CAT 2020 || Slot-Wise Deep-Dive And Percentile Prediction With Experts

29.11.2020 || 10:45 AM To help you get to know the percentile you're likely to score in CAT 2020, we present to you InsideIIM's CAT 2020 Percentile Predictor! All you need to do is input your details in the respective fields! Check Now! 29.11.2020 || 10:00 AM 

Slot 1 - Based on 1850+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	14	12	14
Average Expected Accuracy	0.80	0.83	0.78

 

Slot 2 - Based on 1200+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	17	11	14
Average Expected Accuracy	0.73	0.81	0.72

 

Slot 3 - Based on 1000+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	15	9	13
Average Expected Accuracy	0.74	0.79	0.84

Take the InsideIIM Attempts Live Poll here! Loading…29.11.2020 || 10:30 PM Take a look at the Slot 3 analysis by IMS!

Percentile	Score VA-RC	Score DI-LR	Score QA	Overall Score
99.5 %ile	45	35	48	114
99 %ile	41	30	43	104
97 %ile	37	27	39	94
95%ile	35	24	37	88
90%ile	30	21	33	75
85%ile	27	18	30	66

29.11.2020 || 10:15 PM

Slot - 3 Section-wise Deep-dive

VA-RC Deep-Dive:

The majority of the questions were of medium difficulty and quite a few questions even difficult. Very few questions were easy. Comprehension had 4 passages —2 passages with 4 Qs each and 2 passages with 5 Qs each. The majority of the questions were reasoning and application-based. VA questions too did not give much respite. They also needed careful deliberation to arrive at the answer. The only comfort was that one was dealing with familiar questions types of Summary, Odd Sentence, and Paragraph Jumble questions.

Area / Questions	No of Qs.	Type	LOD
Reading Comprehension	18	MCQ	Overall: Medium to Difficult
RC-1: On Travel Writing	5	MCQ	Medium to Difficult
RC-2: Economic crises	4	MCQ	Easy to Medium
RC-3: Views on Human Nature	5	MCQ	Medium to Difficult
RC-4: Screen Time and class	4	MCQ	Easy to Medium
Verbal Ability	8	MCQ & TITA	Overall: Medium
Para jumbles ( 4 sentences)	3	TITA	Medium to Difficult
Out of Context sentence	2	TITA	Medium to Difficult
Summary	3	MCQ	Easy to Medium

Source: IMS DI-LR Deep-Dive: Like in slot 1 and 2, the third slot of CAT-2020 had a total 5 sets, out of which two sets had 6 questions while the remaining three had 4 questions each. However, the number of TITA questions in different sets in slot 3 showed slight variation as compared to the first two slots. Out of the three sets with 4 questions, one set had 2 TITA questions while the remaining two had all 4 MCQ questions. Out of the two sets with 6 questions, one set had all 6 MCQ questions while the other set had 2 MCQ and 4 TITA questions.

Set No.	Area	Set Description	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty	Question Type
1	Data Interpretation	Elections	4	Easy to Medium	2 TITA + 2 MCQ
2	Data Interpretation	Organization delivering groceries	4	Medium to Difficult	4 MCQ
3	Logical Reasoning	Game of six rounds	6	Medium to Difficult	4 TITA + 2 MCQ
4	Logical Reasoning	Farmer and four daughters	6	Medium to Difficult	6 MCQ
5	Logical Reasoning	Patients undergoing blood test	4	Easy to Medium	4 MCQ

Source: IMS QA Deep-Dive: Like Slots 1 and 2, the QA section of Slot-3 of CAT-2020 was also dominated by Arithmetic (10 questions). However, the emphasis on Algebra was slightly lower than in the first two slots. There were 4 questions on Algebra. Similarly, there were 5 questions on Modern Maths, 4 questions on Geometry and 3 questions on Numbers. Like the first two slots, the Slot-3 also had a number of questions on Time-Speed-Distance. There were 8 TITA Qs this year. Overall this section was at Medium level of difficulty. Selecting the right questions to attempt was the key. Good students should have been able to attempt about 16 to 18 questions in the given time. Overall, this section was medium in terms of Level of difficulty.

Area/Q Type	No of Questions	LOD
Numbers	3	Medium
Arithmetic	10	Easy to medium
Algebra	4	Medium to difficult
Geometry	4	Medium
Modern Maths	5	Medium

29.11.2020 || 9:30 PM CAT 2020 Detailed Analysis Ft. Rahul Reddy (Director at Career Launcher) and Arks Srinivas (National Head - MBA at Career Launcher)   29.11.2020 || 8:30 PM What are the possible marks you could get and what are the possible percentiles you could achieve in CAT? What would be likely b-school cutoffs for different IIMs and other top schools? We bring to you a panel discussion with CAT Experts who have trained thousands of CAT aspirants in the last few years! Check out the detailed analysis by Shashank Prabhu Sir, Prasad Sawant Sir and Vipul Tyagi Sir.   29.11.2020 || 8:00 PM 

Slot 1 - Based on 790+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	14	13	12
Average Expected Accuracy	0.79	0.83	0.78

 

Slot 2 - Based on 520+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	17	11	13
Average Expected Accuracy	0.73	0.81	0.7

 

Slot 3 - Based on 320+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	14	10	12
Average Expected Accuracy	0.74	0.79	0.7

Take the InsideIIM Attempts Live Poll here! 29.11.2020 || 7:40 PM Slot-wise Difficulty Level:

Section	Slot 3	Slot 2	Slot 1
DILR	Difficult	Moderately Difficult to Difficult	High
Quant	Easy, But Tricky	Moderately Difficult	Easy
Verbal	Moderately Difficult to Difficult	Easy	Difficult
Overall	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

29.11.2020 || 7:30 PM According to the analysis by Career Launcher, an overall score of 98-100 marks in Slot 2 will help you touch the 99th percentile. To score a 99 percentile in the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, you need to score between 40-42 marks. To score a 99 percentile in the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, you need to score between 23-25 marks. To score a 99 percentile in the Quantitative Aptitude, you need to score between 42-44 marks. 29.11.2020 || 6:55 PM We conducted a CAT Slot 2 Analysis with some of the test-takers and discussed on the overall difficulty of the sections, attempts and expected percentile. Do check here, if you have missed out on the same! 29.11.2020 || 6:45 PM Slot 3 exam of CAT 2020 was a bit difficult as compared to slot 1 and 2 exams. DILR was a very difficult part, VARC was moderate to difficult and QA was doable. Quant had some questions from geometry and arithmetic topics.

Section	Difficulty Level
VARC	Moderately Difficult to Difficult
DILR	Difficult
QA	Easy, But Tricky
Overall	Moderately Difficult to Difficult

29.11.2020 || 6:30 PM CAT 2020 Slot 2 concluded at 6:30 PM.  The pattern remained the same as the first two slots.

Section	MCQs	TITA	Total
VARC	21	5	26
DI and LR	18	6	24
QA	18	8	26
	57	19	76

29.11.2020 || 5:35 PM

Slot 1 - Based on 470+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	15	12	11
Average Expected Accuracy	0.78	0.85	0.74

 

Slot 2 - Based on 240+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	17	10	11
Average Expected Accuracy	0.73	0.81	0.7

Take the InsideIIM Attempts Live Poll here! 29.11.2020 || 4:50 PM Take a look at the Slot 2 analysis by IMS!

Percentile	Score VA-RC	Score DI-LR	Score QA	Overall Score
99.5 %ile	45	37	46	115
99 %ile	42	32	41	105
97 %ile	38	29	37	95
95%ile	35	26	35	89
90%ile	31	23	31	76
85%ile	28	20	28	67

29.11.2020 || 4:30 PM According to the analysis by Career Launcher, an overall score of 105-107 marks in Slot 2 will help you touch the 99th percentile. To score a 99 percentile in the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, you need to score between 42-44 marks. To score a 99 percentile in the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, you need to score between 28-30 marks. To score a 99 percentile in the Quantitative Aptitude, you need to score between 40-42 marks. 29.11.2020 || 4:15 PM To help you get to know the percentile you're likely to score in CAT 2020, we present to you InsideIIM's CAT 2020 Percentile Predictor! All you need to do is input your details in the respective fields! Check Now! 29.11.2020 || 3:50 PM VA-RC Deep-Dive: The VA-RC section was similar to the first slot in segmentation and difficulty level. The majority of the questions were of medium difficulty and even difficult. Very few questions were easy. Comprehension had 4 passages in all—2 passages with 4 Qs each and 2 passages with 5 Qs each. Most of the questions were Medium to Difficult rather heavy on application and reasoning. Despite the change in the total number of questions, VA repeated the usual question types – Summary, Odd sentence, and the all-time favorite – paragraph jumbles.

Area / Questions	No of Qs.	Type	LOD
Reading Comprehension	18	MCQ	Overall: Medium to Difficult
RC-1: Piracy in International Waters	4	MCQ	Easy to Medium
RC- 2: Renewable Energy Technologies	5	MCQ	Medium to Difficult
RC-3: The Study of Visual Culture	5	MCQ	Easy to Medium
RC-4: Aggression - Theories and Models	4	MCQ	Medium to Difficult
Verbal Ability	8	MCQ & TITA	Overall: Medium
Para jumbles ( 4 sentences)	3	TITA	Medium to Difficult
Out of Context sentence	2	TITA	Easy to Medium
Summary	3	MCQ	Easy to Medium

Source: IMS DI-LR Deep-Dive: Like in slot 1, the second slot of CAT-2020 had a total 5 sets, out of which two sets had 6 questions while the remaining three had 4 questions each. Out of the three sets with 4 questions, one set had all the 4 TITA questions while the remaining two had all 4 MCQ questions. Out of the two sets with 6 questions, one set had all 6 MCQ questions while the other set had 4 MCQ and 2 TITA questions. There were two DI sets and three LR sets. The DI sets had a tinge of Logical Reasoning. Overall, this section was medium to difficult.

Set No.	Area	Set Description	Number of Questions	Level of Difficulty	Question Type
1	Data Interpretation	Elections	6	Medium	4 MCQ + 2 TITA
2	Logical Reasoning	Set on scheduling of seminars	6	Difficult	6 MCQ
3	Data Interpretation	Apparel and home decor of 4 cities over two years	4	Medium	4 MCQ
4	Logical Reasoning	Parking lot	4	Easy to Medium	4 MCQ
5	Logical Reasoning	Matrix arrangement set on beads of different colours	4	Medium to difficult	4 TITA

Source: IMS QA Deep-Dive: Like Slot 1, the QA section of Slot-2 of CAT-2020 was also dominated by Arithmetic (9 questions), followed by Algebra (7 questions). There were 4 questions on Modern Maths, 5 questions on Geometry and 1 question on Numbers. Like Slot-1, the Slot-2 also had a number of questions on Time-Speed-Distance. There were 8 TITA Qs this year. Overall this section was at Medium level of difficulty. Selecting the right questions to attempt was the key. Good students should have been able to attempt about 15 to 17 questions in the given time. Overall, this section was medium in terms of Level of difficulty but had a number of time-consuming and tricky questions. Overall, we rate this section one notch more difficult than the one in CAT-2019 but not as tough as the one in CAT-2018.

Area/Q Type	No of Questions	LOD
Numbers	1	Medium
Arithmetic	9	Easy to medium
Algebra	7	Medium to difficult
Geometry	5	Medium
Modern Maths	4	Medium

29.11.2020 || 3:00 PM We conducted a CAT Slot 2 Analysis with some of the test-takers and discussed on the overall difficulty of the sections, attempts and expected percentile. Do check here, if you have missed out on the same! 29.11.2020 || 2:40 PM The overall difficulty level of Slot 2 was slightly more than that of Slot 1 - bordering on the difficult with two sections (QA and DILR) being more difficult and VARC being on par with Slot 1.

Section	Difficulty Level
VARC	Easy
DILR	Moderately Difficult to Difficult
QA	Moderately Difficult
Overall	Moderate

29.11.2020 || 2:30 PM CAT 2020 Slot 2 concluded at 2:30 PM.  The pattern remained the same as the first slot.

Section	MCQs	TITA	Total
VARC	21	5	26
DI and LR	18	6	24
QA	18	8	26
	57	19	76

29.11.2020 || 1:30 PM Take a look at the Slot 1 analysis by IMS!

Percentile	Score VA-RC	Score DI-LR	Score QA	Overall Score
99.5 %ile	44	39	49	120
99 %ile	40	34	44	110
97 %ile	37	31	40	100
95%ile	35	29	38	94
90%ile	30	26	34	81
85%ile	27	23	31	72

29.11.2020 || 12:45 PM

Slot 1 - Based on 210+ Test Takers	Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Average Attempts	19	13	13
Average Expected Accuracy	0.74	0.81	0.76

Take the InsideIIM Attempts Live Poll here! 29.11.2020 || 12:25 PM According to the analysis by Career Launcher, an overall score of 105-110 marks in Slot 2 will help you touch the 99th percentile. To score a 99 percentile in the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, you need to score between 40-42 marks. To score a 99 percentile in the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, you need to score between 32-34 marks. To score a 99 percentile in the Quantitative Aptitude, you need to score between 46-48 marks. 29.11.2020 || 12:15 PM Based on the first-cut analysis by CAT Experts, we have prepared this chart on the attempts.

Section	Total Questions	Difficulty Level	Good Attempts
Quantitative Aptitude	26	Easy	20 - 22
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	24	Easy	19 - 20
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	26	Difficult	18 - 22

29.11.2020 || 11:45 AM To help you get to know the percentile you're likely to score in CAT 2020, we present to you InsideIIM's CAT 2020 Percentile Predictor! All you need to do is input your details in the respective fields! Check Now! 29.11.2020 || 11:20 AM Based on the past trends and the change in pattern, we have come up with the probable score and percentile for CAT 2020!

Overall Score	Percentile
>=72	90
>=75.75	91
>=79.5	92
>=82.5	93
>=86.25	94
>=89.25	95
>=93.75	96
>=99.75	97
>=106.5	98
>=111.75	98.5

According to past trends, in order to score 99 %ile and beyond, you will need to score:

Overall Score	Percentile
>=118.5	99
>=127.5	99.5
>=146.25	99.9

Check the Sectional Scores Vs. Percentile here!

VARC	LRDI	QA	Percentile
23	18	16	80
31	24	25	90
32	25	27	91
34	26	28	92
34	27	29	93
36	28	31	94
37	29	33	95
39	31	34	96
42	33	37	97
44	35	41	98
47	37	43	98.5
50	39	46	99
54	43	52	99.5
60	53	63	99.9

29.11.2020 || 11:05 AM VA-RC Deep-Dive: Students found the VA-RC section to be on the trickier side because of the questions. There were 3 Reading Comprehension passages with 4 questions each and 1 Reading Comprehension with 5 questions. There were 3 TITA questions from Parajumbles, 3TITA Parasummary questions along with 2 Odd Sentence Parajumbles questions.

Area / Questions	No of Qs.	Type	LOD
Reading Comprehension	18	MCQ	Overall: Medium to Difficult
RC-1: Currency in Tang Empire	4	MCQ	Easy to Medium
RC- 2: Elephant Seal Migration	5	MCQ	Medium to Difficult
RC-3: importance of Grammar	5	MCQ	Easy to Medium
RC-4: Subsets of Anarchist philosophy	4	MCQ	Medium to Difficult
Verbal Ability	8	MCQ & TITA	Overall: Medium
Parajumbles ( 4 sentences)	3	TITA	Medium to Difficult
Out of Context sentence	2	TITA	Easy to Medium
Summary	3	MCQ	Easy to Medium

Source: IMS DI-LR Deep-Dive: Students found the DILR section to be the easiest since CAT 2016. The DILR section had 5 sets with 2 sets having 6 questions while the remaining sets had 4 questions each5 Sets in DILR - 2 Sets with 6 questions each and 3 with 4 questions each.

Set No.	Area	Set Description	Number of Questions	Level of DifficultyQuestion Type
1	Data Interpretation	6 students appearing for exam in 5 subjects	6	Medium	4 MCQ + 2 TITA
2	Logical Reasoning	4 companies competing for Contracts	6	Difficult	6 MCQ
3	Data Interpretation	1000 patients getting treated with 4 different drugs	4	Easy to medium	4 TITA
4	Data Interpretation	10 musicians	4	Medium to difficult	4 MCQ
5	Logical Reasoning	Payment to taxi drivers	4	Medium to difficult	4 MCQ

Source: IMS QA Deep-Dive: The QA section of CAT 2020 consisted of 26 questions with Arithmetic and Algebra comprising the bulk of the questions.

Area/Q Type	No of Questions	LOD
Numbers	2	Medium
Arithmetic	10	Easy to medium
Algebra	8	Medium
Geometry	3	Easy to medium
Modern Maths	3	Medium

Source: IMS 29.11.2020 || 10:50 AM We conducted a CAT Slot 1 Analysis with some of the test-takers and discussed on the overall difficulty of the sections, attempts and expected percentile. Do check here, if you have missed out on the same! 29.11.2020 || 10:35 AM Based on the initial reaction from most CAT 2020 test-takers, the overall difficulty was Moderate.

Section	Number Of Questions
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension	Difficult
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning	Easy
Quantitative Aptitude	Easy
Overall	Moderate

29.11.2020 || 10:30 AM CAT 2020 Slot 1 concluded at 10:30 AM.  As predicted by almost all CAT experts, the number of questions was reduced due to the reduction in the time. There were overall 76, as compared to 100 questions in the previous years.

Section	MCQs	TITA	Total
VARC	21	5	26
DI and LR	18	6	24
QA	18	8	26
	57	19	76

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