CMAT 2022 Analysis: Check Section Wise CMAT Exam Analysis and Cut Offs

Read CMAT 2022 analysis here to understand the difficulty level of the exam, types of questions asked, number of good attempts and expected CMAT cut offs.

CMAT 2022 exam analysis is now available. The exam was held today from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM and as per the initial analysis, the CMAT 2022 question paper was of moderate to high difficulty level. Being the last entrance exam for the current MBA season, CMAT 2022 was on the expected lines. The Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning questions were moderate, whereas English and Logical Reasoning questions were easy. GK questions were tough as usual. A good attempt of 63-70 questions can be considered good given the difficulty level fo the paper. Read here in-depth CMAT exam analysis 2022 to know the sectional difficulty levels, types of questions, number of good attempts and expected cut offs.  

CMAT 2022 Exam Analysis Highlights

• CMAT 2022 question paper had five sections
• CMAT 2022 had Innovation and Entrepreneurship as a mandatory section
• Every section had 20 questions for four marks each
• A total of 63-70 questions can fetch good scores

CMAT 2022 Exam Analysis: Section wise Breakup

Given below is the section wise breakup of the CMAT 2022 question paper.

CMAT 2022 section	Number of questions	Difficulty Level
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation	20	Moderate to High
Logical Reasoning	20	Easy to Moderate
Language Comprehension	20	Easy to Moderate
General Awareness	20	Tough
Innovation & Entrepreneurship	20	Moderate

CMAT 2022 Marking Scheme

In CMAT, four marks are awarded for each correct option and one mark is deducted for each wrong option. Check the section wise difficulty level below:

CMAT 2022 section	Number of questions	Total marks
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation	20	80
Logical Reasoning	20	80
Language Comprehension	20	80
General Awareness	20	80
Innovation & Entrepreneurship	20	80
Total	100	400

Section Wise CMAT 2022 Exam Analysis

Let’s look at each section of CMAT 2022 question paper viz. their topic-wise composition, difficulty levels and number of good attempt.

CMAT exam analysis 2022: Language Comprehension

CMAT 2022's Language Comprehesion section was easy. There was one Reading Comprehesion passage with four questions. Verbal sub section had 16 questions on vocabulary and grammar. 

Topics	Number of Questions
Reading Comprehension (Organisation and Development of Mega Cities)	4
Vocabulary (Idioms, Spelling, Antonym/Synonym, Fill in the Blanks, etc.)	10
Grammar (Fill in the Blanks, Direct Speech, Identify the Correct Statement)	5
Parajumble	1

An attempt of 16-17 questions can be considered good in this section of CMAT 2022.

CMAT exam analysis 2022: Logical Reasoning

The Logical Reasoning section was also easy. There were 15 were on Non-Verbal Reasoning and 5 Verbal Reasoning questions. This year, there were no set based question in this section. All of them were standalone questions. The questions were from Series, Coding-Decoding, Directions, Arrangements, Family Tree, etc. There were a couple of Verbal Reasoning questions too. Candidates did not face much challenge in solving the reasoning questions. 

Topics	Number of Questions
Directions	3
Series Completion	3
Number Relations	2
Linear Arrangement	2
Family Tree	2
Coding	2
Misc Arrangement	1
Set Theory	1
Verbal Reasoning	5

An attempt of 16-17 questions can be considered good in this section of CMAT 2022.

CMAT exam analysis 2022: Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation

Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation section was comparatively tougher than rest of the sections. The DI sub-section was a little lengthy. There were 5 Data Interpretation Questions on Tables and Pie Charts and 15 Quantitative Technique questions on Numbers, Geometry, Probability, Algebra, Percentages, Averages, Ratios, Compound Interest, Time-Speed-Distance and Time & Work. 

Topics	Number of Questions
Arithmetic (Percentages, Time-speed-distance, Time-work, Ratio-Proportion, Profit & Loss, Compound Interest, Averages)	8
Geometry (Mensuration & Triangles)	2
Modern Math (Probability)	2
Numbers (Properties of Numbers)	2
Algebra (Simple Equations)	1
Data Interpretation (Table, Pie Chart)	5

An attempt of 16-17 questions can be considered good in this section of CMAT 2022.

CMAT exam analysis 2022: General Awareness

The General Awareness section of CMAT 2022 was dominated by static GK (16 questions) and the questions were of high difficulty level. There were four Current Affairs questions. Around 11 questions were based on Indian events, where as four were on international events from the field of Sports, Constitution, History, Books and Authors, Awards, Physics, Geography, etc.

An attempt of 8-10 questions can be considered good in this section of CMAT 2022.

CMAT exam analysis 2022: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Innovation and Entrepreneurship section was a mandatory section this year. It had questions on innovation, entrepreneurship and business personalities-related questions. The questions in this section were moderately difficult. There was one RC passage on Entrepreneurship.

An attempt of about 7-9 questions can be considered good attempt in this section of CMAT 2022.

CMAT 2022 Expected Cut Offs

Here is the table indication expected cut offs for MBA/PGDM courses in top CMAT accepting colleges:

CMAT accepting college	CMAT 2022 cut off
JBIMS	99.99 percentile
SIMSREE	99.95+ percentile
KJ Somaiya	99.94
Welingkar Institute Of Management	99.90
GLIM, Chennai	90 +
Goa Institute of Management	95 +
IFMR	85 +
NIBM	90 +

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