CAT 2025 Slot 3 question paper with solutions
All 68 questions of CAT 2025 Slot 3, section by section, each with its answer and a step-by-step solution. Sections: VARC (24), DILR (22), Quant (22).
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VARC · 24 questions
RC passage 1The Tribal Imagination: Memory, Space and Time Q1–Q4RC passage 2Can Ethics Be Formalised? AI and Moral Judgement Q5–Q8RC passage 3Forest Acts and the Colonial Legacy in India Q15–Q18RC passage 4Dams: Mega-infrastructure and Sacrifice Zones Q19–Q22
- Q1All of the following, if true, would weaken the passage's claims about the hallucinatory tribal imagination EXCEPT that:CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC EXCEPT and NOT Questions
- Q2On the basis of the passage, which one of the following explains the main difference between imagination and memory?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Purpose & structure
- Q3Which one of the following best explains why tribals in India worship their dead ancestors?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q4Non-human living forms exhibit human emotions in tribal narratives because tribal narratives:CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q5Which one of the options below best summarises the passage?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Main Idea and Central Theme
- Q6Choose the one option below that comes closest to being the opposite of "utilitarianism".CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Vocabulary in Context
- Q7All of the following can reasonably be inferred from the passage EXCEPT:CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q8The passage compares ethics to physics, where different theories apply to different aspects of a domain and says AI…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Reading Comprehension
- Q9Five jumbled sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Odd One Out
- Q10Five jumbled sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Odd One Out
- Q11The passage given below is followed by four summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Summary
- Q12The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph.…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q13The given sentence is missing in the paragraph below. Decide where it best fits among the options 1, 2, 3, or 4…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
- Q14The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph.…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Jumbles
- Q15According to the passage, which one of the following reforms is yet to happen in India's forest policies?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q16According to the passage, which one of the following is not common to the 1878 Forest Act and the 1982 draft forest act?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Detail and Fact Based Questions
- Q17Which one of the following best encapsulates the reason for the "raging controversy" developing into a "larger…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q18All of the following, if true, would weaken the narrative presented in the passage EXCEPT that:CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC EXCEPT and NOT Questions
- Q19Which one of the following sets of terms is closest to mapping the key arguments of the passage?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Main Idea and Central Theme
- Q20The word "instantiation" is used in the first paragraph. Which one of the following pairs of terms would be the best…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Vocabulary in Context
- Q21All of the following statements may be considered valid inferences from the passage EXCEPT that:CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · RC Inference Questions
- Q22What does the author wish to communicate by referring to the Hoover and Aswan dams in the first paragraph?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Reading Comprehension
- Q23The given sentence is missing in the paragraph below. Decide where it best fits among the options 1, 2, 3, or 4…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Sentence Completion and Insertion
- Q24The passage given below is followed by four summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC · Para Summary
DILR · 22 questions
Set 1Passing the Buck Q1–Q4Set 2Travellers and Exchange Rates Q5–Q9Set 3Puzzle Solving Competition Q10–Q13Set 4Trade Among Pumpland, Xiland and Cheeseland Q14–Q18Set 5Calls Between Six Friends Q19–Q22
- Q1Who is sitting immediately to the right of Bina?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Arrangement Based Puzzes
- Q2Who is sitting third to the left of Eshan?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Arrangement Based Puzzes
- Q3For which of the following pass types can the total number of occurrences be uniquely determined?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Arrangement Based Puzzes
- Q4For which of the following children is it possible to determine how many times they received the Buck?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Arrangement Based Puzzes
- Q5What is the sum of Travel Costs for all travelers in Zentars?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Quant Based Puzzles and Optimisation
- Q6How many Zentars did Lian spend in the two countries he visited?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Quant Based Puzzles and Optimisation
- Q7What was Jano's total spend in the two countries he visited, in Aurels?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Quant Based Puzzles and Optimisation
- Q8One Brin is equivalent to how many Crowns?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Quant Based Puzzles and Optimisation
- Q9Which of the following statements is NOT true about money spent in the local currency?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Quant Based Puzzles and Optimisation
- Q10Who had solved the largest number of puzzles by the 20-th minute from the start of the competition?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Mixed DI (Radar, Triangular, Stock etc)
- Q11How many minutes did Suranjan take to solve the third visual puzzle in the competition?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Mixed DI (Radar, Triangular, Stock etc)
- Q12At what number in the sequence was the fourth number-based puzzle?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Mixed DI (Radar, Triangular, Stock etc)
- Q13Which of the following is the closest to the average time taken by Anirbid to solve the number-based puzzles in the…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Mixed DI (Radar, Triangular, Stock etc)
- Q14How much is exported from C to X, in IC?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet Based DI
- Q15How much is exported from P to ROW, in IC?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet Based DI
- Q16How much is exported from ROW to ROW, in IC?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet Based DI
- Q17What is the trade balance of ROW?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet Based DI
- Q18Which among the countries P, X, and C has/have the least total trade?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Caselet Based DI
- Q19What was the duration of calls (in minutes) from Bijay to Anu?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q20What was the total duration of calls (in minutes) made by Anu to friends having mobile numbers from Operator Yocel?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q21What was the total duration of calls (in minutes) made by Faruq to friends having mobile numbers from Operator Yocel?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
- Q22What was the duration of calls (in minutes) from Deepak to Chetan?CAT 2025 Slot 3 · DILR · Reasoning Based DI
Quant · 22 questions
- Q1A triangle ABC is formed with AB = AC = 50 cm and BC = 80 cm. Then, the sum of the lengths, in cm, of all three…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Triangles
- Q2In an arithmetic progression, if the sum of fourth, seventh and tenth terms is 99, and the sum of the first fourteen…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Sequences and Series
- Q3ABCD is a trapezium in which AB is parallel to DC, AD is perpendicular to AB, and AB = 3DC. If a circle inscribed in…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Quadrilaterals
- Q4If (x²+(1)/(x²) )=25 and x>0 , then the value of (x⁷+(1)/(x⁷) ) isCAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Algebraic Identities
- Q5The monthly sales of a product from January to April were 120, 135, 150 and 165 units, respectively. The cost price of…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Profit and Loss
- Q6Rahul starts on his journey at 5 pm at a constant speed so that he reaches his destination at 11 pm the same day.…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
- Q7The sum of all possible real values of x for which log_x-3 (x²-9 )=log_x-3 ( x+1 )+2 , isCAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Logarithms
- Q8The ratio of the number of coins in boxes A and B was 17:7. After 108 coins were shifted from box A to box B, this…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Ratio and Proportion
- Q9If 12^(12x)×4^(24x+12)×5^(2y)=8^(4z)×20^(12x)×243^(3x-6) , where x , y and z are natural numbers, then x+y+z equalsCAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Surds and Indices
- Q10Teams A, B, and C consist of five, eight, and ten members, respectively, such that every member within a team is…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Time and Work
- Q11If f ( x )= (x²+3x ) (x²+3x+2 ) , then the sum of all real roots of the equation √(f ( x )+1)=9701 isCAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Functions
- Q12The average salary of 5 managers and 25 engineers in a company is 60000 ₹. If each of the managers received 20% salary…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation
- Q13In a school with 1500 students, each student chooses any one of the streams out of science, arts, and commerce, by…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Linear Equations
- Q14In a class of 150 students, 75 students chose physics, 111 students chose mathematics and 40 students chose chemistry.…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Set Theory and Venn Diagrams
- Q15For real values of x , the range of the function f ( x )=(2x-3)/(2x²+4x-6) isCAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Functions
- Q16Ankita walks from A to C through B, and runs back through the same route at a speed that is 40% more than her walking…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Time Speed and Distance
- Q17The sum of all the digits of the number (10⁵⁰+10²⁵-123 ) , isCAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Unit Digit and Cyclicity
- Q18In △ ABC , AB=AC=12 cm and D is a point on side BC such that AD=8 cm. If AD is extended to a point E such that ∠ ACB=∠…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Triangles
- Q19The rate of water flow through three pipes A, B and C are in the ratio 4 : 9 : 36. An empty tank can be filled up…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Time and Work
- Q20For a 4-digit number (greater than 1000), sum of the digits in the thousands, hundreds, and tens places is 15. Sum of…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Numbers Basics
- Q21Let p , q and r be three natural numbers such that their sum is 900, and r is a perfect square whose value lies…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Maxima and Minima
- Q22Vessels A and B contain 60 litres of alcohol and 60 litres of water, respectively. A certain volume is taken out from…CAT 2025 Slot 3 · Quant · Averages, Mixture and Alligation