Till last year, the number of sections of CAT exam was three. IIM Calcutta has announced that CAT 2011 will have two sections. The first section will focus on Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation; the second on Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning. There will be total 60 questions in the paper, 30 in each section.
Though the number of sections has been reduced, but the areas remain the same. You have to study and prepare for all these areas with the same fervor as you had been doing since the past few months.
Arun Sharma, CAT expert, author of best selling CAT prep books, and IIM Bangalore alumnu, mentioned that this new development will balance the sections. “Previously, CAT was more like an engineering test and candidates from engineering background had the advantage. Now it will be balanced, as Quantitative Ability is clubbed with Data Interpretation and Verbal Ability section is clubbed with Logical Reasoning.”
“This will also make attaining the cut-off easier as instead of three you need to attain the cut-off for only two sections,” he added.
In context of attaining the cut-offs, Sidharth Balakrishna, author of CAT prep books and IIM Calcutta alumnus said, “There is more choice for the student within each section, as each section now has 30 questions (not 20).”
Though the number of sections has been reduced, but the areas remain the same. You have to study and prepare for all these areas with the same fervor as you had been doing since the past few months.
Arun Sharma, CAT expert, author of best selling CAT prep books, and IIM Bangalore alumnu, mentioned that this new development will balance the sections. “Previously, CAT was more like an engineering test and candidates from engineering background had the advantage. Now it will be balanced, as Quantitative Ability is clubbed with Data Interpretation and Verbal Ability section is clubbed with Logical Reasoning.”
“This will also make attaining the cut-off easier as instead of three you need to attain the cut-off for only two sections,” he added.
In context of attaining the cut-offs, Sidharth Balakrishna, author of CAT prep books and IIM Calcutta alumnus said, “There is more choice for the student within each section, as each section now has 30 questions (not 20).”