CAT 2016: Experts predict 165 score needed for 99%, 132 for 95%; Check your percentile now

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December 4, 2016
CAT 2016 test paper was more or less on similar pattern as that of last year CAT with the exception that the exam had few different type of questions
Unlike last year where students have attempted upwards of 80 questions in the exam put together, this year, anyone attempting more than 65-70 Questions with high accuracy level would score pretty well Arks Srinivas CEO VistaMind Education

CAT 2016 test paper was more or less on similar pattern as that of last year CAT with the exception that the exam had few different type of questions and had created some confusion on marking pattern which still continues as no clarity has been made by IIM Banaglore in this regard.

With a moderate to difficult CAT 2016 exam, now the candidates should analyse whether they would get sufficient score to get shortlisted by IIMs and other top B-schools which they have applied to.

Expect higher percentile with less attempts
According to Prof Arks Srinivas CEO VistaMind Education “If one were to compare the difficulty level of CAT 2016 over the last year’s paper, then CAT 2016 would be a shade more difficult (especially the VARC and the Quant section) than the difficulty level of the CAT 2015 paper!”

With the increased LoD it is expected that the number of attempts would go down for almost all the test takers. Unlike last year where students have attempted upwards of 80 questions in the exam put together, this year, anyone attempting more than 65-70 Questions with high accuracy level would score pretty well.

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Ideal no of attempts for scoring 99 Percentile in CAT 2016
The number of questions you needed to attempt in each section to score 99 percentile differs in accordance with the level of difficulty in each section of CAT 2016 exam.  According to the experts your attempts clubbed with accuracy will lead to the magic figure of 99 percentile in CAT 2016.

Section

Level of Difficulty

Ideal no. of Attempts

Verbal & RC

Easy to Moderate

28+

DI & LR

Moderate to Difficult

16+

QA

Moderate to Difficult

18+

Overall

Moderate

65+

Source: VistaMind Analysis

What Scores you need for high percentile in CAT 2016 
The calculation of percentile in CAT 2016 depends upon your sectional performance, scaling of score and normalization process adopted by IIMs in accordance with their admission policy. On the basis of accurate attempts in each section, you are expected to get the overall percentile scores as detailed below-

Percentile                   Scores 
99%                             165
95%                             132
90%                             115
85%                             109
80%                             96
Source: VistaMind Analysis

CAT 2016: Test Pattern

  • Total questions; 100
  • Number of sections: 3
  • Answer Choice per question: 4
  • Negative marking per wrong answer (MCQs): -1/3 (One third or the maximum marks for right answer.

Sectional Analysis

VARC: 1st section

  • Total questions: 34
  • MCQs: 24
  • Non-MCQs: 10
  • RC passages: 5
  • RC Based questions (All MCQs): 24
  • VA questions (All non-MCQs): 10
  • Lod: VA difficult, RC moderate
  • Section Highlights:
    • No critical reasoning type question based on RC passage
    • Purpose of the passage- question reintroduced in CAT 2016
    • Verbal Ability questions remain confined to 3 topics only – Jumbled paragraph; Para summary; picking the odd sentence out of the jumbled sentences

DILR: 2nd section

  • Total questions: 32
  • MCQs: 24
  • Non-MCQs: 8
  • LoD: Moderate
  • Section Highlights:
    • All questions in set of 4
    • No Bar diagram, graph based questions in DI part
    • Section not as difficult as last year

Quant: 3rd section

  • Total questions: 34
  • MCQs: 27
  • Non-MCQs: 7
  • LoD: Moderate to difficult
  • Section Highlights:
    • Share of Non-MCQs reduced from 10 to 7
    • More questions on Arithmetic – Percentage, Profit & Loss, Time & speed, Work/days, Compound interest
    • Initial part more difficult, latter part moderate

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