Know what CAT 2021 test takers have to say about difficulty level of the question paper. Check out CAT 2021 student reactions and review.
CAT 2021 exam was conducted today in three slots at over 400 test centres across India. The first slot was conducted from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM, the second slot was conducted from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM and the third slot was conducted from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Shiksha team visited a CAT exam centre in Delhi to know from the candidates about the exam and question paper.
Like last year, the CAT 2021 exam was conducted with COVID-19 guidelines. All the candidates were given different reporting time to avoid overcrowding at the centre. Physical distancing and other safety measures were followed at the time of entry and during the exam. Irregularity in following physical distancing was reported from a few CAT exam centres but over all the COVID-19 protocol was followed.
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The CAT 2021 question paper was of moderate difficulty level and in all the three slots, VARC section was tough and lengthy. There were 66 questions in total (VARC-24, DLIR-20 and QA-22). Read below CAT 2021 student reactions and reviews from a examination centre in Delhi.
CAT 2021 Student Reactions and Reviews
Anika Jain
"I found the VARC section a bit tougher like last year, but the DILR and Quant sections were much easier. So, all in all I would say that the paper was on the easier side."
Anand Malhotra
"The exam was not tough it was quite moderate but the Quant part was time consuming. Reasoning part was average and Verbal was also average."
Tanmay
"This was my second CAT attempt. Quant was easy. I attempted most of the questions. Some questions were a little bit lengthy and DILR was smooth. If someone had prepared will they could easily attempt three sets. VARC is my weak area so I comment on that but I guess it was also decent. One could attempt more than 15 questions."
Arpan Tripathi
"The exam was good, not that much difficult. Last year, it was more difficult but this year it was good. Verbal part was a little bit difficult but overall it was easy."
Akash
"According to me, the verbal section relatively easier than last year. The LRDI section was pretty tricky and lengthy but once you got the concept it became easy and for Quants, I would say concept wise the questions were easy but calculations were tricky and lengthy."
Piyush
"The Quant section was straightforward according to me and English section was quite lengthy but DILR section was really tough in comparison to last three years. The English passages were quite long."
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- CAT 2024 Cutoff: The overall cutoff for all categories (General, OBC, SC, ST, EWS) was 50 percentile.
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| 65 | 65 | PGDM in Big Data Analysis |
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