MAH MBA CET 2026 Exam Analysis SLOT 2
CET 2026 is being held across three days from April 6 to April 8.
The Slot 2 of CET-2026 took place today from 2 pm to 4:30 pm (April 6, 2026).
This analysis is based on the feedback received from IMS students and experts who appeared for CET 2026 in the second slot.
CET-2026 maintained a total of 200 questions. The question paper was divided into different sections. The level of difficulty was in the range of easy to moderate.
OVERVIEW
| Area Name | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level | Good Attempts* |
| Logical Reasoning | 75 | Moderate | 155-160 |
| Abstract Reasoning | 25 | Easy | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | Easy-Moderate | |
| Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension | 50 | Moderate | |
| Total | 200 | Moderate |
- The test was of moderate difficulty on Day 1 Slot 2
- As usual, CET 2026 consisted of 200 questions to be attempted in 150 minutes
- Since there is NO Negative Marking in CET, candidates are expected to attempt all 200 questions.
- IMS estimate of good attempts refers to the number of serious attempts and excludes random attempts.
- Interface – The candidate’s photograph appeared on the left side of the screen. The question panel was on the right side. It could be collapsed/hidden. Many questions appeared in the split-screen format. The 4 sections could be accessed at any time with the help of the dropdown menu. The candidate’s roll/application number appeared as a watermark on the screen.
- The pane of the question was not wide enough to show the entire line and so, candidates had to scroll horizontally to see a single line of statement. This consumed some time.
Verbal Ability/Reading Comprehension
The test consisted of 50 questions with 20 RC questions and 30 VA questions. Overall, the VARC was moderate. There were 4 Reading Comprehension passages ranging from around 400 words to 550 words in length. The VA section was relatively easy. It was dominated by vocabulary questions. Most of the VA questions could be answered quickly and accurately.
Following is the break-up of this section:
| VARC Topics | No. of questions |
| Reading Comprehension – 5 Passages 5Qs per passage Length: 400 to 500 words |
20 |
| Idioms/Phrases meaning | 30 |
| Fill in the blanks | |
| Synonyms, Antonyms | |
| Direct/Indirect Speech, Active Passive Voice | |
| Spot the error, Identify the grammatically correct sentence, Improve the sentence | |
| Jumbled Paragraph | |
| Word usage | |
| Total | 50 |
Quantitative Aptitude
There were about 50 questions. The level of difficulty of the questions on Quantitative Aptitude was easy.
There were maximum questions on Arithmetic, Numbers, Modern Mathematics, Data Sufficiency and Geometry.
Following is the break-up of this section:
| Topics | No. of questions |
| Numbers | 5 |
| Arithmetic | 26 |
| Geometry | 3 |
| Modern Maths | 3 |
| Algebra | 2 |
| DI – Bar graph | 5 |
| DI – Pie charts | 5 |
| Completion of Numerical Series | 1 |
| Total | 50 |
Logical Reasoning
There were around 75 questions in the Logical Reasoning section. In Non-Verbal Reasoning, there were Arrangements, Coding Decoding, Directions, Family Tree, Alphanumeric Series, Missing numbers in grid, Venn Diagram based questions, Directions, Odd one out, etc. Surprisingly, all 63 questions from Non-verbal reasoning were individual questions.
In Verbal Reasoning, there were 12 questions. The questions in this section were moderate.
Following is the break-up of this section:
| Topics | No. of questions |
| Arrangements (Linear) | 8 |
| Sequential output | 5 |
| Alphanumerical series | 5 |
| Directions | 5 |
| Coding Decoding | 5 |
| Completion of series (numerical, alphanumeric) | 7 |
| Family Tree | 5 |
| Odd one out | 4 |
| Missing numbers in the grid | 3 |
| Analogy | 2 |
| Symbol-based BODMAS Rules | 2 |
| Venn Diagram (2D + 3D) | 3 |
| Venn Diagram (diagram based) | 2 |
| Quantitative Comparison | 1 |
| Data Sufficiency – 3 statement | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 5 |
| Odd one out, Arrange the words in sequence, Syllogisms | 12 |
| Total | 75 |
Overall difficulty of the questions on Logical Reasoning was moderate.
Visual Reasoning
There were 25 questions on Visual Reasoning. There were questions on series completion, analogies, water image, paper folding. Some questions from the area of counting the number of triangles and squares also appeared. The overall difficulty level was in the range of easy to medium.
Following is the break-up of this section:
| Topics | No. of questions |
| Series Completion | 2 |
| Water Image | 3 |
| No of triangle, squares | 6 |
| Analogy | 12 |
| Paper folding | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 1 |
| Total | 25 |