CAT 2024 Exam Day Analysis: The Common Admission Test was successfully conducted today, November 24, in three shifts. All three shifts for CAT exam have now been concluded. As per the initial responses by the students, the difficulty level of the shift 1 was moderate to difficult. Detailed analysis of shift 3 for CAT exam 2024 will soon be provided below.
The paper is divided into three sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Aptitude. Check the complete analysis by Sumit Singh Gandhi, CEO, Founder CATKing for CAT 2024 exam below.
CAT Exam Analysis 2024: Slot wise details
Check CAT exam analysis 2024 for each slot below. The analysis includes section wise number of questions asked, level of difficulty, and weightage of different topics.
CAT 2024 Exam Analysis for Slot 3
Shift 3 for CAT 2024 exam commenced 4.30 PM onwards and concluded at 6.30 PM. Stay tuned for exam analysis for third shift.
| Sections | Number of questions | Difficulty level | Topics with high weightage |
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension | To be updated | To be updated | To be updated |
| Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning | To be updated | To be updated | To be updated |
| Quantitative Aptitude | To be updated | To be updated | To be updated |
| Total | To be updated | To be updated | To be updated |
CAT 2024 Exam Analysis for Slot 2
The slot 2 for CAT 2024 exam commenced 12.30 PM onwards. The shift is now over. The overall difficulty level for slot 2 is moderate to difficult.
| Sections | Number of questions | Difficulty level | Remarks |
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension | 24 | Easy to Moderate | 4 Reading Comprehension passages, three passages were easy, while fourth one was time consuming Verbal ability section included questions from parasummary, paracompletion, and odd one out |
| Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning | 22 | Moderate | This section included two Data Interpretation (DI) sets and a few Logical Reasoning (LR) puzzles TITA questions were difficult to solve |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 22 | Moderate to difficult, Lengthy questions | Specific topics such as Time, Speed & Distance (TSD), Profit & Loss (P&L), and Averages were prominent |
| Total | 68 | Moderate to difficult | Overall difficulty was recorded as moderate to difficult. |
CAT 2024 Exam Analysis for Slot 1
Shift 1 for CAT exam 2024 has been concluded. The paper was on a moderate to high level of difficulty, as per the initial reactions of students. Students reported the DILR section to be easy, while VARC was moderate to difficult. Meanwhile, Quantitative Aptitude section was found to be tricky.
| Sections | Number of questions | Difficulty level | Remarks |
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension | 24 | Moderate to difficult | No para jumble questions 4 Reading Comprehension questions |
| Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning | 22 | Easy to moderate | Two more questions added in this section 3 Data Interpretation sets |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 22 | Moderate to difficult, Tricky | Arithmetic, Algebra, Sequences, Geometry topic with high weightage No questions from Probability |
| Total | 68 | Moderate to difficult | Overall remarks: The slot 1 for CAT exam was easier than previous years, however, the cut off may go higher this time |
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