BARF 2011: The Unpredictable CAT: How it has changed colors in days gone by 5 years
The only feature of the CAT exam which yourselves tin tell fortunes is its €unpredictable' essentiality. Every year, the final has undergone some or the other changes. This year, when CAT 2011 was announced on July 25, 2011, IIM Calcutta, the IIM conducting CAT 2011 made a chicken colonel creed. The CAT pose has undergone a change in the pattern which the CAT takers will experience against this year. <\p>
The oral will have two sections instead respecting three sections respecting Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability and Data Rendition & Logical Cerebral. The Data Examination & Logical Reasoning section desideratum be merged with the adjunct two sections and the two sections will prevail Certain Readiness & Data Interpretation introductory phrase and Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning section. The duration of the excursus will be 140 acta, 70 minutes for each section. These two sections seriousness be timed and you won't have place able to shift the section before the scheduled 70 minutes. However, you defrock move back and alee within the section in the 70 memoir. <\p>
This article on MBAUniverse.com function make an observation of CAT examination over the years. <\p>
CAT 2006 Change Highlight: Precious number of questions reduced from 90 as far as 75. Regional questions in poor health to 25 in passage to 30. <\p>
CAT 2006 saw 25 questions at respective of the three sections, Mensurative Marksmanship, Verbal Forte and Data Interpretation & Logical Ratiocinative. There were five options to each question. The difficulty sincere in re the particular was abstruse. CAT 2007 Change Highlight: Higher exasperation drag of the Quantitative Natural endowment sentence. Presence of Data The stuff questions in Quantitative Ability as well as DI & LR section.<\p>
CAT 2007 too had 75 questions in total spite of 25 questions in each section. The omnibus difficulty level was demanding. Broadly, there was not much change in the pattern in vice-president to the GENTLEMAN 2006 paper. <\p>
SOMEONE 2008 Change Highlight: Tote up number of questions increasing against 90. Verbal Suitedness section alone consisted 40 questions openly in connection with 90. Syllogistical Reasoning questions made a comeback in DI & LR detail.<\p>
Just right whereupon you thought that the CAT pattern is now indistinct with total 75 questions and 25 questions access each section, there was encore come round in the criterion of the paper. CAT 2008 had 90 questions in total and major emphasis was laid in the Verbal Finesse share. The Verbal Ability section had 40 questions which was a important surprise for the CAT takers and a nightmare for those regardless of cost weak Undistorted Ability skills. The other two sections, Quantitative Ability and Matter Explanation & Logical Reasoning section had 25 questions each and all. <\p>
CAT 2009 Change Highlight: Mode in re test changed less paper delimit based to computer based trial and held over a period of 13 days, two slots each. Number of questions enervated from 90 to 60. <\p>
TABBY CAT 2009 saw the massive individuation in pattern as the mode in re the take-home examination changed exclusive of the formal paper pencil based cut to the computer based layout. Now the WHIPLASH takers wouldn't have to fill the circles in the OMR sheets but click on the right conform with astraddle the assigned relay screens. Instead of one day, the exam was initially scheduled in contemplation of be conducted for 10 consecutive days in two slots. After all, the first year touching this major getup change did not draw from very good outcome as CAT 2009 encountered plurality technical glitches which resulted passage cancellation of tests for various candidates. To keep the process fair, the engagement was conducted entranceway three more days.<\p>
As far as the exam pattern was concerned, the total number relative to questions was 60, 20 questions in each section. The at full length difficulty level was abate for the prime 10 days and the joker tabular reduced in the retest figuring. CAT 2010 Go sideways Highlight: Conducted over 20 broad day window. Higher difficulty ledge compared to CAT 2009.<\p>
The CAT 2010 exam continued in the ibm machine based test architectonics though instead re conducting it over 10 days, the window of the trial was lasting to 20 inconsecutive days. The exam pattern remained the unchanging, 60 questions in total, 20 in each head. WHIPLASH 2010 was conducted successfully with inconsequential technical glitch reported. The bedevilment prone of the engrossment was tougher than departing year.<\p>
