NinetynineCAT 2024 Slot 2 question paper with answers and solutions
CAT 2024 Slot 2 had 68 questions: 24 in VARC (40 minutes), 22 in DILR (40 minutes), 22 in QA (40 minutes). 20 of them were TITA (type in the answer, no options). 62 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
| Question | Topic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Passage 1 | Q2–Q5 · The job of a peer reviewer is thankless. Collectively, academics spend… | RC · Society, History & Politics | 4 questions |
| Passage 2 | Q8–Q11 · [S]pices were a global commodity centuries before European voyages… | RC · Society, History & Politics | 4 questions |
| Passage 3 | Q12–Q15 · The history of any major technological or industrial advance is… | RC · Science & Technology | 4 questions |
| Passage 4 | Q18–Q21 · (. . .) There are three other common drivers for carnivore-human… | RC · Science & Technology | 4 questions |
| Q1 | Para Summary: Physicists have successfully buried their… | Para Summary | MCQ |
| Q6 | Sentence Placement: Option 4 | Sentence Placement | MCQ |
| Q7 | Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)… | Odd Sentence Out | TITA |
| Q16 | Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)… | Odd Sentence Out | TITA |
| Q17 | Sentence Placement: Option 3 | Sentence Placement | MCQ |
| Q22 | Para Summary: Comedians are being prevented from saying what… | Para Summary | MCQ |
| Q23 | Sentence Placement: Option 2 | Sentence Placement | MCQ |
| Q24 | Para Summary: As part of conducting information warfare as per… | Para Summary | MCQ |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) 22 questions · 40 min
| Question | Topic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | Q1–Q4 · The above is a schematic diagram of walkways (indicated by all the… | Routes & Networks | 4 questions |
| Set 2 | Q5–Q9 · Eight gymnastics players numbered 1 through 8 underwent a training… | Quant-based Puzzles | 5 questions |
| Set 3 | Q10–Q14 · The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are placed in ten slots… | Grids & Matrices | 5 questions |
| Set 4 | Q15–Q18 · An online e-commerce firm receives daily integer product ratings from… | Quant-based Puzzles | 4 questions |
| Set 5 | Q19–Q22 · The two plots below give the following information about six firms A… | Charts & Tables | 4 questions |
Quantitative Ability (QA) 22 questions · 40 min
| Question | Topic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | When 3^333 is divided by 11 , the remainder is | Number Systems | MCQ |
| Q2 | If x and y satisfy the equations |x|+x+y=15 and x+|y|-y=20… | Inequalities & Modulus | MCQ |
| Q3 | If m and n are natural numbers such that n>1 , and m^n=2^25… | Logarithms & Exponents | MCQ |
| Q4 | A function f maps the set of natural numbers to whole… | Functions & Graphs | MCQ |
| Q5 | A B C D is a trapezium in which A B is parallel to C D . The… | Geometry | MCQ |
| Q6 | Amal and Vimal together can complete a task in 150 days… | Time & Work | TITA |
| Q7 | Bina incurs 19% loss when she sells a product at Rs. 4860 to… | Percentages & Profit-Loss | TITA |
| Q8 | The sum of the infinite series 1/5(1/5-1/7)+(1/5)^2((1/5)^2… | Progressions & Series | MCQ |
| Q9 | If a, b and c are positive real numbers such that a>10 ≥ b ≥… | Logarithms & Exponents | TITA |
| Q10 | A company has 40 employees whose names are listed in a… | Ratio, Mixtures & Averages | MCQ |
| Q11 | P, Q, R and S are four towns. One can travel between P and Q… | Permutations & Probability | TITA |
| Q12 | A fruit seller has a stock of mangoes, bananas and apples… | Percentages & Profit-Loss | TITA |
| Q13 | If (x+6 √(2))^1/2-(x-6 √(2))^1/2=2 √(2) , then x equals | Logarithms & Exponents | TITA |
| Q14 | The coordinates of the three vertices of a triangle are: (1… | Coordinate Geometry | TITA |
| Q15 | Anil invests Rs 22000 for 6 years in a scheme with 4%… | Interest | MCQ |
| Q16 | The roots α, β of the equation 3 x^2+ x-1=0 , satisfy… | Equations | MCQ |
| Q17 | A bus starts at 9 am and follows a fixed route every day… | Time, Speed & Distance | MCQ |
| Q18 | Three circles of equal radii touch (but not cross) each… | Geometry | MCQ |
| Q19 | A vessel contained a certain amount of a solution of acid… | Ratio, Mixtures & Averages | MCQ |
| Q20 | All the values of x satisfying the inequality 1/(x+5) ≤ 1/(2… | Inequalities & Modulus | MCQ |
| Q21 | If x and y are real numbers such that 4 x^2+4 y^2-4 x y-6… | Equations | TITA |
| Q22 | When Rajesh's age was same as the present age of Garima, the… | Ratio, Mixtures & Averages | MCQ |
Topic mix of CAT 2024 Slot 2
| Topic | Section | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Quant-based Puzzles | DILR | 9 |
| RC · Science & Technology | VARC | 8 |
| RC · Society, History & Politics | VARC | 8 |
| Grids & Matrices | DILR | 5 |
| Charts & Tables | DILR | 4 |
| Routes & Networks | DILR | 4 |
| Logarithms & Exponents | QA | 3 |
| Para Summary | VARC | 3 |
| Ratio, Mixtures & Averages | QA | 3 |
| Sentence Placement | VARC | 3 |
| Equations | QA | 2 |
| Geometry | QA | 2 |
| Inequalities & Modulus | QA | 2 |
| Odd Sentence Out | VARC | 2 |
| Percentages & Profit-Loss | QA | 2 |
| Coordinate Geometry | QA | 1 |
| Functions & Graphs | QA | 1 |
| Interest | QA | 1 |
| Number Systems | QA | 1 |
| Permutations & Probability | QA | 1 |
| Progressions & Series | QA | 1 |
| Time & Work | QA | 1 |
| Time, Speed & Distance | QA | 1 |