Drawing out what the passage implies but never states — economics passages

CAT has tested this idea 8 times across 5 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 1 · VARC Q10	grain, coins and textiles as tang money; what can be inferred about currency use	A
CAT 2020 Slot 1 · VARC Q13	tang dynasty money; which payment for a one-eighth-bolt purchase is unsound	A
CAT 2020 Slot 3 · VARC Q15	a writer's book on the financial crisis; accurate inference from the first sentence	A
CAT 2024 Slot 1 · VARC Q12	neoclassical preferences; what 'homo economicus' refers to	A
CAT 2024 Slot 1 · VARC Q14	craftsmanship versus mass production; how medieval guilds resembled mass production	C
CAT 2024 Slot 3 · VARC Q14	moutai's success; the factor that is both a reason for it and a threat to it	C
CAT 2025 Slot 1 · VARC Q17	income inequality and growth; scenario closest to the opposite of 'democratization'	A
CAT 2025 Slot 1 · VARC Q18	income inequality and growth; pay design consistent with the moral-hazard argument	C

Part of RC · Economics & Business (44 questions since 2017).