The central idea or primary purpose — philosophy and psychology passages

CAT has tested this idea 9 times across 8 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 Q19	typewriters in the digital age; what the passage is trying to do	A
CAT 2020 Slot 1 · VARC Q14	grammar, nouns and verbs after strunk and white; which quote captures the main concern	D
CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC Q10	more's utopia as near-dystopia; which word sequence tracks the passage's narrative	D
CAT 2021 Slot 2 · VARC Q14	truth versus power and useful fiction; the central theme of the passage	C
CAT 2021 Slot 3 · VARC Q1	the invention of the unconscious, 1700-1900; which word set maps its main arguments	C
CAT 2021 Slot 3 · VARC Q2	the invention of the unconscious, 1700-1900; what the passage is about	C
CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC Q10	critical theory of technology; main argument of the paragraph on technology, law and custom	B
CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC Q7	institutions as organisers of social action; the essence of the passage	A
CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC Q8	ai as moral arbiter; option that best summarises the passage	A

Part of RC · Humanities & Philosophy (54 questions since 2017).