CAT 2020 Analysis by Bfactory
I will discuss the pluses and minuses. I will talk about the predictions. But let’s come to it later.
Let me start with 4 things which surprised many CAT aspirants in the exam hall.
- 66.66% time compared to last year, but 76% questions. It meant less time per question.
- Length of the passages in verbal section were large despite reduce in per question time.
- Slightly lengthier and lesser proportion of Arithmetic Questions.
- More than expected easy to solve LR sets.
Let’s now talk about 4 things which were just as expected.
- Mix of contemporary and old school passages in VRC: 1 difficult read, 3 easier ones.
- Reasoning based DI LR section – less on calculations, more on arrangements and structuring.
- Questions on log and quadratic equation. We always tell at Bfactory that these topics are gaining importance over Number System etc.
- Overall level of the paper: +- in sections, but overall as expected.
Summing up:
| SECTION | TOPIC | DETAILS |
| VA | RC | 4 RCs. History, Literature, Science, Philosophy etc. based. Passage reading relatively easy.1 difficult passage. 3 easy to read. But lengthy Questions: slightly tricky. |
| VR | 8 questions. Para Jumbles, Odd one Out, Para Summary – lengthy, easy to moderate. | |
| DILR | DILR | 5 sets || LR based overall – moderate. Arrangements, Matrix formation, Numeric Logic, Set Theory, Arithmetic based sets |
| QA | ARITHMETIC | Little less compared to last years. 7-8 questions. Bit lengthy. Moderate |
| ALGEBRA | Little more compared to last years. 6-7 questions || Quadartic, Log, Indices. Easy to moderate | |
| GEOMETRY | 3-5 questions. Similar in representation. Slightly lengthy. Geo and Mensuration | |
| HIGHER MATHS | 3-4 questions from Permutation Combination, Functions, Graphs. |
Based on first hand CAT experience of our faculty team, students and level of difficulty reviews taken in consideration, this is our prediction for CAT 2020. #PercentileVScore
| PERCENTILE | VA | DILR | QA | OVERALL |
| 99+ | 48 | 36 | 45 | 113 |
| 98+ | 43 | 34 | 40 | 102 |
| 95+ | 35 | 28 | 30 | 86 |
| 90+ | 31 | 25 | 25 | 72 |
| 85+ | 26 | 22 | 22 | 64 |
| 80+ | 22 | 18 | 19 | 56 |
We have been highly accurate over the years in this prediction analytics. We expect minimal fluctuation in these numbers(+-3–4%).
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