CAT 2021 Slot 2 Question Paper Analysis & Answer Key (Out)
The slot 2 of the CAT 2021 exam was held on November 28, 2021 from 12:30 PM to 02:30 PM. Check out the overall and sectional CAT 2021 Slot 2 Analysis along with the question paper and answer key/ solutions here!
The CAT 2021 Slot 2 exam was held in the afternoon time for 120 minutes (2 hours). The exam timings were 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. Students can find the detailed CAT 2021 Slot 2 Analysis on this page. Slot 1 was held successfully between 8:30-10:30 am.
CAT 2021 Slot 2 Answer Key/ Solutions
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The overall and sectional CAT 2021 Slot 2 Analysis will be prepared based on the opinions of the experts and the feedback received from the students. Candidates will get to know the difficulty level of the exam, total number of questions, topics with the most weightage, etc. here. They will also get to download the question paper of CAT 2021 Slot 2 and also find CAT 2021 Unofficial Answer Key.
Highlights of CAT 2021 Slot 2 Analysis
The major highlights of the CAT 2021 Slot 2 exam analysis are captured in the table below. Candidates must note that the information has been gathered as per the opinion of experts and feedback of students.
Overall Difficulty Level of Slot 2 | Moderate |
Difficulty Level of VARC Section | Easy to Moderate |
Difficulty Level of DILR Section | Moderate |
Difficulty Level of QA Section | Moderate |
Total Number of Questions in CAT 2021 | 66 |
Total Number of Questions in VARC Section | 24 (16 RC + 8 VA) |
Total Number of Questions in DILR Section | 20 (12 DI + 8 LR) |
Total Number of Questions in QA Section | 22 |
Topics with Most Weightage in VARC Section | RC |
Topics with Most Weightage in DILR Section | To be Updated |
Topics with Most Weightage in QA Section | Arithmetic, Algebra |
CAT 2021 Slot 2 Latest Updates
Check the latest updates from slot 2 of the CAT 2021 exam given below.
- Slot 2 of CAT 2021 has just concluded at 2:30 pm. The exam pattern was the same as CAT 2021 Slot 1 with 24, 20, and 22 questions in VARC, DILR & QA respectively.
- The VA section was reported to be on the easier side. RC was easy. The pattern of questions in VARC was the same as Slot 1 with 4 RC questions.
- 2 of the RC questions were reported to be easy while the other 2 were a bit tricky to solve. Questions from the VA section were doable.
- The DILR section also had the same pattern as Slot 1. There were 2 DI sets with 6 questions each and 2 LR sets with 4 questions each.
- The DI sets were reported to be non-calculation-intensive and a bit on the easier side. LR sets were Moderate in difficulty.
- The QA section was Moderate. Arithmetic, Geometry, and Algebra continue to be the most important topics in this section, similar to Slot 1.
CAT 2021 Slot 2 Section-wise Difficulty Level
| Section | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| VARC | 24 | Easy - Moderate |
| DILR | 20 | Moderate |
| QA | 22 | Moderate |
| Overall | 66 | Moderate |
CAT 2021 Slot 2 VARC Analysis
Check the latest updates from the VARC section of Slot 2 of the CAT 2021 exam here.
Latest Updates
- The first impressions of the VARC section of CAT 2021 Slot 2 are that it was on the easier side.
- There were again 4 RC passages with 4 questions each. The remaining questions were 3 from Para jumbles, 3 from Para-summary, and 2 from Odd-One-Out.
CAT 2021 Slot 2 VARC Topics
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 4 passages with 4 questions each | Easy but lengthy |
| Parajumbles | 3 | Moderate |
| Para-summary | 3 | Moderate |
| Odd-one-out | 2 | Easy |
| Overall | 24 | Easy to Moderate |
CAT 2021 Slot 2 RC Topics
| Topic | Difficulty Level |
| RC Passage 1: Politicians | Easy |
| RC Passage 2: Ethnic languages | Moderate |
| RC Passage 3: Philosophy-based RC | Moderate |
| RC Passage 4 | Moderate - Difficult |
CAT 2021 Slot 2 DILR Analysis
Here are the latest available updates from the DILR section of the CAT 2021 Slot 2 question paper.
Latest Updates
- The pattern followed in the DILR section in Slot 2 was the same as Slot 1.
- There were a total of 4 sets with 2 sets of DI and 2 of LR. DI sets had 6 questions each while the LR sets had 4 questions each.
- Student reports suggest that the DI sets were Easy to attempt.
CAT 2021 Slot 2 DILR Topics
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| DI Set 1 | 6 | Easy |
| DI Set 2: | 6 | Easy |
| LR Set 1: | 4 | Moderate |
| LR Set 2 | 4 | Moderate |
CAT 2021 Slot 2 QA Analysis
Check out the detailed analysis for the CAT 2021 Slot 2 QA section here.
Latest Update
- The QA section was Moderate in difficulty.
- The difficulty level of the Quant section was easier as compared to the last year's exam.
- Important topics in the QA section were Geometry, Algebra and Arithmetic.
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