CAT 2013 Day 18 Analysis: Difficult Quant, Easy Verbal section

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Updated on November 8, 2013
CAT 2013 Day18 first session is over. According to students, Quantitative section was difficult while Verbal section was very easy. This article brings you the analysis of the first session.
Quant questions were very difficult for me especially the algebra ones. Verbal ability along with RC was easy and even LR was fine

The first session for CAT 2013 Day 18 on October 30, got over this afternoon at 1.00 PM. MBAUniverse.com editorial team was present on many centers in New Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida and spoke to students for their first reaction. According to students, Quantitative section was difficult while Verbal section was very easy. Data interpretation and Logical Reasoning was termed as easy by many students.

Yashpal Singh at Noida test centre said, “Quant questions were very difficult for me especially the algebra ones. Verbal ability along with RC was easy and even LR was fine.”

Another test takers of CAT 2013 Day 18 first session, Manoj at a Delhi test centre said, “My exam went well as DI, LR and RC all were easy. Quant was moderate but I did attempt 80% of questions.” 

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Let us have a look at the question types in the sections:

Quantitative Ability: Moderate in difficulty level

The Quantitative Ability area had maximum questions from Geometry while Number system was missing from various students’ question set. Rests of the questions were from other usual topics such as Arithmetic, Trigonometry,   Mensuration, Time Speed & Distance, P&C, etc.

Data Interpretation: Easy
Various students of CAT 2013 day 18 first session said that DI was fairly easy. Questions were based on bar diagram and pie chart.

Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning: easy in difficulty level
The Verbal Ability questions were termed as easy by the candidates. Verbal Section covered questions from all topics like Reading Comprehension, Para Jumble, Vocabulary, Error correction in paragraph, identifying the Out of Context sentences. Passages were in between 600-650 words and were easy to understand with direct questions. Passages were based on female biasness and NRI’s mentality.

The Logical Reasoning questions in CAT 2013 Day 18 were very easy as per the students. Questions were based on relationship and circular arrangement.

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