Drawing out what the passage implies but never states — philosophy and psychology passages
CAT has tested this idea 9 times across 5 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.
| Question | What it asks | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| CAT 2019 Slot 1 · VARC Q22 | topophilia; unpacking 'difficult to design for and impossible to quantify' | B |
| CAT 2019 Slot 1 · VARC Q23 | topophilia; which outside example matches the author's sense of the term | B |
| CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC Q7 | classic maya personhood; which other worldview is closest to the maya one | C |
| CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC Q9 | more's utopia as near-dystopia; which trait a utopian society would have | B |
| CAT 2021 Slot 2 · VARC Q15 | truth versus power; what the author implies about successful leaders | B |
| CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC Q12 | critical theory of technology; which statement can be inferred as supporting the argument | B |
| CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC Q5 | stoicism and the two movements of emotion; which statement the passage lets us treat as true | C |
| CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC Q8 | stoicism's two movements; what the marcus aurelius treason example lets us infer | B |
| CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC Q9 | formalising ethics; scenario closest to the opposite of 'utilitarianism' | D |
Part of RC · Humanities & Philosophy (54 questions since 2017).