CAT Odd Sentence Out questions 30 since 2017

Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Odd Sentence Out was asked 30 times, in 15 of the 24 papers. CAT asks about 1.3 Odd Sentence Out questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 1.5 per paper, against 1.2 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

Counted from all 24 CAT papers 2017–2025 (1,830 questions), one topic tag per question. How we tag.

How many Odd Sentence Out questions come in CAT each year?

YearQuestionsSlots that yearPer slot
CAT 2017020.0
CAT 2018020.0
CAT 2019020.0
CAT 2020632.0
CAT 2021632.0
CAT 2022030.0
CAT 2023632.0
CAT 2024632.0
CAT 2025632.0

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CAT 2025

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CAT 2021

CAT 2020

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