CAT Previous papers are essential for preparing and understanding for CAT 2024. For cracking CAT exam, you must look at how the exam has changed over the years, the different kinds of questions asked, and changes in each section across the years. For that you can download the questions in PDF, practice them as mock tests, or view them directly.
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Go through the topic-wise CAT questions from all available past year CAT papers conducted by IIMs. All these questions are included with detailed solutions and can be attempted in CAT year-wise questions format.
Check out the Section-wise Topic previous year CAT Questions in below.
Planning to score 99 percentile in CAT? CAT 2024 exam is conducted on 24th November 2024 by IIM Calcutta. So, check out last year's score vs percentile. CAT 2023 was conducted on 26th November, 2023 by IIM Lucknow for a total of 198 marks.
| Percentile | Score |
|---|---|
| 100 | 142.90 |
| 99.99 | 119.76 |
| 99.90 | 101.09 |
| 99 | 76.15 |
| 95 | 54.86 |
| 90 | 46.00 |
14 candidates scored 100 percentile in CAT 2023 exam. Maruti sir is one of them, with a perfect score of 100 percentile in the quant section and 150.99 marks overall.
11 candidates scored 100 percentile in CAT 2022 exam. Maruti sir is one of them, with a perfect score of 66/66 in the quant section and 145 marks overall.
9 candidates scored 100 percentile in CAT 2021 exam. Maruti sir is one of them, with an impeccable 99.99%ile in both Quant and VARC sections and 161 marks (after scaling) overall.
Listed below are the RCs that appeared in CAT 2023 papers in various slots along with the sources and the answers.
| RC's | Title | Source | Genre | LOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RC 1 | Wolf | The Economist Article | Environment | Easy |
| RC 2 | Geographic Determinism | Journal | Sociology | Difficult |
| RC 3 | Indian Ocean | Writing Ocean | Literature | Difficult |
| RC 4 | Sahini - Society | O'reilly Articles | Anthropology /Literature | Easy |
| RC's | Title | Source | Genre | LOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RC 1 | Second Hand September | Prospect - Magazine | Environment | Moderate |
| RC 2 | Netflix - Europe | The Economist Article | Culture | Moderate |
| RC 3 | Liberalism | The Economist Article | Political Science | Difficult |
| RC 4 | Historians - History | Richmond Journal | History | Easy |
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The section-wise difficulty level of all the 3 CAT slots is given below
| Section | Slot-1 | Slot-2 | Slot-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARC | Medium | Medium - Difficult | Medium |
| DILR | One - Difficult Two - Doable Sets | Medium - Two Doable Sets | Medium - Two Doable Sets |
| Quant | Hard | Medium | Medium - Difficult compared to other slots |
The number of VARC questions asked per topic in CAT 2023 slot-1, slot-2 & slot-3 papers.
| Topic | Slot-1 | Slot-2 | Slot-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension (RC) | 16 (4 sets with 4 questions each) | 16 (4 sets with 4 questions each) | 16 (4 sets with 4 questions each) |
| Para Jumbles (PJ) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Para Completion | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Para Summary | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Odd One Out | 2 | 2 | 2 |
The number of data interpretation & logical reasoning questions asked per topic in CAT 2023 slot-1, slot-2 & slot-3 papers are given below.
| Topic | Slot-1 | Slot-2 | Slot-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set-1 | Scheduling | Quant Based LR | Scheduling |
| Set-2 | Arrangement | Table with Missing Values | Table with missing values |
| Set-3 | Table with Missing Values | Quant Based LR | Quant based LR |
| Set-4 | Puzzles | Scheduling | Quant based DI |
The number of quantitative aptitude questions asked per topic in CAT 2023 slot-1, slot-2 & slot-3 papers.
| Key Topics | Sub-topics | Slot-1 | Slot-2 | Slot-3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arithmetic | Averages, Ratio and Proportion | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Profit, Loss and Interest | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Time, Distance, Speed and Work | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Geometry | Geometry/Mensuration | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Algebra | Quadratic Equations | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Progressions and Series | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Linear Equations & Inequalities | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Modern Math | Logarithms, Surds and Indices | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Functions and Graphs | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Number System | Number Systems | 2 | 3 | 2 |
CAT exam test duration is 2 hours.
Each correct answer is awarded three marks, and each wrong answer carries a penalty of -1 mark. Some questions are Type-in-the-answer (TITA - Fill in the blank) questions. The marking scheme for TITA questions is +3 marks for the correct answer and no negative marks for the wrong answer.
Sections will appear in the following order VARC, then DILR and Quant (switching between sections is not possible). Candidates should perform well in all the three sections as most institutes have sectional cut-offs along overall cut-offs.
The below table shows the CAT 2023 exam pattern:
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