When they first came out, the majority of aspirants indicated that as predicted the CAT 2022 exam maintained the format of the last year exam, which had a shorter time limit of two hours and 40 minutes for each section. The number of questions in each section is still an unanswered question. In the end, CAT 2022 had 66 questions. The distribution of questions in every section was as predicted as discussed in-depth in CATKing Educare Classes and open sessions.
Big Surprises in CAT 2022 :
Section-wise question distribution is:
The marking criteria remained the same: +3 for correct answers and -1 for answers in MCQs and +3 for the correct answers and there is no negative marking in non-MCQs
CAT Exam Slot 1: Morning Session
Other details of the CAT 2022 Question Paper are as follows:
As expected the CAT 2022 Slot 1 exam paper pattern is presented in a tabular form below
CAT 2022 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Question-wise Breakup:
The Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension sections were comparable to CAT 2021 in terms of their moderate level of difficulty. Contrary to what was predicted, this section was a little longer than average. In total, 24 questions were to be answered in the allotted 40 minutes.
There were 5 non-MCQ questions (all Verbal). Each RC paragraph contained between 470 and 500 words. 2 passages were simple to read, 2 passages were challenging, and each had 2 questions that could be answered. The questions on the RC Passages were very similar to those on the CATKing Educare All India Mock
-RC 1 Topic: Ghosts and their mysteries how we can’t find their history
-RC 2 Topic: Chinese Copy of articles -- Original Copy | Second type is change size and shape and copy it. (Very Easy)
-RC 3 Topic: Two levels of emotional thinking [ Author supporting of second level of emotional thinking and linked to Buddhism and other religions)
-RC 4: STOICS
CAT 2022 Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning Question-wise Breakup:
There were 20 questions total in the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning part, broken up into 4 sets.
DILR was moderate to challenging to the CAT 2021 level of difficulty. Again, there were 5 non-MCQs_ During the allotted time, only 2 Sets could be managed.
The bar Chart was simple and simply based on DI. The other three required a lot of time. One set had a combination of LR and DI and may be completed
CAT 2022 Quantitative Ability Question-wise Breakup:
In terms of LODI the QA section of CAT 2022 was as expected comparable to CAT 2019 and CAT 2021 _ It contained 22 short questions that could be answered in 40 minutes. There were 8 non-MCQs in the section.
This analysis is written by Sumit Singh Gandhi who is an education leader based in Mumbai ,India and is passionate about education. As a professional background he is a Founder and CEO of CATKing Educare, India's premier MBA Coaching institute, also a Founder of India's first technology education NGO - Sounds of Silence Foundation and Program Manager –General Electric (Awarded 3 CIO Awards). He is also a TEDx Speaker at IIM Calcutta and NMIMS inspiring young minds on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership. He started his journey by completing his B.Tech from NIT Surathkal. He further did MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research and pursued Executive Management (SPNM) from Harvard Business School. On his list, he also has an Oxford Admit 2016 and Finalist-Stanford-Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarship.