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CAT 2021 Slot 1 question paper with answers and solutions
The CAT 2021 Slot 1 paper as it was set: 3 sections, 66 questions, 120 minutes, 40 a section. Every question is here with its answer key and a worked solution, section by section.
CAT 2021 Slot 1, timed like the real exam (120 minutes, 40 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 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 4 |
| DILR | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| QA | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 66 | 48 | 18 | 8 |
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension · 24
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning
- Logical Puzzles · 10
- Team Selection & Scheduling · 6
- Bar & Line Charts · 4
Quantitative Ability
- Averages, Mixtures & Alligations · 3
- Inequalities & Modulus · 2
- Linear Equations · 2
- Polygons & Circles · 2
- Sequences & Series · 2
- Time & Work · 2
- Digits & Base Systems · 1
- Logarithms · 1
- Percentages · 1
- Permutations & Combinations · 1
- Profit, Loss & Discount · 1
- Quadratic & Polynomial Equations · 1
- Simple & Compound Interest · 1
- Time, Speed & Distance · 1
- Triangles & Lines · 1