CAT 2025 – Slot 2 Analysis
Overall Difficulty: Moderate
Closest Comparison: Very similar to Slot 1; slightly tougher VARC.
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CAT 2025 Slot 2: Exam Overview
CAT 2025 Slot 2 followed the same structure as Slot 1, with 68 questions and 40 minutes per section. The overall difficulty was Moderate–Difficult, primarily because DILR was significantly tougher than usual.
Key Highlights
- Total Questions: 68
- Sectional Time Limit: 40 minutes each
- Marking Scheme:
- +3 for correct answers
- -1 for incorrect MCQs
- No negative marking for TITA
- +3 for correct answers
Section-Wise Question Distribution
- VARC: 24
- DILR: 22
- QA: 22
Overall Difficulty: Moderate–Difficult
Tougher than CAT 2024 due to a spike in DILR difficulty.
CAT 2025 Slot 2: Section-Wise Analysis
1. Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
VARC remained the most manageable section of Slot 2. The structure stayed similar to CAT 2024, with 4 RCs (16 questions) and 8 VA questions. Passages were moderate in length and had clear eliminations. VA was predictable.
Key Features
- Total Questions: 24
- TITA: 4
- RC Length: 400–450 words
- VA Types:
- 2 Para Summary
- 2 Para Jumble
- 2 Odd One Out
- 2 Para Completion
- 2 Para Summary
Reading Comprehension Breakdown
| Passage Topic | Questions | Difficulty | Doable |
| Economics/Trade (Slot Themes Comparable to 2024) | 4 | Moderate | 2 |
| Ecology / Carnivores-Type Themes | 4 | Easy–Moderate | 2 |
| Sociological / Abstract Theme | 4 | Moderate | 2 |
| Research/Scientific Topic | 4 | Easy–Moderate | 2 |
| Total | 16 | Easy–Moderate | 8 |
Verbal Ability Breakdown
| Question Type | No. of Qs | Difficulty | Doable |
| Para Summary | 2 | Moderate | 2 |
| Para Completion | 2 | Moderate–Difficult | 1 |
| Odd One Out | 2 | Moderate–Difficult | 1 |
| Para Jumble | 2 | Moderate | 1–2 |
| Total | 8 | Moderate | 4–5 |
Ideal Attempts
18–20 attempts with good accuracy would be highly competitive.
2. Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
Difficulty: Difficult
DILR was the toughest section of Slot 2. Most sets had multi-layered logic, making set selection extremely important. Difficulty was higher than CAT 2024 and closer to older CAT patterns known for trickiness.
Question Set Breakdown
| Set Topic | Questions | Difficulty | Doable |
| Table-Based Set | 4–5 | Difficult | 1 |
| Graph-Based Set | 4 | Moderate–Difficult | 1–2 |
| LR Puzzle | 4 | Difficult | 1 |
| Chart-Based Reasoning | 4 | Difficult | 1 |
| Mixed Reasoning + Table | 5 | Difficult | 1 |
| Total | 22 | Difficult | 8–9 |
Ideal Attempts
8–9 attempts (1.5–2 sets) with strong accuracy.
3. Quantitative Ability (QA)
Difficulty: Moderate–Difficult
QA had conceptual but solvable questions. Compared to CAT 2024, difficulty increased slightly due to deeper logic in Arithmetic and Algebra.
Structure
- Total Questions: 22
- TITA: 7–8
Topic-Wise Split
| Topic | Questions | Difficulty |
| Arithmetic | 7–8 | Moderate–Difficult |
| Algebra (Functions, Logs, Equations) | 6 | Moderate |
| Geometry & Mensuration | 4 | Moderate |
| Number System | 2–3 | Easy–Moderate |
| Modern Math | 1 | Moderate |
| Total | 22 | Moderate–Difficult |
Ideal Attempts
13–14 questions with careful accuracy.
CAT 2025 vs CAT 2024 & CAT 2023: Difficulty Comparison
| Section | CAT 2025 | CAT 2024 | CAT 2023 |
| VARC | Easy–Moderate | Easy–Moderate | Moderate |
| DILR | Difficult | Moderate | Moderate–Difficult |
| QA | Moderate–Difficult | Moderate | Moderate |
| Overall | Moderate–Difficult | Moderate | Moderate |
CAT 2025 Slot 2: Ideal Attempts & Scores
| Section | Ideal Attempts | Ideal Score (2025) |
| VARC | 18–20 | 48–52 |
| DILR | 8–9 | 25–28 |
| QA | 13–14 | 37–40 |
| Total | — | ≈ 105–115 |
CAT 2025 Slot 2 at a Glance
- Overall difficulty higher than Slot 1 due to a tough DILR section.
- VARC was the clear scoring section.
- DILR required smart set selection, not speed.
- QA demanded conceptual clarity over shortcuts.
- A high percentile in Slot 2 leaned heavily on accuracy and discipline, not attempts.
