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CAT 2017 Slot 1 question paper with answers and solutions
The CAT 2017 Slot 1 paper as it was set: 3 sections, 100 questions, 180 minutes, 60 a section. Every question is here with its answer key and a worked solution, section by section.
CAT 2017 Slot 1, timed like the real exam (180 minutes, 60 a section) and scored the CAT way: +3 right, −1 for a wrong MCQ, 0 for a wrong TITA, with the full post-mock analysis. Older official papers are in CATin Pro, with 80+ mocks and the full planner. The last three years of papers are free.
Sit this paper as a timed mock with CATin Pro| Section | Questions | MCQ | TITA | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VARC | 34 | 27 | 7 | 5 |
| DILR | 32 | 24 | 8 | 8 |
| QA | 34 | 23 | 11 | 0 |
| Total | 100 | 74 | 26 | 13 |
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension · 24
- Para Jumbles · 4
- Odd One Out · 3
- Para Summary · 3
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
- Networks & Routes · 8
- Team Selection & Scheduling · 8
- Bar & Line Charts · 4
- Logical Puzzles · 4
- Set Theory · 4
- Tables & Caselets · 4
Quantitative Ability
- Inequalities & Modulus · 3
- Permutations & Combinations · 3
- Profit, Loss & Discount · 3
- Functions & Graphs · 2
- Linear Equations · 2
- Logarithms · 2
- Mensuration · 2
- Percentages · 2
- Quadratic & Polynomial Equations · 2
- Ratios, Proportions & Partnership · 2
- Sequences & Series · 2
- Time, Speed & Distance · 2
- Triangles & Lines · 2
- Averages, Mixtures & Alligations · 1
- Coordinate Geometry · 1
- Indices & Surds · 1
- Polygons & Circles · 1
- Time & Work · 1