CAT 2015 Analysis of Second Slot: DILR section difficult; Overall easy

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CAT 2015 Analysis - Second slot of CAT 2015 exam has finally come to an end. Not many changes were observed in paper pattern when compared to CAT 2015 first slot exam analysis.

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) section emerged as the most difficult and calculation-intensive section of the exam. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) and Quantitative Aptitude (QA) sections were comparatively easy.

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Division of Sections (Detailed analysis about CAT 2015 Exam)

CAT 2015 question paper had three main sections – VARC, DILR, QA.

However, two sections were further divided into two sections, demarcating individual sections.

Section	Sub-sections	Questions
VA RC	Verbal Ability (10 Qs)	34
	Reading Comprehension (24 Qs)
DILR	Data Interpretation (16 Qs)	32
	Logical Reasoning (16 Qs)
QA		34

So we can effectively say that there were a total of five sections.

 

CAT 2015 Analysis

 

Analysis of CAT 2015 – VARC section

This section acted as a good exam starter with simple passages and easy-to-attempt questions. While some problems were direct-reference questions, some were indirect and thought-based questions. Three RCs had quick reading speed, while the remaining two were complex to understand with slow reading speed. Take a look at the table below:

 

Verbal Ability (10 questions) 

This section has a total of 10 questions. Some of the questions were from:

Para jumble series	4 questions
Odd-one-out	1 question
Summary of paragraph	3 questions

 

Overall difficulty level: Easy

Good Attempt: 23 to 25 questions with 100% accuracy

 

 

CAT 2015 Analysis – DILR section

As mentioned above, this was the most difficult part of the entire paper. It was highly calculation intensive and time consuming. This section could very well be the deciding section of the exam.

Section	Questions	Sets
DI	16	4 sets (Two data-based sets, One graph One table)
LR	16	4 sets
Total	32	8

 

Overall difficulty level: Difficult

Good Attempt: 15 to 17 questions with 100% accuracy

 

Analysis of CAT 2015 Paper– QA section

While the overall section was easy and had questions from almost every topic mentioned in CAT 2015 syllabus. There 15 non-MCQ questions in this section.

 

Topic	No of questions
Geometry	6
Formulas	9
Ratio & sequence	5
Time, Speed & Distance	2
Percentage	2

 

Apart from the above, the section also had questions from

• Linear equations
• Quadratic equations
• Inequalities
• Surds & indices
• Time
• Circles
• Triangles
• Polygons
• Alligations & mixtures
• Permutation combination
• Time based questions

However, there were quite a few sitters. Candidates who successfully avoided them will be able to score well in CAT 2015 exam.

 

Overall difficulty level: Easy

Good Attempt: 22 to 24 questions with 100% accuracy

 

Overall Conclusion about CAT 2015 Analysis

While VARC and Quant were easy sections, DILR emerged as the killer zone. Shiksha met quite a few CAT aspirants in both first and second slot, who complained how their performance suffered after DILR part, which was the second section. CAT 2015 student reaction and analysis. As a result, many aspirants were unable to perform well in Quant section, though it was an easy section.

 

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