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CAT Some trends

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At a Glance  CAT06 CAT07 CAT 08
Total Questions 75 75  90
Total Marks 300 300 360 
Time 150 min 150 min 150 Min 
Marking Scheme 4/-1 4/-1 4/-1
Options 5 5 5
Differential marking No No No

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Sectional Snapshots
Section CAT 2006 CAT 2006 CAT 2007 CAT 2007
Section Q's Marks Q's Marks
Verbal 25 100 25 100
Quant 25 100 25 100
LDI 25 100 25 100
CAT 2008 CAT 2008
Q's Marks
40 160
25 100
25 100
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T.I.M.E. preliminary Cut-off Estimates CAT 2008

• Quant 15 21 Marks
• LDI 26 30 Marks
• Verbal 39 45 Marks
• Overall 118 124 marks

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CAT 2008 Exam Pattern

• 3 Sections
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability
• Data Interpretation/ Logic
• 90 Questions
• Quant and LDI section had 25 questions
• Verbal had 40 questions
• Last time there were more question in Verbal than
  in the other two sections was CAT 1998
• All questions were worth 4 marks
• Negative marking ? 1 per question

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Errors in CAT 2008

• Minor typo in one question, but overall paper was
  free from any major errors!

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CAT 08 Logic DI Overview

• This was similar to CAT 2007.
• The section was classical DI, with sets on logic
  as well (in addition to sets on Data
  Interpretation)
• Was tricky and like CAT2007 involved calculations.

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CAT 08 QA Overview

• More difficult than CAT 2007
• Was easily the toughest section of Cat 2008
• Fewer questions on Arithmetic
• More questions on higher math like functions.

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CAT 08 Verbal Overview

• Less ambigous than last year
• Had more weightage as there were more questions
  in this section than in the other 2 sections.
• 40 in Verbal compared to 25 in Quant and 25 in
  LDI
• 20 Questions in RC and 20 in Verbal Ability
• Shorter passages than last year
• Higher level of vocab based questions
• VA weightage at 50 of section after 1998.

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CAT 2007 Surprise factors

• Feel of the paper
• Positives
• Surprise element

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CAT 2007 Exam pattern

• 3 Sections
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability
• Data Interpretation/ Logic
• 75 Questions
• Each section had 25 questions
• All questions were worth 4 marks
• Negative marking ? 1 per question
• Cut-Offs
• VA/RC 15-16
• QA 33-34
• DI 34-35
• Overall 110

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CAT 2006 Surprise factors

• Feel of the paper
• Fewer Questions 25 per section
• Increased time available
• Very ambiguous VA section
• Toughest ever Verbal section
• Changed scheme of marks
• Positives
• Less Time pressure
• QA and DI sections were easy to negotiate
• Surprise element
• Record Low number of Qs

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CAT 2006 Exam pattern

• 3 Sections
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability
• Data Interpretation/ Logic
• 75 Questions
• Each section had 25 questions
• All questions were worth 4 marks
• Negative marking ? 1 per question
• Cut-Offs
• VA/RC 15-16
• QA 33-34
• DI 34-35
• Overall 110

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CAT 2008

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