CAT 2017 Slot 1 VARC questions, answer key and solutions

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section of CAT 2017 Slot 1: 34 questions in 60 minutes, 7 TITA and 27 MCQ. The answer key below is CAT's official one.

QQuestionTopicTypeAnswerSolution
Q1Passage 1 · RC · Society, History & Politics: It questions on explanation about how maps are…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q2Passage 1 · Early maps did NOT put north at the top for all the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q3Passage 1 · According to the passage, early Chinese maps placed north at…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q4Passage 1 · It can be inferred from the passage that European explorers…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q5Passage 1 · Which one of the following about the northern orientation of…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q6Passage 1 · The role of natural phenomena in influencing map-making…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q7Passage 2 · The printing press has been likened to the Internet for…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q8Passage 2 · According to the passage, the invention of the printing…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q9Passage 2 · Steve Jobs predicted which one'of the following with the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q10Passage 2 · "I'm still waiting to see if the iPhone can do what the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q11Passage 2 · The author attributes the French and American revolutions to…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q12Passage 2 · The main conclusion of the passage is that the new…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q13Passage 3 · RC · Economics & Business: the closure of mails has affected the economic…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQC
Q14Passage 3 · Why does the author say in paragraph 2, 'the massive…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQA
Q15Passage 3 · In paragraph 1, the phrase "real estate developers once…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQB
Q16Passage 3 · The author calls the mall an ecosystem unto itself becauseRC · Economics & BusinessMCQC
Q17Passage 3 · Why does the author say that the mall has been America's…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQD
Q18Passage 3 · The author describes 'Perfume clouds in the department…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQA
Q19Passage 4 · Which of the following best sums up Ehrlich and Raven's…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQC
Q20Passage 4 · All of the following statements are true according to the…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQB
Q21Passage 4 · The author discusses Mayr, Ehrlich and Raven to demonstrate…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQC
Q22Passage 5 · The central point in the first paragraph is that the…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQC
Q23Passage 5 · Sports facilities built for the Olympics are not fully…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQA
Q24Passage 5 · The author feels that the Games place a burden on the host…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQD
Q29Passage 6 · To me, a "classic" means precisely the opposite of what my…RC · Arts & CultureMCQC
Q30Passage 6 · A translator of literary works needs a secure hold upon the…RC · Arts & CultureMCQC
Q31Passage 6 · For each of the past three years, temperatures have hit…RC · Arts & CultureMCQC
Q251. The process of handing down implies not a passive…Para JumblesTITA54132
Q261. Scientists have for the first time managed to edit genes…Para JumblesTITA15243
Q271. The study suggests that the disease did not spread with…Para JumblesTITA54123
Q281. This visual turn in social media has merely accentuated…Para JumblesTITA32145
Q321. People who study children's language spend a lot of time…Para JumblesTITA3
Q331. Neuroscientists have just begun studying exercise's…Para JumblesTITA4
Q341. The water that made up ancient lakes and perhaps an ocean…Para JumblesTITA1

Topics in this section

TopicQuestions
RC · Society, History & Politics12
RC · Economics & Business9
Para Jumbles7
RC · Arts & Culture3
RC · Science & Technology3

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