CAT 2017 Exam pattern to benefit second timers

CAT 2017: Exam pattern to benefit second timers more; may get edge in IIMs shortlist

Equipped with last year’s CAT exam experience, the second timers going to appear in CAT 2017 will get an edge over their peers to crack the exam with high scores given the fact that CAT 2017 exam stays on exactly the same pattern as that of last year.

Accordingly, CAT 2017 may prove to be more advantageous for the second chance takers as they have the experience of taking a revamped and modified CAT last year. Clarifying about the CAT 2017 exam pattern, Prof Neeraj Dwivedi, Convener CAT 2017 and faculty at IIM Lucknow has already shared in the media release that ‘the duration of the test will be 180 minutes. There will be three sections:  Section I: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Section II: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, Section III: Quantitative Ability.’

Sharing further the salient features of CAT 2017 expected type of questions, Prof Dwivedi informed ‘Some questions in each section may not be of multiple choice type. Instead, direct answers will have to be typed on the screen. The tutorials will clearly explain this. Also, we will allow use of basic on-screen calculator for computation. Candidates will be allotted exactly 60 minutes for answering questions in each section and they cannot switch from one section to another while answering questions in a section.’ This exam pattern is exactly on the same lines as that of 2016 CAT exam conducted by IIM Bangalore.

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