CAT 2019 Analysis: Slot 2

CAT 2019 Exam Pattern

CAT 2019 Slot 2 was similar to Slot 1 in terms of the level of difficulty. VARC was definitely tougher than CAT 2018 with a 99%ile at around 60-62 marks. DILR was 1-2 questions easier than last year with a 99%ile at 46-49 marks. The level of difficulty of QA was between that of CAT 2017 and CAT 2018. 99%ile in QA would be anywhere between 57 and 60 marks.
Overall, the paper was similar of 1-2 questions easier than last year. A 99%ile will be at around 158-160.The overall structure of the CAT paper was as follows:

Section	No. of Questions	No. of Non-MCQ Questions	Difficulty Level	Attempts for 95%ile	Attempts for 99%ile
VARC	34	7	Moderate - Difficult	23 - 25	26 - 28
DILR	32	8	Easy - Moderate	14 - 16	21 - 24
QA	34	11	Easy - Moderate	18 - 20	24 - 26
Total	100	26		~ 60	~ 70

CAT 2019 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension: Analysis

24 questions from RCs were broken up into 4 RCs of 5 questions each, and 1 RC of 4 questions. Akin to Slot 1, CAT 2019 Slot 2 was trickier than that of last year’s CAT paper. To be specific, there were 2 RCs that were tough to comprehend and, therefore, tough to answer. This was one on British Colonialism and the one on Languages in Egypt.

A net correct of 24 - 26 questions should lead to a 99%ile in this section. Expect the cutoff of VARC to drop by about 8-10 marks, which is about 3-4 questions lesser than last year. And therefore, a 99%ile will be at 60 - 62 marks.

Area	Topic	No. of Questions	Description
Reading Comprehension (24 Questions)	Reading Comprehension	24	There were 5 passages - All of them had similar word limit (around 550-600 words each). The passage on British Colonialism was tough to read as well as tough to answer. Many chose to not attempt the RC altogether. On the contrary, the RC on Shifting of Capitals was a breezy read and was easy to solve as well. Other RCs on Ecology, Languages in Egypt and on History, Art & Museums were of Easy to Moderate level of difficulty.

Here is the break-up of what the RCs were like:

Passages	Understanding	Attempt
British Colonialism	Difficult	Difficult
Ecology	Easy - Moderate	Moderate
Languages in Egypt	Moderate	Easy - Moderate
History, Art & Museums	Easy - Moderate	Moderate
Shifting of Capitals	Easy	Easy - Moderate

The VA questions were of the following types:

	Passages	Easy	Moderate	Difficult	Total
Verbal Ability (10 Questions)	Para Summary	2	1		3
	Odd Sentence	2	1		3
	Para Jumbles	1	2	1	4

CAT 2019 Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning: Analysis

DILR was easier, as compared to last year. To be specific, DILR was 1-2 questions easier than last year with a 99%ile at 46-49 marks. 3 DI sets were easy and should have definitely been attempted. Apart from that, another 2 sets could have been attempted which makes it a total of 5 doable sets.

Post 5 - 6 sets, it would have been a challenge to attempt more sets unless DILR is your favourite section.

Section	Topic	No. of Questions	Doable
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning	6 Languages, 5 people	4	4
	3 Doctors (Arrangements)	4	3
	Venn Diagram on Voting on 2 Proposals	4	2 - 3
	Profit Loss Statement (Spider Graph)	4	4
	Rainfall Average (Scattered Diagrams)	4	4
	3x3 Matrix - Pouches & Coins	4	2 - 3
	6 Profs, 6 sections, Mid-term & End-terms	4	1 - 2
	Tournaments- 6 Rounds	4	2 -3

The cut-off for DILR is expected to increase by about 7-9 marks from last year, which is about 2-3 questions extra from CAT 2018.

CAT 2019 Quantitative Ability: Analysis

The level of difficulty of QA was between that of CAT 2017 and CAT 2018. There were a high number of questions from Arithmetic and Algebra. It is evident from both the slots that there were extremely few questions from Numbers.
A 99%ile in QA would be anywhere between 57 and 60 marks.

Section	Topic	No. of Questions	Doable
Quantitative Ability	Number System	3	1
	Algebra	11	5 - 6
	Arithmetic	14	9 - 10
	Modern Math	0	0
	Geometry and Mensuration	6	3 - 4

The cutoff for QA is expected to increase by about 5-7 marks from last year, which is about 1-2 questions extra from CAT 2018.

Expected Scores for 99%ile

Percentiles	VARC	DILR	QA
99	60 - 62	46 - 49	57 - 60

Overall 99%ile expected 158-160

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