CAT 2017 Slot 2 question paper with answers and solutions

CAT 2017 Slot 2 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 · Creativity is at once our most precious resource and our most…RC · Society, History & Politics6 questions
Passage 2Q7–Q12 · During the frigid season... it's often necessary to nestle under a…RC · Science & Technology6 questions
Passage 3Q13–Q18 · The end of the age of the internal combustion engine is in sight…RC · Science & Technology6 questions
Passage 4Q19–Q21 · Typewriters are the epitome of a technology that has been…RC · Science & Technology3 questions
Passage 5Q22–Q24 · Despite their fierce reputation, Vikings may not have always been the…RC · Society, History & Politics3 questions
Passage 6Q29–Q31 · The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries…RC · Science & Technology3 questions
Q251. Before plants can take life from atmosphere, nitrogen…Para JumblesTITA
Q261. This has huge implications for the health care system as…Para JumblesTITA
Q271. Johnson treated English very practically, as a living…Para JumblesTITA
Q281. The implications of retelling of Indian stories, hence…Para JumblesTITA
Q321. Although we are born with the gift of language, research…Para JumblesTITA
Q331. Over the past fortnight, one of its finest champions…Para JumblesTITA
Q341. Those geometric symbols and aerodynamic swooshes are more…Para JumblesTITA

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

QuestionTopic
Set 1Q1–Q4 · An old woman had the following assets: (a) Rs. 70 lakh in bank…Selection & Distribution4 questions
Set 2Q5–Q8 · In an 8 X 8 chessboard a queen placed anywhere can attack another…Grids & Matrices4 questions
Set 3Q9–Q12 · At a management school, the oldest 10 dorms, numbered 1 to 10, need to…Quant-based Puzzles4 questions
Set 4Q13–Q16 · Eight friends: Ajit, Byomkesh, Gargi, Jayanta, Kikira, Manik, Prodosh…Arrangements4 questions
Set 5Q17–Q20 · There were seven elective courses – E1 to E7 - running in a specific…Charts & Tables4 questions
Set 6Q21–Q24 · Funky Pizzeria was required to supply Pizzas to three different…Charts & Tables4 questions
Set 7Q25–Q28 · A high security research lab requires the researchers to set a pass…Arrangements4 questions
Set 8Q29–Q32 · A tea taster was assigned to rate teas from six different locations…Quant-based Puzzles4 questions

Quantitative Ability (QA) 34 questions · 60 min

QuestionTopic
Q1The numbers 1, 2,..., 9 are arranged in a 3 X 3 square grid…Number SystemsTITA
Q2In a 10 km race. A, B, and C, each running at uniform speed…Time, Speed & DistanceTITA
Q3Bottle 1 contains a mixture of milk and water in 7 : 2 ratio…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q4Arun drove from home to his hostel at 60 miles per hour…Time, Speed & DistanceMCQ
Q5Out of the shirts produced in a factory, 15% are defective…Percentages & Profit-LossMCQ
Q6The average height of 22 toddlers increases by 2 inches when…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q7The manufacturer of a table sells it to a wholesale dealer…Percentages & Profit-LossMCQ
Q8A tank has an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. If the outlet…Time & WorkMCQ
Q9Mayank buys some candies for Rs 15 a dozen and an equal…Percentages & Profit-LossMCQ
Q10In a village, the production of food grains increased by 40%…Percentages & Profit-LossMCQ
Q11If a, b, c are three positive integers such that a and b are…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q12A motorbike leaves point A at 1 pm and moves towards point B…Time, Speed & DistanceMCQ
Q13Amal can complete a job in 10 days and Bimal can complete it…Time & WorkMCQ
Q14Consider three mixtures - the first having water and liquid…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q15Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon with each side of length 1…GeometryMCQ
Q16The base of a vertical pillar with uniform cross section is…MensurationMCQ
Q17The points (2, 5) and (6, 3) are two end points of a…Coordinate GeometryMCQ
Q18ABCD is a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle with centre O…GeometryTITA
Q19If three sides of a rectangular park have a total length 400…Inequalities & ModulusTITA
Q20Let P be an interior point of a right-angled isosceles…GeometryTITA
Q21If the product of three consecutive positive integers is…Number SystemsMCQ
Q22If x is a real number such that log_35 = log_5(2 + x), then…Logarithms & ExponentsMCQ
Q23Let f(x) = x^2 and g(x) = 2^x, for all real x. Then the…Functions & GraphsMCQ
Q24The minimum possible value of the sum of the squares of the…EquationsMCQ
Q25If 9^x - ( 1/2 ) – 2^2x – 2 = 4^x – 3^2x – 3, then x isLogarithms & ExponentsMCQ
Q26If log(2^a × 3^b × 5^c) is the arithmetic mean of log(2^2 ×…Logarithms & ExponentsTITA
Q27Let a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4, a_5 be a sequence of five…Progressions & SeriesTITA
Q28How many different pairs (a, b) of positive integers are…Number SystemsTITA
Q29In how many ways can 8 identical pens be distributed among…Permutations & ProbabilityTITA
Q30How many four digit numbers, which are divisible by 6, can…Permutations & ProbabilityTITA
Q31If f(ab) = f(a)f(b) for all positive integers a and b, then…Functions & GraphsTITA
Q32Let f(x) = 2x – 5 and g(x) = 7 – 2x. Then |f(x) + g(x)| =…Inequalities & ModulusMCQ
Q33An infinite geometric progression a_1, a_2, a_3,... has the…Progressions & SeriesMCQ
Q34If a_1 = 1/(2 × 5) , a_2 = 1/(5 × 8) , a_3 = 1/(8 × 11)…Progressions & SeriesMCQ

Topic mix of CAT 2017 Slot 2

TopicSectionQuestions
RC · Science & TechnologyVARC18
RC · Society, History & PoliticsVARC9
ArrangementsDILR8
Charts & TablesDILR8
Quant-based PuzzlesDILR8
Para JumblesVARC7
Grids & MatricesDILR4
Percentages & Profit-LossQA4
Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesQA4
Selection & DistributionDILR4
GeometryQA3
Logarithms & ExponentsQA3
Number SystemsQA3
Progressions & SeriesQA3
Time, Speed & DistanceQA3
Functions & GraphsQA2
Inequalities & ModulusQA2
Permutations & ProbabilityQA2
Time & WorkQA2
Coordinate GeometryQA1
EquationsQA1
MensurationQA1