NinetynineCAT Coordinate Geometry questions 16 since 2017
Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Coordinate Geometry was asked 16 times, in 12 of the 24 papers. CAT asks about 0.7 Coordinate Geometry questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 0.5 per paper, against 0.7 in the four years before (steady). Below is how often it appeared each year, the ideas CAT keeps reusing, and every question with its answer.
Key facts
- Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Coordinate Geometry was asked 16 times, in 12 of the 24 papers.
- Coordinate Geometry is the 14th most-asked of the 16 CAT QA topics, with 2.6% of all QA questions since 2017.
- CAT asks about 0.7 Coordinate Geometry questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 0.5 per paper, against 0.7 in the four years before (steady).
- The heaviest year for Coordinate Geometry was CAT 2017, with 3 questions across 2 slots.
Counted from all 24 CAT papers 2017–2025 (1,830 questions), one topic tag per question. How we tag.
How many Coordinate Geometry questions come in CAT each year?
| Year | Questions | Slots that year | Per slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2017 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| CAT 2018 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 |
| CAT 2019 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| CAT 2020 | 4 | 3 | 1.3 |
| CAT 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CAT 2022 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 |
| CAT 2023 | 2 | 3 | 0.7 |
| CAT 2024 | 2 | 3 | 0.7 |
| CAT 2025 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 |
Coordinate Geometry ideas CAT has repeated
- Area of a region bounded by modulus graphs 5 questions, 2017–2023
- Parallelogram diagonals bisect each other: share a midpoint 4 questions, 2017–2025
All Coordinate Geometry questions, newest first
CAT 2025
- CAT 2025 Slot 1 · QA Q13 The (x, y) coordinates of vertices P, Q and R of a…
CAT 2024
- CAT 2024 Slot 2 · QA Q14 The coordinates of the three vertices of a triangle are: (1…
- CAT 2024 Slot 1 · QA Q4 In the X Y -plane, the area, in sq. units, of the region…
CAT 2023
- CAT 2023 Slot 2 · QA Q19 The area of the quadrilateral bounded by the Y -axis, the…
- CAT 2023 Slot 1 · QA Q17 Let C be the circle x^2+y^2+4 x-6 y-3=0 and L be the locus…
CAT 2022
- CAT 2022 Slot 1 · QA Q1 Let ABCD be a parallelogram such that the coordinates of its…
CAT 2020
- CAT 2020 Slot 3 · QA Q5 The area, in sq. units, enclosed by the lines x = 2, y = |x… answer only
- CAT 2020 Slot 3 · QA Q19 The vertices of a triangle are (0,0), (4,0) and (3,9). The… answer only
- CAT 2020 Slot 3 · QA Q25 The points (2 , 1) and (-3 , -4) are opposite vertices of a… answer only
- CAT 2020 Slot 1 · QA Q16 The area of the region satisfying the inequalities |x| - y ≤…
CAT 2019
- CAT 2019 Slot 1 · QA Q8 Let T be the triangle formed by the straight line 3x + 5y… answer only
- CAT 2019 Slot 1 · QA Q28 Let S be the set of all points (x,y) in the x-y plane such… answer only
CAT 2018
- CAT 2018 Slot 2 · QA Q25 A triangle ABC has area 32 sq units and its side BC, of… answer only
CAT 2017
- CAT 2017 Slot 2 · QA Q17 The points (2, 5) and (6, 3) are two end points of a… answer only
- CAT 2017 Slot 1 · QA Q15 The area of the closed region bounded by the equation | x |… answer only
- CAT 2017 Slot 1 · QA Q30 The shortest distance of the point ( 1/2 ,1) from the curve… answer only
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