CAT 2018 Slot 2: pattern, marking and topics
CAT Practice is an unofficial practice site and holds 100 questions from CAT 2018 Slot 2 (test date 25 November 2018): 34 in VARC, 32 in DILR and 34 in QA.
Opens CAT Practice with CAT 2018 Slot 2 chosen as a timed full paper. Nothing starts until you press Start.
At a glance
- Test date
- 25 November 2018
- Questions on this site
- 100 (73 MCQ, 27 TITA)
- Passages and sets
- 13
- Total time
- 180 minutes
- Sectional time limit
- Yes: each section has its own time limit
Sections, in the order of the paper
| Section | Time limit | Questions on this site | MCQ | TITA | Passages and sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VARC Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension | 60 minutes | 34 | 27 | 7 | 5 |
| DILR Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning | 60 minutes | 32 | 24 | 8 | 8 |
| QA Quantitative Ability | 60 minutes | 34 | 22 | 12 | 0 |
MCQ is a multiple-choice question; TITA is a question whose answer is typed in.
Marking scheme
| Question type | Correct | Wrong | Unanswered |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCQ | +3 | −1 | 0 |
| TITA | +3 | 0 | 0 |
The timing and marking are as this site records them for CAT 2018, checked against: CAT 2018 Information Bulletin (iimcat.ac.in, Wayback capture).
Topics in this paper
| Topic | Section | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | VARC | 24 |
| Verbal Ability | VARC | 10 |
| Data Interpretation | DILR | 16 |
| Logical Reasoning | DILR | 16 |
| Arithmetic | QA | 13 |
| Algebra | QA | 11 |
| Geometry | QA | 6 |
| Modern Maths | QA | 2 |
| Number Systems | QA | 2 |
Taking this paper
This page lists no questions. The paper itself is in the app, where it can be taken as a timed full paper (Full Past Paper mode, in that year’s order and timing) or one section at a time (Sectional Timed mode).
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.
Also from CAT 2018: CAT 2018 Slot 1.