Why a line, example or reference is in the passage — literature and the arts passages

CAT has tested this idea 8 times across 6 papers, from 2019 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 2019 Slot 1 · VARC Q15british folk music; why folk 'may often appear a cosy, fossilised form'A
CAT 2019 Slot 1 · VARC Q18british folk music; purpose of the william morris floral-prints referenceB
CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC Q15music-making as universal; what 'think beyond all the qualifications' conveysB
CAT 2024 Slot 1 · VARC Q19streaming archives; purpose of the stranger things re-editing exampleA
CAT 2025 Slot 1 · VARC Q9electronic music; how the 'communication problem' relates to the opening questionsB
CAT 2025 Slot 2 · VARC Q5setting in literature; what the example of literary description of place illustratesA
CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC Q5tribal sense of time; what explains the worship of dead ancestorsC
CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC Q6tribal narrative conventions; why non-human forms show human emotions in themD

Part of RC · Arts & Culture (41 questions since 2017).