CAT 2022 Slot 2 Exam Analysis: Review, Difficulty Level Questions Asked, Good Attempts, Expected Cut Off

CAT Exam Analysis 2022 Slot 2: Important Highlights

Below are some important highlights that the candidates must check to get an overview of CAT Exam 2022 Slot 2

• The total number of questions was 66 in Slot 2 (similar to Slot 1 of CAT 2022)
• As per CAT Exam Analysis 2022, the overall difficulty level of Slot 2 was moderate
• QA section was tougher than Slot 1
• VARC was similar to Slot 1
• DILR was easier than Slot 1

CAT 2022 Question Paper Pattern Slot 2

As per the CAT Exam Analysis 2022, there were a total of 66 questions. the table given below shows the section-wise segregation, as per CAT 2022 Analysis.

Section	Number of Questions	Number of Non-MCQ Questions	Time (in minutes)	Difficulty Level	Net Correct for 99%ile
VARC	24	3	40	Moderate	40-42
DILR	20	6	40	Moderate	36-39
QA	22	8	40	Moderate- Difficult	31-33
Total	66	17	120	Moderate	–

Marking Scheme is given below:

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

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CAT 2022 Slot 2 Exam Analysis – Difficulty Level

The overall difficulty level of CAT 2022 (Slot 2) was Moderate. Check below the section-wise difficulty level of Slot 2 as per CAT Exam Analysis 2022.

Section	Difficulty Level
VARC	Moderate
DILR	Moderate
QA	Moderate- Difficult
Total	Moderate

Section-Wise CAT Analysis 2022 Slot 2

As per the CAT Exam Analysis 2022 for VARC, DILR and QA, the section-wise breakup is given below:

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

As per the CAT Exam Analysis 2022, the overall difficulty level of Slot 2 (VARC) was Moderate. It was seen that the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section had 24 questions. This section consisted of 21 MCQs and 3 TITA questions.  This section consisted of 8 VA questions and 16 questions on RC. VARC Section was similar to Slot 1 in terms of the number and types of questions asked in the CAT 2022 exam. Note the table below to get an overview of topic-wise questions asked in the VA , as per CAT Analysis 2022.

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

As per BYJU’S Exam Prep CAT Exam Analysis 2022, there were 4 RC passages consisting of 4 Questions each. 

Area ​	Topic​	No. of Questions​	Description​
Reading Comprehension​ (16 Questions)​	Reading Comprehension​	16​	There were total 4 passages ​ (4 + 4 + 4 + 4)  ​
			RCs slightly more difficult to read. ​

As per the CAT 2022 Analysis of the VARC section, the RCs were on the following topics:

Reading Comprehension​	RCs​
		Passages​	LOD​	Passages​	No. Of Questions​
	1​	Culture and religion​	Moderate​	Humans make music​	Easier side​
	2​	Primitive Anthropology and Buddhism​ ​	Easy​	Engineering techno-social dualism​	Easier side​
	3​	Philosophy, Stoicism & Epicureanism ​ ​	Easy​	Octopuses Cephalopods​	Moderate​
	4​	Philosophy, Marx, Foucault & Habersman​ ​	Difficult​	Institutions​	Moderate – Difficult​

CAT Exam Analysis 2022 for Quantitative Ability (QA)

The overall difficulty level of the QA section of Slot 2 was moderate-difficult. As per CAT 2022 Slot 2 Exam Analysis, Algebra and Arithmetic dominated the QA section. However, the QA section was found tougher in slot 2 than in Slot 1 of CAT 2022. Following is the topic-wise breakup of the questions of the CAT 2022 exam:

Section​	Topic​	No. of Questions​	Doable​
Quantitative Ability​	Arithmetic​	8​	Easy- Moderate​
	Algebra​	5​	Moderate– Difficult​
	Number System​	3​	Difficult​
	Modern Math​	3​	Moderate​
	Geometry and Mensuration​	3​	Easy- Moderate​

A comparative Analysis of Slot 1 and Slot 2 of the QA section is given below:

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

CAT 2022 Slot 2 Exam Analysis for Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

As per CAT Exam Analysis 2022, the overall difficulty level of the DILR section of Slot 2 was moderate. The 2 sets of DILR were asked and these questions were easy as compared to Slot 1 of the CAT 2022 exam. The total number of questions asked in Slot 2 was 20. Out of the 4 sets, 1 set was based on DI and 3 were based on LR. The topic-wise segregation of DILR along with the level of difficulty is given below:

Section​	Topic​	No. of Questions​	Doable​
Data Interpretation & ​ Logical Reasoning ​	DI (Scatter Plot)​	5​	Doable​
	LR (Routes & Networks)​	5​	Doable​
	LR (Salesmen)​	5​	Doable​
	LR (FDA & EU)​	5​	Difficult​

A comparative Analysis of the Slot 1 and Slot 2 of DILR section is given below:

Section​	Slot 1​			Slot 2​
	Topic​	No. of Questions​	Doable​	Topic​	No. of Questions​	Doable​
Data Interpretation​ & ​ Logical Reasoning ​	Arrangement​ ​	5​	Moderate​	DI (Scatter Plot)​	5​	Doable​
	Analytical Grid Based​ ​	5​	Doable​	LR (Routes & Networks)​	5​	Doable​
	Routes and Networks​ ​	5​	Doable​	LR (Salesmen)​	5​	Doable​
	Numerical LR​ ​	5​	Difficult​ ​	LR (FDA & EU)​	5​	Difficult​

CAT 2022 Slot 2 Exam Analysis: Good Attempts/Score

As per CAT Analysis 2022, candidates can check the section-wise good attempts of Slot 2 given below:

Section​	Net Correct for 99%ile​
VARC​	40-42​
DILR​	36-39​
QA​	31-33​

CAT Score 2022 Vs Percentile

Check below the expected score vs percentile, as per CAT Analysis 2022 Slot 2.

Percentile​	Marks in​	Marks in​	Marks in​
	CAT 2022​	CAT 2021​	CAT 2020​
Total Marks​	198​	198​	228​
99.9​	120-122​	120​	131​
99.5​	110+​	107​	115​
99​	97-100​	97​	102​
95​	70-72​	71​	77​
90​	60-61​	59​	63​

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