CMAT 2023 Exam Analysis | - Shift 1 was easier compared to Shift 2. The overall difficulty level of shift 1 was similar to that of CMAT 2022 (single slot).
- There was no sectional timing in the CMAT 2023 exam.
- The difficulty level of each section was as follows:
- Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation: Moderate and Tricky
- General Awareness: Moderate to Difficult
- Logical Reasoning: Easy to Moderate and Lengthy
- Language Comprehension: Easy to Moderate
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Moderate
- The good attempts ranged from 75-80 in shift 1 and from 73-78 in shift 2.
- Topics with high weightage in the QA/DI section were Time-speed-distance, Ratio-Proportion, Profit & Loss, SICI, Average, Partnership, Triangles, Probability, Surds, HCF LCM, Quad equations, Quad inequality, and Tables
- Topics with high weightage in the LR section were Blood relations, Coding/ Decoding, Syllogisms, Directions, Series Completion, Number of squares & triangles, etc.
- Vocabulary questions were from Synonym, antonym, FIBs, idioms, match the following, etc.
- In Grammar, questions were from FIB, Identify the correct statement, direct/indirect speech, classify the sentence, question tag, Para Jumble (PJ), etc.
- Out of the 20 questions in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship section, 16 were based on Business and Entrepreneurship concepts (Nascent Entrepreneur; Phases of funding; Reasons for failure etc.), and 4 questions were on Business GK.
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CMAT 2022 Exam Analysis | - For the first time, 5 sections were made mandatory.
- 63-70 overall attempts were regarded as good.
- The QA/DI, LR, and Language Comprehension sections were easy. 16-17 attempts were considered good in these sections.
- The difficulty level of the GA and IE sections was high. 8-10 questions were considered as good attempts in these sections.
- In the QA section, questions were asked on Percentages, Time-speed-distance, Time & Work, Ratio-Proportion, Profit & Loss, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Averages, Mensuration, Triangles, Probability, Properties of Numbers, Tables, Pie-Charts. The QA & DI questions had 3-4 lengthy and tricky questions.
- In the LR section, Reasoning-based questions were on assumptions, assertion-reason, analogy, odd word. Other questions were on Directions, Series Completion, Number relations, Linear Arrangement, Family Tree, Coding, Set Theory, etc.
- The RC passage was based on Organization and Development of megacities and 4 questions were asked from it.
- 10 questions were asked from Antonyms, synonyms, FIBs, idioms, spellings, etc.
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CMAT 2021 Exam Analysis | - The overall difficulty level was moderate.
- The Innovation & Entrepreneurship section was optional in 2021.
- 25 questions were asked from each section and the marks for each section was 100. Thus, the total marks of the CMAT 2021 exam was 500.
- 65-70 attempts out of 100 were considered good and 15-16 questions out of 25 questions in the IE section were regarded as good attempts.
- The difficulty level of the General Awareness section was high with more questions on Static GK. Questions from the Education system, New Education policy, History and other topics dominated this section.
- The difficulty level of the Quant section was moderate. Questions were found from Mixtures & Allegations, Work Pipes & Cisterns, Partnership, Quadratic equations, Linear Equations, Function, Probability, Permutation - Combination, Venn Diagram, etc.
- In the LR section, questions were based on Coding-decoding, Series, Analogies, Blood Relations, Matrix Arrangement, Counting number of figures, Syllogisms, Odd One Out, Sequential output etc.
- In the IE section, a passage on entrepreneurship of ethnic minorities and minority institutions was found that was easy to moderate to read.
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CMAT 2020 Exam Analysis | - The overall difficulty level was moderate.
- Many questions were from the Ratio, Percentage, Interest, Time and Work, Percentage, Interest in the QA section.
- The questions on Data Interpretation were a bit lengthy.
- In the LR section, most questions were based on topics such as distribution, arrangement, coding/ decoding, blood relations, directions, cube, sequence, clocks and calendars, statement conclusion, statement argument, reasoning & assertion, etc.
- VA questions were based on idiom/ phrase, word analogy, fill in the blanks, antonym and synonym, identify correct sentence, etc.
- In the GA section, questions were based on the Indian Constitution, Recent Acts of Parliament, Appointments, Famous personalities, etc.
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CMAT 2019 Exam Analysis | - The RC passages were based on World Trade Organisation and UN agencies about the state of developing countries; vulnerable Languages (Eg: Greek and Latin); Parenting and culture-related systems. The questions were factual and easy to answer.
- The VA section was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level and had questions on Sentence Correction, Grammar Error, Idioms, one Para Jumbles, and Sentence Completion.
- No set-based questions in the QA section, and questions were based on Algebra, Modern Math, etc. that were moderately difficult to answer.
- VA questions were based on Analogy, Sequence, Coding/Decoding, Blood relation, etc.
- There were around 8 questions from Current Affairs.
- Static GK questions dominated the paper and there were questions from Science, Awards, Politics, etc.
- The LR section was difficult and lengthy.
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CMAT 2018 Exam Analysis | - Questions were quite predictable and no questions were out of the blue.
- The overall difficulty level was moderate. However, Data Interpretation, LR and GA were slightly difficult.
- The LR section was reported to be difficult and lengthy.
- The Quant and RC sections were found to be easy to comprehend.
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CMAT 2017 Exam Analysis | - The overall difficulty level was easy to moderate.
- The GA section was difficult. Questions were related to current economic developments and government policies.
- Topics like Demonetization, Digital India initiatives, Ease of Doing Business, and the Nobel Prize for Music dominated the paper.
- There were 3 passages that were short in length (about 400 words) while 1 was lengthy.
- Maximum number of questions were from Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Number system, and Modern Math.
- All questions were independent in the LR section. No set-based questions have been found.
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