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CAT Paper Analysis: IIM Indore will conduct the CAT 2020 on November 29, 2020 in Computer Based Test (CBT). With just over a week to go before CAT 2020 takes place, one of the best ways to prepare for the upcoming exam is to refer to the previous year’s question papers and their analysis. CAT consists of 3 sections: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, and Quantitative Aptitude. In this article, we clearly discussed the section wise CAT exam paper analysis. By referring to the previous year paper analysis of CAT can improve your knowledge in the weakest area. Here, we provide the past year’s paper analysis for CAT as section wise. After the examination gets over for the current year, we will release the CAT paper analysis 2020 on our Careers360. Solved sample question and the CAT paper analysis as follows:

CAT Paper Analysis of 2019

• CAT 2019 was successfully hosted by IIM Kozhikode on November 24. Of the 2.44 lakh people registered, 209,926 wrote the exam. The exam was conducted at 376 test centers in two sessions in the morning and afternoon.
• The 2019 session was considered a moderate draw by a majority of applicants. According to exam experts, English understanding has passed the normal league of comprehension because the language was so troublesome. 
• Apart from English, the Data Interpretation section is moderate and the Quantitative Aptitude is simple.

The level in English was much higher than expected. The questions were recorded in a passage that was difficult for many to understand as they were very tricky and troublesome. Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation sections are moderately easy. In the Quant section, the questions are mostly arithmetic. According to a previous year’s CAT paper analysis, the DILR and QA have been a tricky section to understand by candidates for the past two years.

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Past Year Question Papers for CAT analysis

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CAT 2019 Slot 1 Question Paper	Download Here
CAT 2019 Slot 2 Question Paper	Download Here
CAT 2018 Question Paper	Download Here
CAT 2017 Question Paper	Download Here
Past Year Question Papers for Analysis	Download Here

CAT Paper Analysis for Section Wise 2019

Slot 2 difficulty level was similar to slot 1, there were a few additional tricky questions in the DILR section of CAT 2019. TheVerbal Ability and Reading Comprehension was once again the surprising part of the CAT paper with the difficulty level of the language raising quite some eyebrows. Verbal Ability as a segment is considered to be the most difficult over a 2-year period. The other 2 sections were relatively manageable over time, with the main focus placed on accuracy.

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Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

• The section for VARC, as reported by the selectors, was much more difficult than the other two sections of the paper.
• There were five paragraphs to read in slot-2. Each of the four columns had five individual issues, one of which consisted of four questions.
• One of the RC sections was more complex and verbal; This is very difficult for some applicants to try.

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

• Students’ slot 2 reactions were slightly different for the DILR section compared to slot 1.
• The unit was reported to be throwing some more tricky questions but was able to manage it within 60 minutes.
• The summary of this section consisted of 24 MCQs and eight non-MCQs. There were eight sets of four questions each, three of which were DI sets.

Quantitative Aptitude

• According to student feedback, the Quantitative Aptitude division is one-third easier and even easier compared to the 2018 CAT.
• The 15+ questions were very straightforward in terms of arithmetic and were relatively easy compared to the part that came up in the previous year’s papers.