CAT 2022 Exam Analysis by Endeavor. Get Sectional Analysis, Expected cut off, Percentile Projection

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CAT 2022 Analysis: Overall and Slot-wise

Everything that is different in CAT 2022 compared to CAT 2021 is on expected lines, something we at Endeavor have been telling our students for many weeks now.

IIM Bangalore is conducting IIM, so some changes were inevitable.

Modification in the VARC section. IIMB loves logic-based questions such as Logical Continuation. So CAT 2022 has logical continuation questions instead of out-of-context questions.
This meant a change in the number of TITA questions in VARC from 5 to 3.
A more tricky LRDI section. IIMB recently changed its CAT score calculation matrix, giving the highest weightage to the LRDI section. That means the section would be challenging. And it is, with 4 sets of 5 questions each. Anybody targeting 12-14 attempts (at least 3 sets) needs significantly more effort than anyone targeting just 10 attempts (2 sets).
A well-balanced, secular QA section. Arithmetic (including Modern Math) comprises 50% of questions, which means QA becomes equally easy or difficult for students from any background (knowing that more Algebra and Geometry typically create some advantage for those with a math background). Also, a higher number of TITA questions (8 this year compared to 5-6 last year)

But then, nothing else changed.

The VARC section still has 24 questions.
The LRDI section still has 20 questions.
The QA section still has 22 questions.

So here we go with our slot-wise analysis.

Select the slot and jump to the respective exam slot analysis:

CAT 2022 Exam Analysis – Slot 1

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC):

Total Questions: 24
Type in the Answer to question: 3
Questions with negative marking: 21

Question type	Details	Overall Difficulty	Expected time	Good attempts
Reading Comprehension	4 passages, 4 questions each	2 passages easy to read, 1 passage moderate to read, 1 passage difficult to read. 6 questions easy, 6 questions moderate, 4 tough, 10 indirect questions	28-30 minutes	10-11 questions with at least 8 correct over 3 passages
Summary	3 questions	1 easy, 1 moderate, 1 very tough	5-6 minutes	2 attempts, 1 correct
Parajumbles (TITA)	3 questions	2 moderate, 1 tough	5-6 minutes	3 attempts, 2 correct
Logical Continuation	2 questions	1 moderate, 1 tough	0-4 minutes	0-2 attempts
Total	24 questions	Moderate	38-40 minutes	16-18 attempts, 12+ correct

Passage details	Reading difficulty	Questions difficulty	Expected time (reading + solving)	Expected attempts	Expected correct
Impact of Technology from a philosophical perspective	Moderate	Moderate to Difficult	6-8 minutes	3	2
Chinese Copying Technique	Easy	Easy to moderate	6-8 minutes	4	4
Stoicism in Roman Empire	Difficult	Moderate	5-6 minutes	2	1
Ghosts and Occult Science	Easy	Easy to moderate	6-8 minutes	4	4

Ideally, a candidate would benefit from investing in RCs rather than Logical Continuation, if the latter appeared as a surprise factor.

Around 16 attempts would be ideal, anything more (without sacrificing accuracy) would be great. Seems like the Good score (98%tile) for Slot 1 VARC will hover around 33-35 marks.

Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation (LRDI):

Total Questions: 20
Type in the Answer to question: 6
Questions with negative marking: 14

Set	Total Questions	Overall Difficulty	Expected time	Good attempts
Tokens	5	Moderate	10-12 minutes	3 – 4
University Team	5	Easy to Moderate	10-12 minutes	5
15 girls activity	5	Moderate	8-10 minutes	3
Metro Lines	5	Difficult	2-4 minutes	0-1
Total	20 questions	Moderate to Difficult	38-40 minutes	11-12 attempts, 9 correct

LRDI section had 4 sets of 5 questions each. Every set required logical reasoning skills. Yes, there was nothing Easy in LRDI section.

9-10 attempts with at least 9 correct should take you to a good score of 25-27.

Quantitative Ability (QA):

Total Questions: 22
Type in the Answer to question: 8
Questions with negative marking: 14

Question type	Details	Overall Difficulty	Expected time	Good attempts
Arithmetic	8 questions	Easy to Moderate	12-14 minutes	5-6 attempts, at least 4 correct
Geometry	3 questions	Moderate	6-8 minutes	2 attempts, 2 correct
Algebra	8 questions	Moderate to Difficult	12-14 minutes	5 attempts, 4 correct
Modern Math	3 questions	Moderate to Difficult	7-9 minutes	3 attempts, 2 correct
Total	22 questions	Moderate to Difficult	38-40 minutes	14-16 attempts, 11+ correct

QA section clearly offered a choice for those who are aware of their strengths. If Arithmetic is your strength, you would be easily in the safe range for good attempts. Otherwise, you have to be smart enough to pick the easier ones from outside Arithmetic questions.

14 attempts, 11 correct would be sufficient to get a good score of 30-32

Overall CAT 2022 Exam Analysis – Slot 1

On the face of it, CAT 2022 should result in slightly lower scores overall, balancing the scales. We see that as a good sign: CAT has always been a strategy-based exam. A very high number of attempts on the test is either rarity or stupidity.

On CAT 2022 first slot, around 42-45 attempts with 80% accuracy should keep you in the 99%tile range.

CAT 2022 Cut-Offs/Percentile Prediction – Slot 1

Percentile	VARC score	LRDI score	QA score	Overall score
99	39	32	35	89
98	34	26	31	82
95	30	22	25	65
90	27	17	20	53
85	24	14	16	47
80	22	12	14	42

CAT 2022 Exam Analysis – Slot 2

IIM Bangalore finished its quota of surprises in the first slot and went on with the regular trend: making CAT tougher with each subsequent slot. Just as it had happened in CAT 2021, Slot 2 was again the toughest for CAT 2022. CAT 2023 aspirants can start their prayers to avoid Slot 2 next November.

CAT 2022 – Slot 2 – Sectional Analysis

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC):

Total Questions: 24
Type in the Answer to questions: 3
Questions with negative marking: 21

Question type	Details	Overall Difficulty	Expected time	Good attempts
Reading Comprehension	4 passages, 4 questions each	2 passages easy to read, 1 passage moderate to read, 1 passage difficult to read. 4 questions easy, 6 questions moderate, 6 tough, 7-8 indirect questions	28-30 minutes	10-11 questions with at least 8 correct over 3 passages
Summary	3 questions	2 moderate, 1 tough	5-6 minutes	2 attempts, 1 correct
Parajumbles (TITA)	3 questions	1 moderate, 2 tough	2-3 minutes	1 attempt, 1 correct
Logical Continuation	2 questions	2 tough	3-4 minutes	1 attempt, 1 correct
Total	24 questions	Moderate to Difficult	38-40 minutes	14-16 attempts, 11+ correct

Passage details	Reading difficulty	Questions difficulty	Expected time (reading + solving)	Expected attempts	Expected correct
Philosophy of Social Institutions	Moderate to Difficult	Moderate	6-8 minutes	3	2
Colour changes in an Octopus	Easy	Easy to moderate	6-8 minutes	4	4
Emergence of Music	Moderate	Moderate	5-6 minutes	3	2
Disconnection with society and Engineering	Moderate	Moderate to Difficult	6-8 minutes	3	2

Back to the traditional strategy here – focus on a balance for RC and non-RC questions, get at least 12 attempts in RCs with at least 10 correct, 3-4 attempts in non-RCs, and get a score of 31+ anyhow. That should be a good score (98%tile) for Slot 2.

Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation (LRDI):

Total Questions: 20
Type in the Answer to question: 6
Questions with negative marking: 14

Set	Total Questions	Overall Difficulty	Expected time	Good attempts
3 Sales Representatives	5	Difficult	2-4 minutes	0-1
FMCG items	5	Moderate	10-12 minutes	3
Scatter Plots for 3 companies’ data	5	Easy	8-10 minutes	5
Network diagram of supply chain	5	Easy to Moderate	10-12 minutes	4
Total	20 questions	Moderate to Difficult	38-40 minutes	11-12 attempts, 9+ correct

LRDI section had 4 sets of 5 questions each. Every set required logical reasoning skills. One set with Scatter plots was the easiest, while the set on 3 Sales Representatives was extremely lengthy and time-consuming. The other two sets were moderate difficulty level.

11-12 attempts with at least 9 correct should take you to the good score of 24-26.

Quantitative Ability (QA):

Total Questions: 22
Type in the Answer questions: 8
Questions with negative marking: 14

Question type	Details	Overall Difficulty	Expected time	Good attempts
Arithmetic	8 questions	Easy to Moderate	12-14 minutes	6-7 attempts, at least 6 correct
Geometry	3 questions	Easy to Moderate	6-8 minutes	2 attempts, 2 correct
Algebra	6 questions	Difficult	8-10 minutes	2 – 3 attempts, >1 correct
Modern Math	5 questions	Moderate to Difficult	8-10 minutes	2-3 attempts, >1 correct
Total	22 questions	Moderate	38-40 minutes	12-14 attempts, 10 correct

Algebra was very tough, whether the equations or functions questions. Modern Maths was an absolute trap – 3 out of 4 Progressions questions were tough. Geometry had 2 easy questions, while Arithmetic was majorly easy.

While this slot managed to shock people with Algebra and Modern Maths, owing to the normalization, the good score for this slot will not be much lower than that for Slot 1.

12+ attempts with at least 10 correct should yield a good score of 30.

Overall CAT 2022 Exam Analysis – Slot 2

Yes, Slot 2, just like last year, shook people out of their mid-noon siesta. But like it always is, tougher the paper, greater the benefit during normalization.

So Slot 2 test-takers who feel they could not attempt as many as their friends who appeared in Slot 1, please chuck the comparison.

In CAT 2022 secondslot, around 38-40 attempts with 80% accuracy should keep you in the 98%tile range.

CAT 2022 Cut-Offs/Percentile Prediction – Slot 2

Percentile	VARC score	LRDI score	QA score	Overall score
99	37	30	34	87
98	32	25	30	79
95	28	21	25	62
90	25	17	19	50
85	23	13	15	44
80	21	11	13	40

CAT 2022 Exam Analysis – Slot 3

After the storm comes the calm. But those who have been through the storm, cannot appreciate the calm immediately. They feel that it is only a marginal improvement. That is what Slot 3 of CAT 2022 was. Arguably the easiest slot of the day, but not so easy that scores would jump a lot. Nope. Scores and cut-offs will increase only marginally.

Just an attempt by IIM B to help people sleep peacefully on a Sunday night, thinking it was not as bad as Slot 2.

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC):

Total Questions: 24
Type in the Answer to questions: 3
Questions with negative marking: 21

Question type	Details	Overall Difficulty	Expected time	Good attempts
Reading Comprehension	4 passages, 4 questions each	2 passages easy to read, 1 passage moderate to read, 1 passage difficult to read. 6 questions easy, 6 questions moderate, 4 tough, 8 indirect questions	26-28 minutes	12 questions with at least 10 correct over 3 passages
Summary	3 questions	2 moderate, 1 tough	5-6 minutes	2 attempts, 1 correct
Parajumbles (TITA)	3 questions	2 moderate, 1 tough	2-3 minutes	1 attempt, 1 correct
Logical Continuation	2 questions	1 moderate, 1 tough	3-4 minutes	1 attempt, 1 correct
Total	24 questions	Easy to Moderate	38-40 minutes	17-19 attempts, 13+ correct

Passage details	Reading difficulty	Questions difficulty	Expected time (reading + solving)	Expected attempts	Expected correct
Machines and Nature	Moderate to Difficult	Moderate	6-8 minutes	3	2
Bio-intelligence	Easy	Easy to moderate	6-8 minutes	4	4
Socialism in the US	Moderate	Moderate	5-6 minutes	4	3
Indian Poetry and its effect on Oriental Scholars	Difficult	Moderate to Difficult	6-8 minutes	3	2

If you could skip one passage completely, achieving a high good score in RCs was actually easier. But those who cannot claim a high accuracy in RCs, would be compelled to attempt all 4 passages. Fortunately, none of the passages were as difficult to read as one of the passages in each of the earlier two slots. And if RCs cannot be your strength, then you would be expected to literally ace the remaining 8 non-RC questions to stand a chance of scoring 98%tile.

In this slot, 17 attempts with 13 correct would gain you a good score of 35.

Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation (LRDI):

Total Questions: 20
Type in the Answer to question: 6
Questions with negative marking: 14

Set	Total Questions	Overall Difficulty	Expected time	Good attempts
Bar Graph – male and female mortality	5	Easy	8-10 minutes	5
Electives taken by computer science students	5	Moderate	8-10 minutes	3 – 4
Game between 4 players	5	Difficult	5-7 minutes	2
Analysis of Covid spread rate	5	Moderate	10-12 minutes	3
Total	20 questions	Moderate to Difficult	38-40 minutes	13-14 attempts, 10 correct

The colorful bar graph for males and females was the easiest, while the game set was the most difficult. The other two had a mix of direct and indirect questions. But across three slots, this one had the most doable sets.

Many test-takers would have attempted 3 sets out of 4. That is why, a good score would be 26, with at least 10 correct out of 13-14 attempts.

Quantitative Ability (QA):

Total Questions: 22
Type in the Answer questions: 8
Questions with negative marking: 14

Question type	Details	Overall Difficulty	Expected time	Good attempts
Arithmetic	10 questions	Easy to Moderate	15-18 minutes	7-8 attempts, 6+ correct
Geometry	3 questions	Easy to Moderate	5-6 minutes	2 attempts, 2 correct
Algebra	7 questions	Moderate to Difficult	10-12 minutes	4-5 attempts, 3 correct
Modern Math	2 questions	Moderate to Difficult	4-5 minutes	0-2 attempts, 0-1 correct
Total	22 questions	Moderate	38-40 minutes	14-15 attempts, 12 correct

The QA section might have felt difficult to many people, but it was actually very similar to the QA questions from last year, wherein the major effort lay in understanding what the question asks you to do. That analysis might have shaken some people’s confidence. But otherwise, clearly, the section was as doable as any QA section in the last 4 years of CAT.

A good score of 32 will require at least 14 attempts and at least 12 correct.

Overall CAT 2022 Exam Analysis – Slot 3

Slot 3 of CAT 2022 continues to get mixed reviews from students and test prep coaches. Many other analysts have suggested that the slot was as difficult as Slot 2, but their cut-off predictions prove otherwise.