CAT 2022 Slot 2 question paper with answers and solutions

CAT 2022 Slot 2 had 66 questions: 24 in VARC (40 minutes), 20 in DILR (40 minutes), 22 in QA (40 minutes). 17 of them were TITA (type in the answer, no options). 66 have a worked solution here. Every question is tagged by topic, and answers are CAT's official key.

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) 24 questions · 40 min

QuestionTopic
Passage 1Q1–Q4 · [Octopuses are] misfits in their own extended families . . . They…RC · Science & Technology4 questions
Passage 2Q5–Q8 · We begin with the emergence of the philosophy of the social sciences…RC · Society, History & Politics4 questions
Passage 3Q9–Q12 · When we teach engineering problems now, we ask students to come to a…RC · Science & Technology4 questions
Passage 4Q13–Q16 · Humans today make music. Think beyond all the qualifications that…RC · Arts & Culture4 questions
Q17The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA
Q18Para Summary: We now have the evidence in support of the…Para SummaryMCQ
Q19Sentence Placement: Option 1Sentence PlacementMCQ
Q20The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA
Q21Para Summary: Rather than freeing us, digital technology is…Para SummaryMCQ
Q22Sentence Placement: Option 1Sentence PlacementMCQ
Q23Para Summary: Museums are left with the moral responsibility…Para SummaryMCQ
Q24The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when…Para JumblesTITA

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) 20 questions · 40 min

QuestionTopic
Set 1Q1–Q5 · A few salesmen are employed to sell a product called TRICCEK among…Quant-based Puzzles5 questions
Set 2Q6–Q10 · Every day a widget supplier supplies widgets from the warehouse (W) to…Routes & Networks5 questions
Set 3Q11–Q15 · A speciality supermarket sells 320 products. Each of these products…Venn & Set Puzzles5 questions
Set 4Q16–Q20 · The two plots below show data for four companies code-named A, B, C…Charts & Tables5 questions

Quantitative Ability (QA) 22 questions · 40 min

QuestionTopic
Q1In triangle A B C , altitudes A D and B E are drawn to the…GeometryMCQ
Q2Working alone, the times taken by Anu, Tanu and Manu to…Time & WorkTITA
Q3Regular polygons A and B have number of sides in the ratio 1…GeometryTITA
Q4If a and b are non-negative real numbers such that a+2 b=6…Inequalities & ModulusMCQ
Q5Manu earns ₹4000 per month and wants to save an average of…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q6There are two containers of the same volume, first container…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q7On day one, there are 100 particles in a laboratory…Progressions & SeriesMCQ
Q8The average of a non-decreasing sequence of N numbers a_1…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesTITA
Q9Let r and c be real numbers. If r and -r are roots of 5…EquationsMCQ
Q10Suppose for all integers x , there are two functions f and g…Functions & GraphsTITA
Q11In an election, there were four candidates and 80% of the…Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesMCQ
Q12The number of integers greater than 2000 that can be formed…Permutations & ProbabilityMCQ
Q13For some natural number n , assume that (15,000) ! is…Number SystemsMCQ
Q14The number of distinct integer values of n satisfying (4-log…Logarithms & ExponentsTITA
Q15In an examination, there were 75 questions. 3 marks were…EquationsTITA
Q16Five students, including Amit, appear for an examination in…Inequalities & ModulusMCQ
Q17The number of integer solutions of the equation…Logarithms & ExponentsTITA
Q18Mr. Pinto invests one-fifth of his capital at 6%, one-third…InterestTITA
Q19Consider the arithmetic progression 3,7,11, and let A_n…Progressions & SeriesMCQ
Q20Let f(x) be a quadratic polynomial in x such that f(x) ≥ 0…Functions & GraphsMCQ
Q21The length of each side of an equilateral triangle ABC is 3…GeometryMCQ
Q22Two ships meet mid-ocean, and then, one ship goes south and…Time, Speed & DistanceMCQ

Topic mix of CAT 2022 Slot 2

TopicSectionQuestions
RC · Science & TechnologyVARC8
Charts & TablesDILR5
Quant-based PuzzlesDILR5
Routes & NetworksDILR5
Venn & Set PuzzlesDILR5
Ratio, Mixtures & AveragesQA4
RC · Arts & CultureVARC4
RC · Society, History & PoliticsVARC4
GeometryQA3
Para JumblesVARC3
Para SummaryVARC3
EquationsQA2
Functions & GraphsQA2
Inequalities & ModulusQA2
Logarithms & ExponentsQA2
Progressions & SeriesQA2
Sentence PlacementVARC2
InterestQA1
Number SystemsQA1
Permutations & ProbabilityQA1
Time & WorkQA1
Time, Speed & DistanceQA1