Drawing out what the passage implies but never states — science and technology passages

CAT has tested this idea 20 times across 13 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 2 · VARC Q11	the subnivium; which statement can be inferred from the passage	A
CAT 2018 Slot 1 · VARC Q5	single-use plastic; infer the author's view of keep america beautiful	B
CAT 2018 Slot 1 · VARC Q9	elephant aggression; which remedy bradshaw would most likely support	A
CAT 2018 Slot 2 · VARC Q22	saturn's rings; infer what else besides water ice the rings may contain	B
CAT 2018 Slot 2 · VARC Q9	grove snails; what follows from humans eating such snails before agriculture	B
CAT 2020 Slot 1 · VARC Q9	elephant seal call dialects; why southern rookery calls had faster pulse rates	B
CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC Q15	cuttlefish marshmallow test; which trial setup would show real self-control	A
CAT 2021 Slot 3 · VARC Q16	soft nano-robots; which statement is the most direct extension of the argument	A
CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC Q3	cephalopod camouflage; infer which animal's camouflage is least like an octopus's	B
CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC Q2	software and deskilling; infer why doctors missed the ebola diagnosis	A
CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC Q4	the utrecht university software experiment; infer why one group 'aimlessly clicked around'	A
CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC Q15	wolves in lozere; whose competing interests the proposed economic solution balances	D
CAT 2023 Slot 2 · VARC Q2	fast fashion and thrifting; why thrifting as described is ironic	A
CAT 2023 Slot 2 · VARC Q3	fast fashion and clothing waste; infer what 'slow fashion' would mean	B
CAT 2024 Slot 2 · VARC Q18	carnivore-human attacks; scenario most likely to worsen conflict frequency	D
CAT 2024 Slot 2 · VARC Q21	landscape heterogeneity; conclusion drawable from penteriani's and wilkinson's points	C
CAT 2024 Slot 3 · VARC Q7	chinese seed versus israeli tardigrades on the moon; what the contrast reveals	D
CAT 2025 Slot 2 · VARC Q10	cavefish nutrition; most likely function of carotenoids given the passage	C
CAT 2025 Slot 2 · VARC Q22	instrumentalised sciences; valid conclusion from the claim about instrumental trajectories	B
CAT 2025 Slot 2 · VARC Q23	receptive versus interventional instruments; object the passage's account fits least	A

Part of RC · Science & Technology (138 questions since 2017).