CAT 2020 is being conducted today in around 425+ across the country. The exam will be conducted in three slots. Check complete slot wise exam analysis of CAT 2020 here.

As per the latest reports, CAT 2020 Slot 1 and Slot 2 Exam has been concluded successfully and CAT 2020 Slot 3 Exam is underway. Candidates who appeared in the first two slots can check the article below to know CAT 2020 Exam Analysis and the number of good attempts that were required in order to crack CAT 2020. Candidates who are waiting for their turn to appear today can check the article to know the exam pattern that is been followed today.

On this page, we will update the memory-based questions shared by students who appeared in all the slots, and the answers for the same shall be updated on the basis of availability. Candidates appearing for slot 3 can also have an idea of the difficulty level.

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CAT 2020 Slot 3 Exam Analysis – Live Updates

 As per the reports coming in from candidates who appeared for the Slot 3 of CAT 2020, the difficulty level and pattern was similar to Slot 1 and Slot 2. VARC section again was quite difficult and candidates faced difficulty facing DILR questions as well.

Slot 3 of CAT 2020 has just concluded and we will soon be getting student reactions from various exam centres. We will be out with the detailed analysis prepared on the basis of the reactions given by the students who appeared for CAT 2020 Slot 3.

CAT 2020 Slot 2 Student’s Reaction

Shreya Mukherjee said that apart from DILR section, others were balanced and easy. “There are in total 76 questions, with equal weightage to every section, VARC- 26, QA- 26, DILR- 24. The difficulty level of the VARC section is high followed by DILR, while QA section is quite easy. The QA section consists of 10 questions from modern math, 8 from algebra, mensuration- 2, and rest arithmetic,” Shreya added.

CAT 2020 Slot 2 Exam Analysis – Live Updates

CAT 2020 VARC Topic Wise Weightage in Slot 2

The VARC section in Slot 2 of CAT 2020 was Difficult with no direct questions, as was the case with CAT 2019 as well. The pattern of questions in CAT 2020 Slot 2 with 18 questions from RC and 8 questions from Verbal Ability. The RC questions were tricky and inference-based and candidates had difficulty facing the question paper. Some students have reported that the difficulty level has increased as compared to last year. It is important to stay focused when solving questions and make good use of the time available. Attempting around 15 - 18 questions in this section with high accuracy is an excellent attempt in this section for a 99 percentile rank.

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CAT 2020 DILR Topic Wise Weightage in Slot 2

The DILR section was again reported to be Difficult by the candidates who appeared for Slot 2 as well. The pattern and the number of questions was exactly the same as Slot 1. There were 2 sets with 6 questions in each and sets with 4 questions each. The 6 question sets were of Moderate to Difficult level while one of the 4 question sets was doable with moderate difficulty while the remaining sets were very difficult to attempt. An attempt of around 15 - 16 questions in this section would be excellent with candidates attempting around 12-13 can also expect a good score. Experts suggest going through the sets first and choosing which ones to attempt first for a good score.

Following is the information about the different sets that appeared in the DILR section, their number of questions and difficulty level.

CAT 2020 Quantitative Ability Topic Wise Weightage in Slot 2

The Quant section was reported to be comparatively easier in Slot 2 as the first 2 sections proved to be very difficult to handle. There were 8 TITA questions from this section and they were spread out throughout the question paper. A lot of questions were reported to be from Arithmetic and Algebra. Candidates who appeared for Slot 2 also reported that around 2 -3 questions from Logarithms were included in the question paper. A good attempt in this section should be around 16-18 questions with high accuracy.

CAT 2020 Slot 2 Good Attempts

CAT 2020 Slot 2 Question Paper

The memory-based questions shared by the test takers of CAT 2020 Slot 2 will be updated here.

CAT 2020 Slot 1 Student’s Reaction

"Overall, the paper was easy, quite similar to CAT2019. Luckily, the verbal section went well to start the exam on a good note. What was surprising was that there were no conventional data interpretation questions such as tables, graphs and pie charts. The test was as expected, so hoping to get a good result and make everyone proud. Waiting for IIM-A" – Harshit

"The paper was very structured, but it was long and time-consuming. In all Reading comprehensions, VARC was time-consuming with concerns about inference-based questions, not many factual issues. LR/DI was the trick section set selection was the key, so now let's hope for the best." – Sabuj

"A not very hard paper, overall moderate with verbal coming only from three areas of the RC, baffles and inference-based questions. DI was time-consuming, but it was manageable. Overall moderate difficulty level in the hope of a good result" – Sarthak

CAT 2020 Slot 1 Exam Analysis – Live Updates

The detailed slot 1 exam analysis for CAT 2020 can be checked here. The analysis is prepared on the basis of student reactions from the CAT Exam Centres.

CAT 2020 VARC Topic Wise Weightage in Slot 1

This year, VARC had a total of 26 questions with 18 questions from Reading Comprehension and 8 questions from Verbal Ability. Five TITA questions were asked this year. The difficulty level of the VARC was similar to last year's. The number of questions was revealed for the first time in this slot, but otherwise there were no surprises.

TITA questions in the VARC section have been reported to be a bit easier than MCQs. Experts suggest that it would be best to avoid any tricky issues in the VARC. The length of the RC passages was almost equal to 450-500 words each.

RC Topics in VARC

CAT 2020 DILR Topic Wise Weightage in Slot 1

A total of 25 questions were asked in the DILR section of the CAT 2020. The section was more or less based on the same pattern as the previous year. The only surprise element, however, was that two sets of six questions each had been asked in the exam, which had not been seen before. In addition, three sets of four questions each were part of the question paper. The number of TITA questions was 6, which included 1 complete set of 4 questions. The remaining 2 TITA questions were placed in a different set.

There were 3 sets of DI and 2 sets of the LR section in this section. Sets were reported to be long and time-consuming. The number of good attempts in this section can be said to be about 15-18 high-precision questions for a 99 percentile score and about 10-12 questions can give you a 95 percentile score.

CAT 2020 Quantitative Ability Topic Wise Weightage in Slot 1

The QA section had 26 questions in the CAT 2020 slot 1. The difficulty level was reported to be a bit easier than last year with no major surprises in the question paper. The section had a lot of questions about Arithmetic, Algebra, Logarithms, Number System and Functions. Very few questions have been asked from the Modern Maths section.

The number of good attempts in the QA section of Slot 1 of CAT 2020 can be said to be around 13-15 questions for 95 percentile and around 20 questions for 99+ percentile with high accuracy.

CAT 2020 Slot 1 Question Paper

We will update the memory-based questions shared by the test takers of CAT 2020 Slot 1 here. The PDF of memory-based questions will be available for download here.