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CAT 2022 slot 3 answer key and question paper analysis available now. Candidates can check here. Check here CAT 2022 Slot 3 question paper analysis.

CAT 2022 slot 3 answer key and question paper analysis are available now. Candidates can check here. Check here CAT 2022 Slot 3 question paper analysis.

CAT 2022 Slot 3 question paper and answer key

CAT 2022 Slot 3 question paper and answer key

CAT 2022 slot 3 answer key and question paper analysis are now available at iimcat.ac.in website for candidates to assess their performance. The CAT 2022 exam was conducted on November 27 in three shifts. The question papers of all the three shifts have also been released by IIMCAT along with the official answer key release.

Candidates can also check here memory based CAT slot 3 answer key.

There is no change in the CAT exam from the previous years. CAT 2022 Slot 1 and 2 DILR, VARC were easy to moderate as usual, whereas CAT 2022 Slot 1 and 2 Quantitative Ability was moderate. Overall, the difficulty was moderate. CAT 2022 slot 3 was of the same difficulty level.

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Memory based CAT 2022 Slot 3 Answer Key with Solutions:

Q: A group of N people worked on a project. They finished 35% of the project by working 7 hours/day for 10 days. Thereafter, 10 people left the group and the remaining people finished the rest of the project in 14 days working 10 hours/day. N=?
A: 140.

Q:   What is the structure of CAT question paper?
A:

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.

 

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.

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Q: A glass contains 500 cc of milk and a cup contains 500 cc of water. From glass 150 ml of milk is transformed to the cup and mixed thoroughly. Next 150 cc is transformed from the cup to the glass. Now the amount of water in the glass and the amount of milk in the cup are in the ratio?
A: 1:1

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CAT 2022 Slot 3 Question Paper Analysis: Highlights

Check below the section wise breakup and difficulty level of CAT 2022 Slot 3 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 3 VARC Question-wise Breakup:

Given below is the for topic wise break up of CAT 2022 Slot 2 VARC section.

VARC Topics

No. of Questions

Ideal Attempt

Reading Comprehension

16 (4+4+4+4)

8-10

Verbal Ability - Parajumbles

3

2

Verbal Ability - Summary

3

2

Verbal Ability - Parajumbles (Odd-sentence out)

2

1

CAT 2022 Slot 3 DILR Question-wise Breakup:

Given below is the table for topic wise break up of CAT 2022 Slot 3 DILR section.

Subject

Topics

No. of Questions

Ideal Attempt

Data Interpretation + Logical Reasoning

DI

5

3

DI

5

4

LR

5

3

LR

5

2

CAT 2022 Slot 3 Quantitative Ability Questions- wise Breakup

Given below is the table for topic wise break up of CAT 2022 Slot 3 Quantitative Ability section.

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.

Topics

No. of Questions

Ideal Attempt

Arithmetic

9

8

Algebra

7

5

Geometry & Mensuration

4

3

Number System

1

1

Modern Math

1

1

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