CAT 2025 Slot 3 VARC questions, answer key and solutions

The Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section of CAT 2025 Slot 3: 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
Q3Passage 1 · All of the following, if true, would weaken the passage's…RC · Arts & CultureMCQAYes
Q4Passage 1 · RC · Arts & Culture: Tribal groups value memory over imagination when…RC · Arts & CultureMCQBYes
Q5Passage 1 · Which one of the following best explains why tribals in…RC · Arts & CultureMCQCYes
Q6Passage 1 · Non-human living forms exhibit human emotions in tribal…RC · Arts & CultureMCQDYes
Q8Passage 2 · RC · Humanities & Philosophy: The passage weighs the appeal of an impersonal…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQAYes
Q9Passage 2 · Choose the one option below that comes closest to being the…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQDYes
Q10Passage 2 · All of the following can reasonably be inferred from the…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQAYes
Q11Passage 2 · The passage compares ethics to physics, where different…RC · Humanities & PhilosophyMCQAYes
Q17Passage 3 · According to the passage, which one of the following reforms…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQCYes
Q18Passage 3 · According to the passage, which one of the following is not…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQAYes
Q19Passage 3 · Which one of the following best encapsulates the reason for…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQBYes
Q20Passage 3 · All of the following, if true, would weaken the narrative…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQBYes
Q21Passage 4 · Which one of the following sets of terms is closest to…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQAYes
Q22Passage 4 · The word "instantiation" is used in the first paragraph…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQDYes
Q23Passage 4 · RC · Society, History & Politics: processes of colonisation have used dam-building…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQBYes
Q24Passage 4 · What does the author wish to communicate by referring to the…RC · Society, History & PoliticsMCQDYes
Q1Five jumbled sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), related…Odd Sentence OutTITA1Yes
Q2Five jumbled sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), related…Odd Sentence OutTITA3Yes
Q7Para Summary: That which we call 'knowledge of the past' is…Para SummaryMCQAYes
Q12The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given below…Para JumblesTITA4312Yes
Q13Sentence Placement: Option 2Sentence PlacementMCQCYes
Q14Para Summary: The mindful Indian shoppers are returning to the…Para SummaryMCQCYes
Q15Sentence Placement: Option 3Sentence PlacementMCQCYes
Q16The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given below…Para JumblesTITA2143Yes

Topics in this section

TopicQuestions
RC · Society, History & Politics8
RC · Arts & Culture4
RC · Humanities & Philosophy4
Odd Sentence Out2
Para Jumbles2
Para Summary2
Sentence Placement2

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