CAT Exam Analysis 2024 (Slot 1,2,3): Check Section-Wise Analysis, Difficulty Level and More

CAT Exam Analysis 2024: The overall difficulty of the CAT 2024 paper was almost the same as that of the last year. However, while analysing the 2024 paper, experts revealed that the Quantitative Aptitude portion was more difficult in all three positions compared to VARC and DILR. Also, experts had already predicted that the overall CAT cutoff for a 99+ percentile would fall between 82 and 83. Now, that the CAT results 2024 are out, analysis of the paper is a must. 

CAT 2024 Exam Analysis Highlights

The CAT 2024 exam paper was prepared by IIM Lucknow which was quite tough compared to other IIMs. Considering the difficulty level of the CAT exam, a candidate getting an overall score of 98 to 99 will be able to fetch a 99 percentile in CAT 2024. However, the CAT exam did not see any change in the exam pattern or test structure from last year. Below are highlights of the CAT 2024 exam:

• Same Pattern: There was no change in the CAT 2024 exam pattern as compared to the previous year’s paper. Both year’s paper had 66 questions.
• Lower Cut-Offs for IIMs: It was seen that the CAT 2024 exam was considered to be one of the most difficult papers by experts. 
• Difficult Paper: Given the difficulty of the paper, the cut-offs for IIMs are also expected to go down. 

CAT Exam Analysis 2024: Slot 1, 2 and 3

Herein, we have CAT exam analysis for Slots 1, 2, and 3. 

Slot 1

Check CAT exam analysis 2024 for Slot 1 paper:

Subject	Slot 1		Slot 2		Slot 3
	Good Attempts	Difficulty Level	Good Attempts	Difficulty Level	Good Attempts	Difficulty Level
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	10-12	Moderate	13-15	Moderate	12-14	Moderate
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	9-11	Moderate	9-12	Moderate	10-12	Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude (QA)	15-18	Easy-Moderate	14–17	Moderate- Difficult	13-16	Moderate
Overall	40-49	Moderate	36-44	Moderate	35-42	Moderate

Slot 2

The table displays an analysis of Slot 2 CAT 2024 paper:

CAT Sections	Number of Questions	Topics	Difficulty Level
VARC	24	4 passages have 4 questions each; 2 para jumble questions; 2 para summary questions; 2 para completion questions; and 2 odd one-out questions	Moderate
DILR	20	4 sets of 5 questions each	Moderate to Difficult
QA	22	8 Algebra questions, 9 Arithmetic questions, 2 Geometry questions, 3  Number System questions, 0 Modern Maths questions	Difficult
Total	66	—	—

Slot 3

The table gives an analysis of the CAT 2024 exam Slot 3 paper:

CAT Sections	Number of Questions	Topics	Difficulty Level
VARC	24	4 passages have 4 questions each; 2 para jumble questions; 2 para summary questions; 2 para completion questions; and 2 odd one-out questions	Easy-Moderate
DILR	20	4 sets of 5 questions each	Moderate to Difficult
QA	22	7 Algebra questions, 8 Arithmetic questions, 3 Geometry questions, 4 Number System questions, 0 Modern Maths questions	Difficult
Total	66	—	—

Also Read: CAT Result 2024: Dates, Download Results, Cut Off, Percentile, Exam Analysis

CAT 2024 Difficulty Level vs CAT 2023 Difficulty Level (On the Scale of 10)

Here is the difficulty level of the CAT 2024 paper when compared with the CAT 2023 examination. 

Sections	CAT 2023 Difficulty Level	CAT 2024 Difficulty Level
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)	7	6
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)	7	8
Quantitative Ability (QA)	6	8-9
Total	7	8-9

Also Read: CAT Admission: Know Complete Application Process 2024

CAT Score Vs Percentile

Taking admission through the CAT exam is based on percentile and not on score. Note that the CTA percentile is different from the score and is derived from the latter. In this case, the CAT 2024 scores vs percentile are derived based on the question paper as well as the difficulty level. 

CAT Percentile	VARC Score	DILR Score	QA Score	Overall Score
99.9 %ile	48	36	48	106
99.5 %ile	44	32	32	89
99 %ile	40	28	28	80
98 %ile	36	25	24	71
95%ile	30	19	19	57
90%ile	25	16	15	49
85%ile	21	13	12	40
80%ile	19	11	10	36
75%ile	17	10	9	31
70%ile	15	9	8	29

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