CAT 2024 Exam Concludes with Adjusted Structure and Moderate Difficulty

Conducted by IIM Calcutta, this year's CAT featured 68 questions, slight format changes, and varying difficulty levels across three slots.

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2024, administered by IIM Calcutta, was held in three slots on November 24, 2024, with a total of 68 questions, up from 66 last year.
Key structural changes included the removal of para-jumble questions in the Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) section and an increase in Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) questions from 20 to 22.
Slot 1 was reported as moderately difficult, with candidates finding the Quantitative Aptitude (QA) section particularly time-consuming and challenging.
Slot 2 was slightly easier overall, though the DILR section was considered tougher than in Slot 1, while Slot 3 featured a balanced mix of easy to moderate questions.
Experts predict higher cutoffs this year due to the relatively easier paper compared to CAT 2023, with a score of 95–98 out of 204 expected for the 99th percentile.