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CAT questions and CAT test practice are the most important aspect of exam preparation. To help CAT 2024 aspirants prepare well, Shiksha.com has curated CAT mock questions on the basis of official CAT question papers of previous years. Check here CAT test practice questions.

CAT sample questions and CAT mock test practice are the most important aspect of exam preparation. To help CAT 2024 aspirants prepare well, Shiksha.com has curated CAT mock questions on the basis of official CAT question papers of previous years. Check here CAT practice questions.

CAT Questions for Practice with Solutions

CAT Questions for Practice with Solutions

CAT questions for practice - The CAT previous year question papers are best source of preparation as a time bound test requires speed and accuracy which can be achieved only through practice. The previous year CAT questions help candidates understand the difficulty level of the exam and key insights like type of questions, topic wise weightage and marking scheme. 

The CAT exam 2025 will be conducted on November 30, 2025. Aspirants must have completed the CAT 2025 syllabus by now and it is time step into the next phase, i.e. practice sessions. Dedicate October and November to CAT mock test and question paper practice sessions. It is important to also solve official CAT questions during the preparation phase to know what is the difficulty level of the actual exam. After completing a topic, solve a few CAT practice questions from the same to know how well you have understood the topic.

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To help CAT 2025 aspirants prepare well for the exam, Shiksha.com has curated CAT question bank for practice on the basis of official CAT question papers of previous years. These CAT practice questions given below will give the aspirant an experience of actual CAT exam. Before solving the CAT questions, have a look the latest exam pattern. 

Table of contents
  • CAT Exam Pattern 2025 Overview
  • CAT Questions for Practice with Solutions
  • Download Shiksha CAT Mock Test Free PDF
  • Download Shiksha CAT Sample Papers PDFs with Solutions

CAT Exam Pattern 2025 Overview

The table below explains the latest CAT exam pattern 2025. Every CAT mock test is designed on the basis of the following structure to provide the candidate with the experience of the actual exam. In CAT 2024, there were 22 questions in DILR section. It is expected that CAT 2025 will also have the same number of questions in DILR.

CAT Exam Features

Details

Number of sections

Three - VARC, DILR, Quantitative Aptitude (to be answered in the same sequence)

Number of questions

VARC – 24

DILR -22

QA- 22

Total - 68

Types of question

MCQ

Examination mode

Online

Sectional time-limit

40 minutes

Total marks

204

Marks per question

3

Negative marking

-1 (no negative marking for TITA and unattempted questions)

Exam duration

120 minutes

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Which CAT slot has the toughest question paper?
A: 
There is no pattern to which CAT question paper can be the toughest. The CAT question paper of every slot has unique questions. The examination body strives to maintain the same difficulty level of the paper across all slots but it may happen that a question can be more difficult from another. It is seen that, to keep the uniqueness of the question paper intact, the examination authority also changes the topic wise weightage a little bit across the exam slots. In most of the previous years, it is seen that the morning slot of the CAT exam is tougher than the rest two. However, candidates must not worry about the difficulty level of the slots as, the scores of all the candidates are normalised on a common scale to root out the possibility of advantage or disadvantage to any student due to difference in difficulty level. To know how the CAT scores are normalised, read this article: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/understanding-cat-normalization-process-blogId-9386.
Q:   From where can I download CAT question papers?
A: 

CAT question papers are released within a week of the exam in the form of a PDF as a response sheet and answer key. Candidates who have appeared for the test are able to access the CAT question paper and answer key. The question paper of every slot is released on the same day along with candidate response sheet and official answer to all question. If any candidate needs previous year CAT question papers for preparation purpose, then they can download them from Shiksha website. We have hosted last five years' CAT question papers for aspirants to download and practice. These official CAT question papers are available for download free. You can download the CAT question paper PDFs at this link: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cat-exam-question-papers Candidates must check and practice the latest CAT question paper to know the latest exam pattern and difficulty level.

Q:   How many RC questions does CAT have?
A: 

The CAT VARC section is dominated by RC questions. Out of 24 questions about 14-16 are based on Reading Comprehension passages and the rest of them are based on parajumbles, para completion, etc.

CAT has about 12-16 RC question. Since, it is not mandatory to solve all the questions, candidates can maximize their scores by leaving out the questions related to the passage they find the toughest. There is negative marking in CAT so candidates must ensure that they mark only the correct options or do not mark any option at all.

CAT Questions for Practice with Solutions

CAT Sample Questions for Practice with Solutions Before downloading the CAT mock test PDF, check out these CAT practice questions and answer keys.

CAT Questions for Quantitative Aptitude

1. A number of two digits exceed the number formed by reversing the digits by 18. If the sum of the digits is 10, find the number.

(a) 73

(b) 46

(c) 64

(d) 82

Answer: (c)

2. Five years ago, the ratio of the ages of a father and daughter is 5:3 and sum of their present age is 74 years. What will be the ratio of their ages after nine years?

(a) 29:19

(b) 27:17

(c) 27:19

(d) 54:37

Answer: (c) 

3. Mohit and Aman are sharing a flat in Delhi, with an arrangement of equally dividing the household expenses. Aman went to Rohtak, where a sale was going on and bought chairs for the house, worth Rs. 300 on 30% discount. But he lost them on his way back and had to buy new ones, after he reached Delhi. How much did he end up spending on the chairs?

(a) Rs. 460

(b) Rs. 270

(c) Rs. 510

(d) Rs. 360

Answer: (d)

Check here: CAT Quantitative Aptitude questions for practice with solutions PDF

CAT Questions for DILR

Direction for Question 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Four persons (1) Rohit, (2) Jugeet, (3) Hemraj and (4) Durgesh each had some initial money with them. They all were playing bridge in a way that the loser doubles the money of each of the other three persons from his share. They played four rounds and each person lost one round in the order 1, 2, 3 and 4 as mentioned above. At the end of fourth round each person had Rs. 3200.

1. What was the amount with Rohit to start with?

(a) Rs. 6000

(b) Rs. 3400

(c) Rs.  6600

(d) Rs.  2800

Answer: (c)

2. What was the amount with Jugeet at the end of first round?

(a) Rs. 6800

(b) Rs. 7200

(c) Rs. 6400

(d) Rs. 8000

Answer: (a)

3. Who had the lowest amount at any round of play throughout the tournament?

(a) Rohit

(b) Jugeet

(c) Hemraj

(d) Durgesh

Answer: (a)

4. What was the amount with Hemraj at the end of the second round?

(a) Rs. 3600

(b) Rs. 7200

(c) Rs. 1600

(d) Rs. 6800

Answer: (b)

Check here: CAT DILR questions for practice with solutions PDF

CAT Questions for VARC

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) given below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequence of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.
Q 5:
      1. It became evident that the mosquitoes were developing an immunity to the poison and a different approach is required to combat this challenge.

  1. One way of destroying the mosquitoes is by spraying and a powerful poison called DDT was developed that could be sprayed on ponds and stagnant water.
  2. DDT can be sprayed by hand or spread by an aeroplane over areas that are difficult to reach.
  3. For a time, DDT worked wonders in reducing the number of mosquitoes but the promise of DDT did not last long.

Answer: 2341

Q 6:

     1.An undaunted train burglary was committed the day before yesterday in a sleeper class compartment of Super Express between town-2 and town-3 at around 3 p.m.

  1. The majority of the travellers were in rest and just then round four reprobates entered the compartment with fatal weapons and started to beat and loot the travellers.
  2. A few travellers attempted to oppose them however without any result, two of them sustained serious wounds.

     4.In the wake of drawing loads of fortitude, one of the travellers gathered courage and pulled the alarm chain.

Answer: 1234

Check here: CAT VARC questions for practice with answers PDF

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Shiksha offers free CAT mock test PDFs for practice purpose. Get here Free CAT Mock Tests by Shiksha for practice. Attempt these CAT Mocks and check your preparation level. 

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Is it mandatory to attempt all the questions in CAT?
A: 

No, it is not mandatory to attempt all the questions in CAT. Candidates can choose to attempt questions as per their preparation. It is not possible also to attempt all the questions due to time limitation and difficulty level. Reading dense RC passages often take up a lot of time. In DILR and QA too, some questions are time taking and calculation intensive due to which not much time is left in hand to attempt all questions. The aim of every test taker should be to attempt about 2/3rd of the total questions in all the sections of CAT. 

Q:   How many vocabulary questions are asked in CAT?
A: 

There are no straight forward vocabulary questions in CAT. Out of the total of 24 questions in VARC section, 12-14 questions are Reading Comprehension based and rest of them comprise parajumbles, para completion and odd sentence. CAT is the only MBA entrance exam, which does not have direct vocabulary and grammar questions. However, one needs to have strong vocabulary and grammar to be able to solve RC, parajumble, para completion and odd sentence questions.

Q:   How many DI questions are asked in CAT?
A: 

Data Interpretation or DI is a sub part of CAT's second section DILR. This section has 20 -22 questions (until 2023, the totla number of DILR questions was 20, and in 2024 the number of questions was 22). Both Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning questions have equal number of questions. Candidates must make sure that they prepare for both topics well as the weightage is equal and if they are ill prepared for either of the two, their score will get affected. 

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CAT 2024 aspirants can download section wise CAT sample papers by Shiksha free of cost. Practice these CAT sample questions collated by MBA experts to increase your chances of scoring high in the exam.

CAT VARC Easy Test 1 CAT VARC Easy Test-Solutions
CAT VARC Medium Test 1 CAT VARC Medium Test-Solutions
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