CAT 2022 Slot 1 Analysis

CAT 2022: The majority of applicants stated when they first became eligible that the test’s format, which was similar to last year’s but had a shorter duration, was preserved. There is a time limit of two hours and forty minutes for each section. It’s still unclear how many questions there will be in each segment. CAT 2022 ended up having 66 questions. In-depth discussions in CATKing Educare Classes and open sessions helped us forecast how many questions will be in each part of the exam.

• VARC CAT 2022: Total 24 questions
• DILR CAT 2022: Total 20 questions
• QA CAT 2022: A total of 22 questions

The marking criteria remained the same: +3 for correct answers and -1 for answers in MCQs and +3 for the correct answers and there is no negative marking in non-MCQs

• The first slot of CAT 2022 was a little more challenging.
• VARC had a moderate difficulty level comparable to the VARC part from the previous year. 
• Due to fewer set options, DILR was moderate to challenging In terms of difficulty In terms of LODv QA was simple.

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The student-friendly exam pattern for CAT is as follows:

Section Name	Total Questions	Time Limit	Marking Scheme for MCQ Questions	Marking Scheme for Non- MCQ Questions
Section 1: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	This section contains 24 questions.	40 Minutes	+3 for the correct answer and -1 incorrect answer	+3 for the correct answer and there is no negative marking for the incorrect answer
Section 2: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	This section contains 20 questions.	40-Minutes	+3 for the correct answer and -1 incorrect answer	+3 for the correct answer and there is no negative marking for the incorrect answer
Section 3: Quantitative Ability	This section contains 22 questions.	40 Minutes	+3 for the correct answer and -1 incorrect answer	+3 for the correct answer and there is no negative marking for the incorrect answer
Total	This section contains 66 questions.	120 Minutes	+3 for the correct answer and -1 incorrect answer	+3 for the correct answer and there is no negative marking for the incorrect answer

CAT 2022 Exam Slot 1: Morning Session

Other details of the CAT 2022 Question Paper are as follows:

• Test duration is 2 hours
• Total Questions 66

In the past few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as expected the number of questions was reduced to 66. And It remains the same in CAT 2022.

• The total mark is 198.
• The total number of questions in the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Section is 24.
• The total number of Questions in the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning section is 20.
• The total number of Questions in the Quantitative Ability section is 22.

As expected the CAT 2022 Slot 1 exam paper pattern is presented in a tabular form below:

Section	Number of Questions	The number of MCQ Questions	The number of Non-MCQ Questions
Section 1: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Total 24 questions.	Out of that 19 questions are MCQ.	Out of that 5 questions are Non-MCQ.
Section 2: Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning	Total 20 questions.	Out of that 15 questions are MCQ.	Out of that 5 questions are Non-MCQ.
Section 3: Quantitative Ability	Total 22 questions.	Out of that 14 questions are MCQ.	Out of that 8 questions are Non-MCQ.
Total	Total 66 questions.	Out of that 48 questions are MCQ.	Out of that 18 questions are Non-MCQ.

CAT 2022 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Question-wise Breakup:

The Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension sections were comparable to CAT 2022 in terms of their moderate level of difficulty. Contrary to what was predicted, this section was a little longer than average. In the 40 minutes allocated, 24 questions in total were to be answered.

There were 5 non-MCQ questions (all Verbal). Each RC paragraph ranged in length from 470 to 500 words. 2 passages were simple to read, 2 passages were challenging, and each had 2 questions that could be answered. The questions on the RC Passages were very similar to those on the CATKing Educare All India Mock.

1. • Reading Comprehension = 16 Questions

   -RC 1 Topic: Ghosts and their mysteries how we can’t find their history 

   -RC 2 Topic: Chinese Copy of articles — Original Copy | Second type is to change size and shape and copy it. (Very Easy) 

   -RC 3 Topic: Two levels of emotional thinking [ Author supports the second level of emotional thinking and links to Buddhism and other religions) 

   -RC 4: STOICS

   • Verbal Ability – Para jumbles = 2 questions
   • Verbal Ability – Summary = 2 questions

   Verbal Ability – Para jumbles (Odd-sentence out) = 0 Questions

CAT 2022 Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Question-wise Breakup:

There were 20 questions total in the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning part, broken up into 4 sets. DILR was moderate to challenging to the CAT 2022 level of difficulty. Again, there were 5 non-MCQs_ During the allotted time, only 2 Sets could be managed. 

The bar chart was straightforward and relied only on DI. The other three required a lot of time. One set had a combination of LR and DI and may be completed 

• Set 1: Routes and Terminals connected dotted graph-based Q(Must Do)
• Set 2: Venn Diagram Set (Data Heavy)
• Set 3: No of Goals scores football based (EASY SET) 
• Set 4: Boys and Girls

CAT 2022 Quantitative Ability Question-wise Breakup:

In terms of LODI, the QA section of CAT 2022. It contained 22 short questions that could be answered in 40 minutes. There were 8 non-MCQs in the section.

• 1 Time Speed Distance 
• 2Profit and Loss 
• 2 Ratios 
• 1Numbers
• 1Quadratic
• 3 Questions Modulus
• 1 Greatest Integer Function 
• 1 Question distribution of fruits
• 2-3 Geometric similar to what was done in class
•  1 Parallelogram

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