New Delhi (IANS): Around 270,000 MBA aspirants appeared for the Common Aptitude Test (CAT) across the nation Sunday, an official spokesperson said.

A majority of those who appeared felt that while the three-segment paper was fairly 'doable', there were a few hiccups in the 'lengthy verbal' and 'tough quant' sections.

"A total of 270,000 applicants were shortlisted for CAT 2008. Last year, about 220,000 candidates had appeared in the test," Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) spokesperson Ishita Solanki told IANS over the phone.

"The numbers of forms received was much more, but after screening forms for eligibility criteria, the final turn out was still quite large," Solanki said.