CAT 2020 Slot 3 VARC questions, answer key and solutions

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section of CAT 2020 Slot 3: 26 questions in 40 minutes, 5 TITA and 21 MCQ. The answer key below is CAT's official one.

QQuestionTopicTypeAnswerSolution
Q1Passage 1 · From the passage, we can infer that feminist scholars’…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q2Passage 1 · From the passage, we can infer that travel writing is most…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q3Passage 1 · From the passage, it can be inferred that scholars argue…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q4Passage 1 · American travel literature of the 1920sRC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q5Passage 1 · According to the passage, Said’s book, “Orientalism”RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q6Passage 2 · The author has differing views from Bregman regardingRC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q7Passage 2 · According to the passage, the “collapse of civilisations” is…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q8Passage 2 · None of the following views is expressed in the passage…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQD
Q9Passage 2 · According to the author, the main reason why Bregman…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q10Passage 3 · Which of the following statements about the negative effects…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQB
Q11Passage 3 · The statement “The richer you are, the more you spend to be…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q12Passage 3 · The author is least likely to agree with the view that the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQC
Q13Passage 3 · The author claims that Silicon Valley tech companies have…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQA
Q14Passage 4 · Which one of the following, if false, could be seen as…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQC
Q15Passage 4 · Which one of the following, if true, would be an accurate…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQA
Q16Passage 4 · Which one of the following best captures the main argument…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQC
Q17Passage 4 · All of the following, if true, could be seen as supporting…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQC
Q18Passage 4 · According to the passage, the author is likely to be…RC · Economics & BusinessMCQB
Q19Para Summary: Genetic theory has a wide range of theoretical…Para SummaryMCQB
Q20The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA4123
Q21Para Summary: Disinterestedness is different from indifference…Para SummaryMCQB
Q22The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA3142
Q23Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given…Odd Sentence OutTITA3
Q24Para Summary: From the belief that humans invented language to…Para SummaryMCQB
Q25The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA2341
Q26Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given…Odd Sentence OutTITA3

Topics in this section

TopicQuestions
RC · Society, History & Politics13
RC · Economics & Business5
Para Jumbles3
Para Summary3
Odd Sentence Out2

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