CAT 2019 Exam Analysis for Slot 2 – Candidates can check below CAT 2019 slot 2 analysis from this page. This time the difficult section was VARC, DILR was moderate and Quant was easy to moderate. With the help of CAT 2019 Exam Analysis for Slot 2 candidates can check the difficulty level, weightage of topics, number of good attempts, expected cutoffs etc. Also, the candidates can check the section wise analysis for VARC, DILR and QA sections. To check CAT 2019 slot 2 analysis, be with us and read below.
Latest: CAT 2019 Slot 2 analysis by Career Launcher is out. Check below.
CAT 2019 Exam Analysis for Slot 2
One of the well known entrance exam of the nation, for admission in the IIMs and their MBA courses, is CAT. In this exam, about 2 lakh candidates appear for the exam in the online mode and across the nation. The exam is held in 2 shifts and in an entire online mode across the nation.
- CAT 2019 date: November 24, 2019
- CAT 2019 slot 2 start time: 2:30 pm
- CAT 2019 slot 2 end time: 5:30 pm
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CAT 2019 Slot 2 Analysis by Career Launcher
The candidates can check below a brief analysis of Slot 2 of CAT 2019 below:
The Section-wise expected score for 99 percentile as per Career Launcher is:
| Section | Expected score for 99%ile |
| VARC | 60-62 |
| DILR | 45-48 |
| Quant | 57-60 |
| Overall | 152-155 |
- VARC: Expect the cutoff of VARC to drop by about 8-10 marks as per Career Launcher. And therefore, a 99%ile will be at 60 – 62 marks.
- DILR: The 99%ile can be achieved at a score of 45-48 marks, as per Career Launcher
- QA: A 99%ile in QA would be anywhere between 57 and 60 marks, as per Career Launcher
CAT 2019 Overall Analysis for Slot 2
The candidates can check the exam analysis of Slot 2 from below
- DILR was the same as last year
- VA was a little time consuming and one passage was tough from RC
- DI was very easy
- QA were moderate
- There was no question from
- Overall, slot 1 and 2 seems to be at par with each other in terms of difficulty level.
- There were graph type questions
- RC had 5 passages and every passage had 4 questions.
CAT 2019 Slot 2 Analysis for VARC
Check below the analysis of Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC). The analysis is made available after the exam and is based on the reactions of the students and experts.
For CAT 2019:
- VARC has ideas based and inference based questions
- Verbal ability was doable
- Verbal section was a bit lengthy
- 2 RCs were doable, 1 was medium and 1 was very difficult
Previous year: From last year, following is the analysis for the VARC section:
| Section | Non-MCQs | MCQs | Total | Difficulty level | Good attempts |
| VARC | 7 | 27 | 34 | Moderate | 24+ |
The questions were asked from the following topics:
- Para jumble
- Odd sentence out
- 5 passages based on meritocracy and diversified teams, use of technology in essential services, rings of Saturn and their age, and a passage on human resource and learning.
CAT 2019 Slot 2 Analysis for DILR
For the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) section, the following analysis is available after the exam:
For CAT 2019:
- DILR was easier this time
- DI question was there based on triangle interpretation
- There were LR question based on meetings
- Another LR question was based on selection
- Overall the section was moderate to tough
- There were easy questions that were presented in a complicated manner
- Questions were presented in the form of graphs
- There were a few venn diagrams based digram
- There were 4 variable venn diagram.
Previous year: From last year, following is the analysis for the DILR section:
| Section | Non-MCQs | MCQs | Total | Difficulty level | Good attempts |
| VARC | 8 | 24 | 32 | Difficult | 16+ |
Most of the questions were asked from:
- Currency Exchange rate
- Smart phones
- Box Diagram
- Interview – Arrangement
- Coding
- Set Theory
- Institute Accreditation
- Ticket to a show
CAT 2019 Slot 2 Analysis for QA
After the exam, check fere the analysis for the Quantitative Aptitude section.
For CAT 2019:
- 25 questions were doable
- Paper was moderate to tough
- There were questions in 3D gemometry
- There were questions on algebra that were easy to do
Previous year: From last year, following is the analysis for the QA section:
| Section | Non-MCQs | MCQs | Total | Difficulty level | Good attempts |
| VARC | 8 | 24 | 32 | Moderate to Difficult | 22+ |
Most of the questions were asked from:
- Modern Math
- Number System
- Arithmetic
- Geometry and Mensuration
- Algebra
CAT 2019 Analysis for Slot 2 – Live!
Candidates can check here the live analysis for CAT 2019 Slot 2.
5:30 PM: Slot 2 of CAT 2019 is now over, and the candidates are coming out of the exam center. Analysis for the exam will be live soon.
5:15 PM: Slot 1 of CAT 2019 was moderate to tough. The slot 2 exam is expected to be at par with slot 1, however, the same can be confirmed when the exam is over.
5:05 PM: Slot 2 of CAT 2019 will end in a half an hour. In slot 1 the candidates were not allowed to wear shoes and watches inside. In some centers, the candidates were not even allowed to wear sweaters inside the exam room.
5:00 PM: Difficulty level of the exam is trickier and tougher than last year
4:30 PM: The overall cut off is expected to be around 157-160 to get 99% percentile
3:00 PM: In Slot 1, VARC was difficult in comparison to last year. Hence, it is expected the same for Slot 2 as well as RC is generally lengthy and tough every year.
2:35 PM: CAT 2019 exam has been started for Slot 2 at 02:30 PM and will end at 05:30 PM.
CAT 2019 Answer Key
On the exam day alonwith the nalysis, CAT 2019 memory based answer keys are also released. These answer keys are released by various sources like the fellow students, teachers, subject experts and the coaching centers etc. The memory based answer keys are based on the questions that a candidate remembers after the exam. These rae available in the form of PDF files, videos or social media uploads.
However, IIM Kozhikode shall release the answer keys online on the website of CAT 2019, a few days later. These are the official answer keys and are avaiable under the login of the students. To check scores using the answer key of CAT 2019, the following formula can be used:
CAT raw score = 3 X (no. of correct answers) – 1 X (number of wrong answers)
*For a Non-MCQ type question, the candidates need not require to deduct any marks for a wrong answer.
Top IIMs and their CAT 2019 Cutoff Percentile
The candidates can check below what is the minimum percentile that they need to score to get into one of the IIMs. The minimum cutoff percentile needed to take admission in IIM is released by each of the IIMs before the exam. For admission in 2020-22 session, the following is the cutoff percentile of the IIMs.
| Indian Institute of Management | CAT 2019 overall cutoff percentile | Rank |
| Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | – | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | 80 | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | 85 | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Management Lucknow | 90 | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Management Indore | 90 | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | 85 | 8 |
| Indian Institute of Management Udaipur | 90 | 13 |
| Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli | 95 | 14 |
| Indian Institute of Management Raipur | 95 | 19 |
| Indian Institute of Management Rohtak | 95 | 23 |
| Indian Institute of Management Shillong | – | 24 |
CAT 2019
CAT 2019 is held at a national level for admission in PGP or MBA courses in the IIMs. Apart from the IIMs, 200+ B schools intake admission based on CAT scores. Every year one of the IIMs take turn to conduct the exam. In CAT questions are asked form areas of Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Ability. A total of 100 questions come in the exam and each question has 3 marks assigned to them.
About Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Therea re a total of 20 IIMs in India. These institutes enjot the status of “Institutes of national Importance”. The list of all the 20 IIMs is given in the table below. The establishment of IIMs was initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, based on the recommendation of the Planning Commission.
- Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
- Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
- Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
- Indian Institute of Management Indore
- Indian Institute of Management Shillong
- Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
- Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
- Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
- Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
- Indian Institute of Management Raipur
- Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
- Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
- Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
- Indian Institute of Management Nagpur
- Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
- Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur
- Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam
- Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur
- Indian Institute of Management Jammu
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