Drawing out what the passage implies but never states — literature and the arts passages
CAT has tested this idea 8 times across 7 papers, from 2020 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 2020 Slot 2 · VARC Q1 | the study of visual culture; what 'epiphenomena' means in the last sentence | B |
| CAT 2020 Slot 3 · VARC Q2 | travel writing and empire; which kind of writing travel writing most resembles | C |
| CAT 2020 Slot 3 · VARC Q3 | travel writing and empire; why victorian women travellers gained self-development | A |
| CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC Q1 | chinese fangzhipin and fuzhipin copies; which copy a chinese museum would value as original | A |
| CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC Q14 | the emergence of musicking; which argument about it is valid | C |
| CAT 2024 Slot 1 · VARC Q18 | streaming and lost films; what the line on cinema's ephemerality suggests | A |
| CAT 2025 Slot 1 · VARC Q10 | electronic music; what 'sui generis' means from its context in paragraph 3 | A |
| CAT 2025 Slot 2 · VARC Q3 | literary geography; valid conclusion from the claim about bridging arts and sciences | D |
Part of RC · Arts & Culture (41 questions since 2017).