CAT 2022 Slot 2 question paper with solutions
All 66 questions of CAT 2022 Slot 2, section by section, each with its answer and a step-by-step solution. Sections: VARC (24), DILR (20), Quant (22).
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VARC · 24 questions
RC passage 1Technical-Social Dualism in Engineering Education Q1–Q4RC passage 2Institutions and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences Q5–Q8RC passage 3How Cephalopods Camouflage Q9–Q12RC passage 4Humans as Musicking Creatures Q13–Q16
- Q1We can infer that the author would approve of a more evolved engineering pedagogy that includes all of the following…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Argument & viewpoint
- Q2All of the following are examples of the negative outcomes of focusing on technical ideals in the medical sphere…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q3In this passage, the author is making the claim that:CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Main Idea and Central Theme
- Q4The author gives all of the following reasons for why marginalised people are systematically discriminated against in…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q5“Consider the fact that the stock exchange and the black market are both market institutions, one formal one…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q6All of the following inferences from the passage are false, EXCEPT:CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q7In the first paragraph of the passage, what are the two “characterisations” that are seen as overlapping but not…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q8Which of the following statements best represents the essence of the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Main Idea and Central Theme
- Q9Based on the passage, it can be inferred that camouflaging techniques in an octopus are most dissimilar to those in:CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q10All of the following are reasons for octopuses being “misfits” EXCEPT that they:CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q11Which one of the following statements is not true about the camouflaging ability of Cephalopods?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q12Based on the passage, we can infer that all of the following statements, if true, would weaken the camouflaging…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC EXCEPT and NOT Questions
- Q13Which one of the following sets of terms best serves as keywords to the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q14“Think beyond all the qualifications that might trail after this bald statement . . .” In the context of the passage,…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q15Based on the passage, which one of the following statements is a valid argument about the emergence of music/musicking?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q16Which one of the following statements, if true, would weaken the author’s claim that humans are musicking creatures?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Strengthen and Weaken Arguments
- Q17There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide in which blank (option 1,…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
- Q18The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q19The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q20The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q21The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q22The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q23The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q24There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide in which blank (option 1,…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
DILR · 20 questions
Set 1TRICCEK Salesmen Q1–Q5Set 2Widget Deliveries from a Warehouse Q6–Q10Set 3Revenue, Costs and Employees of Four Companies Q11–Q15Set 4Products in a Speciality Supermarket Q16–Q20
- Q1What was the total number of households met by Tohri, Hokli and Lahur on the first day?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q2How many TRICCEK items were sold by Tohri on the first day?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q3How many households did Lahur meet on the second day?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q4How many households did Tohri meet on the first day?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q5Which of the following statements is FALSE?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q6If the last location visited is Ahmednagar, then what is the total distance covered in the route (in km)?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q7If the total number of widgets delivered in a day is 250 units, then what is the total distance covered in the route…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q8What is the chance that the total number of widgets delivered in a day is 260 units and the route ends at Bikrampore?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q9If the first location visited from the warehouse is Ahmednagar, then what is the chance that the total distance…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q10If Ahmednagar is not the first location to be visited in a route and the total route distance is 29 km, then which of…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q11Considering all three years, which company had the highest annual profit?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q12Which of the four companies experienced the highest annual loss in any of the years?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q13The ratio of a company's annual profit to its annual costs is a measure of its performance. Which of the four…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q14The total number of employees lost in 2019 and 2020 was the least for:CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q15Profit per employee is the ratio of a company's profit to its employee strength. For this purpose, the employee…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q16How many foreign products were FDA approved cosmetic products?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Venn Diagram DI
- Q17How many cosmetic products did not have FDA approval?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Venn Diagram DI
- Q18Which among the following options best represents the number of domestic cosmetic products that had both the approvals?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Venn Diagram DI
- Q19If 70 cosmetic products did not have EU approval, then how many nutrition products had both the approvals?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Venn Diagram DI
- Q20If 50 nutrition products did not have EU approval, then how many domestic cosmetic products did not have EU approval?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · DILR · Venn Diagram DI
Quant · 22 questions
- Q1In triangle ABC, altitudes AD and BE are drawn to the corresponding bases. If ∠ BAC=45^(∘) and ∠ ABC=θ , then…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Triangles
- Q2Working alone, the times taken by Anu, Tanu and Manu to complete any job are in the ratio 5:8:10 . They accept a job…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Time and Work
- Q3Regular polygons A and B have number of sides in the ratio 1:2 and interior angles in the ratio 3:4 . Then the number…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Polygons
- Q4If a and b are non-negative real numbers such that a+2b=6 , then the average of the maximum and minimum possible…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Inequalities & Modulus
- Q5Manu earns ₹4000 per month and wants to save an average of ₹550 per month in a year. In the first nine months, his…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q6There are two containers of the same volume, first container half-filled with sugar syrup and the second container…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q7On day one, there are 100 particles in a laboratory experiment. On day n , where n≥ 2 , one out of every n particles…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Sequences and Series
- Q8The average of a non-decreasing sequence of N numbers a_1 , a_2 , ..., a_N is 300. If a_1 is replaced by 6a_1 , the…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q9Let r and c be real numbers. If r and -r are roots of 5x³+cx²-10x+9=0 , then c equalsCAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Polynomials and Higher Degree Equations
- Q10Suppose for all integers x , there are two functions f and g such that f ( x )+f ( x-1 )-1=0 and g ( x )=x² . If f…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Functions
- Q11In an election, there were four candidates and 80% of the registered voters casted their votes. One of the candidates…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Percentage
- Q12The number of integers greater than 2000 that can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, using each digit at most…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Permutation and Combination
- Q13For some natural number n , assume that ( 15,000 )! is divisible by ( n! )! . The largest possible value of n isCAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Factorial and Trailing Zeroes
- Q14The number of distinct integer values of n satisfying (4-log_2n)/(3-log_4n)<0 , isCAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Logarithms
- Q15In an examination, there were 75 questions. 3 marks were awarded for each correct answer, 1 mark was deducted for each…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Linear Equations
- Q16Five students, including Amit, appear for an examination in which possible marks are integers between 0 and 50, both…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q17The number of integer solutions of the equation (x²-10 )^( (x²-3x-10 ))=1 isCAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Surds and Indices
- Q18Mr. Pinto invests one-fifth of his capital at 6%, one-third at 10% and the remaining at 1%, each rate being simple…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Simple Interest and Compound Interest
- Q19Consider the arithmetic progression 3,7,11,ldots and let A_n denote the sum of the first n terms of this progression.…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Sequences and Series
- Q20Let f ( x ) be a quadratic polynomial in x such that f ( x )≥ 0 for all real numbers x . If f ( 2 )=0 and f ( 4 )=6 ,…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Quadratic Equations
- Q21The length of each side of an equilateral triangle ABC is 3 cm. Let D be a point on BC such that the area of triangle…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Triangles
- Q22Two ships meet mid-ocean, and then, one ship goes south and the other ship goes west, both travelling at constant…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance