Past CAT papers, 2017 to 2025
CAT Practice holds 24 past CAT papers, 2017 to 2025, with 1,830 questions in all: 642 in VARC, 576 in DILR and 612 in QA.
It is an unofficial practice site, not affiliated with the IIMs. The answer keys are not official: they were compiled by cross-checking publicly available sources, and they can contain errors. The site includes no worked solutions.
Each paper below has a page of facts (its pattern, its marking scheme and its topics) and can be taken in the app as a timed paper. None of these pages lists the questions themselves.
CAT 2025
| Paper | Test date | Questions on this site | Total time |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2025 Slot 1 | 30 November 2025 | 68 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2025 Slot 2 | 30 November 2025 | 68 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2025 Slot 3 | 30 November 2025 | 68 | 120 minutes |
CAT 2024
| Paper | Test date | Questions on this site | Total time |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2024 Slot 1 | 24 November 2024 | 68 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2024 Slot 2 | 24 November 2024 | 68 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2024 Slot 3 | 24 November 2024 | 68 | 120 minutes |
CAT 2023
| Paper | Test date | Questions on this site | Total time |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2023 Slot 1 | 26 November 2023 | 66 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2023 Slot 2 | 26 November 2023 | 66 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2023 Slot 3 | 26 November 2023 | 66 | 120 minutes |
CAT 2022
| Paper | Test date | Questions on this site | Total time |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2022 Slot 1 | 27 November 2022 | 66 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2022 Slot 2 | 27 November 2022 | 66 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2022 Slot 3 | 27 November 2022 | 66 | 120 minutes |
CAT 2021
| Paper | Test date | Questions on this site | Total time |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2021 Slot 1 | 28 November 2021 | 66 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2021 Slot 2 | 28 November 2021 | 66 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2021 Slot 3 | 28 November 2021 | 66 | 120 minutes |
CAT 2020
| Paper | Test date | Questions on this site | Total time |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2020 Slot 1 | 29 November 2020 | 76 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2020 Slot 2 | 29 November 2020 | 76 | 120 minutes |
| CAT 2020 Slot 3 | 29 November 2020 | 76 | 120 minutes |
CAT 2019
| Paper | Test date | Questions on this site | Total time |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2019 Slot 1 | 24 November 2019 | 100 | 180 minutes |
| CAT 2019 Slot 2 | 24 November 2019 | 100 | 180 minutes |
CAT 2018
| Paper | Test date | Questions on this site | Total time |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2018 Slot 1 | 25 November 2018 | 100 | 180 minutes |
| CAT 2018 Slot 2 | 25 November 2018 | 100 | 180 minutes |
CAT 2017
| Paper | Test date | Questions on this site | Total time |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2017 Slot 1 | 26 November 2017 | 100 | 180 minutes |
| CAT 2017 Slot 2 | 26 November 2017 | 100 | 180 minutes |