CAT 2017 Slot 1 question paper with answers and solutions

CAT 2017 Slot 1 had 100 questions: 34 in VARC (60 minutes), 32 in DILR (60 minutes), 34 in QA (60 minutes). 26 of them were TITA (type in the answer, no options). Every question is tagged by topic, and answers are CAT's official key.

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) 34 questions · 60 min

QuestionTopic
Passage 1Q1–Q6 · Understanding where you are in the world is a basic survival skill…RC · Society, History & Politics6 questions
Passage 2Q7–Q12 · I used a smartphone GPS to find my way through the cobblestoned maze…RC · Society, History & Politics6 questions
Passage 3Q13–Q18 · This year alone, more than 8,600 stores could close, according to…RC · Economics & Business6 questions
Passage 4Q19–Q21 · Scientists have long recognised the incredible diversity within a…RC · Science & Technology3 questions
Passage 5Q22–Q24 · Do sports mega events like the summer Olympic Games benefit the host…RC · Economics & Business3 questions
Passage 6Q29–Q31 · The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries…RC · Arts & Culture3 questions
Q251. The process of handing down implies not a passive…Para JumblesTITA
Q261. Scientists have for the first time managed to edit genes…Para JumblesTITA
Q271. The study suggests that the disease did not spread with…Para JumblesTITA
Q281. This visual turn in social media has merely accentuated…Para JumblesTITA
Q321. People who study children's language spend a lot of time…Para JumblesTITA
Q331. Neuroscientists have just begun studying exercise's…Para JumblesTITA
Q341. The water that made up ancient lakes and perhaps an ocean…Para JumblesTITA

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) 32 questions · 60 min

QuestionTopic
Set 1Q1–Q4 · A new airlines company is planning to start operations in a country…Routes & Networks4 questions
Set 2Q5–Q8 · Four cars need to travel from Akala (A) to Bakala (B). Two routes are…Routes & Networks4 questions
Set 3Q9–Q12 · Applicants for the doctoral programmes of Ambi Institute of…Venn & Set Puzzles4 questions
Set 4Q13–Q16 · Healthy Bites is a fast food joint serving three items: burgers, fries…Scheduling4 questions
Set 5Q17–Q20 · A study to look at the early learning of rural kids was carried out in…Charts & Tables4 questions
Set 6Q21–Q24 · Simple Happiness index (SHI) of a country is computed on the basis of…Quant-based Puzzles4 questions
Set 7Q25–Q28 · In a square layout of size 5m × 5m, 25 equal sized square platforms of…Grids & Matrices4 questions
Set 8Q29–Q32 · There are 21 employees working in a division, out of whom 10 are…Selection & Distribution4 questions

Quantitative Ability (QA) 34 questions · 60 min

QuestionTopic
Q1Arun's present age in years is 40% of Barun's. In another…Percentages & Profit-LossTITA
Q2A person can complete a job in 120 days. He works alone on…Time & WorkTITA
Q3An elevator has a weight limit of 630 kg. It is carrying a…Inequalities & ModulusTITA
Q4A man leaves his home and walks at a speed of 12 km per…Time, Speed & DistanceTITA
Q5Ravi invests 50% of his monthly savings in fixed deposits…Percentages & Profit-LossTITA
Q6If a seller gives a discount of 15% on retail price, she…Percentages & Profit-LossMCQ
Q7A man travels by a motor boat down a river to his office and…Time, Speed & DistanceMCQ
Q8Suppose, C1, C2, C3, C4, and C5 are five companies. The…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q9The number of girls appearing for an admission test is twice…Percentages & Profit-LossMCQ
Q10A stall sells popcorn and chips in packets of three sizes…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q11In a market, the price of medium quality mangoes is half…Percentages & Profit-LossMCQ
Q12If Fatima sells 60 identical toys at a 40% discount on the…Percentages & Profit-LossMCQ
Q13If a and b are integers of opposite signs such that (a +…EquationsMCQ
Q14A class consists of 20 boys and 30 girls. In the…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q15The area of the closed region bounded by the equation | x |…Coordinate GeometryMCQ
Q16From a triangle ABC with sides of lengths 40 ft, 25 ft and…GeometryMCQ
Q17Let ABC be a right-angled isosceles triangle with hypotenuse…GeometryMCQ
Q18A solid metallic cube is melted to form five solid cubes…MensurationMCQ
Q19A ball of diameter 4 cm is kept on top of a hollow cylinder…MensurationTITA
Q20Let ABC be a right-angled triangle with BC as the…GeometryTITA
Q21Suppose, log_3x = log_12y = a, where x, y are positive…Logarithms & ExponentsMCQ
Q22If x + 1 = x^2 and x > 0, then 2x^4 isEquationsMCQ
Q23The value of log_0.008√5 + log_√381 – 7 is equal toLogarithms & ExponentsMCQ
Q24If 9^2x – 1 – 81^x-1 = 1944, then x isLogarithms & ExponentsMCQ
Q25The number of solutions (x, y, z) to the equation x – y – z…Permutations & ProbabilityMCQ
Q26For how many integers n, will the inequality (n – 5) (n –…Inequalities & ModulusTITA
Q27If f_1(x) = x^2 + 11x + n and f_2(x) = x, then the largest…EquationsTITA
Q28If a, b, c, and d are integers such that a + b + c + d = 30…Inequalities & ModulusTITA
Q29Let AB, CD, EF, GH, and JK be five diameters of a circle…Permutations & ProbabilityTITA
Q30The shortest distance of the point ( 1/2 ,1) from the curve…Coordinate GeometryMCQ
Q31If the square of the 7^th term of an arithmetic progression…Progressions & SeriesMCQ
Q32In how many ways can 7 identical erasers be distributed…Permutations & ProbabilityMCQ
Q33If f(x) = (5x + 2)/(3x - 5) and g(x) = x^2 – 2x – 1, then…Functions & GraphsMCQ
Q34Let a_1, a_2,.......a_3n be an arithmetic progression with…Progressions & SeriesMCQ

Topic mix of CAT 2017 Slot 1

TopicSectionQuestions
RC · Society, History & PoliticsVARC12
RC · Economics & BusinessVARC9
Routes & NetworksDILR8
Para JumblesVARC7
Percentages & Profit-LossQA6
Charts & TablesDILR4
Grids & MatricesDILR4
Quant-based PuzzlesDILR4
SchedulingDILR4
Selection & DistributionDILR4
Venn & Set PuzzlesDILR4
EquationsQA3
GeometryQA3
Inequalities & ModulusQA3
Logarithms & ExponentsQA3
Permutations & ProbabilityQA3
Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesQA3
RC · Arts & CultureVARC3
RC · Science & TechnologyVARC3
Coordinate GeometryQA2
MensurationQA2
Progressions & SeriesQA2
Time, Speed & DistanceQA2
Functions & GraphsQA1
Time & WorkQA1