CAT aspirants to get 30 mins more to attempt questions this year

Indore: Candidates appearing for the Common Admission Test (CAT) for entrance to IIMs and other prestigious business schools on 16 and 22 November will get 30 minutes more as number of questions will be more this time."Earlier, candidates appearing for CAT were getting 140 minutes to solve the paper, but now time has been increased to 170 minutes," a spokesperson of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, which is conducting the online CAT 2014, told PTI on Tuesday."Henceforth, in sections of Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation, and Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning, the candidates will have to answer 50 questions each instead of earlier 30," the spokesperson said.[caption id="attachment_990757" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Representative Image. AFP[/caption]As per the new feature, the candidates can allot time accordingly to solve either of sections of their choice depending on their ability and convenience. "Students can also switch over and come back from one section to another," the spokesman said.Earlier, students had to solve these sections in a serial order, with fixed duration of time. The CAT 2014 will be held on 16 and 22  November across 99 cities at 354 examination centres in four sessions. The result will be declared in the third week of December.The registration process for CAT will begin from 6 August and close on 30 September. TCS will take care of technical aspect of the computer-based examination.PTI