CAT
CAT
Common Admission Test or CAT exam is a common aptitude test which is a gateway to 20 IIMs and over 1200 B-schools in India. CAT is conducted by the IIM in the month of November in online mode in over 156 cities. The exam is held in two slots and the question paper comprises 100 MCQs from Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Ability (QA).
CAT Exam Pattern
Indian Institute of Management, which will conduct the Common Admission Test will prescribe the exam pattern of 2020. Candidates who will appear for the exam can check the exam pattern which will indicate the total number of different sections and the questions that will be asked in each of them. By going through the exam pattern candidates will also know the marking scheme, the subjects and the topics from which the questions will be asked. Under the exam pattern candidates will also know the mode of the exam as well as the duration of the test.
Exam Pattern Overview
To know all the aspects of exam pattern, candidates can go through the following table:
Exam Pattern
Exam Pattern- Number of MCQ Vs Non-MCQ Questions
Candidates who will be appearing for the entrance exam, they can get the expected overview of 2020 exam pattern. This will include the total number of questions that are likely to be asked in the exam and the number of TITA questions. It was since 2015 that the IIMs introduced some change in the exam pattern wherein the candidates had to answer subjective questions. It is difficult to know the total number of non-MCQ questions that will be asked in the entrance exam.
Exam Pattern – Overall and Sectional Duration
| Section | Total Number of questions | During of Exam for all categories | Duration of Exam for PwD category |
| Quantitative Ability (QA) | 34 | 60 minutes | 80 minutes |
| Verbal Ability & Reading Comp. (VARC) | 34 | 60 minutes | 80 minutes |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) | 32 | 60 minutes | 80 minutes |
Candidates who will appear in the Common Admission Test, they can check the overall and the sectional duration under the exam pattern. Each section will have to be completed in 60 minutes while PwD category candidates will get 80 minutes to complete each section. Candidates belonging to the PwD category have the option to submit the answer after completion of one hour. In exam 2020, candidates will not be allowed to switch between the sections. They can move to the next section only after they have completed the first
Exam Syllabus
Indian Institute of Management which conducts the exam does not prescribe the syllabus for 2020 exam. However, based on past years question papers, candidates can check the topics from which the questions are asked.
| Section | Topics |
| Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | English Usage or Grammar, Close Passage, Verbal Ability, Jumbled Paragraph, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Synonyms Antonyms, Facts-Inferences-Judgements etc. |
| Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) | Bar Graphs, Column Graphs, Tables, Caselets, Blood Relations, Calendars, Cubes, Clocks, Number and Letter Series, Seating Arrangement, Binary Logic, Line Charts, Venn Diagrams, Pie Chart, Combination of two or more types linked to each other, Syllogism etc |
| Quantitative Ability (QA) | Trigonometry, Mensuration, Algebra, Arithmetic, Higher Maths, Geometry, etc. |
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