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CAT Retest in mid January for about 8000 aggrieved students. 200,000, took the exam successfully and satisfactorily.
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) on Wednesday apologised for failing to hold a flawless Common Admission Test (CAT) this year and promised that a retest will be conducted for all aggrieved students in mid-January.
“The IIMs through a CBT (computer based test) based CAT 2009 wished to enhance the quality of exam taking for a large number of candidates by providing them an improved testing environment.
IIMs did not blame the test conducting firm Prometric entirely for the problem. “Its not a capacity problem. I don’t doubt the credibility,” Barua said but added that “their contract with us is always under review. It can fall if we are not satisfied”.
Nearly 242,000 candidates registered for the CAT-2009 but only 216,000 took the test. The IIMs said that while 24,000 aspirants did not show up for the test at all, 2,000 need to give a retest.
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Source Hindustan Times
Highlights :
- Around 270,000 MBA aspirants appeared for the Common Aptitude Test (CAT) across india on Sunday
- Increase in the number of questions. While in the previous years, the number of questions were fixed at 75, this year the examiners had increased it to 90
- Of the 90 questions asked in the Common Admission Test (CAT) held on Sunday, 40 tested the candidates’ verbal abilities, 25 data interpretation skills and 25 their skills with numbers.
- Unlike last year, it was a three-hour paper with 30 questions in QA and DI sections and 40 in verbal. Each section was of 100 marks
- There are about 1,800 seats in IIMs and with an additional intake due to the OBC quota, the number of seats are likely to cross the 2,000 mark.
What CAT Experts say :
CAT 2008 was an easier paper, but Data Interpretation tougher: IMS Learning
IMS Learning say that overall CAT 2008 was on “the easier side.”
IMS Cut-offs 2008
Quant: 32-35
DI: 32-35
Verbal: 46-49
Overall Cut-Off
1-2 IIM Calls: 120+
3-4 IIM Calls: 130+
5-6 IIM Calls: 140+
“The relative importance of the verbal ability section has increased. Students with good verbal skills will manage to make it to the overall cut-off,” said Rahul Reddy, director of TIME Kolkatta
A balanced paper says Career Launcher
Overall, the CAT’08 paper was of a moderate difficulty level. The paper was more balanced than previous years, primarily because of more choices in the English section. There have been an increase in the total number of questions – from 75 to 90, with English section accounting for 40 questions (an increase of 15 from last year) and Quant and DI having 25 questions each.
Indore based PT education believes that there were no big surprises in CAT 2008 and the paper was a well balanced one.
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