SOMEONE 2011:Is the new pattern of CAT 2011 is better than CAT 2010? Annunciate your exhortation
IIM Calcutta officially announced CAT 2011, the entrance great go for the 13 IIMs and over 150 B-schools in India, on 25 July 2011. CAT 2011 will be held to a 20 day window between October 22, 2011 and November 18, 2011.<\p>
This lunar year there are deft changes in the pattern of the paper. STUD 2011 co-optation drag down at least duplicated sections instead of the quondam three sections. The first section will core on Quantitative Ability & Clue Interpretation; the second on Phrasal Ability & Logical Subjective. There will come sound 60 questions in the paper, 30 inwardly all and some section. The duration of CAT 2011 will abide 140 minutes. <\p>
These two sections say-so be implemented sequentially in line with group time limits. The examination will exist in order to 140 minutes. Candidates will have 70 bulletin to answer 30 questions within each section which will have an on-screen countdown timer. Once the time ends for the proemial flying column, they desire set astir to the second and will no longer be able to go back. <\p>
Prof. Janakiraman Moorthy, CAT 2011 Convener and Professor concerning Marketing at IIM Calcutta in an interview with MBAUniverse.com had said, €The reason crux we have belittled the number of sections against three to two is seeing that we want cute students at our IIMs, who would be equally competent in for two Quantitative Artisanship as well as Verbal Ability. Till last fiscal year we have seen many students who had wry efficiency.€<\p>
According so as to top experts the new pattern is a pleasant move. Arun Sharma, CAT expert, author of best selling EAGLE prep books, and IIM Bangalore alumnus, mentions that this new expatiation will bonus the sections. <\p>
€Previously, STRAP was more predilection an engineering test and candidates from engineering foil had the advantage. Present it will exist unbroken, parce que Quantitative What it takes is clubbed with Data Interpretation and Verbal Ability section is clubbed with Cool Reasoning. This will yea making attaining the cut-off easier as instead of three you be obliged in consideration of attain the cut-off remedial of only two sections.€<\p>
Gautam Puri, Vice Chairman, Post Launcher says that the article will remain an advantage for the test takers as they don't have till think much about simple time denomination and strategizing. €Students should awaken it easier to determine the due bill as they have to spend 70 minutes to each section. This will not lead until a skewed performance like settling plenary time to one's sizeable sections and minimum time to the weaker sections leading to a skewed sectional percentile.€<\p>
According so Tony Xavier, Head Academics, IMS Learning Assets and liabilities, this step is good for both the test takers as well correspondingly the test conductors point now it will help en route to filter out the actual competent candidate. €CAT 2011 will remain strange to filter out students who are equally better in universal the sections,€ her said.<\p>
To gauge the reactions to the change streamlined CAT tectonics as things go the 2011 exam MBAUniverse.com has recently raised the question: €New pattern of CAT 2011 exam is transmuted in other respects CAT 2010€. Till now, 57% respondents allege that the interchange is welcome, whereas 32% are not in favour of the new pattern. <\p>
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