INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The exam was conducted in two slots
As per an expert on CAT preparation, the question papers in both the slots were similar in difficulty level, with the Quantitative Ability
section being the toughest section in both the slots
The paper was moderately difficult overall
The breakup of questions was same - that is 27 out of the total 100 questions were non-MCQ
went into the second slot expecting a similar paper as that of the first slot (or for that matter the CAT 2017 paper) were on the right
It too started with an 'easy' VARC section
The passages were on similar lines as those of the first slot
The DILR section continued to give a sigh of relief to the students
However, some are of the opinion that it was slightly tougher than the first slot's DILR section
Overall, it was of a moderate level of difficulty
And the reign of QA continued
It remained the toughest section in the second slot too."SectionNo
of non-MCQ questionsDifficulty LevelGood AttemptsVerbal Ability and Reading comprehension347Easy28+Data Interpretation and Logical
told us.Verbal Ability and Reading ComprehensionVARC continued to be 'the feel good' section
The pattern remained the same as that of the first slot
There were 34 questions with 7 Non-MCQ questions
There were no instructions provided for the number of questions in each passage
However there remained 5 passages
One passage had 4 questions (the passage on 'Grover snails') while the rest had 5 questions each
The topics of the remaining RC passages were also from familiar areas
The options were not really very close
Only 4-5 questions from RC were tricky
However, a student should have followed the POE (process of elimination) to be able to achieve a decent accuracy rate as the options were
There were 4 Subjective Para Jumble questions, and all of these had 4 sentences each
There were 3 Odd sentence para-jumble questions
These questions were easier than expected
A student could have easily managed to get 4 questions correct out of the 7 PJs (PJ and OSPJ)
The paragraphs continued to be short in the range pf 450 to 500 words each
However, as compared to the first slot, the summary questions were slightly easier
Only one summary question appeared to be tough
(around 450-500 words each)
The passage on Grover Snails had four questions
The other four passages came from familiar areas like Meritocracy and diversified teams, use of technology in essential services, rings of
Saturn and their age, and a passage on human resource and learning
Each of these had five questions
On an average, every passage had 1-2 inference-based questions
The passage on white-lipped shelled snails would have been the easiest to attempt closely followed by the passage on essential services and
From the remaining passages, one was slightly tough to read
Options were not very tricky
A student could have attempted 20-21 questions easily with more than 85% accuracy.Verbal Ability(10 Questions)Para-jumble4All had four
sentences each and the sentences were pretty easy and concise
As these had no negative marking, one should have attempted all without wasting a lot of time
However, two of these would be tricky to answer without options
The trick was to identify the opening sentence and go ahead with the mandatory pair
There were quite a few clue words
Prior practice and awareness of deductive paragraphs were the key.Summary3The summary paragraphs were easier as compared to those of the
The paragraphs were short and slightly difficult to read
However, only one summary question can be called difficult.Para-jumble (Odd sentence out)3The questions were tricky, especially the one with
This coupled with the PJ on business elites would have been difficult
ReasoningThe second section of the paper DILR continued to be a pleasant surprise
There were 32 questions in total with 8 Non-MCQ questions
Unlike last year's paper, the theme of the sets was more conventional
the quantity of the numbers of questions attempted
A couple of sets did have a question each which should have been 'left alone'
Two sets included calculation but none was on the tougher side
of QuestionsDoableData InterpretationCurrency Exchange and rate changes42-3Smartphones and market share44Box Diagram of 3
companies/products41-2Logical ReasoningInterview Arrivals (Arrangement)43-4Coding (Alphabet/digits)42-3Set theory (3 games, Ludo, Kho-kho,
they would have had they come out at the end of DILR! If you expected a happy ending in QA, you were definitely not paying attention to all
The questions were calculation and logic intensive, not theory intensive
There were 34 questions of QA with 12 Non-MCQ questions
fundamental knowledge of the students and their clarity of concepts
Arithmetic and Geometry questions dominated the section
In some of MCQs, options were very confusing to get the answer
Number System and Logarithm each had at least 2 questions.SectionTopicNo
of QuestionsDoableQuantitative AbilityNumber System21Algebra8-94-5Arithmetic13-148-9Modern Math31-2Geometry and Mensuration73-4An overall
attempt of 18-20 with 85% accuracy would be very good.Overall, a 99 percentile score could reduce by about 15-18 marks as compared to last
