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CAT 2022 Slot 1 Answer Key PDF and question paper are available now. Candidates can check their responses by downloading it. Check here CAT 2022 Slot 1 question paper analysis.
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CAT 2022 slot 1 answer key PDF and question paper are available now at the iimcat.ac.in website. Candidates can check their responses by downloading it. Check here CAT 2022 Slot 1 question paper analysis. The CAT slot 1 question paper was overall moderate.
There was no change in the CAT exam from the previous years. CAT 2022 Slot 1 DILR, VARC were easy to moderate as usual, whereas CAT 2022 Slot 1 Quantitative Ability was moderate. Overall, the difficulty was moderate.
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Q:In a village ratio of total males and total females is 5:4. Ratio of literate males and literate females is 2:3. Also, ratio of illiterate males and illiterate females is 4:3. If 3600 males are literate then number of total females is?
A: 43,200
Q: A trapezium ABCD has single BAD 90 degree. Side BC measures 3 cm and side AD measures 8 cm if perimeter of Trapezium is 36 then what is area of Trapezium?
A: 66
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Q: Alex invested his savings in 2 parts. First part at 15% pa simple interest for 4 years. And second part at 12% pa simple interest for 3 years in interests from both the investment are equal then percentage of his saving in first part is?
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- CAT 2022 Slot 1 Question Paper Analysis: Highlights
- CAT 2022 Slot 1 VARC Question-wise Breakup:
- CAT 2022 Slot 1 DILR Question-wise Breakup:
- CAT 2022 Slot 1 Quantitative Ability Questions- wise Breakup:
CAT 2022 Slot 1 Question Paper Analysis: Highlights
Check below sectional breakup and difficulty level of CAT 2022 Slot 1 DILR, VARC and QA sections.
| CAT 2022 Sections |
Questions |
Difficulty Levels |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
24 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning & (DILR) |
20 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude (QA) |
22 |
Moderate |
| Total/Overall |
66 |
Moderate |
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CAT 2022 Slot 1 VARC Question-wise Breakup:
Given below is the table indicating estimated topic wise break up of CAT 2022 Slot 1 VARC section.
| VARC Topics |
No. of Questions |
Ideal Attempt |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension |
16 |
13 |
| Verbal Ability - Parajumbles |
3 |
3 |
| Verbal Ability - Summary |
3 |
2 |
| Verbal Ability - Paracompletion |
2 |
2 |
Reading Comprehension Topics
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 change size and shape and copy it. (Very Easy)
The CAT VARC section is dominated by RC questions. Out of 24 questions about 14-16 are based on Reading Comprehension passages and the rest of them are based on parajumbles, para completion, etc.
CAT has about 12-16 RC question. Since, it is not mandatory to solve all the questions, candidates can maximize their scores by leaving out the questions related to the passage they find the toughest. There is negative marking in CAT so candidates must ensure that they mark only the correct options or do not mark any option at all.
RC 3 Topic: Two levels of emotional thinking [ Author supporting of second level of emotional thinking and linked to Buddhism and other religions)
RC 4 Topic: STOICS
CAT 2022 Slot 1 DILR Question-wise Breakup:
Given below is the table indicating estimated topic wise break up of CAT 2022 Slot 1 DILR section.
| Subject |
Topic |
No. of Questions |
Ideal Attempt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation Logical Reasoning |
Token |
5 |
3 |
| University Team |
5 |
4 |
|
| 15 girls get together |
5 |
3 |
|
| Metrolines |
5 |
2 |
CAT 2022 Slot 1 Quantitative Ability Questions- wise Breakup:
Given below is the table indicating estimated topic wise break up of CAT 2022 Slot 1 Quantitative Ability section.
| Topic |
No. of Questions (MCQ/non-MCQ) |
Ideal Attempt |
|---|---|---|
| Number System |
1 |
1 |
| Algebra |
8 |
5 |
| Arithmetic |
8 |
5 |
| Modern Math |
2 |
2 |
| Geometry & Mensuration |
3 |
3 |
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Till 2014, there were only two sections in CAT. Quantitative Aptitude was clubbed with Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning was clubbed with Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension. In 2015, the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning were clubbed together and Quantitative Aptitude and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension made two individual sections. Since 2015, the sectional segregation has remained the same but the number of questions have come down from 100 to 66. The exam duration has also been reduced. Until 2019, the CAT exam was of 180 minutes and the total number of questions were 100. However, in 2020, the question paper structure was revised due to COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the total number of questions came down to 76. In 2021 and 2022, the number of questions were further lowered to 66. For the last two years, CAT is conducted for 2 hours, and the number of questions is 66. In CAT 2024 however, the number of questions were increased to 68.
The latest CAT question paper structure is: Total questions: 68 Number of sections: 3 Order of sections - 1. VARC 2. DILR 3. Quantitative Aptitude Sectional time limit: 40 minutes VARC questions: 24 DILR questions: 22 Quantitative Aptitude questions: 22.