CAT 2025 Slot 2 Question Paper with Solution: PDF Download

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Updated on Aug 30, 2026 10:50 IST

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CAT 2025 Slot 2 question paper was moderately tough, like other slots. This exam slot also has 68 question; 24 from VARC, 22 from DILR and 22 from Quantitative Aptitude. Candidates preparing for CAT 2026, must solve the previous year’s question paper to know the latest exam pattern and difficulty level. In 2025, CAT saw the return of parajumble after a gap of 1 year.

 
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Of all the three slots, the CAT 2025 slot 2 question paper was slightly tougher than the rest. VARC had moderately tough questions. DILR questions were on a difficult side, and QA was moderate. Check on this page, detailed break up of CAT question paper 2025 Slot 2.

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Table of contents
  • CAT 2025 Slot 2 Questions with Solutions
  • CAT 2025 Slot 2 Question Paper: MCQ & TITA Weightage
  • CAT 2025 Slot 2 Question Paper: Topic-wise Weightage

CAT 2025 Slot 2 Questions with Solutions

Check out a few CAT 2025 slot 2 questions from Quantitative Aptitude section:

Question 1: A certain amount of money was divided among Pinu, Meena, Rinu and Seema. Pinu received 20% of the total amount and Meena received 40% of the remaining amount. If Seema received 20% less than Pinu, the ratio of the amounts received by Pinu and Rinu is:

a) 2: 1

b) 5: 8

c) 1: 2

d) 8: 5

Question 2: A loan of Rs 1000 is fully repaid by two installments of Rs 530 and Rs 594, paid at the end of first and second year, respectively. If the interest is compounded annually, then the rate of interest, in percentage, is

 a) 8

b)  9

c)  10

d)  11

Question 3: In a △ABC, points D and E are on the sides BC and AC, respectively. BE and AD intersect at point T such that AD:AT=4:3, and BE:BT=5:4. Point F lies on AC such that DF is parallel to BE . Then, BD:CD is:

a) 9: 4

b) 7: 4

c) 15: 4

d) 11: 4

Question 4: An item with a cost price of Rs. 1650 is sold at a certain discount on a fixed marked price to earn a profit of 20% on the cost price. If the discount was doubled, the profit would have been Rs. 110. The rate of discount, in percentage, at which the profit percentage would be equal to the rate of discount, is nearest to

a) 18

b) 12

c) 16

d) 14

 

CAT 2025 Slot 2 Question Paper: MCQ & TITA Weightage

Check below table for section-wise weightage of MCQs and TITA questions in CAT 2026 slot 2 question paper below:

Section Name

Total Questions

Number of MCQs

Number of Non-MCQs (TITA Questions)

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension

24

20

4

Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning

22

11

11

Quantitative Ability

22

14

8

TOTAL

68

48

20

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CAT 2025 Slot 2 Question Paper: Topic-wise Weightage

Given below is the break up of topic-wise weightage in the CAT 2025 slot 2 question paper:

Topic

Weightage (No. of Questions)

VARC

Reading Comprehension

16

Para completion

2

Odd Sentence

2

Odd One Out

2

Para Jumbles

2

DILR

Pollution Index (DI)

5

2 bar graphs on Authors and Number of Books (DI)

4

Scatter Plot (DI)

4

Ranking based on balls and holes (LR)

4

Musicians (LR)

5

Quantitative Aptitude (QA)

Algebra

5

Arithmetic

8

Geometry

3

Modern Math

4

Numbers

2

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