CAT Verbal Ability questions with solutions
163 previous year CAT questions on Verbal Ability, 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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- #076Para Jumble: Automation and JobsVARCTITAMedium
- #077Odd One Out: Chinese Business SchoolsVARCTITAMedium
- #078Para Jumble: Regimes of Truth in RelationshipsVARCTITAHard
- #079Para Jumble: Restitution of ArtefactsVARCTITAMedium
- #080Odd One Out: Gender Inequality in TechnologyVARCTITAMedium
- #081Para Summary: Industry vs. IdlenessVARCMCQEasy
- #082Para Summary: Brazilian EconomyVARCMCQEasy
- #083Para Summary: Intuition and Pattern RecognitionVARCMCQMedium
- #088Genetics (Odd One Out)VARCTITAHard
- #089Industrialist vs Unemployed (Paragraph Summary)VARCMCQMedium
- #090US and Canada (Para Jumble)VARCTITAMedium
- #091Development (Para Jumble)VARCTITAMedium
- #092Neuro marketing (Odd One Out)VARCTITAMedium
- #093Fusion Power (Para Jumble)VARCTITAHard
- #094Biologists and Physicists (Paragraph Summary)VARCMCQMedium
- #095Creativity (Paragraph Summary)VARCMCQMedium
- #100McGurk EffectVARCMCQEasy
- #101SpaceVARCTITAMedium
- #102Literary WorkVARCTITAMedium
- #103TreesVARCTITAEasy
- #104NeuronsVARCTITAMedium
- #105ResearchVARCTITAMedium
- #106BusinessVARCMCQEasy
- #107PeacekeepersVARCMCQEasy
- #190Genetic Theory SummaryVARCMCQMedium
- #191Antitrust Law ParajumbleVARCTITAMedium
- #192Aesthetic Autonomy SummaryVARCMCQMedium
- #193Japanese Deities ParajumbleVARCTITAEasy
- #194Women and Femininity Odd One OutVARCTITAHard
- #195Language Evolution SummaryVARCMCQMedium
- #196CNS and Exaptation ParajumbleVARCTITAHard
- #197Machine Learning and Hate Speech Odd One OutVARCTITAMedium
- #214South China SeaVARCTITAMedium
- #215IQVARCMCQMedium
- #216Spiritual FolktaleVARCTITAHard
- #217CSIVARCMCQEasy
- #218Soviet PowerVARCMCQHard
- #219BioweaponsVARCTITAMedium
- #220Sentence Elimination - FeminismVARCTITAHard
- #221Sentence Elimination - Slave TalkVARCTITAMedium
- #320Gender and TimeVARCTITAHard
- #321Cognition and StructureVARCTITAHard
- #322Impact of LanguageVARCMCQMedium
- #323Movements and OrganisationsVARCMCQMedium
- #324AtonalityVARCTITAMedium
- #325ComicsVARCTITAMedium
- #326RuminationVARCTITAHard
- #327Ocean PlasticVARCTITAMedium
- #328TeleologyVARCTITAHard
- #329Office SpacesVARCMCQMedium
- #335Hidden Persuasion Paragraph SummaryVARCMCQMedium
- #336Print & Mind Reading Para JumbleVARCTITAMedium
- #337Sign Language Odd One OutVARCTITAMedium
- #338Collaborative Filtering Para JumbleVARCTITAEasy
- #339Displaced Reference Paragraph SummaryVARCMCQMedium
- #340Physicists & Engineers Paragraph SummaryVARCMCQMedium
- #341Complex Identities Odd One OutVARCTITAMedium
- #342Stat & Matic Odd One OutVARCTITAHard
- #343Online Criticism Para JumbleVARCTITAMedium
- #344Metaphors Para JumbleVARCTITAHard
- #449Artificial Embryo Twinning SummaryVARCMCQEasy
- #450Knowledge Production SummaryVARCMCQMedium
- #451Understanding Landscapes SummaryVARCMCQMedium
- #452Skin Cancer NarrativeVARCTITAEasy
- #453Swifts and InsectsVARCTITAMedium
- #454Democracy and InequalityVARCTITAMedium
- #455Impartiality and ObjectivityVARCTITAMedium
- #456Displacement in BengalVARCTITAEasy
- #457Immunization and Time InconsistencyVARCTITAHard
- #458Translators and BumblebeesVARCTITAMedium
- #605Definition of ClassicVARCMCQMedium
- #606Translation TroublesVARCMCQMedium
- #607Global WarmingVARCMCQMedium
- #608Transferring TraditionVARCTITAHard
- #609Gene MutationVARCTITAMedium
- #610Black PlagueVARCTITAHard
- #611Social Media and UsVARCTITAHard
- #612Babies and LanguageVARCTITAEasy
- #613Exercise and BrainVARCTITAEasy
- #614Mars's WaterVARCTITAMedium
- #661Sentence Insertion: Arguments as Freestanding EntitiesVARCMCQMedium
- #662Sentence Insertion: Armed Conflict and Organized CrimeVARCMCQMedium
- #663Odd One Out: Hard Skills vs Soft SkillsVARCTITAMedium
- #664Odd One Out: Extinction of Bo LanguageVARCTITAMedium
- #665Para Jumble: Microfactories for E-Waste RecyclingVARCTITAEasy
- #666Para Jumble: Impact of Printing Press on LearningVARCTITAMedium
- #667Paragraph Summary: Ecosystem Revival on the IslandVARCMCQEasy
- #668Paragraph Summary: Perfectionism and ConformityVARCMCQEasy
- #673Sentence Insertion - History of KissingVARCMCQMedium
- #674Sentence Insertion - Productive DualismVARCMCQMedium
- #675Odd Sentence Out - Latchkey ChildrenVARCTITAMedium
- #676Odd Sentence Out - Book Banning in the USVARCTITAMedium
- #677Para Jumble - Contemporary African WritingVARCTITAHard
- #678Para Jumble - Emergent ConsciousnessVARCTITAMedium
- #679Paragraph Summary - Heatwaves and MediaVARCMCQEasy
- #680Paragraph Summary - Counterfactual ThinkingVARCMCQMedium
- #685Sentence Placement - Reading PhilosophyVARCMCQMedium
- #686Sentence Placement - Genetic Links in Paleolithic PeoplesVARCMCQMedium
- #687Odd Sentence Out - English Naming of NumbersVARCTITAEasy
- #688Odd Sentence Out - Theory of MindVARCTITAMedium
- #689Para Jumbles - Algorithmic BiasVARCTITAMedium
- #690Para Jumbles - Mysterious CrimesVARCTITAMedium
- #691Paragraph Summary - Misinformation and TechnologyVARCMCQEasy
- #692Paragraph Summary - History of ColonialismVARCMCQEasy
- #775Jumbled Sentences: Beacons TechnologyVARCTITAMedium
- #776Paragraph Summary: Rowan Atkinson on ComedyVARCMCQMedium
- #777Jumbled Sentences: Meritocracy and HumilityVARCTITAHard
- #778Paragraph Summary: Cultural Appropriation in FashionVARCMCQMedium
- #779Sentence Insertion: Return to OfficeVARCMCQEasy
- #780Sentence Insertion: Social LearningVARCMCQHard
- #781Paragraph Summary: History of AlphabetisationVARCMCQMedium
- #782Jumbled Sentences: Childhood MemoriesVARCTITAMedium
- #787History of CheerfulnessVARCTITAMedium
- #788Egalitarian Ancient CitiesVARCMCQMedium
- #789Aage Badhein App PlacementVARCMCQEasy
- #790Environmental Crisis and PolicyVARCTITAHard
- #791Big Data and FreedomVARCMCQMedium
- #792Ghee and Return-to-BasicsVARCMCQEasy
- #793Artworks and Inherent ViceVARCMCQMedium
- #794Food Framing and Individual ChoiceVARCTITAHard
- #799Paragraph Summary - Petitioning and DemocracyVARCMCQMedium
- #800Paragraph Summary - Quantum Mechanics and Animate/Inanimate DistinctionVARCMCQMedium
- #801Para Jumble - Commutes and InnovationVARCTITAHard
- #802Sentence Insertion - Internet Knowledge and LiteracyVARCMCQMedium
- #803Para Jumble - Creative Element in World IndustryVARCTITAHard
- #804Sentence Insertion - Secret WeddingsVARCMCQEasy
- #805Paragraph Summary - Medieval Ethiopian DiplomacyVARCMCQMedium
- #806Para Jumble - Fish Skin Collagen in MedicineVARCTITAMedium
- #988Paragraph Completion - Factory and Dealer RelationsVARCMCQMedium
- #989Paragraph Completion - Theoretical Models as MapsVARCMCQMedium
- #990Paragraph Completion - Diplomacy and ForceVARCMCQMedium
- #991Paragraph Completion - Imposing Rules vs ResearchVARCMCQEasy
- #992Paragraph Completion - Age and EntrepreneurshipVARCMCQMedium
- #996Fact, Inference, Judgment - SSA and Mid-Day MealVARCMCQMedium
- #997Fact, Inference, Judgment - Red Tape and CorruptionVARCMCQMedium
- #998Fact, Inference, Judgment - Joyful LivingVARCMCQMedium
- #999Fact, Inference, Judgment - Conflict and Arms TradeVARCMCQMedium
- #1000Fact, Inference, Judgment - HIV/AIDS HealthcareVARCMCQMedium
- #1092Para Jumble - Male Fiddler CrabsVARCMCQMedium
- #1093Paragraph Summary - Human Race and DietVARCMCQEasy
- #1094Para Jumble - Old Kingdom EgyptVARCMCQMedium
- #1141Paragraph Completion: Organization TheoryVARCMCQMedium
- #1142Paragraph Completion: Checks and BalancesVARCMCQMedium
- #1143Paragraph Completion: Bennis Routine WorkVARCMCQEasy
- #1144Paragraph Completion: Staging Gastric AttackVARCMCQMedium
- #1145Paragraph Completion: Intelligence TestingVARCMCQEasy
- #1146Critical Reasoning: Airline FaresVARCMCQEasy
- #1147Critical Reasoning: Brahmin RecitationVARCMCQMedium
- #1148Critical Reasoning: Social Security in IndiaVARCMCQMedium
- #1149Critical Reasoning: Biodiversity and EducationVARCMCQMedium
- #1150Critical Reasoning: Cigarette TaxationVARCMCQMedium
- #1151Critical Reasoning: Malthusian TheoryVARCMCQHard
- #1152Critical Reasoning: Coffee Crop TargetsVARCMCQMedium
- #1153Critical Reasoning: Animal Social StructureVARCMCQMedium
- #1155Sentence Correction: Pronoun CaseVARCMCQEasy
- #1156Sentence Correction: RedundancyVARCMCQMedium
- #1157Sentence Correction: Parallel StructureVARCMCQMedium
- #1158Sentence Correction: Tense UsageVARCMCQMedium
- #1159Sentence Correction: Participial ModifiersVARCMCQMedium
- #1160Sentence Correction: Modifier PlacementVARCMCQMedium
- #1161Sentence Correction: Proclaim ConstructionVARCMCQMedium
- #1162Sentence Correction: Passive Voice & AdverbsVARCMCQMedium
- #1261Para Jumbles - Wall Street TruthVARCMCQMedium