CAT 2021 Slot 3 VARC questions, answer key and solutions

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section of CAT 2021 Slot 3: 24 questions in 40 minutes, 5 TITA and 19 MCQ. The answer key below is CAT's official one.

QQuestionTopicTypeAnswerSolution
Q1Passage 1 · Which one of the following sets of words is closest to…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQC
Q2Passage 1 · RC · Humanities & Philosophy: The discovery of the unconscious as a part of…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQC
Q3Passage 1 · "The enrichments of literary and intellectual language led…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQA
Q4Passage 1 · RC · Humanities & Philosophy: New conceptions in the nineteenth century could…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQA
Q5Passage 2 · "It's a bit like fuel use in a car. Just because I'm using…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQA
Q6Passage 2 · RC · Science & Technology: The relationship between accuracy and entropy…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQB
Q7Passage 2 · Which one of the following sets of words and phrases serves…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQC
Q8Passage 2 · None of the following statements can be inferred from the…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQB
Q9Passage 3 · RC · Humanities & Philosophy: Anatomical developments like the voice box play…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQB
Q10Passage 3 · According to the passage, all of the following are true…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQA
Q11Passage 3 · From the passage, it can be inferred that all of the…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQD
Q12Passage 3 · On the basis of the information in the passage, Pinker and…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQB
Q13Passage 4 · RC · Science & Technology: Once the stuff of science fiction, nano-robots…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQA
Q14Passage 4 · Which one of the following statements best captures the…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQD
Q15Passage 4 · Which one of the following scenarios, if false, could be…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQA
Q16Passage 4 · Which one of the following statements, if true, would be the…RC · Science & TechnologyMCQA
Q17The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA3412
Q18Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given…Odd Sentence OutTITA3
Q19The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA2314
Q20The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA3214
Q21Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given…Odd Sentence OutTITA4
Q22Para Summary: Some believe that hard work has been glorified…Para SummaryMCQD
Q23Para Summary: Most Brazilians feel they have benefitted from…Para SummaryMCQA
Q24Para Summary: Intuitions are automatic processes and are…Para SummaryMCQD

Topics in this section

TopicQuestions
RC · Humanities & Philosophy8
RC · Science & Technology8
Para Jumbles3
Para Summary3
Odd Sentence Out2

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