CAT 2019 Slot 1 VARC questions, answer key and solutions

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section of CAT 2019 Slot 1: 34 questions in 60 minutes, 7 TITA and 27 MCQ. The answer key below is CAT's official one.

QQuestionTopicTypeAnswerSolution
Q1Passage 1 · All of the following serve as evidence for the character of…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q2Passage 1 · The author of the passage is most likely to agree with which…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q3Passage 1 · Which of the following, if true, would invalidate the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q4Passage 1 · Which of the following is the primary reason for why…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q5Passage 1 · Which of the following does not contribute to the passage’s…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q6Passage 2 · Which of the following hypothetical statements would add the…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQA
Q7Passage 2 · Which one of the following best sums up the overall purpose…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQD
Q8Passage 2 · A new food brand plans to launch a series of products in the…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQA
Q9Passage 2 · All of the following, IF TRUE, would weaken the author’s…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQB
Q10Passage 2 · Based on the passage, all of the following can be inferred…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQD
Q11Passage 3 · In the last sentence of paragraph 3, “slightly warmer air”…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQD
Q12Passage 3 · Which of the following best explains the purpose of the word…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQB
Q13Passage 3 · All of the following, if true, would negate the findings of…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQD
Q14Passage 3 · Which of the following can be responsible for Emperor…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQB
Q15Passage 4 · The author says that folk “may often appear a cosy…RC · Arts & CultureMCQA
Q16Passage 4 · All of the following are causes for plurality and diversity…RC · Arts & CultureMCQB
Q17Passage 4 · At a conference on folk forms, the author of the passage is…RC · Arts & CultureMCQC
Q18Passage 4 · The primary purpose of the reference to William Morris and…RC · Arts & CultureMCQB
Q19Passage 4 · Which of the following statements about folk revivalism of…RC · Arts & CultureMCQB
Q20Passage 5 · The word “topophobia” in the passage is usedRC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQA
Q21Passage 5 · In the last paragraph, the author uses the example of…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQD
Q22Passage 5 · Which one of the following best captures the meaning of the…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQB
Q23Passage 5 · Which one of the following comes closest in meaning to the…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQB
Q24Passage 5 · Which of the following statements, if true, could be seen as…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQB
Q29Passage 6 · Vance Packard’s The Hidden Persuaders alerted the public to…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQB
Q30Passage 6 · A distinguishing feature of language is our ability to refer…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQB
Q31Passage 6 · Physics is a pure science that seeks to understand the…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQC
Q251. People with dyslexia have difficulty with print-reading…Para JumblesTITA2341
Q261. If you’ve seen a little line of text on websites that…Para JumblesTITA4123
Q271. We’ll all live under mob rule until then, which doesn’t…Para JumblesTITA3241
Q281. Metaphors may map to similar meanings across languages…Para JumblesTITA3241
Q321. His idea to use sign language was not a completely new…Para JumblesTITA2
Q331. One argument is that actors that do not fit within a…Para JumblesTITA1
Q341. ‘Stat’ signaled something measurable, while ‘matic’…Para JumblesTITA2

Topics in this section

TopicQuestions
RC · Humanities & Philosophy8
Para Jumbles7
RC · Arts & Culture5
RC · Economics & Business5
RC · Society, History & Politics5
RC · Science & Technology4

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