CAT 2020 Slot 1 VARC questions, answer key and solutions

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section of CAT 2020 Slot 1: 26 questions in 40 minutes, 5 TITA and 21 MCQ. The answer key below is CAT's official one.

QQuestionTopicTypeAnswerSolution
Q1Passage 1 · Which one of the following best expresses the similarity…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q2Passage 1 · RC · Society, History & Politics: Individualist anarchism is actually constituted…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q3Passage 1 · According to the passage, what is the one idea that is…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q4Passage 1 · The author believes that the new ruling class of politicians…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q5Passage 1 · Of the following sets of concepts, identify the set that is…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q6Passage 2 · Which one of the following conditions, if true, could have…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQD
Q7Passage 2 · All of the following can be inferred from Le Boeuf’s study…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQB
Q8Passage 2 · Which one of the following best sums up the overall history…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQD
Q9Passage 2 · From the passage it can be inferred that the call pulse rate…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQB
Q10Passage 3 · RC · Society, History & Politics: Currency usage was similar to that of modern…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q11Passage 3 · According to the passage, the modern currency system shares…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q12Passage 3 · When discussing textiles as currency in the Tang period, the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q13Passage 3 · During the Tang period, which one of the following would not…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q14Passage 4 · Which one of the following quotes best captures the main…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQD
Q15Passage 4 · RC · Humanities & Philosophy: An understanding of grammar helps a writer…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQB
Q16Passage 4 · RC · Humanities & Philosophy: the subject–predicate relation is the same as…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQB
Q17Passage 4 · “Take any noun, put it with any verb, and you have a…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQD
Q18Passage 4 · Inferring from the passage, the author could be most…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQD
Q19The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA3124
Q20Para Summary: Biologists have questioned the long-standing…Para SummaryMCQA
Q21The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA1432
Q22Para Summary: Voice recognition has started to feature…Para SummaryMCQD
Q23Para Summary: Europe has consistently changed in keeping with…Para SummaryMCQD
Q24The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA1324
Q25Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given…Odd Sentence OutTITA3
Q26Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given…Odd Sentence OutTITA3

Topics in this section

TopicQuestions
RC · Society, History & Politics9
RC · Humanities & Philosophy5
RC · Science & Technology4
Para Jumbles3
Para Summary3
Odd Sentence Out2

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