NinetynineCAT RC · Economics & Business questions 44 since 2017
Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, RC · Economics & Business was asked 44 times, in 8 of the 24 papers. CAT asks about 1.8 RC · Economics & Business questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 1.7 per paper, against 1.5 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, RC · Economics & Business was asked 44 times, in 8 of the 24 papers.
- RC · Economics & Business is the 6th most-asked of the 9 CAT VARC topics, with 6.9% of all VARC questions since 2017.
- CAT asks about 1.8 RC · Economics & Business questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 1.7 per paper, against 1.5 in the four years before (steady).
- The heaviest year for RC · Economics & Business was CAT 2017, with 9 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 RC · Economics & Business questions come in CAT each year?
| Year | Questions | Slots that year | Per slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2017 | 9 | 2 | 4.5 |
| CAT 2018 | 5 | 2 | 2.5 |
| CAT 2019 | 5 | 2 | 2.5 |
| CAT 2020 | 5 | 3 | 1.7 |
| CAT 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CAT 2022 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CAT 2023 | 4 | 3 | 1.3 |
| CAT 2024 | 12 | 3 | 4.0 |
| CAT 2025 | 4 | 3 | 1.3 |
RC · Economics & Business ideas CAT has repeated
- What the author would agree or disagree with — economics passages 4 questions, 2019–2024
- Spotting the one claim the passage does not support — economics passages 8 questions, 2017–2024
- Why a line, example or reference is in the passage — economics passages 5 questions, 2019–2025
- Drawing out what the passage implies but never states — economics passages 8 questions, 2020–2025
- The central idea or primary purpose — economics passages 4 questions, 2017–2025
All RC · Economics & Business questions, newest first
CAT 2025
- CAT 2025 Slot 1 · Passage 3 Studies showing that income inequality plays a positive role in… (4 questions)
CAT 2024
- CAT 2024 Slot 3 · Passage 3 Moutai has been the global booze sensation of the decade. A bottle of… (4 questions)
- CAT 2024 Slot 1 · Passage 2 Oftentimes, when economists cross borders, they are less interested in… (4 questions)
- CAT 2024 Slot 1 · Passage 3 . . . [T]he idea of craftsmanship is not simply nostalgic… (4 questions)
CAT 2023
- CAT 2023 Slot 2 · Passage 4 Umberto Eco, an Italian writer, was right when he said the language of… (4 questions)
CAT 2020
- CAT 2020 Slot 3 · Passage 4 I’ve been following the economic crisis for more than two years now. I… (5 questions)
CAT 2019
- CAT 2019 Slot 1 · Passage 2 Contemporary internet shopping conjures a perfect storm of choice… (5 questions)
CAT 2018
- CAT 2018 Slot 2 · Passage 4 More and more companies, government agencies, educational institutions… (5 questions)
CAT 2017
- CAT 2017 Slot 1 · Passage 3 This year alone, more than 8,600 stores could close, according to… (6 questions)
- CAT 2017 Slot 1 · Passage 5 Do sports mega events like the summer Olympic Games benefit the host… (3 questions)
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