CAT 2023 Slot 1 VARC questions, answer key and solutions

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section of CAT 2023 Slot 1: 24 questions in 40 minutes, 4 TITA and 20 MCQ. The answer key below is CAT's official one; 24 questions link to a step-by-step solution.

QQuestionTopicTypeAnswerSolution
Q1Passage 1 · All of the following can be inferred from the passage…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQCYes
Q2Passage 1 · All of the following are advanced by the author as reasons…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQAYes
Q3Passage 1 · The examples of the Inuit and Aboriginal Australians are…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQCYes
Q4Passage 1 · The author criticises scholars who are not geographers for…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQBYes
Q5Passage 2 · All of the following claims contribute to the "remapping"…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQCYes
Q6Passage 2 · Which one of the following statements is not true about…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQCYes
Q7Passage 2 · On the basis of the nature of the relationship between the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQAYes
Q8Passage 2 · All of the following statements, if true, would weaken the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQAYes
Q9Passage 3 · We can infer that Sahlins's main goal in writing his essay…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQCYes
Q10Passage 3 · The author mentions Tanzania's Hadza community to…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQAYes
Q11Passage 3 · The author of the passage criticises Sahlins's essay for…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQDYes
Q12Passage 3 · The author of the passage mentions Galbraith's "The Affluent…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQDYes
Q13Passage 4 · The inhabitants of Lozère have to grapple with all of the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQCYes
Q14Passage 4 · Which one of the following has NOT contributed to the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQBYes
Q15Passage 4 · The author presents a possible economic solution to an…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQDYes
Q16Passage 4 · RC · Society, History & Politics: Wolf attacks on tourists in Lozère are on the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQAYes
Q17Sentence Placement: Option 1Sentence PlacementMCQCYes
Q18Sentence Placement: Option 1Sentence PlacementMCQDYes
Q19Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)…Odd Sentence OutTITA3Yes
Q20Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)…Odd Sentence OutTITA2Yes
Q21The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below…Para JumblesTITA4123Yes
Q22The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below…Para JumblesTITA4123Yes
Q23Para Summary: Disinformation, which is mediated by technology…Para SummaryMCQCYes
Q24Para Summary: Colonialism surged in the 16^th century due to…Para SummaryMCQDYes

Topics in this section

TopicQuestions
RC · Society, History & Politics16
Odd Sentence Out2
Para Jumbles2
Para Summary2
Sentence Placement2

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