CAT 2024 Live: IIM CAT exam concludes, check VARC, DILR, QA analysis here

IIM CAT 2024 Live: The IIM CAT results 2024 will be tentatively out by the second week of January.

IIM CAT 2024 Live: The third and last slot of the day has concluded.

IIM CAT 2024 Live: “Slot 2 of CAT 2024 maintained a moderate overall difficulty, with unique section-wise challenges that tested aspirants’ adaptability and precision. The paper showcased familiar concepts alongside nuanced twists, offering a balanced examination experience,” says Sumit Singh Gandhi, Founder and CEO of CATKing.

IIM CAT 2024 Live: For detailed analysis of slot 2, click on this direct link.

IIM CAT 2024 Live: Slot 2 of CAT 2024 reinforced the exam’s reputation for unpredictability and rigor. VARC required nuanced comprehension, DILR balanced problem-solving and calculation skills, and QA demanded time management and analytical prowess. With its thoughtful mix of familiarity and challenge, Slot 2 set a high benchmark for the subsequent slot, ensuring CAT’s enduring prestige as a test of both intellectual capability and strategic thinking.

(Analysis by Career Launcher)

CAT 2024 Analysis Live: In the Quantitative Ability (QA) section, aspirants encountered a mix of lengthier questions and familiar topics. Arithmetic remained dominant, contributing a significant share of questions. Specific topics such as Time, Speed & Distance (TSD), Profit & Loss (P&L), and Averages featured prominently. Additionally, a compound interest versus simple interest problem tested conceptual clarity, while Geometry and Logarithms made a minimal appearance.

Some insights for QA: Arithmetic:

Profit & Loss – 1 question.

Time, Speed & Distance – 1 question.

Averages – 1 question.

Simple Interest – Compound interest and simple interest comparison – Doable.

Geometry: Trapezium question – Doable.

Other Topics:

Logarithm – 1 question.

Number system (remainder and divisibility) – 1 question.

CAT 2023 TITA question on mangoes and bananas – Reappeared.

(Analysis by Career Launcher)

CAT 2024 Analysis Live: The Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) section balanced complexity and approachability, leaning towards moderate difficulty. The section featured two Data Interpretation (DI) sets and a few Logical Reasoning (LR) puzzles. While it posed challenges, test-takers could achieve good scores by solving three sets accurately.

Details for DILR Section:

Set 1: Product ratings across different days.

3 TITA questions – Tough.

MCQs – Doable.

Set 2: Distance-based gated area problem (Points A to P). – Doable.

Routes and network puzzle – Doable.

Set 3: Grid-based set with numbers 1 to 10 to be arranged

(Analysis by Career Launcher)

CAT 2024 Analysis Live: The Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) section had 24 questions, ranging from easy to moderate difficulty. The section comprised four Reading Comprehension (RC) passages and several Verbal Ability (VA) question types. Three of the RCs were deemed manageable, while the Odd-One-Out (OOC) set proved time-consuming. The section demanded strategic time allocation but rewarded clarity in comprehension and reasoning.

Details of the VARC Section:

RC Themes

Secondary effects of industrial innovations – Doable.

Carnivores and humans – Moderate difficulty.

Scientists and anonymous peer reviews – Doable.

VA Performance: Parasummary – Doable.

Paracompletion – Doable.

Odd-One-Out – Time-intensive.

(Analysis by Career Launcher)

IIM CAT 2024 Analysis Live: Slot 2 of CAT 2024 maintained a moderate overall difficulty, with unique section-wise challenges that tested aspirants’ adaptability and precision. The paper showcased familiar concepts alongside nuanced twists, offering a balanced examination experience.

(Analysis by Career Launcher)

CAT2024 Slot 2 was overall moderate to difficult. It was similar to slot 1. DILR was a little level up than slot 1 , VARC was length , RCs were 500 to 600 words .

QA was moderate and those who have been solving past year questions would be happy to see two exact questions from 2023 and 2022.

(By Sumit Singh Gandhi CEO , Founder CATKing)

IIM CAT 2024 Live: The third slot of the exam will begin at 4:30 PM.

“Slot 1 of the CAT 2024 exam was easier than last year. The VARC section was moderate, DILR was manageable, and QA was also moderate. Students reacted positively, noting a little surprise in the exam. Overall, the difficulty was moderate, and higher cutoffs are to be expected this year.”

Surprising elements:

• The DILR section asked 22 questions (Total 5 sets: 3 sets with 4 questions each and 2 sets with 5 questions each.)

• There were no para jumble questions asked.

• The cutoffs are expected to get higher.

(By Bhushan Bapat, Head of Academics, CAT Division at Supergrads by Toprankers)

IIM CAT 2024 Live: The CAT exam pattern of 2024 showed a little change in slot 1. The overall questions asked were 68 - VARC (24), DILR (22), and QA (22).

The overall pattern remained the same for all three slots, but the number of MCQs and TITA questions varied.

(By Bhushan Bapat, Head of Academics, CAT Division at Supergrads by Toprankers)

IIM CAT 2024 Live: The second slot of the CAT 2024 examination has ended. Section-wise analysis of the paper and a comparison of last year's examination will be shared soon. Stay tuned for more updates.

IIM CAT 2024 Live: The second slot of the CAT 2024 has ended. The exam was held from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm.

IIM CAT 2024 Live: The analysis of the CAT slot 2 paper shared by experts will be provided here after 2:30 pm.

IIM CAT 2024 Live: The second slot of the IIM CAT examination is underway. It started at 12:30 pm and will end at 2:30 pm.

IIM CAT 2024 Live: To read the detailed analysis of slot 1 paper, click on this direct link.

“Overall CAT was easier than last two years. Verbal was level up , quants was easier than expected and DILR surprised with 2 more questions (having 5 sets total ). Verbal also had no parajumbles.”

(Review by Sumit Singh Gandhi, CEO , Founder CATKing)

The QA section was easy with 14-15 good attempt questions. Ten were direct formula questions, 9-11 were easy questions from Algebra and two were from Geomitry

(Review by Sumit Singh Gandhi, CEO , Founder CATKing)

IIM CAT 2024 Live: VARC was the toughest section andit had four reading comprehensions with no parajumbles.

(Review by Sumit Singh Gandhi, CEO , Founder CATKing)

IIM CAT 2024 Live: According to Sumit Singh Gandhi, CEO and founder of CATKing, the slot 1 paper was overall easy with 68 questions.

IIM CAT 2024 Analysis: The QA (Quantitative Ability) section proved to be more challenging this year.

(Analysis by Gautam Puri Co-Founder & MD, Career Launcher)

IIM CAT 2024 Analysis: The DILR section in the first slot was moderate in difficulty, similar to the previous year. It included 20 questions, with 40 minutes allotted for this section.

(Analysis by Gautam Puri Co-Founder & MD, Career Launcher)

IIM CAT 2024 Analysis Live: The VARC section was moderately difficult. It had 24 questions to be completed in 40 minutes. Overall, this section was more accessible compared to the previous year.

(Analysis by Gautam Puri Co-Founder & MD, Career Launcher)