CAT 2023 Question Paper PDF with Solutions and Answer Key PDF

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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Moderate

16-18

• RC 1: Wolf
• RC 2: Philosophy
• RC 3: Indian Ocean/Geography
• RC 4: Human Behaviour/Lifestyle
• Para jumble: 2 questions- English words of numbers, Mind reading, AI, and murder mystery investigation
• True/False questions
• Odd one out: 2 questions
• Paracompletion: 2 questions
• Out of Context (OOC) Questions
• Para summary: 2 questions

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)

Moderate to Difficult

9-11

• Roots and Network
• Mean, median, and mode: 1 question
• Clocks and Calendars 1 question
• Set 1: Professors and Departments
• Set 2: VISA Office
• Set 3: Statistics based)
• Set 4: Arrangement

Quantitative Ability (QA)

Difficult

12-15

• Algebra (8-7 questions)
• Arithmetic (6- 7 questions)
• Number System (2-3 questions)
• Modern Math (1 AP question)
• Geometry (2-3 questions)
• Mixture and Allegation
• Quadratic Equation
• Modulus
• In a single question, both Simple Interest and Compound Interest were asked.

Overall

Moderate to Difficult

37-44

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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Easy to Moderate

14-15

• Reading Comprehension (1): Culture and Lifestyle (Second-hand Clothing)
• RC (2) Content Produced by Streaming Platform; Netflix (options were very close)
• RC (3) Liberalism (Book Review)
• RC (4) Positivists
• Para jumble: 4 questions
• Para summary: 2 questions

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)

Moderate to Difficult

12-13

• Scheduling Amusement Park
• Median (9 boxes, 3 Pouches, Coins)
• Reasoning Based DI (Companies)
• Mathematical AR (Balls)
• Set 1: Arrangement- Scores- Two days average
• Set 2: Missing Values Based Table- Company Starting/ Closing Year
• Set 3: Rides and Timings
• Set 4: Grid Based- 2 3*3 tables

Quantitative Ability (QA)

Moderate to Difficult

9-11

• Algebra: 7 questions (Log; 1; Equations: 1; Sequence and Series:2, Maxima Minima: 2, Inequalities:1
• Arithmetic: 9 questions (TSD:1, Time and work: 1; Ratio: 2)
• Compound Interest: 1 question
• Pipe and cistern: 1 question
• Profit and Loss: 1 question
• Time Speed and Distance: 1 question
• Mixture and Allegation: 1 question
• Geometry- 2 questions
• Number System- 3 questions (Factors-1, Divisibility- 1)

Overall

Moderate to Difficult & Tricky & Lenghty

35-39

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• Return of wolves’ predation in a French region
• Current economies of North and South Korea.

• Second-hand Shopping and Fast Fashion
• Garments, Fashion Industry & Pollution
• Netflix Dubbing of titles for Europe→ Good or Bad for Europe?
• Facts & Interpretation in History
• Translated Streaming in Europe

• Colonialism and Global Warming (The Nutmeg’s Curse)
• Understanding Romantic Aesthetics
• Cultural Property Law → Exploration of Sites
• Rational Thinking

• Indian Ocean Literature
• Modern materialism versus ancient societies

• Why Liberalism Failed (Book Review)
• What is Historical Fact

• Cultural Patrimony Laws
• Rationality by Steven Pinker
• Romantic Aesthetics/ Philosophy

• Professors in departments
• Gig workers and Restaurants, Mathematical Reasoning
• Involved Measures of central tendency

• 5 firms – Funds raised in consecutive years
• Draw competition
• Missing Values Based Table→ Company Starting/ Closing Years

• Number of enrollments in offline and online courses
• Six Police Stations with map (route based)

• Houses on sale
• Visa Office Special Equation handling

• 3 friends visited a park.
• Many rides. Scheduling questions
• Nine Boxes – sudoku type puzzle
• Rides & Timings
• Grid Based→two 3*3 tables (Mean, Median, Mode)
• Arrangement → Scores → two days average

• Projects and scores of 3 boys and 3 girls
• AC Company – 4 Dealers

Good attempts: 10-12

• Number System
• Surds
• Arithmetic
• TSD
• T&W
• Ratio
• SI CI
• PLD
• Mixture
• Clock
• Modern Math
• P&C

• Number System
• Factors
• Divisibility
• Arithmetic
• TSD
• T&W
• Ratio
• SI CI
• PLD
• Mixture
• Average

• Factors
• Indices
• Integral Values
• TSD
• T&W
• SI CI
• Percentage
• PLD
• Mixture
• Averages

• Algebra
• Log
• Equations
• Surds
• Sequence & Series
• Geometry & Mensuration
• Triangle
• Quadrilateral
• Coordinate Geo Circle

• Algebra
• Log
• Equations
• Maxima Minima
• Sequence & Series
• Inequalities
• Geometry & Mensuration
• Rectangle
• Circle
• Coordinate Geo

• Log
• Equations
• Functions
• Sequence & Series
• Algebraic Expression
• Circle
• Polygon
• Triangle
• Coordinate Geo

Good attempts: 9-11