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    CAT 2023 Overall Analysis: Slot 1,2,3 Analysis

    22 November, 2023
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    Structure of CAT 2023
    Section Name Number of MCQs Number of TITAs Total
    VA-RC Section 20 4 24
    DI-LR Section 12 8 20
    QA Section 14-15 7-8 22
    Total 46-47 19-20 66
    • Odd sentence out reappeared in Verbal Ability
    • LRDI – 4 sets of 5 questions each constant
    • QA was more difficult compared to CAT 2022 – Toughest QA in the last 5 years
    Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension

    RC: 4 passages with 4 Questions each
    Verbal Ability: 2 Parajumbles + 2 Summary + 2 Para-completion + 2 Odd one

    Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
    Easy Return of wolves’ predation in a French region Second-hand Shopping and Fast Fashion Colonialism and Global Warming (The Nutmeg’s Curse)
    Current economies of North and South Korea. Translated Streaming in Europe Understanding Romantic Aesthetics
    Difficult Indian Ocean Literature Why Liberalism Failed (Book Review) Cultural Patrimony Laws
    Modern materialism versus ancient societies What is Historical Fact Rationality by Steven Pinker
    Good Attempts: 16-18 Good Attempts: 17-19 Good Attempts: 16-18
    Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

    4 sets of 5 questions of each

    Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
    Easy Professors in departments 5 firms – Funds raised in consecutive years Number of enrollments in offline and online courses
    Gig workers and Restaurants, Mathematical Reasoning
    Involved Measures of central tendency    		 Draw competition Six Police Stations with map (route based)
    Difficult Houses on sale 3 friends visited a park.
    Many rides. Scheduling questions    		 Projects and scores of 3 boys and 3 girls
    Visa Office Special Equation handling Nine Boxes – sudoku type puzzle AC Company – 4 Dealers
    Good attempts: 9-11 Good attempts: 10-12 Good attempts: 9-11
    Quantitative Aptitude
    Area Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
    Arithmetic 7 7 8
    Algebra 8 8 4
    Modern Math 2 3 4
    Geometry 4 2 3
    Numbers 1 2 3
    Good attempts 9-11 9-11 9-11
    Initial Estimates: Percentiles Overall
    Percentile Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
    99.9%ile 102 105 101
    99.5%ile 89 91 87
    99%ile 80 81 77
    98%ile 71 73 70
    95%ile 57 59 56
    90%ile 49 50 48
    85%ile 40 41 39
    80%ile 36 36 35

    Revised Estimates will be released 2-3 days after the CAT Response Sheet is released incorporating student performance data.

    Please do not make any B-School application decision based on initial estimate. They serve only as a first indicator of likely performance

    Initial Estimates: Percentiles Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
    Percentile Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
    99.9%ile 48 50 46
    99.5%ile 44 46 42
    99%ile 40 42 38
    98%ile 36 38 34
    95%ile 30 32 28
    90%ile 25 26 23
    85%ile 21 22 20
    80%ile 19 20 18
    Initial Estimates: Percentiles Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
    Percentile Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
    99.9%ile 36 38 36
    99.5%ile 32 34 32
    99%ile 28 30 28
    98%ile 25 26 25
    95%ile 19 20 19
    90%ile 16 17 16
    85%ile 13 13 13
    80%ile 11 11 11
    Initial Estimates: Percentiles Quantitative Aptitude
    Percentile Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
    99.9%ile 40 40 40
    99.5%ile 30 30 30
    99%ile 27 26 26
    98%ile 23 23 23
    95%ile 18 18 18
    90%ile 15 14 14
    85%ile 12 12 12
    80%ile 10 10 10

    Revised Estimates from our earlier analysis