The CAT examination for the academic year 2013-14 was successfully conducted for the MBA and PGDM aspirants between 16th October and 11th November 2013 by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore . The exam was conducted in online mode with the candidates being allocated 140 minutes in total to record their responses to the available 60 questions. Through this piece, the CAT exam experts of CollegeDekho have tried to provide an in-depth analysis of the exam based on the first-hand reactions received from the test-takers. We will discuss the section-wise distribution of questions, section-wise analysis highlights and also provide the question paper PDF for the candidates.
CAT 2013 Question Paper Highlights
The detailed highlights of the CAT 2013 exam question paper have been listed down in pointers below -
The CAT 2013 question papers were divided into 2 sections
Each section carried a total of 30 questions
The candidates had 70 minutes to respond to the questions asked in each section
The marking scheme was updated for the CAT 2013 examination
7.5 marks to be awarded to the candidates for each correct response
2.5 marks to be deducted for each negative or wrong response
The overall difficulty level of the Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning section of CAT 2013 is moderate
The overall difficulty level of the Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation section of CAT 2013 is tough
CAT 2013 Question Paper Analysis Highlights
Some major pointers regarding the analysis of the CAT 2013 question paper according to our CollegeDekho experts have been listed in the table below -
Overall difficulty level of the CAT 2013 question paper | Moderate to Difficult |
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Total questions in each section | 30 |
Total questions | 60 |
Overall difficulty level of the Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning section | Moderate |
Overall difficulty level of the Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation section | Difficult |
Section Wise Analysis of CAT 2013
Our experts have prepared the following section-wise detailed analysis of the CAT 2013 examination given in the table below -
Section Name | Analysis by CollegeDekho Experts | Expert Remarks to Score Good Marks |
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Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning |
| Candidates who gave extra attention to the passages are expected to score better as the passages were relatively tough |
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation |
| Although the questions were tough, candidates with a solid base are expected to have attempted a good number of questions which will help them secure a good percentile score |
CAT 2013 Question Paper - Download PDF
The direct link to download the CAT question paper from the year 2013 has been given below -
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CAT Question Paper Analysis of Other Years
Candidates can find the links to the year-wise paper analysis of the CAT exam in the following table.
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