Clearing CAT has always been a dream for Indian business
students. Without this, the chance to get admitted into the top league of MBA
colleges like IIM’s is non-existent. Today, dreams of 1.70 lakh students are on
hold. As 27th December 2014 approaches the result of CAT 2014 exam would unveil itself. One can only wonder what it would bring for the MBA aspirants.
Over the years, CAT has seen a lot of changes. 2014 was no
different. Administrated by Tata Consultancy Services, the duration of the exam
was increased by 30 minutes from 140 to 170 minutes. Along with that questions
for each section – Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation plus Verbal
Ability & Logical Reasoning has increased from 30 - 50. Incorporating these
changes the time duration for each question was also reduced from 2.20 minutes
to 1.42 Minutes.
The reduction of time has proven to be directly proportional
to the difficulty level, which can have diverse effects. An Assistant professor
from MDI, Gurgaon stated that as there is less time per question, the
difficulty level would be toned down and because of that the cut-offs to these
business schools would go up.
A senior professor from one of the IIM’s hinted that though
the question paper seemed easy, the cut-offs could be higher, especially where
older IIM’s are concerned. The truth would only be known once the result is out
and the cut-off list is declared.
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