CAT 2019 Exam Analysis Slot 1 & 2 by Endeavor. Sectional Analysis, Cut offs, %ile Projection and much more..

Endeavor Careers Posted on November 24, 2019

CAT 2019 Exam Analysis Slot 2

It has been interesting to observe the changing hues and colours of CAT over the last few years. The 100 questions, 3 sections CAT started first by taking DI/LR to a different level. This was followed by a challenging and standard QA sectional last year. This year, CAT seems to have reached its supreme point with VA turning out to be dense and tricky, along with a standard QA and DILR as in the previous years.

CAT Slot 2 was similar to Slot 1 in format, with 34 questions in Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, 32 questions in Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, and 34 questions in Quantitative Ability. The paper was for 3 hours, with each sectional being given 60 minutes.

The conduction process was smooth, with quick frisking and verification by well-trained teams. The overall test-taking experience was a good one with no major technical glitches. The test interface was friendly as in the previous years and showed no change.

The sectional, in-depth CAT 2019 Exam analysis Slot 2 is as follows:

VARC:

This was reminiscent of the bygone years of tough VA sectionals – dense RCs, challenging questions, and tricky options. The 5 RCs carried a total of 24 questions distributed as 5, 5, 5, 5 and 4 per RC. The 10 VA questions had 4 Para-jumbles, 3 Out of Context, and 3 Summary questions. All the Para-jumbles and Out of Context questions were the key-in type with no negative marking.

The RCs had a length of 500 to 650 words with topics as diverse as digital colonialism, green cities, language and identity, British colonialism, disgorging capital cities. Of the 10 VA questions, the 4 Para-jumbles were comparatively easier with 4 sentences each, though the topics were abstract and the language a little dense. The 3 Summary questions also had options that were close. 1 Summary question was really challenging. Out of Context had 5 sentences and required close reading to identify the odd sentence.

An attempt of about 24 questions with 80% accuracy can be said to fetch a 98 percentile.

Topic	Sub-Topic	Number of Questions
Reading Comprehension	Digital Colonialism – Google CyArk	5
Reading Comprehension	Language and Identity	4
Reading Comprehension	Disgorging Capital Cities	5
Reading Comprehension	British Colonialism	5
Reading Comprehension	Green Cities	5
Verbal Ability	Summary	3
Verbal Ability	Para-jumbles	4
Verbal Ability	Out of Context	3

DI-LR:

The much-discussed and anticipated sectional turned out to be a soother to frayed nerves. It was definitely a notch lower than the last few years and can be termed moderate. The 32 questions had 8 sets of 4 questions each, 2 sets being DI, 4 sets being LR, 1 set game-based and 1 set, a set theory based caselet. A smart test-taker could easily attempt about 2 questions each in 3 sets without solving the entire set. 4 sets could be solved entirely by any well-prepared test taker. There were 8 key-in questions with no negative marking.

An attempt of about 19 questions with 80% accuracy can be said to fetch a 98 percentile.

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning -Type	Description	Difficulty-Level
New Age DI	Rainfall and LPA based Scatter Graph	Easy
New Age DI	Revenue and Cost Miscellaneous Graph	Easy
Games	Games and Tournament	Easy to Moderate
Traditional LR	Languages and Name Matrix and Grouping	Easy to Moderate
New Age LR	Doctors and Clinic timing Miscellaneous Reasoning	Easy to Moderate
New Age LR	Pockets based Rows and Columns	Moderate to Difficult
New Age LR	Mid Term Exam based Arrangement	Moderate
Caselets	Set Theory-Tables	Difficult

Quant:

This again was a soother to frayed nerves. In comparison to last year, the QA sectional was easier, with Permutation Combination and Probability questions starkly missing. The sectional was less time-consuming. With a large number of Arithmetic questions (about 12), the sectional would certainly have appealed to a diverse audience of test-takers. For 3 or 4 questions, the calculator would have been handy. While there were 7 questions of Geometry and Mensuration, Co-ordinate Geometry was missing. This section had 10 key-in questions with no negative marking.

An attempt of about 24 questions with 80% accuracy can be said to fetch a 98 percentile.

Quantitative Ability	Number of Questions
Percentage, Profit and Loss , SICI	5
Ratio & Proportion	2
Time & Work	1
Time Speed Distance	3
Alligations & Mixtures	1
Geometry & Mensuration	6
Algebra	6
Logarithm	2
Progression	3
Function	1
Inequalities	1
Numbers	3

Here is the CAT 2019 Exam analysis with predicted sectional and overall raw scores versus sectional and overall percentiles :

Percentile	Overall	Verbal	LRDI	Quant
99	148-151	62	48	61
98	131-134	57	42	54
95	111-114	50	35	45
90	100-103	45	27	38
80	88-91	36	22	27

Wishing all the best to all the test takers for the results!

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1 comment thought on “CAT 2019 Exam Analysis – Slot 2”

Harsh Acharya says:

November 25, 2019 at 5:10 am

VARC 21 attempt 11 correct 10 wrong
DILR 11 attempt 8 correct 3 wrong
QUANT 18 attempt 10 correct 8 wrong

Net score: VARC- 27
DILR- 23
QUANT- 24

OVERALL SCORE:74

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CAT 2019 Exam Analysis – Slot 2

CAT 2019 Exam Analysis Slot 2