CAT 2018 Question Paper Analysis & Tips for CAT 2021- Check Difficulty Level, Section-Wise Weightage

Overall difficulty level of the question paper

Moderate- Difficult

Total number of questions in CAT 2018

100

Total number of questions in Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

34

Total number of questions in Quantitative Ability

34

Total number of questions in Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

32

Overall difficulty level of the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section

Moderate

Overall difficulty level of the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section

Difficult

Overall difficulty level of the Quantitative Ability section

Moderate

High weightage topics in the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section

Summary, Para-Formation

High weightage topics in the Quantitative Ability section

Ratio, Equations, Profit and Loss

High weightage topics in the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section

Pie-Chart, N*N Matrix

Good Attempts

65+

Section

Analysis by CollegeDekho Experts

Expert Remarks to Score Good Marks

VARC

• The RCs were lengthy and time-consuming. RCs were asked from general topics such as Biology, Environment, History, and Sociology.

• VA questions were of easy to moderate difficulty. 

• A good practice of the different types of RCs was needed to crack this section. 

DILR

• The difficulty level of the DILR section in CAT 2018 was low compared to CAT 2017 and CAT 2016. 

• Some of the questions in DI sets were not difficult in terms of interpretation. 

• Candidates who have solved mock test papers of CAT were familiar with the type of DI questions.   

QA

• More than 50% of the questions in this section were from Arithmetic, Geometry & Mensuration.

• There were 3-4 questions on ratios which were very calculative. 

• Speed and formulas were the key factors to score a good percentile in this section. 

Overall difficulty level of the question paper

Moderate- Difficult

Total number of questions in CAT 2018

100

Total number of questions in Quantitative Ability

34

Total number of questions in Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

34

Total number of questions in Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

32

Overall difficulty level of the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section

Moderate

Overall difficulty level of the Quantitative Ability section

Moderate- Difficult

Overall difficulty level of the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section

Moderate- Difficult

High weightage topics in the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section

Venn Diagrams, DI Sets

High weightage topics in the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section

Odd one out, Para-jumble

High weightage topics in the Quantitative Ability section

Equations, Inequalities,Functions

Good Attempts

60+

Section

Analysis by CollegeDekho Experts

Expert Remarks to Score Good Marks

VARC

• The VARC section was of moderate difficulty.

• There were 4 RC passages with 5 questions each & 1 passage with 4 questions.

• There were 4 sentences in jumbled paragraph questions instead of 5. 

• TITA questions were from sentence completion. 

• Candidates needed to answer all the Non MCQ questions since there was no negative marking for these types of questions. 

DILR

• There were 4 sets from Data Interpretation and 4 sets from Logical Reasoning. 

• There was no set based on TITA questions completely. TITA questions were distributed between different sets.

• Selection of the right sets to answer was the key to score a good percentile in this section.

QA

• There were 12 TITA questions in slot 2. 

• Most of the questions were from Mixtures & Alligations, Logarithms, Modern Maths and Geometry. 

• Speed and time management were the key to crack the QA section of CAT 2018 slot 2. 

Section

Number of Questions

Marks Per Question

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

32

+3

Quantitative Ability

34

Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension

34

Total

100