font-weight: 400;">IIM Lucknow has succesfully completed conducting CAT 2023 exam on 26th November in 3 exam slots in various exam centres across India. Candidates can now check the detailed CAT exam analysis 2023 for slot 1, 2, 3 here. The CAT exam review will let you know about the exam difficulty level, weightage of topics, good attempts, changes in the exam pattern (if any), etc.

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CAT Exam Analysis 2023 Slot Timing

CAT exam was held in three slots. The first slot is from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM while the second slot shall be from 12:30 PM- 2:30 PM. Lastly, the 3rd and female slot shall be from 4:30 PM- 6:30 PM. Check the CAT exam slot 2023, timing in the table below.

Exam Name	Exam Date	CAT Exam Time Slots	Start and End Timings
CAT 2023 Exam	26th November 2023	Slot 1	8:30 AM- 10:30 AM
		Slot 2	12:30 PM- 2:30 PM
		Slot 3	4:30 PM- 6:30 PM

CAT 2023 Exam Analysis Highlights

CAT 2023 exam consists of Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation (LRDI) and Quantitative Aptitude (QA) subjects. The difficulty level for each CAT exam slots will differ for each paper. The exam duration for CAT exam shall be of 120 minutes or 2 Hours. We have updated the major highlights of CAT exam 2023 below.

CAT 2023 Particulars	Details
Total number of questions	66
Difficulty level	Moderate to Difficult
Good attempt	To be updated
Total marks	198

CAT Exam Analysis 2023 Slot Wise Paper Review

The CAT exam shall be held in three slots, slot 1, 2 and 3. The questions asked, difficulty level, etc. for each of the slots will vary. Jagran Josh has provided you with the CAT exam analysis for VARC, DILR and Quantitative Aptitude by collating data from the leading CAT coaching institutes. This will let you know of the overall exam review and your chances of qualifying the examination.

CAT 2023 Exam Analysis by Career Launcher

CAT slot 1 exam was difficult this year. CARC section was easier than the last year while QA was found to be difficult. The section wise CAT exam difficulty level for slot 1 are as follows:

CAT sections	Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
VARC	Difficult	To be updated	To be updated
DILR	Difficult	To be updated	To be updated
Quantitative Aptitude	Difficult	To be updated	To be updated
Overall	Difficult	To be updated	To be updated

CAT 2023 Slot 1 VARC question-wise Breakup by Career Launcher

The VARC section, as analysied by Sumit Singh Gandhi (Rahul), founder of CATKing was a mix of inference-based questions, with a focus on reading comprehension from diverse topics such as philosophy, history, languages, and knowledge perception. The Verbal Ability segment included a variety of question types, challenging candidates with parajumbles, paragraph summary, and paragraph completion exercises. Check the CAT VARC slot 1 paper review as per Career Launcher below.

Passage Number	Passage Topic/ Area	No. of Questions	Difficulty Level	Description/ Doable
1	Wolf → Environmentalists vs Farmer	4	Easy read	400 words 2- Fact based- Doable 2- Inference based
2	Philosophy → Change in Work Culture	4	Difficult read, Easy to solve	400 words 4 Doable
3	Indian Ocean-based Geographical Literature	4	Difficult read	400 words 3 Doable
4	Human Behavior	4	Easy read	450 words 2 - Doable
Total		16

CAT 2023 Slot 2 VARC question-wise breakup

CAT 2023 VARC section for slot 2 is updated in the following table below.

VARC Topics	No. of Questions
Reading Comprehension	16
Verbal Ability - Para jumbles	2
Verbal Ability - Summary	2
Verbal Ability - Paracompletion	2
Verbal Ability - Odd one out	2

CAT 2023 Slot 3 VARC question-wise breakup

CAT 2023 VARC section for slot 3 is in the following table below.

Passage Number	Passage – Topic/ Area	No. of Questions	Difficulty Level	Description/ Doable
1	Romantic Aesthetics/ Philosophy	4	Difficult to comprehend/read	400-450 words 3- Doable, 1- Difficult
2	Cultural Property Law → Exploration of Sites	4	Easy to Moderate	400-450 words 2- Doable, 2- Moderate - Difficult
3	Nutmeg Curse→ Environment Degradation	4	Moderate	400-450 words 3- Doable, 1- Difficult
4	Rational Thinking	4	Moderate	400-450 words 2 - Doable, 2- Moderate - Difficult
Total		16	Moderate	Easier than CAT 2022

CAT 2023 Slot 1 DILR question-wise breakup

The question wise break up of CAT DILR section has been updated below for slot 1 exam.

The DILR section had 20 questions that were distributed across 4 sets with 5 questions each.
The number of non-MCQs or TITA questions was 6.
Given below is the CAT Slot 1 DILR exam review as per CAreer Launcher.

Set Number	Topic	No of Questions	Difficulty Level	Description/ Doable
1	College Elections (LR)	5	Moderate - Difficult	2- Doable, 3- Tough
2	Visa Applications (LR) (Time & Sequence set)	5	Moderate	3- Doable, 2- Tough
3	12 Houses (LR-DI) Rectangular diagram (3*2)	5	Moderate - Difficult	2- Doable, 3- Tough
4	Restaurant→ Rating (Mean, Median, Mode)	5	Moderate	3- Doable, 2-Tough
Total		20	Moderate - Difficult	Similar to CAT 2022

CAT 2023 Slot 2 DILR question-wise breakup

The question wise breakup of DILR section of CAT 2023 slot 2 is now updated after the completion of the exam.

Subject	Topics	No. of Questions
Data Interpretation + Logical Reasoning	DI (5 firms – Funds raised in consecutive years)	5
	DI (Draw Competition)	5
	LR (3 friends visited a park. Many rides. Scheduling questions.)	5
	DI (Nine Boxes – sudoku type puzzle)	5

CAT 2023 Slot 3 DILR question-wise breakup

The question wise difficulty level of CAT 2023 Slot 3 DILR is updatedbelow.

Set Number	Topic	No of Questions	Difficulty Level	Description/ Doable
1	Girls / Boys (LR Caselet) Tests	5	Moderate- Difficult	2- Doable, 3- Tough
2	Caselet→ Window/ Split AC	5	Difficult	0- Doable, 5- Tough (Time Consuming)
3	Route Based Diagram	5	Easy	5- Doable, 0- Tough
4	Online Sites (Mean, Median, Mode, Max/Min)	5	Easy-Moderate	4- Doable, 1-Tough
Total		20	Moderate - Difficult	8-10 Questions Doable

CAT 2023 Slot 1 Quantitative Aptitude Questions-wise breakup

The questions asked in the CAT 2023 exam in quantitative aptitude in slot 1 has been updated below in the table.

CAT slot 1 exam for QA had 22 questions to be attempted in 40 minutes.
The section had 6 non-MCQs or TITA questions.
A majority of questions were from arithmetic section followed by algebra.

Topic	Description/ Doable	Total Questions	Difficulty Level
Number System	Surds-1,	1	Easy
Algebra	Log-1 Equations-3 Surds-1 Sequence & Series-2	8	Moderate- Difficult
Arithmetic	TSD-2 T&W-1 Ratio-1 SI CI-1 PLD-1 Mixture-1 Clock-1	9	Easy- Moderate
Modern Math	P&C-1	1	Easy
Geometry & Mensuration	Triangle-1 Quadrilateral- 1 Coordinate Geo Circle - 1	3	Moderate
Total		22

CAT 2023 Slot 2 Quantitative Aptitude Questions-wise breakup

The QA section of CAT 2023 slot 2 has been updated after the completion of the exam.

Topics	No. of Questions
Arithmetic	7
Algebra	8
Geometry & Mensuration	3
Number System	1
Modern Math	2

CAT 2023 Slot 3 Quantitative Aptitude Questions-wise breakup

The QA section of CAT 2023 Slot 3 has been updated below after the completion of the exam.

Topic	No. of Questions
ERPV	2
Percentages, Profit & Loss	3
Functions	1
Time & Distance	1
Numbers	1
Geometry	3
Progressions/Series	2
Quadratic Equations	1
Averages Mixtures & Alligations	2
Coordinate Geometry	1
Permutations & Combinations	1
Logarithms	1
Time and Work	2
Indices	3

CAT Score vs Percentile

The CAT exam 2023 scores versus percentiles estimated on the basis of question paper and difficulty level is given in the following table.

CAT Percentile	VARC Score	DILR Score	QA Score	Overall Score
99.5 %ile	45	33	48	104
99 %ile	41	29	42	97
98 %ile	37	26	37	86
95%ile	32	21	28	72
90%ile	27	17	23	59
85%ile	23	15	19	52
80%ile	21	13	16	44

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