Triumphant Institute of Management Education P Ltd CAT – Some trends Prepared by the Triumphant Institute of Management Education P Ltd

At a Glance CAT’06CAT’07 CAT ‘08 Total Questions Total Marks Time 150 min 150 Min Marking Scheme +4/-1 Options 55 5 Differential marking No

Section CAT 2006CAT 2007 Q'sMarksQ'sMarks Verbal Quant LDI CAT 2008 Q'sMarks Sectional Snapshots

Source: T.I.M.E.

T.I.M.E. preliminary Cut-off Estimates – CAT 2008 Quant: 15 – 21 Marks LDI: 26 – 30 Marks Verbal: 39 – 45 Marks Overall: 118 – 124 marks

CAT 2008 – Exam Pattern 3 Sections –Quantitative Aptitude –Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability –Data Interpretation/ Logic 90 Questions –Quant and LDI section had 25 questions –Verbal had 40 questions Last time there were more question in Verbal than in the other two sections was CAT 1998 –All questions were worth 4 marks –Negative marking  1 per question

Errors in CAT 2008 Minor typo in one question, but overall paper was free from any major errors!

CAT 08: Logic & DI Overview This was similar to CAT The section was classical DI, with sets on logic as well (in addition to sets on Data Interpretation) Was tricky and like CAT2007 involved calculations.

CAT 08: QA Overview More difficult than CAT 2007 Was easily the toughest section of Cat 2008 –Fewer questions on Arithmetic –More questions on “higher math” like functions.

CAT 08: Verbal Overview Less ambigous than last year Had more weightage as there were more questions in this section than in the other 2 sections. –40 in Verbal compared to 25 in Quant and 25 in LDI 20 Questions in RC and 20 in Verbal Ability –Shorter passages than last year –Higher level of vocab based questions –VA weightage at 50% of section after 1998.

CAT 2007 – Surprise factors Feel of the paper Positives Surprise element

CAT 2007 – Exam pattern 3 Sections –Quantitative Aptitude –Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability –Data Interpretation/ Logic 75 Questions –Each section had 25 questions –All questions were worth 4 marks –Negative marking  1 per question Cut-Offs –VA/RC: –QA: –DI: –Overall: 110

CAT 2006 – Surprise factors Feel of the paper –Fewer Questions ~ 25 per section –Increased time available –Very ‘ ambiguous ’ VA section –Toughest ever Verbal section –Changed scheme of marks Positives –Less Time pressure –QA and DI sections were easy to negotiate Surprise element –Record Low number of Q’s

CAT 2006 – Exam pattern 3 Sections –Quantitative Aptitude –Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability –Data Interpretation/ Logic 75 Questions –Each section had 25 questions –All questions were worth 4 marks –Negative marking  1 per question Cut-Offs –VA/RC: –QA: –DI: –Overall: 110

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