CAT 2023 Slot 1 question paper with solutions
All 66 questions of CAT 2023 Slot 1, 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 1Indian Ocean Novels and Remapping the World Q1–Q4RC passage 2Sahlins's Original Affluent Society Q5–Q8RC passage 3Geography and Human Phenomena Q17–Q20RC passage 4The Return of Wolves to Lozère Q21–Q24
- Q1Which one of the following statements is not true about migration in the Indian Ocean world?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q2On the basis of the nature of the relationship between the items in each pair below, choose the odd pair out:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q3All of the following statements, if true, would weaken the passage’s claim about the relationship between mainstream…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC EXCEPT and NOT Questions
- Q4All of the following claims contribute to the “remapping” discussed by the passage, EXCEPT:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q5We can infer that Sahlins's main goal in writing his essay was to:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Main Idea and Central Theme
- Q6The author mentions Tanzania’s Hadza community to illustrate:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q7The author of the passage mentions Galbraith’s “The Affluent Society” to:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q8The author of the passage criticises Sahlins’s essay for its:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q9Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · Odd One Out
- Q10The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q11The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph.…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q12There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
- Q13The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q14Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · Odd One Out
- Q15There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
- Q16The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph.…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q17All of the following are advanced by the author as reasons why non-geographers disregard geographic influences on…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q18The author criticises scholars who are not geographers for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q19All of the following can be inferred from the passage EXCEPT:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q20The examples of the Inuit and Aboriginal Australians are offered in the passage to show:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q21Which one of the following has NOT contributed to the growing wolf population in Lozère?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q22The inhabitants of Lozère have to grapple with all of the following problems, EXCEPT:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q23Which one of the following statements, if true, would weaken the author’s claims?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · Strengthen and Weaken Arguments
- Q24The author presents a possible economic solution to an existing issue facing Lozère that takes into account the…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
DILR · 20 questions
Set 1Visa Processing Office Schedule Q1–Q5Set 2Houses for Sale in Blocks XX and YY Q6–Q10Set 3Restaurant Ratings of Gig Workers Q11–Q15Set 4Election for the Dean Q16–Q20
- Q1How many UK applications were scheduled on that day?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q2What is the maximum possible value of the total time (in minutes, nearest to its integer value) required to process…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q3Which of the following is the closest to the time when Nandini’s application process got over?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q4Which of the following statements is false?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q5When did the application processing for all US applicants get over on that day?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q6How many houses are vacant in Block XX?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q7Which of the following houses is definitely occupied?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q8Which of the following options best describes the number of vacant houses in Row-2?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q9What is the maximum possible quoted price (in lakhs of Rs.) for a vacant house in Column-E?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q10Which house in Block YY has parking space?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q11How many individual ratings cannot be determined from the above information?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q12To how many workers did R2 give a rating of 4?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q13What rating did R1 give to Xavier?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q14What is the median of the ratings given by R3 to the five workers?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q15Which among the following restaurants gave its median rating to exactly one of the workers?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q16Which two candidates can belong to the same department?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q17Which of the following can be the number of votes that Prof. Qureshi received from a single department?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q18If Prof. Samuel belongs to B&H, which of the following statements is/are true? Statement A: Prof. Pakrasi belongs to…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q19What best can be concluded about the candidate from O&Q?CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q20Which of the following statements is/are true? Statement A: Non-candidates from M&S voted for Prof. Qureshi. Statement…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · DILR · Caselet DI
Quant · 22 questions
- Q1If x and y are positive real numbers such that log_x (x²+12 )=4 and 3log_yx=1 , then x+y equalsCAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Logarithms
- Q2If x and y are real numbers such that x²+ ( x-2y-1 )²=-4y ( x+y ) , then the value x-2y isCAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Algebraic Identities
- Q3If √(5x+9)+√(5x-9)=3 ( 2+√2 ) , then √(10x+9) is equal toCAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Surds and Indices
- Q4Let n be the least positive integer such that 168 is a factor of 1134ⁿ . If m is the least positive integer such that…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Number of Factors
- Q5The number of integer solutions of equation 2 | x | (x²+1 )=5x² isCAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Inequalities & Modulus
- Q6Let α and β be the two distinct roots of the equation 2x²-6x+k=0 , such that ( α +β ) and α β are the distinct roots…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Quadratic Equations
- Q7The equation x³+ ( 2r+1 )x²+ ( 4r-1 )x+2=0 has -2 as one of the roots. If the other two roots are real, then the…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Polynomials and Higher Degree Equations
- Q8Brishti went on an 8-hour trip in a car. Before the trip, the car had travelled a total of x km till then, where x is…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
- Q9The minor angle between the hours hand and minutes hand of a clock was observed at 8:48 am. The minimum duration, in…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Percentage
- Q10In an examination, the average marks of 4 girls and 6 boys is 24. Each of the girls has the same marks while each of…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q11A mixture P is formed by removing a certain amount of coffee from a coffee jar and replacing the same amount with…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q12The salaries of three friends Sita, Gita and Mita are initially in the ratio 5:6:7 , respectively. In the first year,…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Percentage
- Q13Gita sells two objects A and B at the same price such that she makes a profit of 20% on object A and a loss of 10% on…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Profit and Loss
- Q14Arvind travels from town A to town B, and Surbhi from town B to town A, both starting at the same time along the same…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
- Q15The amount of job that Amal, Sunil and Kamal can individually do in a day, are in harmonic progression. Kamal takes…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Time and Work
- Q16Anil invests ₹22000 for 6 years in a certain scheme with 4% interest per annum, compounded half-yearly. Sunil invests…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Simple Interest and Compound Interest
- Q17Let C be the circle x²+y²+4x-6y-3=0 and L be the locus of the point of intersection of a pair of tangents to C with…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Coordinate Geometry (Basics)
- Q18A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle such that AB:CD=2:1 and BC:AD=5:4 . If AC and BD intersect at the point…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Circles
- Q19In a right-angled triangle ABC, the altitude AB is 5 cm, and the base BC is 12 cm. P and Q are two points on BC such…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Triangles
- Q20For some positive and distinct real numbers x , y and z , if (1)/(√y+√z) is the arithmetic mean of (1)/(√x+√z) and…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Sequences and Series
- Q21The number of all natural numbers up to 1000 with non-repeating digits isCAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Permutation and Combination
- Q22A lab experiment measures the number of organisms at 8 am every day. Starting with 2 organisms on the first day, the…CAT 2023 Slot 1 · Quant · Sequences and Series