CAT 2023 Slot 3 question paper with solutions
All 66 questions of CAT 2023 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 1Cultural Patrimony Laws and Archaeology Q1–Q4RC passage 2Pinker on Rationality Q5–Q8RC passage 3Defining Romantic Aesthetics Q9–Q12RC passage 4The Nutmeg's Curse and Climate Change Q13–Q16
- Q1Which one of the following statements best expresses the paradox of patrimony laws?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Main Idea and Central Theme
- Q2It can be inferred from the passage that archaeological sites are considered important by some source countries…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q3From the passage we can infer that the author is likely to advise poor, but archaeologically rich source countries to…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q4Which one of the following statements, if true, would undermine the central idea of the passage?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · Strengthen and Weaken Arguments
- Q5The author refers to the ancient Greek philosophers to:CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q6The author mentions Kekulé's discovery of the structure of benzene and Mozart's symphonies to illustrate the point that:CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q7The author endorses Pinker's views on the importance of logical reasoning as it:CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q8According to the author, for Pinker as well as the ancient Greek philosophers, rational thinking involves all of the…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q9According to the passage, recent studies on romanticism avoid "a single definition, a specific time, or a specific…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q10Which one of the following statements is NOT supported by the passage?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q11According to the romantics, aesthetics:CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q12The main difficulty in studying romanticism is the:CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q13Which one of the following, if true, would make the reviewer's choice of the pronoun "who" for Gaia inappropriate?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q14All of the following can be inferred from the reviewer's discussion of "The Nutmeg's Curse", EXCEPT:CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q15On the basis of information in the passage, which one of the following is NOT a reason for the failure of policies…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q16Which one of the following best explains the primary purpose of the discussion of the colonisation of the Banda…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
- Q17There 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 3 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
- Q18There 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 3 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
- Q19Five 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 3 · VARC · Odd One Out
- Q20Five 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 3 · VARC · Odd One Out
- Q21The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph.…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q22The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph.…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q23The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q24The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Summary
DILR · 20 questions
Set 1AC Sales by Four Dealers Q1–Q5Set 2Police Teams Patrolling Six Stations Q6–Q10Set 3Online and Offline Registrations Q11–Q15Set 4Project and Test Scores of Six Students Q16–Q20
- Q1How many Split Inverter ACs did D2 sell?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q2What percentage of ACs sold were of Non-inverter type?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q3What was the total number of ACs sold by D2 and D4?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q4Which of the following statements is necessarily false?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q5If D3 and D4 sold an equal number of ACs, then what was the number of Non-inverter ACs sold by D2?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q6Which one among the following stations is visited the largest number of times?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q7How many times do the teams pass through Station B in a day?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q8Which team patrols the street connecting Stations D and E at 10:15 hrs?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q9How many times does Team 4 pass through Station E in a day?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q10How many teams pass through Station C in a day?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q11What was the total number of registrations in April?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Tables
- Q12What was the number of online registrations in January?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Tables
- Q13Which of the following statements can be true? I. The number of offline registrations was the smallest in May. II. The…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Tables
- Q14What best can be concluded about the number of offline registrations in February?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Tables
- Q15Which pair of months definitely had the same total number of registrations? I. January and April II. February and MayCAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Tables
- Q16What was Rini’s score in the project?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q17What was the weight of the test component?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q18What was the maximum aggregate score obtained by the students?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q19What was Mathew’s score in the test?CAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
- Q20Which of the following pairs of students were part of the same project team? i) Amala and Biman ii) Koli and MathewCAT 2023 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet DI
Quant · 22 questions
- Q1For a real number x , if (1)/(2) , (log_3 (2^(x)-9 ))/(log_34) , and (log_5 (2^(x)+(17)/(2) ))/(log_54) are in an…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Logarithms
- Q2Let n and m be two positive integers such that there are exactly 41 integers greater than 8^(m) and less than 8ⁿ ,…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Number of Factors
- Q3For some real numbers a and b , the system of equations x+y=4 and ( a+5 )x+ (b²-15 )y=8b has infinitely many solutions…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Linear Equations
- Q4If x is a positive real number such that x⁸+ ( (1)/(x) )⁸=47 , then the value of x⁹+ ( (1)/(x) )⁹ isCAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Algebraic Identities
- Q5A quadratic equation x²+bx+c=0 has two real roots. If the difference between the reciprocals of the roots is (1)/(3) ,…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Quadratic Equations
- Q6The sum of the first two natural numbers, each having 15 factors (including 1 and the number itself), isCAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Number of Factors
- Q7Let n be any natural number such that 5^(n-1)<3^(n+1) . Then, the least integer value of m that satisfies…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Inequalities & Modulus
- Q8Rahul, Rakshita and Gurmeet, working together, would have taken more than 7 days to finish a job. On the other hand,…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Time and Work
- Q9Anil mixes cocoa with sugar in the ratio 3:2 to prepare mixture A, and coffee with sugar in the ratio 7:3 to prepare…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q10The population of a town in 2020 was 100000. The population decreased by y\% from the year 2020 to 2021, and increased…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Percentage
- Q11A merchant purchases a cloth at a rate of ₹100 per meter and receives 5 cm length of cloth free for every 100 cm…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Profit and Loss
- Q12There are three persons A, B and C in a room. If a person D joins the room, the average weight of the persons in the…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q13A boat takes 2 hours to travel downstream a river from port A to port B, and 3 hours to return to port A. Another boat…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
- Q14A fruit seller has a stock of mangoes, bananas and apples with at least one fruit of each type. At the beginning of a…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Percentage
- Q15The number of coins collected per week by two coin-collectors A and B are in the ratio 3:4 . If the total number of…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
- Q16Gautam and Suhani, working together, can finish a job in 20 days. If Gautam does only 60% of his usual work on a day,…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Time and Work
- Q17Let △ ABC be an isosceles triangle such that AB and AC are of equal length. AD is the altitude from A on BC and BE is…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Triangles
- Q18A rectangle with the largest possible area is drawn inside a semicircle of radius 2 cm. Then, the ratio of the lengths…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Circles
- Q19In a regular polygon, any interior angle exceeds the exterior angle by 120 degrees. Then, the number of diagonals of…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Polygons
- Q20The value of 1+ ( 1+(1)/(3) )(1)/(4)+ ( 1+(1)/(3)+(1)/(9) )(1)/(16)+ ( 1+(1)/(3)+(1)/(9)+(1)/(27) )(1)/(64)+cdots , isCAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Sequences and Series
- Q21Let a_n=46+8n and b_n=98+4n be two sequences for natural numbers n≤ 100 . Then, the sum of all terms common to both…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Sequences and Series
- Q22Suppose f ( x,y ) is a real-valued function such that f ( 3x+2y, 2x-5y )=19x , for all real numbers x and y . The…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · Quant · Functions