Each section had 30 Questions, 20 questions carrying 2 marks each and 10 questions carrying 1 mark each. The cumulative marks were 150 (60*2=120 and 30*1=30). This paper clearly gave an edge to the students who have worked hard for their CAT preparation.

This year Reasoning/DI/DS section proved to be the bete noire of students. The section has been rated as “TOUGH” by our experts and many students were left gaping. The cutoffs for the section will range anywhere between 12-14.The Quantitative section was comparatively less tougher though a little more time consuming and our experts have rated this section as “MODERATE” level of toughness. Our experts predict a cutoff of 16-18 marks for this section. The Verbal Ability section was again rated “MODERATE” by our experts and they predict a cutoff of 19-21 marks.

Overall students rated CAT 2005 as “MODERATELY” tough.

To get a call from IIMs one requires an aggregate score of atleast 61-63 marks with proper sectional cut offs.

• IIMs:61+
  
  
• MDI, NITIE, SP Jain: 56+
  
  
• IMT: 53+
  
  
• UBS, TAPMI: 51+
  
  
• KJ Somaiya, IMI, FORE: 48+
  
  
• NIRMA, LBSIM: 45+