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CAT 07 Test Analysis, Cut-offs IIMs- Non IIMs, Key & Explanations
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This time there was little surprise element in the paper, as the number of questions and time limits remained same. There were 75 questions to be attempted in 2.5 hours. However the level of difficulty varied. Compared to last year, questions in Quant were slightly tougher than last year, while the DI section was more calculation based. There was more variety of questions in the Verbal section and students found it was trickier again this time. Each question had five options. The weightage and marking of the questions, including negative marking, were same as last year.
It is noticed that the CAT paper is becoming more intensive in nature with little ground for pick and choose. Candidates must attempt the maximum number of questions as the time given is 2 minutes per question, on average. This implies that there is enough time to do the questions and candidates must have an intensive knowledge of all areas.
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Expected Cut-Offs for IIM's
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Problem Solving |
VA/RC |
DI/LR |
Net Score |
Cut-offs |
24-28 |
26-30 |
32-36 |
100-115 |
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Expected Cut-offs For Institutes Other than IIMs: |
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Expec. Score |
Institutes |
Institute Details Table |
99.5 |
115 + |
Multiple IIMs (A, B, L, C, K, I, Shillong) |
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98.5 |
100 - 115+ |
At least One IIM call |
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96-99 |
90 - 100+ |
MDI, NITIE, SP Jain (With Sectional Balance) |
A |
94-97 |
80 - 90+ |
IMT (Sec. Balance), IMI, MICA, Great Lakes |
B |
92-95 |
72 - 80+ |
UBS, FORE, TAPMI (Some Inst. Consider Sect. Balance) |
C |
85-92 |
55 - 72+ |
IMDR, BIMTech (PGDM) … |
D |
70-85 |
40 - 55+ |
Apeejay, IITT, NICMAR … |
E |
50-70 |
26 - 40+ |
Asia Pacific, IILM, EMPI … |
F |
Below 50 |
< 26 |
Pearl, SMS Varanasi, Jaypee … |
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Institute Tables other than IIMs: |
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Table A |
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Institute |
Application Status |
Last date of sub. form |
WebSite |
National Inst. of Industrial Engg.(NITIE) - Mumbai |
Available |
30th Nov 07 |
www.nitie.edu |
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. |
Available |
30th Nov 07 |
www.spjimr.org |
Management Development Institute (MDI)., Gurgaon |
Closed |
14th Nov 07 |
www.mdi.ac.in |
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Table B |
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Institute |
Application Status |
Last date of sub. form |
WebSite |
Institute Of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad |
Available |
30th Nov 07 |
www.imt.edu |
International Management Institute, New Delhi |
Available |
10th Dec 07 |
www.imi.edu |
Mudra Institute of Communications (MICA), Ahd |
Available |
5th Jan 08 |
www.mica-india.net |
Great Lakes institute of management |
Available |
18th Jan 08 |
www.greatlakes.edu.in |
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Table C |
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Institute |
Application Status |
Last date of sub. form |
WebSite |
FORE School of Management, New Delhi |
Available |
4th Dec 07 |
ww.fsm.ac.in |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute Of Mgmt (LBS) , Delhi |
Available |
12/12/2007 |
www.lbsim.ac.in |
Institute Of Management Technology (IMT), Nagpur |
Available |
30th Nov 07 |
www.imt.edu |
Nirma Inst. Of Mgt., Ahmedabad |
Available |
30th Nov 07 |
www.nim.ac.in |
K.J. Somaiya Inst. Mgt. and Research, Mumbai |
Available |
15th Dec 07 |
www.somaiya.edu |
Bharathidasan Institute of Mgmt.(BIM) |
Available |
18th Jan 08 |
www.bim.edu |
TAPMI - Manipal |
Available |
6th Dec 07 |
www.tapmi.org |
Univesity Business School, Chandigarh |
Closed |
16th Nov 07 |
www.ubschandigarh.org |
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Table D |
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Institute |
Application Status |
Last date of sub. form |
WebSite |
Institute of Mgt. Devp. & Research (IMDR), Pune |
Available |
30th Nov. 07 |
www.imdr.edu |
Birla Institute of Management and Technology (PGDM), Greater Noida |
Available |
10th Dec 07 |
www.bimtech.ac.in |
NIILM Centre for Management Studies, Badarpur |
NA |
NA |
www.niilm.com |
Indian Inst. Of Social Welfare & Business Mgmt., Kolkata |
Available |
3rd Dec 07 |
www.iiswbm.edu |
Indian Institute Of Forest Mgmt., Bhopal |
Available |
5th Dec 07 |
www.iifm.ac.in |
Institute for Financial Management & Research, Chennai |
Available |
10 th Dec 07 |
www.ifmr.ac.in/lp |
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies |
Available |
30th Jan 2008 |
www.kiams-hrr.org |
National Institute of Bank Management-Pune |
Available |
3th Dec 07 |
www.nibmindia.org |
College of Agri-Business Management |
Available |
10th Dec 07 |
www.cabm.ac.in |
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Table E |
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Institute |
Application Status |
Last date of sub. form |
WebSite |
Apeejay Institute of Management, New Delhi |
Available |
3rd Dec 2007 |
www.apeejay.edu/asm/home.htm |
Birla Institute of Management and Technology
(Insurance & IB), Greater Noida |
Available |
10th Dec 07 |
www.bimtech.ac.in |
Indian Institutte of Tourism & Travel Mgmt.-Gwalior |
Available |
31st Dec 07 |
www.iittm.org |
Institute of Petrolium Management, Gandhinagar |
Available |
18th Jan. 08 |
www.ipmg.ac.in |
ITM Business School (Mumbai) |
Available |
31-Mar-08 |
www.itm.edu |
Jaipuria Institute of Management , Luckhnow |
Available |
10-Dec-07 |
www.jiml.ac.in |
National Power Training Institute |
Available |
25-Feb-08 |
www.npti.nic.in |
NICMAR,Hyderabad |
Available |
03rd Dec 07 |
www.nicmar.ac.in |
SDM Institute of For Mgmt. Dev., Mysore |
Available |
8th Dec 07 |
www.sdmimd.net |
University of Hyderabad |
Available |
23-Nov-07 |
www.uohyd.ernet.in |
Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore. |
Available |
31st Dec 07 |
www.amrita.edu |
Indian institute of material management |
Available |
NA |
www.iimm.org |
Alliance business Academy |
Available |
25-Jan-08 |
www.alliancebschool.ac.in |
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Table G |
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General Analysis of CAT 07
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The test had three sections, each section having 25 questions with 75 questions in all. Each question carried 4 marks with a negative marking of 1 mark for every wrong answer. The number of answer options per question was five.
The three sections were: |
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Questions per Section |
Total Score (300) |
(4 marks each right & negative 1 mark for each wrong answer) |
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Problem Solving |
25 |
100 |
II |
Verbal Ability & RC |
25 |
100 |
III |
Data Interpretation & LR |
25 |
100 |
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Section : Problem Solving (QA)
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The maths section was difficult and it was felt that it required more thought as compared to the maths section last year. Both engineers and non-engineers would have found the section quite difficult this time. There were some direct questions. Out of 25 questions, about 8 sitters and another 8 were medium difficulty level. 9 questions were on the difficult side. There was a mix of questions from Numbers, algebra, functions, inequalities and arithmetic. The cut off in the Quant section is expected to be 24-28.
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Area-wise Break-up
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Break Up |
No. of Ques. |
Break Up |
No. of Ques. |
Break Up |
No. of Ques. |
Geometry & Mensuration |
3 |
Numbers |
4 |
Functions |
4 |
TSD |
2 |
Percentage & Ratio |
3 |
Inequalities |
2 |
Perm. & Comb. |
1 |
Equations |
4 |
Sets |
2 |
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Section : Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VA & RC) |
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The verbal section was of a higher difficulty level than in the earlier years. The number of questions remained the same, but there was a larger variety. This was achieved by putting fewer questions for every type. For instance, the number of passages in Reading Comprehension was increased to 4, but they had only three questions per passage, fewer than last time. Thus there were 12 questions of Reading Comprehension in the paper, out of a total of 25 questions, which constituted 50% of the verbal section. This was slightly less that the 60% Comprehension questions that had been included last year. The importance of Reading Comprehension thus remains in the CAT and experts’ advice of doing extra reading was proved right again this year. The level of difficulty was also high as the choices were very close and many students were at a loss as to which choice to mark. One of the passages was sourced by Bulls Eye to the book “Reflexivity and the crisis of Western Reason: Logological Investigations” by Barry Sandywell. Other passages consisted of Human Biology, Art, Paradigms of a Mature Scientific Community, History and Science.
The balance 13 questions consisted of paragraph completion, Grammar and Critical Reasoning. There were 3 questions on Grammar, in which one had to identify the incorrect parts of sentences. This was purely grammar based. Three questions were on Critical Reasoning, in which the students had to complete a paragraph given. Perhaps the surprise of the year was the inclusion of three questions which tested basic English: the difference between further and farther, for instance, or the difference between censored and censured. These questions on English Usage tested how much candidates actually knew about using common, everyday English. There were also four questions on parajumbles or order arrangement, in which candidates had to make an order out of a jumbled paragraph. We expect the cut off in this section to be 26 to 30. |
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Area-wise Break-up
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No. of Qts |
No. of Marks |
Reading Comprehension |
12 |
48 |
Jumbled Para – Sentence Rearrangement |
4 |
16 |
Short Paragraph (CR type) |
3 |
12 |
Verbal Ability |
6 |
24 |
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Topic |
Words |
Difficulty Level |
No. of Qts |
Scientific Methodology |
448 |
Difficult |
3 |
Predictions in History |
558 |
Medium |
3 |
Determinants of Roles |
420 |
Difficult |
3 |
Arts and Society |
532 |
Difficult |
3 |
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Section : Data Interpretation / Logical Reasoning (DI/LR) |
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This section had 25 questions mainly from Pure DI (Calculation Based), Reasoning & Data Sufficeincy. There were 3 pure DI bocks. Overall two blocks were very easy in DI Section. DS questions were also doable. Though on the face DI section looked simple but lots of questions involved critical reading & tricky calculations. We expect the cut off in this section to be 32 to 36. |
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Area-wise Break-up
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Description/Type |
No. of Qts |
Level of difficulty |
LR+DI |
8 |
Difficult |
DI Table based |
13 |
Easy to Medium |
Data Sufficiency |
4 |
Easy to Medium |
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