CAT 2022 Exam Analysis Updates: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore today conducted the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2022 on November 27. The exam was held in three slots in computer-based mode. Slot 1 of the exam was conducted from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, second slot was from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm, and slot 3 was held from 4:30 pm till 6:30 pm.
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After the morning session of the exam, candidates and experts rated this year’s exam to be moderate on the difficulty level. There were no major changes in the exam pattern, except those in VARC and DILR.
The list of candidates shortlisted for the next level of selection will be made available on the website of the respective IIMs. Each IIM will send interview letters to the shortlisted candidates directly. The criteria for shortlisting vary across IIMs.
When the IIMs announce the list of shortlisted candidates, a candidate must show all the mark sheets and submit attested copies to prove his/her eligibility at the time of interview. Further, if a candidate is selected for a programme, the original degree certificate and mark sheets of all semesters/years along with their attested copies must be submitted for verification at the time of joining the programme. Read less
As per the analysis by CATKing, this slot was comparatively more difficult than slot 1 and 2. To score a 99 percentile a candidate has to score in the range between 93 to 95.
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension- Easy to moderate
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning- Difficult
Quantitative Ability- Moderate to difficult
There were around 20-21 questions in this section. Out of which eight each were from Algebra and Arithmetic, one from numbers and 3-4 from Geometry.
It had one set of games and tournaments, one set of graphs based on death, one set based on algebra type and one set based on reasoning. The set of graphs based on death was easy.
As per the CATking analysis, two reading comprehensions were easy while two were difficult. The verbal ability section was moderate. The reading comprehensions were on American migration, Automation, Indian History and Philosophy. There were three parajumbles, two para complete and three para summary.
The section had 24 questions in the morning slot, 16 from Reading Comprehension and 8 from Verbal Ability. The same break-up was observed last year too. One of the Reading Comprehension passages, the one on Human rights & Technology was the toughest of all. It was tough to read and comprehend and the questions were no easy let offs either. Another Reading Comprehension passage (on Emotions/Stoicism) was not a very easy read, but not so tough either. The passage on Chinese/Eastern Art Philosophy and the one on Undeads/ghosts were the easy passages to read.
The evening and the final session of CAT 2022 has concluded. This session began at 4:30 pm. The exam was held in three sessions, the first session from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, afternoon session from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm and the evening session 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
There are 20 IIMs providing various post graduate and doctoral programmes. The flagship programme of IIMs is the two-year post-graduate programme. Admission into the two-year post graduate programme is based on the Common Admission Test or CAT. As per government guidelines, IIMs have reserved 15 per cent seats for SC candidates, 7.5 per cent seats for ST candidates, 27 per cent seats for NC-OBC candidates and up to 10 per cent seats for EWS candidates. 5 per cent seats are also reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities.
Candidates are shortlisted by the IIMs for the interview stage based on their own criteria, which may be independent of each other. The process may include Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI). Performance in the CAT 2022 examination is an important component in the admission process. IIMs may additionally use other factors such as the previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience, gender and academic diversity and other similar inputs in shortlisting and ranking of candidates at various stages of the admission process.
The deadline for submission of the qualifying degree/equivalent mark sheet and certificate is December 31, 2023. If candidates do not submit their documents till the deadline, their admission will automatically be cancelled. Provisional admission will also be cancelled if subsequently it is found that the submitted certificate is incorrect.
A candidate must show all the mark sheets and submit attested copies to prove his/her eligibility at the time of interview. Further, if a candidate is selected for a programme, the original degree certificate and mark sheets of all semesters/years along with their attested copies must be submitted for verification at the time of joining the programme.
The list of candidates shortlisted for the next level of selection will be made available on the website of the respective IIMs. Each IIM will send interview letters to the shortlisted candidates directly. The criteria for shortlisting vary across IIMs.
The DILR of CAT 2022 slot 2 was moderate to difficult. The section had 20 questions with four sets. Again, the sets comprised five questions each. There were 6 non-MCQs and 14 MCQs. Two sets ranged in the moderate level of difficulty and were not straightforward while two sets were doable. A score of 30-32 would help achieve the 99 %ile.
(Inputs from Career Launcher)
In the second slot of CAT 2022, Quants section was at the tougher side. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension was easy to moderate; two reading comprehensions were eaiser and other two were moderate.
(Inputs from CATKing)
CAT 2022 slot 2 did not come up with any more changes that were different from those introduced in slot 1. The candidates had to attempt 66 questions in 120 minutes and the section-wise division of questions also remained the same as that of slot 1.
The evening session will be conducted between 4:30 pm and 6:30 pm
IIM Bangalore will release the answer key and candidates' response sheets a few weeks after the national entrance exam concludes today at 6:30 pm. The release date of answer key and response sheets will be announced at the official CAT 2022 website — iimcat.ac.in.
Candidates are advised to not wear any jewelry (or any item(s) containing metal), shoes/footwear with thick soles, and garments with large buttons inside the test centre. Read more here
The afternoon session concluded at 2:30 pm. Now, the evening session (slot 3) will begin at 4:30 pm and conclude at 6:30 pm.
No, there are no negative marks for non-MCQ type questions. However, there is negative marking of -1 for every wrong MCQ question.
Candidates must answer the sections in a pre-specified order and this order will remain the same for all the candidates.
The afternoon session (slot 2) of CAT 2022 will end soon. Following this, the evening session (slot 3) will be held from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
Step 1: Calculate the total number of candidates (N) who appeared for CAT (i.e. including morning, afternoon and evening sessions).
Step 2: Assign a rank (r), based on the scaled scores obtained in the QA section, to all candidates who appeared for CAT. In the case of two or more candidates obtaining identical scaled scores in the QA section, assign identical ranks to all those candidates.
As an illustration suppose exactly two candidates obtain the highest scaled score in the QA section, then both of those candidates are assigned a rank of 1. Moreover, the candidate(s) obtaining the second highest scaled score in the QA section are assigned a rank of 3 and so on.
Step 3: Calculate the percentile score (P) of a candidate with rank (r) in the QA section as: ? = (? − ?) / N x 100
Step 4: Round off the calculated percentile score (P) of a candidate up to two decimal points
The CAT 2022 exam is being held in almost 150 countries at nearly 438 test centres
Any candidate who did not have CAT 2022 admit card, along with original government valid ID proof was told that he/she cannot enter the exam hall. Candidates who are set to appear for the evening session/ third slot should also remember to carry their hall tickets and any government-issued identification card to the exam centre.
'The level of difficulty of the QA section was similar to CAT 2021 and was easy to moderate. A 99 %ile could be achieved with an overall raw score of 36-38. With half the questions from arithmetic, the section had 8 non-MCQs.
Overall, the CAT 2022 paper was of moderate difficulty with no major changes in the exam pattern, except those in VARC and DILR,' explained Gautam Puri, vice chairman and MD of Career Launcher.
The afternoon session (second slot) of CAT 2022 has commenced at exam centres around the world. This session will conclude at 2.30 pm. AFter this, the evening session will be held from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
The afternoon session of CAT 2022 will begin at 12.30 pm and conclude at 2.30 pm.
There were 20 questions total in the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section. There were five non-MCQs, but during the allotted time, only two sets could be managed.
The bar chart was simple and simply based on DI. The other three required a lot of time. One set had a combination of LR and DI.
(With inputs from CAT King)
The Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension sections were comparable to CAT 2021, in terms of their moderate level of difficulty. Experts and students found this section to be a little longer than average. In total, 24 questions were to be answered in the allotted 40 minutes.There were five non-MCQ questions (all verbal). Each reading comprehension paragraph contained between 470 and 500 words. Two passages were simple to read, but two passages were challenging. Each comprehension had two questions that could be answered.
(With inputs from CAT King)
"The majority of aspirants indicated that as predicted the CAT 2022 exam maintained the format of the CAT 2021 exam, which had a shorter time limit of two hours and 40 minutes for each section. There were a total of 24 questions in CAT 2022 VARC, 20 questions in the DILR section and 22 questions in the QA section," said Sumit Singh Gandhi, founder of CATKing.
This year, para completion is back again in CAT exam, which was similar to XAT exam. The portion has stopped coming in CAT from a really long time.
Yes, final year candidates in graduation are also eligible to apply for the national-level entrance exam, CAT.
Yes, 1 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer, and every correct answer will fetch the candidate additional three marks.
Candidates are advised to not wear any jewelry (or any item(s) containing metal), shoes/footwear with thick soles, and garments with large buttons inside the test centre. Read more here
The reporting time for the afternoon session of CAT 2022 exam is 11 am. Candidates are advised to report on time so that they can enter the exam hall on time.
Candidate will be provided with one pen and one scribble pad for rough work. However, they will have to drop pen and scribble pad (with all pages intact) in the boxes provided post completion of the test.
No, candidates are not allowed to carry a calculator inside the exam hall. However, a calculator will be provided to students. It will be present at the corner of their screen.
Candidates have to carry a printout of their admit card/ call letter along with an original ID proof for verification. The admit card will have to be submitted to the exam invigilator before leaving the test centre.
Candidates need to report to their allotted exam centres by 11 am for the afternoon session and for the evening session by 3 pm.
Candidates who want to appear for CAT have to agree to a Non-Disclosure Agreement at the time of the test. Under the agreement, the candidate will be bound to not disclose, share, reproduce, transmit or store any information related to CAT exam by any means, verbal or written, electronically or mechanically for any purpose. If found guilty, the candidate will be subject to imprisonment for a term up to three years and fine up to Rs 2 lakh.
This year, the CAT exam is being conducted by IIM Bangalore. Every year, IIMs conduct this national-level entrance exam on a rotational basis, for admission to the IIMs and the top B-schools of India.
Candidates are not allow to carry these things inside their exam centre:
— Any type of bag
— Calculator
— iPad/iPod/Phone
— Bluetooth earphones, wireless/wired earphones
— Camera
— Laptop
— Digital wrist watch
The morning session of CAT 2022 will conclude at 10:30 am; the slot had commenced at 8:30 am. AFter that, there will be two other sessions: 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm (afternoon session), and 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm (evening session).
The common admission test (CAT) is a national management entrance test conducted by IIMs on a rotational basis. It is conducted for admission to the IIMs and the top b-schools of India. After the exam is over, various coaching institutes release analysis and CAT answer key. With the help of these, candidates can evaluate performance in the exam. The result of the exam is announced in the first week of January.
