The pattern of CAT 2023 was the same as last year. The paper consisted of 66 questions which were to be attempted in 120 minutes. The sections, which were in a predetermined order, were to be attempted in 40 minutes each and there was no provision of submission of section before time. The division of the questions also remained the same.
CAT 2023 slot 1 was moderate to difficult. The section-wise level of difficulty was as follows:
- VARC was more or less like last year
- DILR maintained the difficulty was the same as last year
- QA was difficult as compared to last year (Especially the algebra questions)
|
No. of questions | TITA | Level of Difficulty |
VARC |
24 | 4 |
Moderate |
DILR |
20 | 6 |
Moderate- Difficult |
QA |
22 | 6 |
Difficult |
Total | 66 | 16 |
Moderate – Difficult |
Marking Scheme was as follows:
- +3 marks for every right answer
- -1 mark for every wrong answer in MCQs
- TITA had no negative marking
VA/RC Section Analysis
- The VA/RC section was more or less like last year. There were 24 Questions out of which 4 were TITA. Passages were of around 450 words. Odd Sentence elimination and Paragraph Completion questions were included this year.
- There were 4 passages which comprised of 16 Questions. Passage on Human Behaviour was easy as was passage on Environmentalist versus Farmer.
- Passage on Philosophy and Indian Ocean were difficult to read.
- Questions on Sentence Rearrangement were easy whereas questions on Odd Sentence Elimination were difficult. Questions on Paragraph Completion were moderate.
- An overall score of around 38-40 would be enough for a 99 percentile whereas a score of 26-29 would fetch around 95 percentile.
DI/LR Section Analysis
- The DI/LR section was of the same level of difficulty as the last year. There were 4 sets with 5 Questions per set. There were 6 TITA questions in this section.
- There was one set on Restaurant Rating which needed concepts of statistics with use of concepts of Mean, Median and mode and was moderate in nature.
- There was one set on Visa Applications which needed concepts of Time and Sequence set and was moderate in nature. Other sets on College elections and Twelve Houses were difficult in nature.
- An overall score of around 24-26 would be enough for a 99 percentile whereas a score of 16-19 would fetch around 95 percentile.
QA Section Analysis
- QA section of CAT 2023 was difficult in nature especially questions on Algebra. Questions on Arithmetic were easy to moderate. There were around 9 Questions from Arithmetic and 8 from Algebra comprising of questions from TSD, T&W, SI CI, Ratio, Log, Surds, Sequence & Series. One question on P&C was easy. There were 3 questions from Geometry & Mensuration which were moderate in nature.
- An overall score of around 26-29 would be enough for a 99 percentile whereas a score of 21-23 would fetch around 95 percentile.
- An overall composite score of around 76-79 would be enough for a 99 percentile whereas an overall composite score of 51-54 would fetch around 95 percentile.
** This Article has been Published by Mr. Amit Kumar Sen, Director Cf Patna and is on based on inputs from students and the numbers therein are Indicative in nature.