CAT 2022 VARC Syllabus with Weightage

Updated On: November 18, 2022 08:59 am IST

Detailed CAT 2022 VARC Syllabus and the important topics to be covered necessarily, and the number of expected questions from them are available here.

With the CAT 2022 exams scheduled for November 27th, 2022, most candidates are agitated about the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section. The VARC section carries the maximum marks with the maximum number of questions as well. A total of 24 questions will be from the VARC section out of 66 questions from the CAT 2022 Question Paper. Candidates preparing to appear for the CAT 2022 exams may note the important topics and topic-wise weightage along with the detailed CAT 2022 VARC Syllabus. Further, candidates may note that the questions will include non-MCQ questions as well, without negative markings. The rest of the questions will be in MCQ format with 3 marks for each correct answer and a negative marking of ⅓ marks for each wrong answer.

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CAT 2022 VARC Syllabus

Here is the detailed CAT 2022 VARC Syllabus that candidates are expected to be aware of. If not, candidates may make a note of the important topics and try to cover any left-out topics before the exams:

English Usage or Grammar	Synonyms
Vocabulary	Antonyms
Fill in the blanks	Sentence Correction
Cloze Passage	Jumbled Paragraph
Analogies	Reverse Analogies
Meaning-Usage Match	Summary Questions
Reading Comprehension	Verbal Reasoning
Facts	Inferences
Judgments	Odd Sentences

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CAT 2022 VARC Important Topic

While preparing for the CAT 2022 VARC sections, it is important to be aware of the important topics that have been repeated in each year's question paper. Here is a list of the topics that must be thoroughly covered by each candidates appearing for the CAT 2022 exams:

Para-jumbles
Para-summary
Sentence completion
Inferences
Reading Comprehension
Passages based questions.

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CAT 2022 VARC Topic-wise Weightage

Candidates are also advised to note the number of questions expected from each section from the important topics with the maximum possibility of questions. So, here is the detailed CAT 2022 VARC topic-wise weightage:

Topics	Weightage
Reading Comprehension	5-7
Passage-Based Questions	5-7
Para-Summary	3-4
Para-Jumbles	3-4
Sentence Completion or Correction	0-1
Fill in the blanks	0-1
Vocabulary Based	0-1
Odd Sentences	1-2