CAT 2022 Slot 3 Exam Analysis: Review, Difficulty Level Questions Asked, Good Attempts, Expected Cut Off

CAT Exam Analysis 2022 Slot 3: Important Highlights

The CAT Analysis 2022 was conducted by the BYJU’S Exam Prep Experts. Candidates can check the highlights of the CAT 2022 Slot 3 exam given below:

• Total number of questions: 66
• The overall difficulty of the Slot 3 was Moderate
• DILR Section was moderately difficult
• TITA questions in QA were lenghthy

CAT 2022 Question Paper Pattern Slot 3

The CAT 2022  exam consisted of three sections (40 minutes each) and was conducted in three sessions. As per the CAT Exam Analysis 2022, the section-wise breakup is as follows.

Section	Number of Questions	Number of MCQ Questions	TITA
VARC	24	21	3
DILR	20	14	6
QA	22	14	8
Total	66	49	17

Note: The Marking Scheme is given below:

• +3 marks for every correct answer
• -1 mark for every incorrect answer
• 0 marks for un-attempted questions

CAT 2022 Slot 3 Exam Analysis – Difficulty Level

The overall difficulty level of CAT 2022 Slot 3 was Moderate. As per CAT Exam Analysis 2022 given by our Experts, the section-wise difficulty is given below:

Section	Difficulty Level
VARC	Moderate
DILR	Moderate
QA	Moderate
Overall	Moderate

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Section-Wise CAT Exam Analysis 2022 Slot 3

Candidates can check the table given below to know the section-wise CAT 2022 Analysis for VARC, QA and DILR.

CAT Analysis 2022 for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

As per CAT Exam Analysis 2022, the overall difficulty level of the VARC section of Slot 3 exam was Moderate. RC was easy to read with tricky options. Verbal Ability had 16 questions on RCs and 8 VA Questions, similar to that of Slot 1 and Slot 2. Candidates can check the VA section difficulty level given below:

Verbal Ability​ (8 Questions)​	Passages​	Easy​	Moderate​	Difficult​	Total​
	Para Summary​	–​	2​	1​	3​
	Para Completion​	1​	1​	–​	2​
	Para Jumbles​	–​	3​	–​	3​

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CAT Exam Analysis 2022 for Quantitative Ability (QA)

As per CAT 2022 Slot 3 Exam Analysis, the QA section had a difficulty level of Moderate. This section was dominated by questions from Arithmetic and Algebra. Following is the topic-wise breakup of the questions of CAT 2022.

Section​	Topic​	No. of Questions​	Doable​
Quantitative Ability​	Number System​	1​	0​
	Algebra​	9​	5​
	Arithmetic​	8​	4​
	Geometry & Mensuration​	4​	1​

A comparative analysis of the QA section of 3 Slots of CAT 2022 

Slot 1​​			Slot 2​​			Slot 3​
Topic​​	No. of​ Questions​​	Doable​​	Topic​​	No. of​ Questions​​	Doable​​	Topic​​	No. of​ Questions​​	Doable​​
Number System​​	1​	Difficult​ ​	Number System​​	3​	Difficult​ ​	Number System​	1​	0​
Algebra​​	7​	Tricky​ ​	Algebra​​	5​	Moderate- Difficult​	Algebra​	9​	5​
Arithmetic​​	9​	All but 2 doable​	Arithmetic​​	8​	Easy- Moderate​	Arithmetic​	8​	4​
Modern Math​​	2​	1 Easy, 1  Difficult​	Modern Math​​	3​	Moderate​	Modern Math​	0​	0​
Geometry and Mensuration​​	3​	Easy​ ​	Geometry and Mensuration​​	3​	Easy – Moderate​	Geometry & Mensuration​	4​	1​

CAT 2022 Slot 3 Exam Analysis for Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

As per CAT Exam Analysis 2022, the overall difficulty level of the DILR section was moderate. In DILR, there were 4 sets of 5 questions each. Note the table below to have an idea of the topic-wise distribution of this section.

Section	Topic	No. of Questions	Doable
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning	Bar Graph	5	Easy- Moderate
	Unconventional Games (Number Arrangement)	5	Moderate
	Matrix and Grid	5	Moderate
	Venn Diagram	5	Moderate – Difficult

CAT Exam Analysis 2022: Good Attempts/Score Slot 3

Check the good attempts for all three sections in slot 3, as per CAT Analysis 2022, in the table given below:

Section	Net Correct for 99%ile
VARC	38-40
DILR	31-33
QA	31-33