Common Admission Test (CAT) is an entrance Exam for taking admission for management courses in top Business Schools in India

There are all the three level question are present in this Exam i.e. Simple, tough and Moderate

Here I am providing you section-wise analysis of this Exam:

Section 1: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Total questions 34
Difficulty level Easy
Good attempts 24-28

There were 24 questions of Reading Comprehension divided into 2 sets of 3 questions each, and 3 sets of 6 questions each.

Apart from RC, 10 questions were non MCQ types. These questions were on following topics:

-Para Jumbles – 4 questions,
-Odd sentence out – 3 questions,
-Summary type questions – 3 questions.


Reading Comprehension

-There were 5 passages in all of which three were of around 450 words each and two were smaller, 300 words each. Three paras were followed by 6 questions each and the rest of the two had 3 questions each.

-Paragraphs were quite simple, easily understandable. There were no trick questions.
-All the questions under RC were MCQ type.

-It can be said that more than four paragraphs could have been attempted with more than 70% accuracy.

Verbal Ability

Questions under VA could be classified under para jumble, summary type, and odd sentence out. In brief, the section can be explained as follows:

Type of qs Number of qs Description
Odd sentence out 3 These questions were sort of new for CAT 2015. there were 5 sentence paragraphs and one sentence was odd one out in it. They were all simple paragraphs with short sentences.

Summary type questions 3 A small paragraph of around 120 to 150 words was followed by four options. One question was a bit tricky as the options were quite close.

Para jumble 4 The pro tip in solving para jumble questions is to identify the opening sentence. Once that was done, most questions in this section were solvable.


Section 2: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)
Total questions 32
Difficulty level Tough
Good attempts 18-24

As has been already said, DI LR questions were quite tough compared to other questions in the CAT 2015 exam. Chances of getting shortlisted in IIMs are higher if you have done at least 5 sets of these questions.
Type of qs Number of qs Description
Data Interpretation
4 Line chart
4 Set theory
4 Table chart (MCQ)
4 Table chart (non MCQ)

Logical Reasoning
4 Arrangement question on 5 children
4 Arrangement question on 9 children
4 Arrangement question on Sudoku Set
4 Set – Cube

Section 3: Quantitative Ability
Total questions 34
Difficulty level Moderate
Good attempts 26-29

Apart from the fact that the non MCQ type questions raised the bar of difficulty level, questions were quite do-able. Students who were able to use the virtual calculator could have done this section better.

The only surprise was the absolute absence of Number System based questions!
Type of qs Number of qs Description
Quantitative Ability 2 Trigonometry
3 Modern mathematics
5 Geometry and mensuration
10 Arithmetic
14 Algebra