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THE SELECTION PROCEDURE | CAT ANALYSIS 2006 | PATTERN FOR OTHER EXAMS | PROS & CONS OF CAT CAT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS 1995 to 1998: Total
Questions 185 In 1995 and 1996, the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension sections were grouped and had a time limit of 1 hour. Similarly, the Problem Solving and Data Interpretation sections were grouped and had a time limit of 1 hour. There was no such time limit in 1997 and 1998. 1999: Total Questions -
165 2000: Total Questions -
165 2001: Total Questions -
150 2002: Total
Questions - 150 Section
2 : 50 Q-Problem Solving - 50 Q 2003 (re-exam format ): Total
Questions - 150 Section
2: 50 Q- Data Interpretation - 30 Q and Logical Reasoning - 20 Q 2004: Total
Questions - 123 Total marks: 150 Data Interpretation: 20Q of 1 mark each Data Sufficiency: 6 Q of 1 mark each Logical Reasoning: 12 Q of 2 marks each
Section 2 Math problems: 20 Q of 1 mark each Math problems: 15 Q of 2 marks each
Section 3 Verbal Ability: 10 Q of 0.5 marks each Verbal Ability: 14 Q of 1 mark each Verbal Ability: 5 Q of 2 marks each Reading Comprehension: 21 Q of 1 mark each There was no section wise time limit in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. REMEMBER : It is essential that you demonstrate your competence in all the sections. Some noticeable trends in
CAT: The
following trends are clearly noticeable in CAT in the last few years.
The Problem solving section would constitute 1 out of 4 sections in the test until 1998. In the last 6 years, it has been 1 out of 3 sections. The importance of this section has therefore tremendously increased (from 24% of the total paper to 33.33% of the total paper) CAT has been getting progressively tougher and thereby low scoring by the year. You no longer need fantastic scores of 100+ to clear the CAT. Over the years, SharpMinds students who have cleared the CAT and made it to the IIMs have had in the range of 75-90 attempts in the paper.
THE SELECTION PROCEDURE | CAT ANALYSIS 2006 | PATTERN FOR OTHER EXAMS | PROS & CONS OF CAT |