Common Aptitude Test, CAT 2023 Slot 1 has concluded. The slot 1 was performed from 8.30 am to 10.30 pm. The examination had three sections – Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Ability (QA). CAT 2023 Live Updates
The total problem stage within the Slot 1 was larger than the identical slot from the earlier yr. The examination had 66 questions divided among the many three sections out of which 24 questions of VARC, 20 questions for DILR and 22 questions of QA had been requested.
CAT 2023 Slot 1: Analysis
According to Sumit Singh Gandhi (CEO, Founder CATKing), CAT 2023 Slot 1 introduced forth a mixture of acquainted patterns and intriguing challenges. Check his evaluation right here.
The VARC part offered a mixture of inference-based questions, with a concentrate on studying comprehension from various subjects similar to philosophy, historical past, languages, and data notion. The Verbal Ability section included quite a lot of query varieties, difficult candidates with parajumbles, paragraph abstract, and paragraph completion workouts.
This breakdown offers a clearer understanding of the perceived problem ranges for every set within the DILR part, starting from average to troublesome and simple. Candidates wanted to strategize their method primarily based on these problem ranges to optimize their efficiency on this part.
The QA part included a major concentrate on algebra, which was described as powerful for majority of scholars however basic for these well-prepared. Arithmetic questions lined varied subjects, with a mixture of problem ranges, roughly simple to average. Geometry and Number System questions had been additionally a part of the part. Overall, the part required candidates to navigate by way of a various set of questions with various complexities.
CAT 2023 Slot 1: Difficulty Level
Gautam Puri – Vice Chairman and MD, Career Launcher has shared section-wise problem stage right here.
- VARC: VARC was average to troublesome. There had been 24 questions that wanted to be solved in 40 minutes. (The paper was a bit of simpler in comparison with the earlier yr)
- DILR: CAT 2023 DILR was average in problem in comparison with the earlier yr. The part included 20 questions, and the time allotted was 40 minutes. (The paper was on the identical stage because the earlier yr)
- QA: This yr’s QA part had 8-9 doable questions. In 40 minutes, you needed to reply 22 questions (particularly the Algebra part was troublesome).
- Total: The paper was troublesome total, and it was a bit of more difficult than the earlier yr.
As per the Founder of CATKing, the examination was Doable and never very powerful when in comparison with 2022. VARC was extra inference primarily based however had Reading comprehension passages all from the anticipated Topics. DILR was Moderate in problem phrases however felt a bit of Time consuming and prolonged.
