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The much awaited CAT 2014 notification is out and there are surprises galore –\u00a0 from the exam pattern to the exam dates & slots. After all the problems CAT faced with Prometric last year, they had now chosen TCS as their new test partner and given these set of instances, it is not surprising that changes have taken place.Find more details below.
\n<\/a>CAT 2014:\u00a0<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

Registration Dates: <\/b>6th Aug – 20th Sep<\/b> 2014
\nExam Dates: <\/b>Nov 16th & Nov 22nd 2014
\nMode: <\/b>Online<\/p>\n

Exam pattern:\u00a0<\/b>
\nTotal Number of Questions:<\/u>100
\nTotal Time:<\/u> 170 minutes
\nNumber of Sections:<\/u> 2<\/p>\n

Question Distribution: <\/b>
\nQuantitative Ability & Data Interpretation: 50
\nVerbal Ability & Logical Reasoning: 50<\/p>\n

Date of Results: <\/b>Third Week of December 2014<\/p>\n

Differences between CAT 2013 & CAT 2014:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Number of Questions<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n100 (50+50)<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n60 (30+30)<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time Available (in min)<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n170<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n70+70<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of Sections<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sectional Timing<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nComposite Time for all sections and one can move between sections.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nEach Section had separate timings. One could not move between sections.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exam Dates<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nNov 16th & 22nd<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nOct 16th to Nov 11th<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of Testing Days<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n20<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of Test Slots<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n40<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Testing Agency<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nTCS<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nPrometric<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As the number of testing days are now down to 2, the normalization effect and its subsequent complication should be considerably reduced. And since it is a new testing agency, one can expect a different User Interface (possibly less user friendly given TCS history) than the ones that have been used by Prometric.<\/p>\n

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