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CAT 2022 Slot 1 Answer Key and Question Paper Analysis Available!
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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
Q: What is the structure of CAT question paper?
Q: Which CAT slot has the toughest question paper?
A:
There is no pattern to which CAT question paper can be the toughest. The CAT question paper of every slot has unique questions. The examination body strives to maintain the same difficulty level of the paper across all slots but it may happen that a question can be more difficult from another. It is seen that, to keep the uniqueness of the question paper intact, the examination authority also changes the topic wise weightage a little bit across the exam slots. In most of the previous years, it is seen that the morning slot of the CAT exam is tougher than the rest two. However, candidates must not worry about the difficulty level of the slots as, the scores of all the candidates are normalised on a common scale to root out the possibility of advantage or disadvantage to any student due to difference in difficulty level. To know how the CAT scores are normalised, read this article:
https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/understanding-cat-normalization-process-blogId-9386.
Q: From where can I download CAT question papers?
A:
CAT question papers are released within a week of the exam in the form of a PDF as a response sheet and answer key. Candidates who have appeared for the test are able to access the CAT question paper and answer key. The question paper of every slot is released on the same day along with candidate response sheet and official answer to all question. If any candidate needs previous year CAT question papers for preparation purpose, then they can download them from Shiksha website. We have hosted last five years' CAT question papers for aspirants to download and practice. These official CAT question papers are available for download free. You can download the CAT question paper PDFs at this link: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cat-exam-question-papers Candidates must check and practice the latest CAT question paper to know the latest exam pattern and difficulty level.
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?
A: 37.5%
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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)
Q: How many RC questions does CAT have?
A:
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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