Feeling tensed about the Online CAT Format that gave blues to test takers in 2009? CAT has always lived up to its reputation of springing a surprise every year in one aspect or the other. So, what is in store for you in CAT 2010?

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http://www.tcyonline.com/exam-analysis/cat-2010-solutions ]]> http://www.tcyonline.com/blog/cat-2010-answer-keys-analysis-cat-2010-solutions-key/feed/ 0 http://www.tcyonline.com/blog/overall-cat-2009-analysis/ http://www.tcyonline.com/blog/overall-cat-2009-analysis/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:16:36 +0000 TCYonline.com http://www.tcyonline.com/blog/?p=269 There was a XAT failure and there is this one in CAT. Many students all over India could not enjoy their first day first show with Prometric-NIIT-IIM led CAT 2009. Exam for more than 300 people will be rescheduled in the next 9 days as their test could not begin at all. The first day was certainly a flop show.

OVERALL
Overall, the common feeling among the test takers was that the test was of moderate level of difficulty. This was expected as this was IIMs first tryst with the computer based CAT. As most of the test takers fond it easier we can generalize that the first of the 20 tests was of moderate difficulty.

NAVIGATION
The navigation and test interface was very user friendly. The Highlights in case of RCs remained for all the questions answerable through that RC. It was possible only because all questions related to a RC appeared on one page (scrollable) and NOT as one question a page as it appears in GRE. This was good news considering the fact that the video by Prometric said that the highlights would go off as the screen changed.

The only exception was a button to quit the exam that was available on all pages and many takers clicked on that by mistake leading to sudden end of their test.

QUANT
As per the students’ opinion, Quant was of the level of CAT 2006. It was quite manageable. The cut-offs are expected to be higher. However, some well placed traps in Data Sufficiency questions may so the damage.

VERBAL
Verbal was much like that of past two years. Many students observed that RCs were shorter as compared to past years.

DI
Students found DI section the most time consuming mainly because of the few logical questions. Also, the questions that appeared in sets were presented the same way as RCs were – That is, all questions based on one set of data were on the same page. Here also, highlights were possible till the end of the set.

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Stay cool! The test is manageable.
2. It is pretty CAT and did not incline towards GRE or GMAT.
3. All basic topics in Quant are important to be covered viz. Algebra, Arithmetic, Geometry etc.
4. Practice more on Logical reasoning questions with long statements and only one question per set.
5. Practice a lot of past CAT questions will help you gain confidence in handling the test!

CAT 2009 analysis with our CAT experts, who have taken CAT year after year, will sit for the new computer based CAT on the very first day, i.e. 28th Nov. (both sessions)and will share their experiences with you, after the test (i.e. after the second session).

Share all your apprehensions with, and send all your queries to TCYonline.com and wait till 28th evening for our answers. The queries should be specific to the strategies to be followed, the do’s and don’ts in the test, ‘what to do if’ and the like. You may also send your queries with regard to the difficulty level of question types vis-à-vis that of the questions in the paper based tests of 2007, 2008.

If you happen to take the test on or soon after 28th, feel free to share your experiences with your peers through us, EVEN IF your experiences are very different from or opposed to those of our experts. Send your notes, comments, differences of opinion to TCYonline.com

This North India’s premier chain of test preparation has always been the first to provide such ‘threadbare’ analysis for the students across the nation. This year an estimated 2.3 lakh students will be vying for 1500 IIM seats in the country. The students can checkout CAT solutions on the website at 2.30 p.m. on November 18, 2007.

“This solo exercise would be in maintaining our rich symbiotic relationship with CAT for the last five years in providing a deep analysis of the test”, commented Rakesh Kumar, IT Manager.

Benefits to the IIM aspirants are immense, with CAT analysts providing:
* answer keys or solutions for all the questions
* comparative CAT 07 analysis with previous years question papers
* an overview of the difficulty level
* estimation on the expected cut-offs for IIMs & other premier B-Schools
* topic wise graphical analysis of all the sections

“Every year thousands of aspirants take our online help to assess their performance in the CAT exam. The students can come on live chat or e-mail their queries to our experts to seek admission guidance for various B-schools in the country”, added Mr. Rakesh.

The website www.tcyonline.com is the fastest growing education portal. The company distributes FREE online practice test for MBA and other standardized tests.

The web portal has essentially been the reference site on test preparation, admission notifications, practice tests, B-School updates, etc. Its focus lies in preparing the students interested for a career in MBA, MCA, GRE, GMAT and SAT.