testing Agency (NTA) has successfully conducted CMAT 2021 (second slot) in Computer Based (CBT) mode. While taking CMAT 2021 (Slot 2), candidates did not face any technical glitch, and facilities pertaining to COVID 19 were good at the test centre. The CMAT analysis 2021 as per the candidates of shift 2, CMAT 2021 exam was easy to moderate. It is expected that around 70,000 candidates appeared for the CMAT exam 2021 at 15 test centres across the country.
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CMAT Analysis 2021 by Students

  • Overall difficulty of CMAT exam: Easy to Moderate

  • Most difficult section: CMAT Gk section

  • Easiest section: CMAT LR section

According to most of the CMAT aspirants, the overall difficulty level of CMAT 2021 (Slot 2) was moderate. Many candidates find the Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation section difficult as compared to last year's CMAT question paper. Check the sectional analysis of CMAT 2021 slot 2.

CMAT Analysis 2021: Section-wise

Section name

Difficulty level

Logical Reasoning

Easy

Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation

Moderate

General Awareness

Difficult

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Moderate

Language Comprehension

Easy to Moderate

Overall

Easy to Moderate

CMAT 2021- Key points

  • There were a total of 125 questions with the total time duration of 210 minutes

  • For every correct response, four marks will be given and one mark will be deducted for incorrect response

  • Unattempted questions will not be marked

  • In case that the question is ignored or dropped then all students will get four marks irrespective if question is attempted or not

CMAT 2021 shift 2: Students reaction

CMAT Shift 2 is over and students noted the overall difficulty level of CMAT 2021 Shift 2 is easy to moderate. Here, the CMAT analysis for shift 2.

One of the aspirants Sunil said, “Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation section took some time-consuming in the CMAT exam. The general awareness (Gk) section was difficult and a student could get good marks if he could answer more than 15 questions. The reasoning section was between easy to moderate levels of difficulty”.

Another candidate, Anushka said, “That the overall difficulty level of CMAT 2021 was easy to moderate. GK wasn't around the recent events. In the Language Comprehension section most of the questions asked from Synonym and Antonym, and English Grammar. So, LR the easiest section and faced one wrong question in LR. In the QA section, the weightage of probability was higher compared to last year's CMAT.

Check the CMAT 2021 Analysis for Shift 1

What after CMAT 2021 (Shift 2)

After checking CMAT 2021 exam analysis, candidates will have to wait till the release of the CMAT 2021 official answer key. With the help of the CMAT answer key, candidates will be able to match answers and they can also assume their approx CMAT score.

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