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Quantitative Aptitude · Arithmetic · CAT 2024 Slot 2
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The average of five numbers is 24. When one of them is removed, the average of the remaining four is 26. What number was removed?
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Where can I practise CAT previous year questions by topic?
Prasnya is an independent practice platform holding 1,830 CAT previous year questions, transcribed from the 24 slot papers the IIMs released between 2017 - 2025, across all three sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Aptitude. What separates it from a folder of PDFs is that every question is filed to the syllabus node it came from — 50 topics and 156 subtopics — so a single topic such as remainders, parajumbles or games and tournaments can be practised across every year at once rather than met four questions at a time inside four different papers. Any slice of that, from one subtopic up to a full slot paper, can also be started as a timed mock under CAT's real section order and marking scheme, after which the report names the topics that lost marks instead of returning a bare score. Prasnya is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the IIMs or any examination body.
24 slot papers, whole and intact.
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CAT 2025
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CAT 2024
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CAT 2021
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CAT 2020
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CAT 2019
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CAT 2018
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CAT 2017
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Single-answer MCQs with negative marking, and non-MCQ questions where you type the answer. Caselets carry their tables and figures with them, so a DILR set reads the way it did in the exam.
Sectional and topic mocks
A full slot is not always the right test. Build a timed mock from one chapter, one topic, or one subtopic — remainders alone, or parajumbles alone — and repair the thing that actually broke.
Every question knows where it lives.
Three sections, 11 chapters, 50 topics. Every CAT question is filed against one of them, which is what lets the analysis point at a topic instead of a score.
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Passage themes and sources, RC question types
Verbal Ability
Parajumbles, odd sentence out, paragraph summary, paragraph completion
Grammar & Vocabulary
Vocabulary and word usage
CAT 2024 Slot 1 · Attempt 2
68 marks · 120 min
VARC79% accuracy
DILR41% accuracy
QA72% accuracy
Avg / question
2m 12s
Weakest topic
Games & tournaments
Wasted attempts
6
CAT 2024 Slot 1 · Attempt 2
68 marks · 120 min
VARC79% accuracy
DILR41% accuracy
QA72% accuracy
Avg / question
2m 12s
Weakest topic
Games & tournaments
Wasted attempts
6
A percentile is not a diagnosis.
Submitting a mock is the cheap part. The useful part is the twenty minutes afterwards, and that is the part most preparation skips.
Where the marks went
Sectional accuracy, marks lost to negative marking, and the difficulty band you start missing at — so you know whether the problem is knowledge or selection.
Where the time went
Time per question against the time the question deserved. Overtime attempts, wasted attempts on questions you never converted, and the sets you should have left alone.
What to fix first
The weakest topics surface by name. Take a topic mock on exactly that, and the next attempt tells you whether the repair held.
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Each of these answers one question this page only summarises.
- CAT PYQCAT PYQs, mapped to the topic each question came from.1,830 CAT previous year questions from 24 released slot papers, 2017 - 2025, each filed to its section, chapter and topic.
- CAT PYQCAT PYQs sorted by topic, not by paper.Every CAT PYQ filed under 11 chapters, 50 topics and 156 subtopics — practise one topic across all 24 papers at once.
- CAT PYQEvery released CAT slot paper, taken apart.All 24 released CAT slot papers from 2017 - 2025, 1,830 questions, with the per-year and per-section split of each one.
- CAT PYQCAT mocks built from real slot papers, scored the way CAT scores them.Sit any of 24 released CAT slots under the real section clock and marking scheme, or build a sectional test from VARC, DILR or Quant alone.
- CAT PYQA CAT score tells you how it went. It cannot tell you what to fix.60+ measurements on every submitted CAT attempt — accuracy, time per question, difficulty bands, attempt quality and the topics that lost marks.
- CAT PYQCAT Quant PYQs, broken down to the topic that is actually costing you marks.612 released CAT Quant questions across 5 chapters and 94 subtopics — drill remainders or time-speed-distance on their own.
- CAT PYQCAT DILR PYQs, sorted by the kind of set they actually are.576 released CAT DILR questions, filed by set type — caselets, data sufficiency, arrangements, games and tournaments, routes and networks.
- CAT PYQCAT VARC PYQs, split into RC passages and each Verbal Ability question type.642 released CAT VARC questions — 444 of them RC, the rest parajumbles, odd one out, summary and completion.
Questions.
Which CAT papers are on Prasnya?
Every CAT from 2017 - 2025 — 24 slot papers in total, 1,830 questions, with every question mapped to its section, chapter and topic. Slot papers can be solved question by question or taken end to end as a timed mock.
Can I practise one CAT section at a time?
Yes. VARC, DILR and Quantitative Aptitude are separate routes, and each drills down through chapter, topic and subtopic — so you can work on remainders or parajumbles specifically rather than a whole paper.
Does Prasnya support TITA questions?
Yes. Both formats CAT uses are supported: single-answer MCQs with negative marking, and non-MCQ questions where you type the answer.
Is Prasnya only for IIT Madras BS students?
No. Prasnya started with IIT Madras BS Data Science and now also serves MBA aspirants preparing for CAT. One account covers both, and you pick the programme you are studying when you sign in.
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Start with one slot.
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