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The CAT exam 2024 will be conducted on November 24, 2024. Aspirants must have completed the CAT 2024 syllabus and now stepping into the next phase, i.e. practice sessions. Dedicate October and November to CAT mock test and question paper practice sessions. It is important to also solve official CAT questions during the preparation phase to know what is the difficulty level of the actual exam. After completing a topic, solve a few CAT sample questions from the same to know how well you have understood the topic.
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To help CAT 2024 aspirants prepare well for the exam, Shiksha.com has curated CAT question bank for practice on the basis of official CAT question papers of previous years. These CAT practice questions given below will give the aspirant an experience of actual CAT exam. Before solving the CAT questions, have a look the latest exam pattern.
CAT Exam Pattern 2024 Overview
The table below explains the latest CAT exam pattern 2024. Every CAT mock test is designed on the basis of the following structure to provide the candidate with the experience of the actual exam.
CAT Exam Features |
Details |
---|---|
Number of sections |
Three - VARC, DILR, Quantitative Aptitude (to be answered in the same sequence) |
Number of questions |
VARC – 24 DILR -20 QA- 22 Total - 66 |
Types of question |
MCQ |
Examination mode |
Online |
Sectional time-limit |
40 minutes |
Total marks |
198 |
Marks per question |
3 |
Negative marking |
-1 (no negative marking for TITA and unattempted questions) |
Exam duration |
120 minutes |
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CAT Questions for Quantitative Aptitude
1. A number of two digits exceed the number formed by reversing the digits by 18. If the sum of the digits is 10, find the number.
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Q: How many RC questions does CAT have?
The CAT VARC section is dominated by RC questions. Out of 24 questions about 14-16 are based on Reading Comprehension passages and the rest of them are based on parajumbles, para completion, etc.
CAT has about 12-16 RC question. In CAT 2022, there were four RC passages each having four questions. The ideal attempt was estimated at 13. Since, it is not mandatory to solve all the questions, candidates can maximize their scores by leaving out the questions related to the passage they find the toughest. There is negative marking in CAT so candidates must ensure that they mark only the correct options or do not mark any option at all.
(a) 73
(b) 46
(c) 64
(d) 82
Answer: (c)
2. Five years ago, the ratio of the ages of a father and daughter is 5:3 and sum of their present age is 74 years. What will be the ratio of their ages after nine years?
(a) 29:19
(b) 27:17
(c) 27:19
(d) 54:37
Answer: (c)
3. Mohit and Aman are sharing a flat in Delhi, with an arrangement of equally dividing the household expenses. Aman went to Rohtak, where a sale was going on and bought chairs for the house, worth Rs. 300 on 30% discount. But he lost them on his way back and had to buy new ones, after he reached Delhi. How much did he end up spending on the chairs?
(a) Rs. 460
(b) Rs. 270
(c) Rs. 510
(d) Rs. 360
Answer: (d)
Check here: CAT Quantitative Aptitude questions for practice with solutions PDF
CAT Questions for DILR
Direction for Question 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Four persons (1) Rohit, (2) Jugeet, (3) Hemraj and (4) Durgesh each had some initial money with them. They all were playing bridge in a way that the loser doubles the money of each of the other three persons from his share. They played four rounds and each person lost one round in the order 1, 2, 3 and 4 as mentioned above. At the end of fourth round each person had Rs. 3200.
1. What was the amount with Rohit to start with?
(a) Rs. 6000
(b) Rs. 3400
(c) Rs. 6600
(d) Rs. 2800
Answer: (c)
2. What was the amount with Jugeet at the end of first round?
(a) Rs. 6800
(b) Rs. 7200
(c) Rs. 6400
(d) Rs. 8000
Answer: (a)
3. Who had the lowest amount at any round of play throughout the tournament?
(a) Rohit
(b) Jugeet
(c) Hemraj
(d) Durgesh
Answer: (a)
4. What was the amount with Hemraj at the end of the second round?
(a) Rs. 3600
(b) Rs. 7200
(c) Rs. 1600
(d) Rs. 6800
Answer: (b)
Check here: CAT DILR questions for practice with solutions PDF
CAT Questions for VARC
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) given below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequence of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.
Q 5:
1. It became evident that the mosquitoes were developing an immunity to the poison and a different approach is required to combat this challenge.
- One way of destroying the mosquitoes is by spraying and a powerful poison called DDT was developed that could be sprayed on ponds and stagnant water.
- DDT can be sprayed by hand or spread by an aeroplane over areas that are difficult to reach.
- For a time, DDT worked wonders in reducing the number of mosquitoes but the promise of DDT did not last long.
Answer: 2341
Q 6:
1.An undaunted train burglary was committed the day before yesterday in a sleeper class compartment of Super Express between town-2 and town-3 at around 3 p.m.
- The majority of the travellers were in rest and just then round four reprobates entered the compartment with fatal weapons and started to beat and loot the travellers.
- A few travellers attempted to oppose them however without any result, two of them sustained serious wounds.
4.In the wake of drawing loads of fortitude, one of the travellers gathered courage and pulled the alarm chain.
Answer: 1234
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