Articles in CAT 2015

Indore based Prateek Bajpai, who is the first known topper of CAT 2015, did not attend any coaching class. In fact, in all the time that he was preparing for CAT, he was in Algeria, working for a real estate firm! “I took up all test series, and worked my way through them. I had […]

PG Ginger. Photo by Sameer Chhatre While CAT 2015 results are yet to be officially declared, candidates have been receiving messages about their secured percentile on their  cell phones.  CAT 2015 Convenor Prof Tathagata Bandyopadhyay told PaGaLGuY that the results  (score cards) should be out any time now as he as instructed TCS to do […]

CAT 2015 results to be out second week of January 2016. CAT Convenor Prof Tathagata Bandyopadhyay told PaGaLGuY that work is currently on to make sure all issues are ironed out but they will not be published before the second week of January, 2016.  When categorically asked whether the results were going to hit on […]

Post CAT 2015, PaGaLGuY received many complaints concerning problems faced by candidates during the exam. IIM authorities took cognizance of the complaints and asked to see them. Those received by PaGaLGuY have been handed over.  It may be recalled that PaGaLGuY had written a detailed article on the issues faced by CAT 2015 takers. These included technical […]

PaGaLGuY carried a story on the glitches in the CAT 2015 exam, crammed centres, far-off centres etc yesterday.  We asked CAT Convenor Prof Thathagata Bandyopadhyay about the complaints.  Read on what he had to say.   Complaints of glitches came from all over the country. In Kolkata, some computers broke down? The entire day I was in the TCS […]

Dear Readers, Finally, the two slots for the CAT exam are over. The second slot was also along the same lines as the first one. In terms of levels of sections, LR-DI was again tough in the second slot. It consisted of 4 DI and 4 LR sets, with one set being direct input types […]

CAT 2015 was not without its share of problems. From exam centres located more than 150 kms away, to constantly gossiping  invigilators, stuffy exam centres and faulty work stations.   This year, women and DA aspirants were given a preference while allocating exam centres  – result of which many candidates found themselves with centres far […]

Dear readers, As you know, CAT 2015 slot 1 is now over. Let us take a quick look at the pattern of this test. First of all, the VARC section was exactly on the lines of the CAT demo test – 24 RC questions and 10 VA questions. The VA questions were based on Parajumbles, […]

Hopefully, you have studied and studied and studied for CAT. And you’ve also taken mocks and discussed the nitty-gritty with fellow CAT-takers on PaGaLGuY. And if  after all that, you still feeling the exam blues, here is something that will help.   *If you are tensed, don’t be. It’s only a CAT exam, it’s not […]

PaGaLGuY spoke to, possibly, the busiest man on the MBA scene in India –  CAT 2015 Convenor Prof Tathagata Bandyopadhyay. Despite his busy schedule, he agreed to answer a few questions and also whisper some last-minute tips. Is there more work now, that CAT is to be held on one day?         […]