CAT 2025 Shift One analysis: As per the initial reactions from candidates, the questions from Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Aptitude (QA) were a bit difficult and tricky.
The Common Admission Test (CAT 2025) shift one was concluded, the candidates who had appeared for CAT analysed the paper as moderately difficult. As per the initial reactions from candidates, the questions from Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Aptitude (QA) were a bit difficult and tricky. There were a total of 66 questions in CAT 2025 slot one.
CAT 2025 section-wise analysis by Expert
Ramnath Kanakadandi, Senior Course Director, T.I.M.E shared section-wise analysis for CAT shift one.
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
The Reading comprehension and Verbal Ability questions were mixed up in the sequencing, similar to the pattern in CAT ‘24. There were 4 RC passages with 4 questions each. The RC sets were of a moderate difficulty level, with one difficult set.
In VA, there were 2 questions each from Para Formation (which made a comeback after disappearing last year), Para Summary, Sentence Placement, Para Odd One Out (2 different presentations: One of them was the usual finding the odd statement and marking it in the answer, While the second one needed the candidate to eliminate the odd statement and then arrange the remaining statements into the logical paragraph and mark that sequence in the answer box). This section (VA) was of a Moderate difficulty level, with a couple of difficult questions.
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning
There were 22 questions across 5 sets, similar to last year’s pattern. The Spider+Bar was the must attempt set. Students should have identified this upfront and solved it. The other caselets were slightly tricky and two of them were difficult. The time consumption on the second caselet attempt (apart from the Spider+Bar set) would have been decidedly higher.
Quantitative Ability
There were no surprises in this section. It had 22 Questions. These questions were from the regular set of topics as seen in the previous CATs, with a majority of questions from Arithmetic and Algebra. Numbers and Modern math had only one question each, while Geometry had 3 Qs. Students who had practised adequately with T.I.M.E. study material and attended the lectures provided would have been able to manage them comfortably. Overall, the morning Slot of CAT 2025 was slightly difficult as compared to CAT 2024 in terms of difficulty level due to lengthy nature of Quant question calculations.
CAT 2025 unofficial answer key
CAT 2025 shift one unofficial answer key is available on various private portals. To download CAT unofficial answer key, candidates need to visit the unofficial portals and click on CAT unofficial answer key link. CAT 2025 unofficial answer key PDF will appear on the screen for download, save CAT unofficial answer key PDF and take a print out.
CAT answer key: How to download from unofficial portals
- Visit the unofficial portals that is featuring CAT shift-wise answer key
- Click on CAT 2025 slot one unofficial answer key PDF link
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- Save CAT slot one unofficial answer key PDF and take a print out.
CAT answer key 2025 release date
CAT answer key 2025 is likely to be released by first week of December and will be available on the official portal- iimcat.ac.in. The candidates can check and download CAT answer key PDF on the IIM CAT portal- iimcat.ac.in.To download CAT answer key 2025 PDF, candidates need to visit the official website- iimcat.ac.in and click on CAT answer key PDF link. CAT answer key will be available for download on the screen, save and download CAT answer key PDF to be used for further reference.
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