CAT 2019 Slot 2 VARC questions, answer key and solutions

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section of CAT 2019 Slot 2: 34 questions in 60 minutes, 7 TITA and 27 MCQ. The answer key below is CAT's official one.

QQuestionTopicTypeAnswerSolution
Q1Passage 1 · According to the passage, colonial powers located their…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q2Passage 1 · The “dilemma” mentioned in the passage refers toRC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q3Passage 1 · People who support decentralising central government…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q4Passage 1 · The “long pedigree” of the aim to shift civil servants to…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q5Passage 1 · According to the author, relocating government agencies has…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q6Passage 2 · Based on his views mentioned in the passage, one could best…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q7Passage 2 · By “digital colonialism”, critics of the CyArk–Google…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q8Passage 2 · Which of the following, if true, would most strongly…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q9Passage 2 · In Dr. Thompson’s view, CyArk owning the copyright of its…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q10Passage 2 · Of the following arguments, which one is LEAST likely to be…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q11Passage 3 · Which one of the following statements would undermine the…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQC
Q12Passage 3 · According to the passage, squatter cities are…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQD
Q13Passage 3 · We can infer that Calthorpe’s statement “still jars” with…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQB
Q14Passage 3 · In the context of the passage, the author refers to Manaus…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQA
Q15Passage 3 · From the passage it can be inferred that cities are good…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQD
Q16Passage 4 · Which of the following can be inferred from the author’s…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q17Passage 4 · A French ethnographer decides to study the culture of a…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q18Passage 4 · The author’s critics would argue thatRC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q19Passage 4 · According to the passage, which of the following is not…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q20Passage 5 · All of the following statements about British colonialism…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q21Passage 5 · RC · Society, History & Politics: the introduction of capitalism in India was not…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q22Passage 5 · “Consequently, the colonial state could not settle simply…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q23Passage 5 · Which one of the following 5-word sequences best captures…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q24Passage 5 · Which of the following observations is a valid conclusion to…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q29Passage 6 · Language is an autapomorphy found only in our lineage, and…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q30Passage 6 · Social movement organizations often struggle to mobilize…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q31Passage 6 · Privacy-challenged office workers may find it hard to…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q251. Conceptualisations of ‘women’s time’ as contrary to…Para JumblesTITA4132
Q261. Living things—animals and plants—typically exhibit…Para JumblesTITA2431
Q271. To the uninitiated listener, atonal music can sound like…Para JumblesTITA2143
Q281. Such a belief in the harmony of nature requires a purpose…Para JumblesTITA3421
Q321. A particularly interesting example of inference occurs in…Para JumblesTITA2
Q331. Socrates told us that ‘the unexamined life is not worth…Para JumblesTITA1
Q341. Ocean plastic is problematic for a number of reasons, but…Para JumblesTITA2

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RC · Science & Technology5

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