Students rate paper "moderate", full analysis by section here

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Common Admission Test, End of 2022 CAT Examination. The last B School Entrance Examination slot ended at 6:30 p.m. Students who sat for the CAT 2022 exam in the third slot shared initial reviews and rated the difficulty level paper as “moderate”. According to experts, the document was not very difficult, but various new question types were introduced in sections like VARC.

This year, para completion questions were added which was unexpected but impactful for the students. Overall, the CAT 2022 question paper has 66 questions of which VARC has 24 questions, the DILR section has 20 questions, and the QA section has 22 questions.

If we talk about the analysis of the exam by section, the QA section is considered the most difficult because the questions were long.

CAT 2022 marking scheme

According to CAT 2022 Marking Scheme, 3 points are awarded for correct answers and 1 point is deducted for wrong answer in MCQs. There is no negative rating in non-MCQs.

CAT 2022: IIM Thresholds

CAT thresholds for top IIMs typically range from 98 to 100 percentiles for general category students. For students in the reserved category, the IIM 2022 threshold will be slightly lower around 95 to 98 percentile.

Now, at the end of the CAT exam, the answer keys will be published according to the defined schedule. The CAT 2022 result is expected to be released in the second week of January.