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We don’t expect a major change in the exam pattern of CAT 2017 exam, Quant and Verbal sections will be comparatively easier than expected while.
| Section | No. of MCQs | No. of non-MCQs | Total no of Qns | TotalMarks |
| Section I – Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VARC) | 24 | 10 | 34 | 102 |
| Section II – Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) | 24 | 8 | 32 | 96 |
| Section III – Quantitative Aptitude (QA) | 27 | 7 | 34 | 102 |
| Total | 75 | 25 | 100 | 300 |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Analysis
Known to be a silent killer, the VARC section of CAT 2017 may live up to its name once again. It is named so because unlike in QA or DILR students who expect very good scores may see their expectations ruined once the scores are revealed.
With many readable and not-so-tough RC passages, the VARC section may appear very crackable, despite the tough VA questions. However, the close choices in the RC questions will make this section tougher than what it seemed to be. The VA questions, on Para Formation/Para Odd-man-out and Para summary will be quite tough to crack especially given that there were no options to guide the students. Lack of negative marking for these questions will definitely be a plus for the students.
| Area | Topic | No. of Qs |
| Reading Comprehension | 5 passages | 24 |
| Verbal Ability | Para-Formation Questions | 4 |
| Para-Formation Odd Man Out | 3 | |
| Para Summary | 3 |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Analysis
The comeback of tough DILR sections seen in CAT 2014, 2015, 2016 so will continue in CAT 2017 and the rampage caused by it would have left many IIM aspirants licking their wounds, unless they have prepared well expecting a tough DILR. This will be even more important as the toughness of this section seems to have only increased further. One factor that the students could take solace from is that the difficult sets will clearly unsolvable right from the outset, helping them drop out of those fairly soon.
| Area | Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation | Set 1 | 4 |
| Set 2 | 4 | |
| Set 3 | 4 | |
| Set 4 | 4 | |
| Logical Reasoning | Set 1 | 4 |
| Set 2 | 4 | |
| Set 3 | 4 | |
| Set 4 | 4 |
The number of good attempts for this section would be around 14-16.
Quantitative Ability Analysis
Last year the Quant section had 34 Qs with around 6 Qs of non-MCQ type. The number of questions on Geometry is on the higher side and some of them will be considered to be moderate-difficult. Modern Maths will show a very strong presence in CAT 2017. There will be a very good number of questions from Arithmetic, most of which can be quickly solved by a student with moderate – good level of preparation. So in CAT 2017 we are also expecting a fair Mix of Geometry Arithmetic Modern Maths.
| Area | Topic | No. of Questions |
| Quantitative Ability | Geometry & Mensuration | 6 |
| Progressions | 2 | |
| Numbers | 6 | |
| Arithmetic | 13 | |
| Algebra | 4 | |
| P&C | 3 |
The number of good attempts for this section would be around 18-20.
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| Section | No. of Questions | No. of non-MCQ questions | Difficulty Level | Good Attempts |
Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension | 34 | 7 | Easy-moderate | 26-27 |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning | 32 | 8 | Difficult | 12-14 |
Quantitative Ability | 34 | 8 | Easy-Moderate | 25-26 |
Total | 100 | 23 | 63-67 |
CAT 2017 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Analysis
This section seemed like a repeat of last year’s paper. However, an aware student would have realized that the Best Summary questions were back to being MCQs instead of being of the TITA variety.
Reading Comprehension
There were 5 RC passages in all. Three of them had 6 questions each, whereas the remaining two had 3 questions each. A couple of passages were from familiar areas, like Economics and Culture. Even the passages from areas like Biology were easy to read for someone who does not belong to that background but is otherwise well read.
The questions were spread over different varieties. There were 3 questions that were information based and could easily be answered by every diligent reader. However, a majority of the questions tested an aspirant’s ability to interpret the passage thoroughly. A couple of questions also tried to gauge a deeper understanding of the structure of the passage. Three questions in the exam were inferential in nature. On the whole, six RC questions were easy; and six questions had very close answer choices making them difficult. The remaining 18 questions were easy to moderate for those who have practised the CL mocks.
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Verbal Ability
The questions in Verbal Ability were dominated by Verbal Logic and did not carry any negative marking, though they needed prior practice to aim for a high percentile. The paper had 4 non-MCQ subjective para-jumble questions which were difficult. These questions should have been attempted at the end, allocating time to them only if one was through with the other question types. There were 3 non-MCQ TITA Paragraph Odd Man Out questions. Even these questions had close options making them moderate to difficult. Additionally, the section had 3 summary questions. These questions, unlike the previous two years, were MCQ based and thus carried negative marking. Two of these questions can be termed easy whereas one was easy to moderate primarily because of the subject matter and language used.
With a moderate level of paper many students ended up attempting quite a few questions from RC passages and all the Summary based questions. As the non-MCQs didn’t have any negative marking, a student could have guessed an additional three questions.
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All in all, for a 95+an attempt of 21-23 will be good for this section. An attempt of 26-27 was required for a 99 percentile.
Area | Topic | No. of Questions | Description |
Reading Comprehension | Reading Comprehension | 24 | There were total 5 passages - three 6 question passages (539-600 words in length) and two 3-question passages (299 and 363 words each). No passage can be termed very challenging to read. The difficulty level of the passages varied from easy to moderate. Any serious aspirant could have easily attempted around 18 questions with about 75% accuracy. |
Verbal Ability | Para-jumble | 4 | 5 Sentence type. All the four questions were difficult. There were many ambiguous sentences too. Hence, a student should have been careful in time management. The questions could have led to wastage of time. The four questions should have been attempted in around 6 minutes with two correct answer. |
Summary | 3 | Small paragraph of about 100 words followed by four options. Elimination of options made the task easy. Only one question had a challenging text. The other two were easy. | |
Para-jumble (Odd sentence out) | 3 | 5 sentence paragraphs and one was the odd sentence. These questions were moderate to difficult. |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning Analysis
In this section two sets were easy (Survey of students, Burgers and Fries) Routes between two cities, flight operations and Square matrix of pillar heights were of medium difficulty level. A couple of sets had 1 question each which were difficult to crack and students would have been wise to leave those questions out. Calculation wasn’t much required in the DI sets. Logical reasoning questions were easy-moderate level of difficulty. 3 - 4 sets in this section could be attempted, so to get a 99%ile a score of 33-34 (raw score).
Section | Topic | No. of Questions | Doable |
Data Interpretation | Happiness index- difficult | 4 | 2 |
Matrix- moderate | 4 | 3 | |
Routes - moderate | 4 | 2 | |
Flight operation - Moderate | 4 | 2 | |
Logical Reasoning | Projects - Difficult | 4 | 1-2 |
Burgers/Fries - Easy | 4 | 4 | |
Children survey - Easy | 4 | 4 | |
PCM - difficult | 4 | 1 |
Picking sets was the key. In general, students would have picked 4 sets out of the 8 above and thus doable questions would be around 12-14.
CAT 2017 Quantitative Ability Analysis
There were 34 questions of QA. There were 8 Questions of Non-MCQ type and the rest were MCQs. The difficulty level was lower than that of CAT 2016 and similar to CAT 2015. The questions were designed to test the grasp of basic fundamentals. Two thirds of the questions were from Algebra and Arithmetic. In some of MCQs, options were very helpful to get the answer. 6-7 questions were from Geometry and Mensuration, more than previous year. Modern Maths had 3 questions, one included with Geometry.
| Section | Topic | No. of Questions | Doable |
Quantitative Ability | Number System | 4 | 4 |
Algebra | 10-11 | 8-10 | |
Arithmetic | 11 | 7-9 | |
Modern Math | 2 | 2 | |
Geometry and Mensuration | 6-7 | 4-5 |
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Questions in Algebra were focused on Inequalities and Quadratic equations. Arithmetic questions were focused on Profit Loss and TSD. There were a good number of questions from Geometry with one question including permutation as well. 25-26 attempts with 90% accuracy would be needed for 99%ile.
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