NEW FORMAT OF CAT 2011;

The Common Admission Test (CAT) has been given a makeover in 2011 with respect to a brand new format.

CAT dates have been declared as October 22 and November 18, 2011.

Changes in CAT

According to an official statement announced by Prometric, CAT 2011 will have two sections instead of three.

- Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation will be one section, while Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning will be the other.
- There will be 60 questions: 30 in each section.

Time limits

Students will be given an additional five minutes for completing the test. The total time given to students to complete the test will be 140 minutes.

This means that a student has 70 minutes to answer 30 questions under each section with an on-screen countdown timer.

Once the time ends for the first section, they would have to move on to the second section and won't be allowed to go back.

A 15-minute tutorial will be added to guide the students through the process and new format.

What does the change mean for students?

Students will have to study the same areas as before, but will only have to get cut-offs for two sections instead of three.

Studying for CAT

Students will need to update their approach to CAT 2011. Time management for different sections will have to change.

You have to:

- be equally good at both sections
- be aware that you cannot come back to a section, although you can come back to a question in a section within the time limit.