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CAT 2024 Slot 1 Review: Analytical DILR, Easy Quant, and Expected Cutoff Insights

The CAT 2024 exam was conducted successfully yesterday, November 24 and held in three slots. As per the experts The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024 slot 1 exam examines analytical skills and time management, particularly in the VARC and DILR sections. CAT 2024 slot 1 was held from 8:30 am to 10:30 am yesterday.

CAT Slot 1 Analysis 2024

The box below contains a complete analysis of the CAT 2024 slot 1 paper:

Section Difficulty level Particular Details
Total Questions NA 68 Overall difficulty- Easy
VARC (Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension) Toughest of the three sections 4 Reading Comprehension (RC) passages with no para jumbles
  • 1 RC: Doable
  • 1 RC: Followed by odd-one-out questions
  • 1 RC: Followed by para-completion questions
  • 1 RC: Followed by para-summary questions
VARC Topics NA NA

Craftsmanship in the AI era (easy)

Netflix-related topic (moderate)

Animals-related RC (difficult)

VARC Challenges NA NA Odd-one-out and para-summary questions were tough
QA (Quantitative Ability) Easy 14-15 questions were considered good attempts About 10 direct formula-based questions from Time, Speed, Distance (TSD), profit and loss, roots, and ratios
QA Breakdown by Topic NA NA
  • Set 1 (DI): Stock market candle chart
  • Set 2 (DI): Set theory-based, multiple people traveling to different countries with unique and overlapping travel combinations
  • Set 3 (DI): Star distribution involving 3 judges and their allocations
DILR (Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning) Moderate 3 DI sets (4 questions each) and 2 LR sets (5 questions each)
  • Set 1 (DI): Stock market candle chart
  • Set 2 (DI): Set theory-based, multiple people traveling to different countries with unique and overlapping travel combinations
  • Set 3 (DI): Star distribution involving 3 judges and their allocations
DILR Key Tip NA NA Accurately attempting 3 sets could ensure a high percentile
Overall difficulty Easy NA NA

CAT 2024 slot 1 review

CAT 2024 Expected Cut-off

This year CAT 2024 paper said as compared to the previous year by analysis that it is expected that cutoffs for IIMs will be high this year as per Gandhi.

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