Sunday, November 24th, 2019
CAT 2019 exam was conducted today (24th November). To publish CAT 2019 exam Analysis we spoke to a bunch of students of our online course. Based upon the feedback that we received, given below is the detailed analysis of the CAT 2019 exam.
There were no major surprises in the CAT 2019 exam. It was on the expected lines.
Question Structure
Reading Comprehension: 24 questions
4 passages (with five questions) and 1 passage (with four questions)
Parajumbles: 4 questions
Odd one out: 3 questions
Summary: 3 questions
All Reading Comprehension and Summary questions were objective type questions. The passages this year were significantly harder to read than previous years. Also, they were a bit longer. The questions were inferential in nature.
Parajumbles and odd one out were Type in the answer / Fill in the Blanks type questions. The Parajumbles questions in CAT 2019 were a little bit easier than earlier years with smaller sentences and only 4 sentences. It made sense to attempt them because it would not take too long and hopefully you would get couple of them right. Even if you didn’t, at least it won’t have any negative marking.
So, a total of 27 questions had negative marking for incorrect answers whereas the other 7 did not.
Summary The section was on the easier side. We could say that it was slightly easier than the CAT 2018 exam. You would need to do around 15-17 questions correctly for scoring 90%ile in the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section in the CAT 2019 exam.
Topic |
Number of Question |
Level |
Reading Comprehension |
24 |
Difficult |
Parajumbles |
4 |
Medium |
Odd One Out |
3 |
Easy |
Summary |
3 |
Medium |
Slot -2 (Afternoon Slot)
Reading Comprehension Passage 1 – Time Magazine
Reading Comprehension Passage 2 – National Public Radio
Reading Comprehension Passage 3 – Prospect Magazine
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Question Structure
There were 8 sets of 4 questions each. We can say that there were 2 sets of Data Interpretation and 6 sets for Logical Reasoning but the Data Interpretation sets required a lot of logic to solve them as well. It would be better to put them in the ‘Logical DI’ category, if something like that exists.
A total of 24 questions had negative marking for incorrect answers whereas the other 8 did not. Also, these 8 Type-In-The-Answer type questions were distributed across multiple sets. There was no set that all 4 TITA questions.
As far as the difficulty level is concerned, it was on the difficult side. It was definitely easier than CAT 2018 where a few sets were doable. In my personal opinion, it is unfair to have one section significantly easier than the other two, which was the case with this year’s Verbal section.
Summary This section was really tough. It was easier than CAT 2018 but still tough. You would need to do around 11-13 questions correctly to score 90%ile in the Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation section in the CAT 2019 exam.
Set |
Number of Questions |
Level |
Radar Graph DI Questions |
4 |
Easy |
Alphanumeric & Cryptography |
4 |
Easy |
Linear Arrangement |
4 |
Medium |
Multiple Graph (Bar and Table) |
4 |
Medium |
Mathematical Puzzle |
4 |
Difficult |
Tournament (Multiple Rounds) |
4 |
Difficult |
Matching Two Parameters |
4 |
Easy |
Mapping and Direction |
4 |
Medium |
Question Structure
Arithmetic dominated the Quantitative Aptitude section in the CAT 2019 exam. There were 11-12 questions on it.
Geometry, Algebra, Modern Maths were in the next tier with 6-7 questions.
There were 3-4 questions purely on Number System.
A total of 22 questions had negative marking for incorrect answers whereas the other 12 did not. The number of TITA questions is higher than what it was in the earlier years and it is definitely higher than the number of TITA questions in the other sections.
Summary This section was on the easier side. You could say it was almost as easy as the CAT 2017 quant section. You would need to solve around 14-16 questions correctly to score 90%ile in the Quantitative Aptitude section in the CAT 2019 exam.
Topic |
Number of Question |
Level |
Arithmetic |
12-13 |
Easy to Medium |
Algebra |
8-9 |
Medium to Hard |
Geometry |
6-7 |
Easy to Medium |
Modern Maths |
3-4 |
Medium to Hard |
Number System |
2-3 |
Medium |
To get a 90%ile, we believe you would need the following number of questions to be correct (0 errors) in the CAT 2019 Exam
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension 15-17 questions
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation 11-13 questions
Quantitative Aptitude 14-16 questions
Percentile |
VA&RC |
DI&LR |
Quant |
Overall Score |
98 %ile |
21-23 |
16-18 |
20-22 |
50-52 |
95 %ile |
18-20 |
13-15 |
17-19 |
44-46 |
90 %ile |
15-17 |
11-13 |
14-16 |
37-39 |
a) 1000+ Videos covering entire CAT syllabus
b) 2 Live Classes (online) every week for doubt clarification
c) Study Material & PDFs for practice and understanding
d) 10 Mock Tests in the latest pattern
e) Previous Year Questions solved on video
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