CAT 2022 Slot 3 question paper with solutions
All 66 questions of CAT 2022 Slot 3, 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 1The Chicago School and Social Disorganisation Q9–Q12RC passage 2Bio-logic, Technos-logic and Bionic Convergence Q13–Q16RC passage 3Orientalism and the Image of India Q17–Q20RC passage 4Automation, Software and the Loss of Skill Q21–Q24
- Q1The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q2The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q3There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide in which blank (option 1,…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
- Q4The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q5The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q6The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q7The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q8There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide in which blank (option 1,…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
- Q9Which one of the following sets of words/phrases best encapsulates the issues discussed in the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q10A fundamental conclusion by the author is that:CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Main Idea and Central Theme
- Q11Which one of the following is not a valid inference from the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q12The author notes that, “At the start of the twentieth century, Americans were predominately a rural population, but by…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Critical Reasoning
- Q13Which one of the following sets of words/phrases best serves as keywords to the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q14The author claims that, “Part of this bionic convergence is a matter of words”. Which one of the following statements…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q15The author claims that, “The apparent veil between the organic and the manufactured has crumpled to reveal that the…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q16None of the following statements is implied by the arguments of the passage, EXCEPT:CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q17It can be inferred from the passage that to gain a more accurate view of a nation’s history and culture,…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q18It can be inferred from the passage that the author is not likely to support the view that:CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Argument & viewpoint
- Q19In the context of the passage, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT:CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q20Which one of the following styles of research is most similar to the Orientalist scholars’ method of understanding…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Analogy
- Q21In the Ebola misdiagnosis case, we can infer that doctors probably missed the forest for the trees because:CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q22In the context of the passage, all of the following can be considered examples of human-centered automation EXCEPT:CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q23From the passage, we can infer that the author is apprehensive about the use of sophisticated automation for all of…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Argument & viewpoint
- Q24It can be inferred that in the Utrecht University experiment, one group of people was “aimlessly clicking around”…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
DILR · 20 questions
Set 1Mortality Study of 2000 Individuals Q1–Q5Set 2New Cases in Four Neighbourhoods Q6–Q10Set 3Grades in AI and ML Courses Q11–Q15Set 4Betting Tournament of Four Players Q16–Q20
- Q1In 2000, what was the ratio of the number of dead males to dead females among those being tracked?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q2How many people who were being tracked and who were between 30 and 40 years of age in 1980 survived until 2010?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q3How many individuals who were being tracked and who were less than 30 years of age in 1980 survived until 2020?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q4How many of the males who were being tracked and who were between 20 and 30 years of age in 1980 died in the period…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q5How many of the females who were being tracked and who were between 20 and 30 years of age in 1980 died between the…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q6What BEST can be concluded about the total number of new cases in the city on Day 2?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q7What BEST can be concluded about the number of new cases in Levmisto on Day 3?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q8On which day(s) did Pesmisto not have any new case?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q9Which of the two statements below is/are necessarily false? Statement A: There were 2 new cases in Tyhrmisto on Day 3.…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q10On how many days did Levmisto and Tyhrmisto have the same number of new cases?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q11How many students took AI?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q12How many CS students failed in ML?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q13How many non-CS students got A grade in ML?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q14How many students got A grade in AI?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q15How many non-CS students got B grade in ML?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q16What BEST can be said about the amount of money that Ritesh had with him at the end of Round 8?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q17What BEST can be said about the amount of money that Pulak had with him at the end of Round 6?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q18How much money (in ₹) did Ritesh have at the end of Round 4?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q19How many games were played with a bet of ₹2?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q20Which of the following pairings was made in Round 5?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
Quant · 22 questions
- Q1Suppose k is any integer such that the equation 2x²+kx+5=0 has no real roots and the equation x²+ ( k-5 )x+1=0 has two…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Quadratic Equations
- Q2The minimum possible value of (x²-6x+10)/(3-x) , for x<3 , isCAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Inequalities & Modulus
- Q3Bob can finish a job in 40 days, if he works alone. Alex is twice as fast as Bob and thrice as fast as Cole in the…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Time and Work
- Q4A glass contains 500 cc of milk and a cup contains 500 cc of water. From the glass, 150 cc of milk is transferred to…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q5In an examination, the average marks of students in sections A and B are 32 and 60, respectively. The number of…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q6Let r be a real number and f ( x )=2x-r if x≥ r , and f ( x )=r if x<r . Then, the equation f ( x )=f ( f ( x ) )…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Functions
- Q7Suppose the medians BD and CE of a triangle ABC intersect at a point O. If area of triangle ABC is 108 sq. cm., then,…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Triangles
- Q8The arithmetic mean of all the distinct numbers that can be obtained by rearranging the digits in 1421, including…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Permutation and Combination
- Q9Nitu has an initial capital of ₹20,000. Out of this, she invests ₹8,000 at 5.5% in bank A, ₹5,000 at 5.6% in bank B…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Simple Interest and Compound Interest
- Q10Two cars travel from different locations at constant speeds. To meet each other after starting at the same time, they…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
- Q11If ( √((7)/(5)) )^(3x-y)=(875)/(2401) and ( (4a)/(b) )^(6x-y)= ( (2a)/(b) )^(y-6x) , for all non-zero real values of a…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Surds and Indices
- Q12Moody takes 30 seconds to finish riding an escalator if he walks on it at his normal speed in the same direction. He…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
- Q13Consider six distinct natural numbers such that the average of the two smallest numbers is 14, and the average of the…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q14If ( 3+2√2 ) is a root of the equation ax²+bx+c=0 , and ( 4+2√3 ) is a root of the equation ay²+my+n=0 , where a , b ,…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Quadratic Equations
- Q15If c=(16x)/(y)+(49y)/(x) for some non-zero real numbers x and y , then c cannot take the valueCAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Inequalities & Modulus
- Q16A group of N people worked on a project. They finished 35% of the project by working 7 hours a day for 10 days.…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Time and Work
- Q17The average of all 3-digit terms in the arithmetic progression 38, 55, 72, ..., isCAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Sequences and Series
- Q18In a triangle ABC, AB = AC = 8 cm. A circle drawn with BC as diameter passes through A. Another circle drawn with…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Circles
- Q19A school has less than 5000 students and if the students are divided equally into teams of either 9 or 10 or 12 or 25…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · HCF and LCM
- Q20A donation box can receive only cheques of ₹100, ₹250, and ₹500. On one good day, the donation box was found to…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Linear Equations
- Q21Two ships are approaching a port along straight routes at constant speeds. Initially, the two ships and the port…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Triangles
- Q22The lengths of all four sides of a quadrilateral are integer valued. If three of its sides are of length 1 cm, 2 cm…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · Quant · Quadrilaterals