Which new fact would strengthen or weaken the argument — science and technology passages
CAT has tested this idea 10 times across 9 papers, from 2018 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 2018 Slot 1 · VARC Q24 | epigenetics; which finding would negate the passage's main message | C |
| CAT 2020 Slot 1 · VARC Q6 | dialects in northern elephant seal calls; which condition would have preserved dialects | D |
| CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC Q14 | cuttlefish marshmallow test; which new fact would best complement the findings | B |
| CAT 2021 Slot 3 · VARC Q15 | soft nano-robots; which scenario, if false, would support the passage | A |
| CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC Q16 | wolves in lozere; which new fact would weaken the author's claims | A |
| CAT 2023 Slot 2 · VARC Q1 | fast fashion and oxfam's second hand september; what would undermine the central idea | C |
| CAT 2024 Slot 2 · VARC Q20 | drivers of carnivore attacks; the statement whose falsity would clash with the passage | A |
| CAT 2025 Slot 1 · VARC Q2 | complex systems; assumption needed for the contact-tracing-app claim to hold | A |
| CAT 2025 Slot 1 · VARC Q4 | complex systems; observation that most strengthens the second-order tail-event claim | B |
| CAT 2025 Slot 2 · VARC Q9 | cavefish fat and carotenoids; cross result that would invalidate riddle's inference | A |
Part of RC · Science & Technology (138 questions since 2017).