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29th November 2019:

IIM Kozhikode has released the official answer keys of CAT 2019! Head over to the CAT website, login in and check your responses and the questions that you didn't attempt. Once you have calculated your raw score, post your CAT 2019 scores here! 26th November 2019 11: 3O AM - Slot 1:

Slot 1 - Based on 770+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	23	16	17
Average Correct Attempts	17	13	13
Average Expected Accuracy	74%	81%	76%

26th November 2019 11: 3O AM - Slot 2: COmpared to last evening's live updates, the average attempts and average correct attempts remain the same.

Slot 2 - Based on 700 Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	24	14	17
Average Correct Attempts	17	11	14
Average Expected Accuracy	71%	78%	82%

25th November 2019 6: OO PM - Slot 2:

Slot 2 - Based on 370+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	23	14	17
Average Correct Attempts	17	11	14
Average Expected Accuracy	74%	79%	82%

25th November 2019 4:OO PM - Slot 1:

Slot 1 - Based on 480+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	23	16	17
Average Correct Attempts	16	13	13
Average Expected Accuracy	69%	81%	76%

Slot 2: The average attempts in the VA-RC section and QA section are the same as Slot 1, the LR-DI section saw a decrease, given the level of difficulty in the second slot.

Slot 2 - Based on 360+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	23	14	17
Average Correct Attempts	17	11	14
Average Expected Accuracy	74%	79%	82%

25th November 2019 10:45 AM - Slot 1:

Slot 1 - Based on 400+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	23	17	16
Average Correct Attempts	17	12	13
Average Expected Accuracy	74%	70%	81%

Slot 2:

Slot 2 - Based on 310+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	23	14	17
Average Correct Attempts	17	11	14
Average Expected Accuracy	74%	78%	82%

9:30 PM - Check out slot 2 first reactions here -

9:00 PM - Check out detailed slot 2 analysis and attend live webinar with CL experts here.

6:33 PM - First-Cut Analysis For Slot 2 by Career Launcher - It is always a painful wait for this all important exam (that students make it out to be) which can determine the future of their careers. CAT 2019 is finally over and as CL has expected, there were no major surprises. In fact, there were many students who came out of the exam hall and said that the paper and especially VARC was similar to the papers that Career Launcher has given in its mocks! CAT 2019 – Slot 2 Pattern

Section	No of Questions	Time Allotted
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)	34	60 minutes
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning(DILR)	32	60 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	34	60 minutes

After the end of the slot 1, the students who knew that there was no change in pattern, would have welcomed the slot 2 paper well.

The slot 2 paper was very much similar the last two years papers with a few differences. The overall paper however, can be considered similar the paper of CAT 2018 (in terms of marks) VARC : The VARC section difficult as compared to the last year. Students reported that there were at least one or two passages which were difficult to understand and the questions also were very much of the critical reasoning variety. The VA section however was, the students felt, doable. The 99 percentile for the VARC section would be between 57 to 60. DILR : The DILR section was on the easier side as compared to the last two years. Though there were tricky sets, there were at least couple of sets that could be easily done if one were careful in the paper. The 99 percentile for the DILR section could be closer to 46 or 48. QA : There were many Arithmetic questions which were straight forward, as per the The cutoff for QA section hence may go up by a few marks and the 99 percentile could be closer to 57 to 60. The overall 99 percentile for slot 2 (without scaling) could be around 153 to 157 marks. Expect detailed analysis from Career Launcher by 9 pm. 6:12 PM - Check out detailed analysis, expected scores, and cut-offs here.

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6:00 PM - For Slot 1 - Section Wise Expected Score for 99%ile -

	99 percentile
	VARC	DILR	Quant	Total
Career Launcher	65-67	48-50	55-58	157-160
IMS	70	51	57	161-164

5:50 PM - Slot 2 Feedback by our In-House Aspirant - Quant was relatively easier as compared to 2018, but it was slightly lengthy. It was, however, more straightforward and someone who had good time management should have solved a minimum of 15 questions. Verbal was definitely tougher than both 2018 and 2017, and any attempts with 85-90% above 21-22 would probably be good. DI LR was also not easy, and about 3+ sets were manageable with good time management. Anyone with more attempts with a higher accuracy is sure to reach the 95+ percentile mark. 4:27 PM - Average number of attempts, correct attempts, and accuracy remain the same. While the word on the street is that VARC was on the tougher side, and Quant was relatively easy, what we have noticed that the average number of total attempts for QA has been lower than that of VARC. Our in-house expert says this could be because QA was calculation intensive and while it was only less difficult than CAT 2018, it was still tougher than CAT 2017 - not a boon for non-engineers for sure!

Slot 1 - Based on 130+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	23	16	17
Average Correct Attempts	17	12	13
Average Expected Accuracy	74%	75%	76%

3:55 PM - Check out detailed Slot 1 analysis here. Watch the first reaction of slot 1 takers next -

3:30 PM - Check out CAT 2019 Exam Slot 1 Reaction - Watch here. 2:15 PM -

Slot 1 - Based on 60 Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	23	15	16
Average Correct Attempts	17	11	12
Average Expected Accuracy	74%	73%	75%

2:04 PM - Expected Cut-Offs by HandaKaFunda - To get 90%ile 37-39 questions, To get 95%ile 44-46 questions, To get 98%ile 50-52 questions, To get 99%ile 55-57 questions 1:48 PM - Aspirant Analysis - 1. Only few questions were easy but there were some really tricky ones! 2. VARC was really confusing as the reading was easy but the options were really confusing. 3. Starting with this freakish level of VARC, which otherwise remains do-able since the last 2-3 years, was a major set-back. 4. I was getting 95+ in mocks but in actual cat touching even 90 looks difficult. 5. Quant I also found difficult. LRDI was the easiest I feel. 1:35 PM - Hunny Malhotra, CEO of Elites Grid On CAT 2019 Exam - VA - Better than 2016,2017,2018 QA - Better than 2017 but 2018 se easy- 20. Questions good attempt. LR-DI - moderate (Some easy sets also) - 16 Questions good attempts 1:07 PM - Career Launcher First-Cut Analysis - The long wait for the CAT for the First Slot students at least is over. CAT 2019 - slot 1 (and therefore it will be for slot 2) had no surprises. Despite the mistake that the iimcat website had on the pattern, the pattern continued to be the same. CAT 2019 – Slot 1 Pattern

Section	No of Questions	Time Allotted
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)	34	60 minutes
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	32	60 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	34	60 minutes

The paper was very much similar the last two years papers with a minor difference. VARC : The VARC section was a tad difficult, as reported by the students, with RC having more Inference questions coming in as compared to the Fact Based questions that was the norm last couple of years. The VA was very similar to the last three years papers. The cutoff for the VARC will go down and the 99 percentile may be closer to 60 to 62 marks LRDI : The LRDI section was on the easier side as compared to the last two years. The sets appeared easy for quite a few students who wrote in the first slot with couple of DI sets and couple of sets of LR doable. The cutoff for the LRDI section may go up by a few marks, and the 99 percentile could be closer to 48 or 50. QA : It is always a pleasant surprise if the QA section is easier than expected. The paper, as reported by students, was doable and was possibly easier than that of CAT 2018 paper and tougher than that of the CAT 2017 paper. The cutoff for QA section hence may go up by a few marks and the 99 percentile could be closer to 57 to 60. The overall 99 percentile for slot 1 (without scaling) could be around 155 to 158 marks. Section-wise expected score for 99%ile+ (As predicted by Career Launcher)

Section	Expected score for 99%ile
VARC	65-67
DILR	48-50
Quant	55-58
Overall	157-160

12:28 PM - Gulab Nebhani, an aspirant gives us a detailed analysis of CAT 2019 exam - Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension - The overall difficulty level of VA RC of CAT 2019 was difficult compared to CAT 2018

· No Questions on Grammar & Vocabulary
· RC had a total of 5 passages comprising of 24 questions
· VA had a total of questions from Paragraph Jumbles, Out of context sentence & Summary type questions.
· Anything above 22 attempts with more than 80% accuracy will fetch you 97-99%ile.Data Interpretation and Logical ReasoningNo surprises here,I would say 4 sets were manageable.
· The overall difficulty level of DI LR of CAT 2019 was compared to CAT 2017
· There were a total of 8 sets with 4 questions in each set.
· As always, selection of right sets to solve was very important as the section had a mix of easy and difficult sets.
· Anything above 16 attempts with more than 80% accuracy will fetch you 97%ile+Quantitative AptitudeThis was rather the lengthiest section as it was calculation intensive.· The overall difficulty level of QA of CAT 2019 was tougher compared to CAT 2018
· The section had majority of questions from Arithmetic, Modern Math & Geometry
· As always, selection of right questions to solve was very important as the section had a mix of easy and difficult questions.
· Anything between 18-21 attempts with more than 80% accuracy will fetch you 97-99%ile.Overall Analysis
The paper was a touch difficult as compared to last year and there weren’t any surprises with respect to format and question type. Just that RC wasn’t as easy as last year.An overall attempt of 65 questions with good accuracy should be good enough to fetch you 99%ile+. For those taking test in slot 2, give your best don’t be too dependent on the above analysis as paper might be different. (Source)

12:14 PM - A CAT Taker we spoke to said, VARC & LRDI were tough for slot 1 takers. QA, on the other hand, easy! Another one said - VARC- Moderate to Tough, LRDI - Moderate (Similar to CAT 2018), QA - Easy to Moderate (Easier than CAT 2018, toguher than CAT 2017) Do you agree?

24th November, 2019 11:30 AM - Good morning, everyone. Slot 1 is almost about to get over. We have you covered for the entire day and the following week as well. CAT 2019 went well? We have you covered. CAT 2019 didn't go well? We have you covered. Throughout the course of the day, we have live coverages from different centres in Mumbai. CAT 2019 Exam analysis by Career Launcher and 2 webinars for CAT 2019 Exam Slot-Wise Analysis. You can also check your expected percentile here.

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