NinetynineCAT 2019 Slot 1 question paper with answers and solutions
CAT 2019 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
| Question | Topic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Passage 1 | Q1–Q5 · In the past, credit for telling the tale of Aladdin has often gone to… | RC · Society, History & Politics | 5 questions |
| Passage 2 | Q6–Q10 · Contemporary internet shopping conjures a perfect storm of choice… | RC · Economics & Business | 5 questions |
| Passage 3 | Q11–Q14 · Scientists recently discovered that Emperor Penguins—one of… | RC · Science & Technology | 4 questions |
| Passage 4 | Q15–Q19 · "Free of the taint of manufacture" – that phrase, in particular, is… | RC · Arts & Culture | 5 questions |
| Passage 5 | Q20–Q24 · As defined by the geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, topophilia is the affective… | RC · Humanities & Philosophy | 5 questions |
| Passage 6 | Q29–Q31 · The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries… | RC · Humanities & Philosophy | 3 questions |
| Q25 | 1. People with dyslexia have difficulty with print-reading… | Para Jumbles | TITA |
| Q26 | 1. If you’ve seen a little line of text on websites that… | Para Jumbles | TITA |
| Q27 | 1. We’ll all live under mob rule until then, which doesn’t… | Para Jumbles | TITA |
| Q28 | 1. Metaphors may map to similar meanings across languages… | Para Jumbles | TITA |
| Q32 | 1. His idea to use sign language was not a completely new… | Para Jumbles | TITA |
| Q33 | 1. One argument is that actors that do not fit within a… | Para Jumbles | TITA |
| Q34 | 1. ‘Stat’ signaled something measurable, while ‘matic’… | Para Jumbles | TITA |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) 32 questions · 60 min
| Question | Topic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | Q1–Q4 · A new game show on TV has 100 boxes numbered 1, 2, ....., 100 in a… | Selection & Distribution | 4 questions |
| Set 2 | Q5–Q8 · The figure below shows the street map for a certain region with the… | Routes & Networks | 4 questions |
| Set 3 | Q9–Q12 · The Ministry of Home Affairs is analysing crimes committed by… | Charts & Tables | 4 questions |
| Set 4 | Q13–Q16 · Five vendors are being considered for a service. The evaluation… | Charts & Tables | 4 questions |
| Set 5 | Q17–Q20 · A supermarket has to place 12 items (coded A to L) in shelves numbered… | Arrangements | 4 questions |
| Set 6 | Q21–Q24 · Six players – Tanzi, Umeza, Wangdu, Xyla, Yonita and Zeneca competed… | Games & Tournaments | 4 questions |
| Set 7 | Q25–Q28 · The following table represents addition of two six-digit numbers given… | Quant-based Puzzles | 4 questions |
| Set 8 | Q29–Q32 · Princess, Queen, Rani and Samragni were the four finalists in a dance… | Arrangements | 4 questions |
Quantitative Ability (QA) 34 questions · 60 min
| Question | Topic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | In a class, 60% of the students are girls and the rest are… | Percentages & Profit-Loss | TITA |
| Q2 | If (5.55)^x = (0.555)^y = 1000, then the value of 1/x - 1/y… | Equations | MCQ |
| Q3 | With rectangular axes of coordinates, the number of paths… | Permutations & Probability | TITA |
| Q4 | A club has 256 members of whom 144 can play football, 123… | Set Theory | MCQ |
| Q5 | In a circle of radius 11 cm, CD is a diameter and AB is a… | Geometry | MCQ |
| Q6 | Meena scores 40% in an examination and after review, even… | Percentages & Profit-Loss | MCQ |
| Q7 | Corners are cut off from an equilateral triangle T to… | Geometry | MCQ |
| Q8 | Let T be the triangle formed by the straight line 3x + 5y… | Coordinate Geometry | TITA |
| Q9 | For any positive integer n, let f(n) = n(n + 1) if n is… | Functions & Graphs | TITA |
| Q10 | If the population of a town is p in the beginning of any… | Progressions & Series | MCQ |
| Q11 | A person invested a total amount of Rs 15 lakh. A part of it… | Interest | TITA |
| Q12 | The product of two positive numbers is 616. If the ratio of… | Equations | MCQ |
| Q13 | On selling a pen at 5% loss and a book at 15% gain, Karim… | Percentages & Profit-Loss | MCQ |
| Q14 | Two cars travel the same distance starting at 10:00 am and… | Time, Speed & Distance | MCQ |
| Q15 | At their usual efficiency levels, A and B together finish a… | Time & Work | MCQ |
| Q16 | If a_1 + a_2 + a_3 + ... + a_n = 3(2^n+1 - 2), then a_11… | Progressions & Series | TITA |
| Q17 | The number of the real roots of the equation 2cos(x(x + 1))… | Functions & Graphs | MCQ |
| Q18 | The income of Amala is 20% more than that of Bimala and 20%… | Percentages & Profit-Loss | MCQ |
| Q19 | In a race of three horses, the first beat the second by 11… | Time, Speed & Distance | TITA |
| Q20 | If a_1, a_2, ......... are in A.P , 1/(√(a_1) + √(a_2)) +… | Progressions & Series | MCQ |
| Q21 | AB is a diameter of a circle of radius 5 cm. Let P and Q be… | Geometry | MCQ |
| Q22 | One can use three different transports which move at 10, 20… | Time, Speed & Distance | MCQ |
| Q23 | Amala, Bina, and Gouri invest money in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5… | Ratio, Mixtures & Averages | MCQ |
| Q24 | If m and n are integers such that ( √(2) )^19 3^4 4^2 9^m… | Logarithms & Exponents | MCQ |
| Q25 | A chemist mixes two liquids 1 and 2. One litre of liquid 1… | Ratio, Mixtures & Averages | MCQ |
| Q26 | Let x and y be positive real numbers such that log_5(x + y)… | Logarithms & Exponents | MCQ |
| Q27 | If the rectangular faces of a brick have their diagonals in… | Mensuration | MCQ |
| Q28 | Let S be the set of all points (x,y) in the x-y plane such… | Coordinate Geometry | TITA |
| Q29 | The number of solutions of the equation |x|(6x^2 + 1) = 5x^2… | Inequalities & Modulus | TITA |
| Q30 | Three men and eight machines can finish a job in half the… | Time & Work | TITA |
| Q31 | The product of the distinct roots of |x^2 - x - 6| = x + 2… | Inequalities & Modulus | MCQ |
| Q32 | The wheels of bicycles A and B have radii 30 cm and 40 cm… | Time, Speed & Distance | MCQ |
| Q33 | Consider a function f(x+y) = f(x) f(y) where x , y are… | Functions & Graphs | TITA |
| Q34 | Ramesh and Gautam are among 22 students who write an… | Ratio, Mixtures & Averages | MCQ |