CAT 2020 EXAM - SLOT1 DETAILED ANALYSIS
Detailed Analysis of Slot 1 CAT 2020 Exam
Update- CAT 2020 was conducted on 29th November in three different shifts Morning (8:30 am -10:30 am), Afternoon (12.30 – 2.30), and Evening (4 .30 pm- 6.30 pm).
CAT 2020 is a pre-requisite exam for getting entry into 20 IIMs and many other prestigious institutions like FMS Delhi, Delhi School of Economics, JBIMS Mumbai, IMI Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad, UBS Chandigarh, GIM Goa, LBSIM Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, etc.CAT 2020 was conducted on 29 November in three different slots – Slot 1, Slot 2, and Slot 3.There was a total of 76 Questions asked in the examination. Slot 1 was easy in comparison to slot 3.
Candidates reviewed it that in the CAT 2020, the overall difficulty level for slot 3 was lying between moderate to difficult. The VARC section is considered to be comparatively tough. Quantitative Ability Section questions were asked at a moderate level. In Slot 1 and Slot 2, the DILR section was long and tough in comparison to Slot 3. Candidates who appeared for Slot 2 of CAT 2020 found that the questions asked in the CAT 2020 Exam were of moderate to difficult in concern of difficulty level of exam.
Same as last year of CAT, the Quantitative Ability section remained the difficult section and Verbal Ability section was at an easy level and the DI& LR section was found to be of moderate difficulty level.
CAT 2020 – Slot 1st Analysis
CAT 2020 first slot was scheduled to be happening from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. IIM Indore already released the changes in the exam pattern of CAT 2020. The time duration of the CAT 2020 exam has been reduced to 2 hours from 3 hours. With the reduction in duration of the CAT 2020 exam, no significant changes have been done in CAT 2020 Exam.
CAT 2020 Slot 1st Key Highlights
The CAT 2020 for the first slot followed the same marking pattern as CAT 2019. There were no changes brought in CAT 2020 Exam. For every correct answer, candidates will be awarded 3 marks and for every wrong answer, there will be a negative marking of 1 mark.
Questions Break-up in First Slot (Section-Wise)
Name of The Section | Duration in each section | MCQs ( Multi Choice Questions ) | TITA (Type In The Answer) Questions | Total No. of Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension | 40 min | 21 | 5 | 26 |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning | 40 min | 18 | 6 | 24 |
Quantitative Ability | 40 min | 18 | 8 | 26 |
120 min | 57 | 19 | 76 |
Total questions in CAT 2020 – 76 Questions
Difficulty level in Exam:
Being a consulting firm for different segments in the education industry for different courses like MBA / PGDM, B.Tech, and MBBS. We have reached to several students who appeared in the CAT 2020 exam in different slots. After having a conversation with many students who appeared in CAT 2020 Slot 1st we got a review that DI&LR was the toughest section and long as well. Candidates found the Quantitative Section a bit tricky In fact few students found the VA& RC Section more difficult than QA and DI& LR.
We can conclude that the level of difficulty in the CAT 2020 exam for Slot 1st was moderate to difficult same as CAT 2019.
Depending on review from many candidates who gave CAT 2020 in the first slot we have given a rough idea of scores and percentile below –
Percentile | VA & RC Scores | DI & LR Scores | QA Scores | Overall Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
85 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 72 |
90 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 81 |
95 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 94 |
97 | 37 | 31 | 40 | 100 |
99 | 40 | 34 | 44 | 110 |
99.5 | 44 | 39 | 49 | 120 |
100 | More than 44 | More than 39 | More than 49 | More than 120 |
The first section in CAT 2020 for the first slot was the Verbal Section. Total 26 Questions asked in exam 18 from RC and 8 from VA. The second section was DI& LR and the third was Quantitative Ability. In the second section DI&LR, the no of questions was 24 and in the third section, the no of questions asked was 26. Every Section has a time limit of 40 minutes. The candidate could not jump to other sections before the time limit of 40 min each. Every Section marking scheme was the same as CAT 2019. For every Right answer candidates will be awarded 3 marks for every wrong answer there will be a negative marking of 1 mark. For TITA questions there no negative marking and for every right TITA Question 2 marks will be given.
VA & RC Section Analysis
For the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC), the candidates can check below detailed analysis:-
No question related to Grammar and Vocabulary was asked in the exam. Questions were asked from topics like Summary based passages, Reading Passages, Para Jumbles, and odd one out.
Below you can have a detailed structure of VA& RC –
Segment of Questions | No of the Question asked | Type of Questions |
Reading Comprehension | 18 |
|
RC 1 | 4 | MCQ |
RC 2 | 5 | MCQ |
RC-3 | 5 | MCQ |
RC-4 | 4 | MCQ |
Verbal Ability | 08 | |
Para Jumbles | 3 | TITA |
Odd one out | 2 | TITA |
Questions Based on the summary | 3 | MCQ |
Depending on the difficulty level of the Exam we have concluded that Candidates who are attempting 18 Questions can be considered as good.
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
DI & LR section was considered to be the toughest in CAT 2020 Exam. There were little changes introduced with no. of the question in different sets of DI. There were a total of 5 sets in DI of which two of them included 6-6 Questions rest has 4-4 questions each. One of the DI has 4 TITA Questions and the other two have 4-4 MCQs.
DI&LR Section included 3 DI Set of Questions and 2 Set of LR Questions. This section was reviewed as the toughest section of the exam.
Sections | Number of Questions | Level of Difficulty |
Data Interpretation | 6 | Moderate |
Logical Reasoning | 6 | Difficult |
Data Interpretation | 4 | Moderate |
Data Interpretation | 4 | Moderate to Difficult |
Logical Reasoning | 4 | Moderate to Difficult |
Quantitative Ability
In CAT 2020, the QA section includes questions of medium to difficult levels. Almost 10 Questions were asked from Arithmetic Topics like Time, Speed & Distance, and Mixtures & Alligations, and 8 questions from Algebra. Three- Three questions were asked from Advanced Maths, and Geometry. And two questions were asked from Numbers.
This section questions were considered from moderate to difficult. Total 8 TITA questions asked in CAT 2020 from these sections. The no. of questions considered good is 18 for these sections.
Topics Include in Sections | No of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Numbers | 2 | Medium |
Arithmetic | 10 | Easy to medium |
Algebra | 8 | Medium |
Geometry | 3 | Easy to medium |
Advanced Maths | 3 | Medium |
MBA /PGDM 2021-23 – Last Dates of Application Form | ||
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MDI Gurgoan | November 27, 2020 | |
Great Lakes Gurgaon | November 22, 2020 | |
SIBM Pune | December 19, 2020 |
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IMI Delhi | December 07, 2020 |
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IMT Ghaziabad | November 27, 2020 | |
SIIB Pune | December 19, 2020 | |
LBSIM Delhi | December 22, 2020 | |
SPJIMR Mumbai | November 27, 2020 | |
K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai | February 07, 2021 | |
SVKM's NMIMS, (Deemed to be University) Mumbai |
December 14, 2020 |
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IRMA, Gujarat | December 31, 2020 | |
Nirma University Gujarat | December 24, 2020 | |
NIA Pune | March 15, 2021 | |
Xavier University Bhubaneswar | December 09, 2020 | |
IFMR GSB- KREA University | For Round 1 - February 01, 2021 For Round 2 - March 01, 2021 | |
GIM Goa | November 30, 2020 | |
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