CAT Reading Comprehension questions with solutions
100 previous year CAT questions on Reading Comprehension, taken from the VARC section, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Work through them in order or jump to a specific paper.
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- #072Passage 1: Psychology and the UnconsciousVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #073Passage 2: Entropy and Timekeeping AccuracyVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #074Passage 3: Chomsky, Pinker, and the Language InstinctVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #075Passage 4: Soft Robotics and Nano-SentinelsVARCSET · 4QEasy
- #084Passage 1: KnowledgeVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #085Passage 2: Endangered LanguagesVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #086Passage 3: NationalismVARCSET · 4QHard
- #087Passage 4: Fiction over TruthVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #096Journey of TeaVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #097Maya's PersonhoodVARCSET · 4QHard
- #098Utopian SocietyVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #099CuttlefishVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #186Travel WritingVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #187Human Nature ArgumentVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #188Screen Time and Class MarkerVARCSET · 4QEasy
- #189The Economic Crisis and Financial LiteracyVARCSET · 5QHard
- #198Visual CultureVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #199PiracyVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #200Renewable EnergyVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #201AggressionVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #210Passage 1: AnarchyVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #211Passage 2: Elephant SealsVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #212Passage 3: CoinsVARCSET · 4QEasy
- #213Passage 4: VocabularyVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #315Bureaucracy DecentralisationVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #316Tech and Archaeological PreservationVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #317Urban SettlementsVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #318Linguistics and CultureVARCSET · 4QHard
- #319British ColonialismVARCSET · 5QHard
- #330Tale of AladdinVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #331Choice FatigueVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #332Emperor PenguinsVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #333Folk MusicVARCSET · 5QHard
- #334TopophiliaVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #429MeritocracyVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #430White-lipped grove snailsVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #431Metric FixationVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #432Rings of SaturnVARCSET · 5QEasy
- #433E - governanceVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #444Human-Elephant ConflictVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #445India and the World WarVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #446Plastic PollutionVARCSET · 5QEasy
- #447Economy and HappinessVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #448Acquired CharacteristicsVARCSET · 4QHard
- #543Passage 1: CreativityVARCSET · 6QMedium
- #544Passage 2: SubniviumVARCSET · 6QMedium
- #545Passage 3: Electric VehiclesVARCSET · 6QMedium
- #546Passage 4: TypewritersVARCSET · 3QEasy
- #547Passage 5: Viking AgeVARCSET · 3QMedium
- #600Passage 1: Map makingVARCSET · 6QMedium
- #601Passage 2: Impact of Printed TextVARCSET · 6QMedium
- #602Passage 3: MallsVARCSET · 6QMedium
- #603Passage 4: EvolutionVARCSET · 3QMedium
- #604Passage 5: Olympic citiesVARCSET · 3QMedium
- #657Reading Comprehension: The Nutmeg's Curse and Climate Crisis HistoryVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #658Reading Comprehension: Steven Pinker's Rationality and Its LimitationsVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #659Reading Comprehension: Patrimony Laws and Archaeological DiscoveriesVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #660Reading Comprehension: Characterizing Romantic AestheticsVARCSET · 4QHard
- #669Second Hand September and Fast FashionVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #670The Crisis and Resilience of LiberalismVARCSET · 4QHard
- #671Positivism and Historical FactsVARCSET · 4QHard
- #672Netflix and European IntegrationVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #681Geographic Factors in Human PhenomenaVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #682Writing Ocean Worlds and Postcolonial LiteratureVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #683Marshall Sahlins and The Original Affluent SocietyVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #684Return of Wolves in LozèreVARCSET · 4QEasy
- #771Software Automation and Human CognitionVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #772Bio-Logic and Technos-Logic ConvergenceVARCSET · 4QHard
- #773Orientalism and European Views of the Indian PastVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #774Urban Migration, Social Disorganization, and CrimeVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #783Cephalopods and CamouflageVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #784Philosophy of Social Sciences and InstitutionsVARCSET · 4QHard
- #785Technical-Social Dualism in EngineeringVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #786Musicking and Human CapacitiesVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #795Chinese Concepts of Copying and Intellectual Perspectives on CloningVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #796Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Control of EmotionsVARCSET · 4QMedium
- #797Critical Theory of TechnologyVARCSET · 4QHard
- #798Folklore, Magic, and Theories of the UndeadVARCSET · 4QEasy
- #929Paragraph Completion - Surgeon HandsVARCMCQMedium
- #930Paragraph Completion - Trade ProtectionismVARCMCQMedium
- #931Paragraph Completion - Mattancherry JewryVARCMCQMedium
- #932Paragraph Completion - Western and Eastern ThoughtVARCMCQMedium
- #933Reading Comprehension - Ice Cream Cones and ConsumerismVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #934Reading Comprehension - Language as an InstinctVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #935Reading Comprehension - Classic Maya CollapseVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #936Reading Comprehension - Modern Art ConceptsVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #966Reading Comprehension - Social Roles and Human BiologyVARCSET · 3QMedium
- #970Reading Comprehension - Art, Civilization and ExperienceVARCSET · 3QHard
- #974Reading Comprehension - Rules, Paradigms, and Normal ScienceVARCSET · 3QHard
- #978Reading Comprehension - Cause and Effect in Human HistoryVARCSET · 3QMedium
- #993Dogmatic and Critical Thinking in ScienceVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #994Communism, Nazism and Colonial AtrocitiesVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #995Rawlsian Justice as FairnessVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #1095Jet Propulsion and Aviation AdvancesVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #1122Passage - Cosmic Dark AgeVARCSET · 2QMedium
- #1154Passage: The Unseasonable ManVARCSET · 2QEasy
- #1163Passage I: Formation of the WTOVARCSET · 6QMedium
- #1164Passage II: Abstract vs Representational ArtVARCSET · 5QMedium
- #1238Passage 1 - The Republican PartyVARCSET · 2QMedium
- #1284UN Conference on Race and CasteVARCSET · 2QHard