What the author would agree or disagree with — history and anthropology passages

CAT has tested this idea 6 times across 5 papers, from 2018 to 2023. Solve one, and the others are the same method with different numbers or wording, which is why repeated concepts are the most efficient thing to practise.

QuestionWhat it asksAnswer
CAT 2018 Slot 1 · VARC Q15india's second world war; the author's verdict on omitting its soldiers from the memorialB
CAT 2020 Slot 2 · VARC Q6a book on modern piracy; what the author believes about lehr skipping empire-buildersA
CAT 2020 Slot 2 · VARC Q7modern piracy and its causes; how the author believes piracy is best controlledB
CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC Q1review of a history of tea; which view the reviewer is least likely to supportD
CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC Q10orientalist readings of india; which view the author would not supportD
CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC Q11sahlins on foragers; the reviewer's own ground for criticising the essayD

Part of RC · Society, History & Politics (179 questions since 2017).