The C-Day is finally here. CAT 2022 Slot 1 started at 8:30 AM. We suggest you bookmark this page and keep visiting this page, since we will be pushing updates related to the difficulty levels, predictions, and expected percentiles. Throughout the course of the day, we have live coverages with various test-takers, panel discussions with CAT experts from CL and IMS, guidance on preparing for OMETs, WAT-PI preparation, and more! Check out this page for an exhaustive CAT 2022 analysis!
27th November, 10:40 PMCAT 2022 Analysis By CL Experts | Ft. Gejo Sir And Gautam Sir | CAT Day Live
What a day! But CAT 2022 is finally done and dusted. Gejo Sreenivasan (Business Partner & Educator at Career Launcher & IIM C Alumnus), and Gautam Puri (Vice Chairman and MD - Career Launcher & an IIM B Alumnus) join us to analyze this tiring, terrifying and tantalizing day.
27th November, 10:35 PM - CAT 2022 Slot 3 Analysis - IMS
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) Analysis
The passages were of Easy-Medium difficulty level except for the one on Impact of Oriental Literature. Overall, the section was easier than in the first two slots. About 12 questions could be attempted with high accuracy in RC alone. In VA, 5-6 attempts with high accuracy were possible.An attempt of 17 or 18 questions with high accuracy (85-90%) will be a good performance in VARC.
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) Analysis
An attempt of 9 to 11 questions with high accuracy (85-90%) will be a good performance.
Quantitative Aptitude (QA) Analysis
Selecting the right questions to attempt was the key. Students should have been able to attempt about 13 questions in the given time with 85-90% accuracy.
27th November, 10:30 PM - CAT 2022 Slot 3 Analysis - Career Launcher
The overall level of difficulty for CAT 2022 slot 3 was difficult with respect to CAT 2022 Slot 1 and Slot 2. Thus, the LOD across the three sections of the three slots varied slightly:
CAT 2022 VARC Slot 1 > CAT 2022 VARC Slot 2 > CAT 2022 VARC Slot 3
CAT 2022 DILR Slot 3 > CAT 2022 DILR Slot 1 > CAT 2022 DILR Slot 2
CAT 2022 QA Slot 3 > CAT 2022 QA Slot 2 > CAT 2022 QA Slot 1
An overall raw score of around ~93-95 should fetch a 99%ile in CAT 2022 Slot 3.
| Section Name |
|
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
40-42 |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
26-27 |
| Quantitative Ability (QA) |
30- 33 |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) Analysis
The section was easier in slot 3 as compared to the previous slots.Overall, a score of 40-42 can be considered enough for a 99 %ile in VARC Slot 3.
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) Analysis
Slot 3 DILR was more difficult than what was seen in the DILR section of Slot 2 and Slot 1, in terms of LOD. A score of 26-27 marks can be considered ideal for a 99+ percentile in DILR.
Quantitative Aptitude (QA) Analysis
The QA section of CAT 2022 Slot 3 was lengthy and had a higher level of difficulty. A score of 30-33 would be ideal for a 99+ percentile in the QA section of CAT 2022 Slot 3.
27th November, 9:20 PM - How To Prepare For WAT-PI? | Start Your WAT-PI Prep Early | Ft. Milana (IIM A) And Ritesh (IIM B)
Now that CAT 2022 is over, there are two things that you need to focus on: acing the OMETs, and acing your MBA Admissions rounds in 2023. We have already covered the bit on OMETs, and we will focus on WAT-PI preparation in this session. You will be competing with the brightest minds in the country, and it will put you in good stead if you start your preparation early. In this panel discussion, we have Milana Prakash (IIM A, Co'24) and Ritesh Kumari (IIM B, Co'24) who will share their WAT-PI preparation experiences and will share their tips on how you can start your preparation for the WAT-PI round.
27th November, 8:02 PM - How To Prepare For OMETs? Ft. IIFT Delhi, SIBM Pune & XLRI Jamshedpur Students
Now that CAT is done and dusted, we need to move forward and get all set to ace the other management entrance exams, or OMETs, as we call them. Irrespective of how CAT went, you cannot absolutely let the ball drop after months of hard work and preparation. In this panel discussion, our guests are going to discuss how to prepare for IIFT, SNAP, and XAT.
27th November, 6:15 PM - CAT 2022 Predictions By IMS Mentor | Tridal Upadhaya, 7 Times 99+%iler In DILR And QA
We bring to you a live session with Tridal Upadhyay from IMS, who has trained 9000+ CAT aspirants in the last few years! Tridal Sir is a 7-times 99+ percentiler in his area with the highest percentile of 99.99 in DILR and 99.91 percentile in QA. Join us!
27th November, 4:30 PM - CAT 2022 Slot 2 Analysis By Career Launcher
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) Analysis
The CAT 2022 VARC section of Slot 2 continued to be easy to moderate in terms of difficulty. Since there were 4 passages, 11-14 questions would have been an ideal attempt. Overall, a score of
40-42 can be considered enough for a
99+%ile.
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) Analysis
Slot 2 DILR was difficult. A score of
30-32 marks can be considered ideal for a
99+ percentile in DILR.
Quantitative Aptitude (QA) Analysis
The QA section of CAT 2022 Slot 2 was the same as last year. Of the 22 questions, 15 questions were an ideal attempt for the section. A score of
30-34 would be ideal for a
99+ percentile in the QA section of CAT 2022 Slot 2.
27th November, 4:30 PM - CAT 2022 Slot 2 Analysis By IMS
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
The VA-RC section consisted of 16 Reading Comprehension questions and 8 Verbal Ability questions. The passages were of Medium difficulty level except for the one on Musicking and modern Humanity. Overall, Comprehension was more difficult than the VA questions. However, 10 to 12 questions could be attempted with high accuracy. In VA, 5-6 attempts with high accuracy were possible. Overall the difficulty level of Slot 2 was comparable to the Morning slot. An attempt of 16 to 18 questions with high accuracy (85-90%) will be a good performance in VARC.
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
The sets were of Easy to Medium difficulty level. Overall, an attempt of 10 to 12 questions with high accuracy (85-90%) will be a good performance.
Quantitative Ability
This section was medium in terms of level of difficulty. and was dominated by Arithmetic (8 questions), followed by Algebra (6 questions). Apart from this, there were 4 questions on Modern Math, 3 questions on Geometry and 1 question on Numbers. Students should have been able to attempt about 13/14 questions in the given time with 85-90% accuracy. This section was very much similar to CAT 2022 slot 1 in structure with the number of TITA (8) and MCQ (14) questions
27th November, 3:20PM
| Slot 1 - Based on 900+ Test Takers |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning |
Quantitative Aptitude |
| Average Attempts |
15.654 |
11.361 |
15.75 |
| Average Expected Accuracy |
0.89 |
0.79 |
0.84 |
|
|
|
|
| Slot 2 - Based on 350+ Test Takers |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning |
Quantitative Aptitude |
| Average Attempts |
12.126 |
13.765 |
11.451 |
| Average Expected Accuracy |
0.84 |
0.8 |
0.78 |
27th November, 1:20 PM
| Slot 1 - Based on 470+ Test Takers |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning |
Quantitative Aptitude |
| Average Attempts |
13.55 |
9.91 |
9.61 |
| Average Expected Accuracy |
0.7 |
0.81 |
0.82 |
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27th November, 1:05 PM | CAT 2022 Slot 1 Analysis By CL
The overall level of difficulty for CAT 2022 slot 1 was moderate as compared to that of CAT 2021. Regarding the section-wise level of difficulty, VARC was easy to moderate. However, there was an addition of para completion in place of the odd-sentence-out questions. DILR had 4 sets with 5 questions in each set and had an easy to moderate level of difficulty, making it marginally difficult as compared to CAT 2021. QA was moderate to difficult with half of the questions from arithmetic and similar to last year.
An overall raw score of around
~98 to 99 should fetch a
99%ile in CAT 2022.
| Section Name |
|
| Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
37-38 |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) |
30-32 |
| Quantitative Ability (QA) |
40- 42 |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)
The VARC section was the same as last year and had an easy to moderate level of difficulty. Overall, a score of 38-40 can be considered enough for a 99 %ile.
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)
The DILR section had 20 questions distributed across 4 sets with 5 questions each. CAT 2022 DILR was difficult as compared to CAT 2021 DILR section. The number of non-MCQs was 6. The total number of doable questions was around 8-10. A score of 28-30 marks can be considered ideal for a 99+ percentile in DILR.
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)
As expected, the QA section of CAT 2022 was easy to moderate in terms of the level of difficulty. It had 22 questions to be attempted in 40 minutes. The section had 8 non-MCQs.
As expected, Arithmetic dominated this section. A score of 36-38 would be ideal for a 99+ percentile in the QA section of CAT 2022.
27th November, 12:40 PM | CAT 2022 Slot 1 Analysis By IMS
The structure of CAT 2022 remained largely the same as in 2021. However, the DILR and Verbal sections saw some changes in segmentation and the number of MCQs and TITA. Verbal Section had 2 paragraph completion questions instead of the anticipated Odd Sentence questions. Overall, Slot 1 of CAT this year was slightly more difficult than Slot 1 of last year.
| Percentile |
Score VA-RC |
Score DI-LR |
Score QA |
Overall Score |
| 99.5 %ile |
44 |
35 |
40 |
101 |
| 99 %ile |
41 |
30 |
37 |
91 |
| 98 %ile |
35 |
27 |
32 |
80 |
| 95%ile |
29 |
22 |
25 |
66 |
| 90%ile |
24 |
18 |
19 |
53 |
| 85%ile |
20 |
15 |
16 |
45 |
| 80%ile |
17 |
13 |
13 |
40 |
Verbal Reasoning and Reading Comprehension
The VA-RC section consisted of 16 Reading Comprehension questions and 8 Verbal Ability questions. Overall, Comprehension was more difficult than the VA questions. However, 10 to 12 questions could be attempted with high accuracy. In VA, 5 attempts with high accuracy were possible. Overall the difficulty level was comparable to the first slot of CAT 2021.
An attempt of 15 to 17 questions with high accuracy (85-90%) will be a good performance in VARC.
| Area / Questions |
No of Qs. |
Type |
LOD |
|
|
16 |
MCQ |
|
RC-1: Supernatural Figures
|
4 |
MCQ |
Medium |
RC-2: The Chinese and western views on imitation
|
4 |
MCQ |
|
| RC-3: Stoicism |
4 |
MCQ |
Medium |
RC-4: Political Philosophy
|
4 |
MCQ |
Difficult |
| Verbal Ability |
8 |
MCQ & TITA |
|
Para jumbles (4 sentences)
|
3 |
TITA |
|
|
|
2 |
MCQ |
|
| Summary |
3 |
MCQ |
|
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
In CAT 2021 there were a total of 4 sets out of which two sets had 6 questions while the remaining two had 4 questions each. This pattern has not been followed in CAT 2022, this year the DI-LR section had a total of 4 sets of 5 questions each. Two sets were of Easy to Medium difficulty level and the remaining two sets were Medium to Difficult. Overall the Level of difficulty was Medium to Difficult and at par with the last year’s slot – 1 DILR.
Overall, an attempt of 10 to 12 questions with high accuracy (85-90%) will be a good performance.
| Set No. |
Area |
Set Description |
No. of Questions |
Question Type |
LOD |
| 1 |
Data Interpretation |
(Reasoning-based DI)Venn Diagram of 3 variables |
5 |
3 MCQ, 2 TITA |
|
| 2 |
Logical Reasoning |
(Games & Tournament) 4 people making 12 goals in 8 games |
5 |
5 MCQ |
Easy to Medium |
| 3 |
Logical Reasoning |
Distribution of tokens |
5 |
2 MCQ, 3 TITA |
|
| 4 |
Data Interpretation |
(Routes & Networks) Metro Map – 4 metro lines |
5 |
4 MCQ, 1 TITA |
Easy to Medium |
Quantitative Ability
This section was Medium in terms of Level of difficulty and was dominated by Arithmetic (8 questions), followed by Algebra (5 questions). There were 3 questions on Modern Math and 3 questions on Geometry. In Arithmetic, the questions were dominated by Averages and Mixtures & Alligations and Profit & Loss,.
There were 8 TITA questions this year. Selecting the right questions to attempt was the key. Students should have been able to attempt about 14/15 questions in the given time with 85-90% accuracy.
This section was very much similar as last year’s slot 1. Number of TITA (8 questions) and MCQ (14 questions) were the same as last year’s slot 1. Also area/topic wise distribution of questions was more or less similar to last year’s slot 1.
| Area/Q Type |
No of Questions |
|
|
14 MCQs, 8 TITA, Overall LOD: MEDIUM
|
| Arithmetic |
8 |
| Algebra |
5 |
| Geometry |
3 |
| Modern Math |
3 |
| Numbers |
3 |
27th November, 12:10 PM
| Slot 1 - Based on 280+ Test Takers |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension |
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning |
Quantitative Aptitude |
| Average Attempts |
13.71 |
9.75 |
9.5 |
| Average Expected Accuracy |
0.68 |
0.85 |
0.8 |
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27th November, 11:45 AM CAT 2022 Slot 1 - Initial Reactions
The overall difficulty level of CAT 2022 Slot 1 was moderate. As per the initial reactions from students, the QA section was easy to attempt. As for the DI-LR, students have stated that the DILR section was confusing to attempt. The VARC section was easy to attempt, although a bit lengthy. As per CAT trainers, the Quant section was easier to attempt as compared to the CAT 2021 exam.
As per Career Launcher, an overall raw score of around
~98 to 99 should fetch a
99%ile in CAT 2022.
27th November, 11:30 AM
CAT 2022 saw the return of para completion after many years.
27th November, 11:02 AM
To help you get to know the percentile you're likely to score in CAT 2022, we present to you InsideIIM's
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27th November, 10:52 AM
We at InsideIIM are extremely happy to kick-start yet another initiative to help the MBA Aspirant community! If you've written CAT 2022, then you're eligible for one free mentorship session by top MBA alumni. The mentorship can revolve around profile building, preparing for OMETs, preparing for WAT-PI, shortlisting target B-Schools based on your interests and profile, etc. The slots will be available from 5th to 15th December, 2022
27th November, 10:48 AM
The good folks at IIFT Delhi, SIBM Pune, and XLRI Jamshedpur have joined hands with us to help MBA aspirants ace IIFT, SNAP and XAT this exam season. The closed sessions will revolve around the unique aspects of the exam, and the entire series is free of cost.
All you need to do is register here!
27th November, 10:20 AM
CAT 2022 Slot 1 will get over in another 10 minutes, and Team InsideIIM is at the CAT centre. After a two-year COVID-forced hiatus, we are now back to the in-person live CAT 2022 coverage. Hear from CAT 2022 Slot 1 takers on what they felt about the paper. Join us here! Take the InsideIIM Attempts Live Poll here!