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.
| Question | What it asks | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| CAT 2017 Slot 1 · VARC Q11 | the printing press; why the author traces the french and american revolutions to it | B |
| CAT 2017 Slot 1 · VARC Q7 | gutenberg press vs the iphone; why the press is likened to the internet | A |
| CAT 2017 Slot 1 · VARC Q9 | the iphone and reading; what steve jobs predicted | C |
| CAT 2017 Slot 2 · VARC Q15 | tesla's sales; the author's stated main reason for them | D |
| CAT 2017 Slot 2 · VARC Q4 | creativity and cities; what jane jacobs believed about more creative cities | C |
| CAT 2018 Slot 1 · VARC Q16 | quantified happiness at work; what wearable tech and social media contribute most to | C |
| CAT 2018 Slot 1 · VARC Q18 | quantified happiness; what the passage states about dubai | C |
| CAT 2018 Slot 2 · VARC Q4 | face-to-face public services; why the author questions monitoring systems for them | A |
| CAT 2019 Slot 2 · VARC Q1 | dispersing civil servants out of capitals; why colonial powers sited their capitals | D |
| CAT 2019 Slot 2 · VARC Q2 | relocating bureaucrats; what the 'dilemma' over relocation sites refers to | D |
| CAT 2019 Slot 2 · VARC Q7 | google-cyark heritage scans; what critics mean by 'digital colonialism' | C |
| CAT 2020 Slot 1 · VARC Q3 | anarchism as political idea; the one idea common to all forms of anarchism | D |
| CAT 2020 Slot 3 · VARC Q11 | screen time as a class marker; which line supports 'the richer you are, the more off-screen' | C |
| CAT 2020 Slot 3 · VARC Q13 | screen time as a class marker; how silicon valley firms 'confuse the public' | A |
| CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC Q17 | india's forest acts of 1878 and 1982; the reform the passage says is still pending | C |
Part of RC · Society, History & Politics (179 questions since 2017).