India, Nov. 30 -- The second slot of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025, conducted by IIM Kozhikode, concluded at 2:30 PM. Early student reactions suggest that Slot 2 was moderate in difficulty, closely mirroring the level seen in Slot 1 earlier in the day. According to Gautam Puri, Co-Founder & MD, Career Launcher, who analysed Slot 2 based on initial student feedback, many candidates felt the overall paper was more challenging than CAT 2024, and comparable in difficulty to CAT 2022 and CAT 2023.

Just like the other slots, the exam featured 68 questions to be solved within 120 minutes, with equal sectional time limits for VARC, DILR, and QA.

VARC: Moderate

The VARC section in Slot 2 consisted of 24 questions, to be attempted in 40 m...