Locating a detail the passage states directly — society and politics passages

CAT has tested this idea 15 times across 8 papers, from 2017 to 2025. 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 2017 Slot 1 · VARC Q11the printing press; why the author traces the french and american revolutions to itB
CAT 2017 Slot 1 · VARC Q7gutenberg press vs the iphone; why the press is likened to the internetA
CAT 2017 Slot 1 · VARC Q9the iphone and reading; what steve jobs predictedC
CAT 2017 Slot 2 · VARC Q15tesla's sales; the author's stated main reason for themD
CAT 2017 Slot 2 · VARC Q4creativity and cities; what jane jacobs believed about more creative citiesC
CAT 2018 Slot 1 · VARC Q16quantified happiness at work; what wearable tech and social media contribute most toC
CAT 2018 Slot 1 · VARC Q18quantified happiness; what the passage states about dubaiC
CAT 2018 Slot 2 · VARC Q4face-to-face public services; why the author questions monitoring systems for themA
CAT 2019 Slot 2 · VARC Q1dispersing civil servants out of capitals; why colonial powers sited their capitalsD
CAT 2019 Slot 2 · VARC Q2relocating bureaucrats; what the 'dilemma' over relocation sites refers toD
CAT 2019 Slot 2 · VARC Q7google-cyark heritage scans; what critics mean by 'digital colonialism'C
CAT 2020 Slot 1 · VARC Q3anarchism as political idea; the one idea common to all forms of anarchismD
CAT 2020 Slot 3 · VARC Q11screen time as a class marker; which line supports 'the richer you are, the more off-screen'C
CAT 2020 Slot 3 · VARC Q13screen time as a class marker; how silicon valley firms 'confuse the public'A
CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC Q17india's forest acts of 1878 and 1982; the reform the passage says is still pendingC

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