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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 28th Aug, 2021

Hello

You can download CAT previous year question papers at

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-question-papers

Practicing these papers will help you alot in your examination preparation

>>>> first of all it will help you to know the  pattern of your examination.

>>>>  you will know the type of questions which are asked in the examination

>>>> It will let you know the difficulty or toughness  level of questions asked  in the examination

>>>> will help you to analyse your preparation level for the examination.

>>>> you will get to know the topics / areas you are weak at , so that you can improve your performance by working on them.

>>>> it will help you to know your ability to manage time if you solve these paper in fixed time so that you can work on improving your speed and accuracy.

>>>> It will help you to build your confidence and overcome exam pressure .

To help you further,

Here's a brief of your CAT 2021 Question paper pattern

IIMs officially don't release cat examination pattern, expected CAT 2021 pattern is provided below:-

-------)CAT 2021 will be of 2 hour duration

-------)it is conducted in computer-based mode.

-------)In cat 2021 , there will be a total of 76 questions - 54 mcqs and 22 non - mcqs

-------)The complete paper will be divided into three major sections, which are listed below along with number of questions they have:-

  • QA i. e quantitative Ability  :- it will have 26 questions in total (18 mcqs and 8 non - mcqs)


  • DILR i. e data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning :  - it will have 24 questions (18 mcqs and 6 non - mcqs)


  • VARC i. e Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension :-  it will have 26 questions( 18 mcqs and 8 non - mcqs)


-------)There's 40 minutes for each section .

Marking scheme:-

  • 3 marks is awarded for every correct answer

  • -1 marks for every wrong answer in case of mcqs

  • no marks deduction is there for wrong answers in case of wrong non -mcqs .


For detailed CAT examination patttern visit :- https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern

Thank you

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