CAT VARC PYQ
CAT 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
- 642
- Chapters
- 3
- Subtopics
- 25
- TITA share
- 17%
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What does CAT VARC test, and how is it organised here?
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension is CAT's first section: 24 questions in roughly 40 minutes, most of them attached to four or five reading passages, with the remainder as standalone Verbal Ability questions. Prasnya holds 642 VARC questions from its 24 released slot papers — the largest of the three sections — of which 444 are Reading Comprehension, organised by passage theme and question type, and 197 are Verbal Ability, organised by the four question types CAT actually uses: parajumbles, odd sentence out, paragraph summary and paragraph completion. Because a passage and its questions stay together, an RC set practised here reads exactly as it did in the paper. Any single question type can be taken as a timed mock, which is the fastest way to find out whether the problem is comprehension speed or a specific VA type. Prasnya is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the IIMs or any examination body.
What the section tests
24 questions in about 40 minutes. Reading Comprehension dominates — 444 of the 642 released questions here — and the Verbal Ability remainder is mostly parajumbles, odd sentence out, summary and completion, several of them TITA. VARC carries the lowest TITA share of the three sections at 17%.
The syllabus
What is inside VARC
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, as the catalog files it. Each chapter breaks down further into its own topics, and every one of them is a route you can practise or test on its own.
CATVARCREADING-COMPREHENSION
Reading Comprehension
Passage themes and sources, RC question types
444 questions12 subtopics
CATVARCVERBAL-ABILITY
Verbal Ability
Parajumbles, odd sentence out, paragraph summary, paragraph completion
197 questions12 subtopics
CATVARCGRAMMAR-VOCABULARY
Grammar & Vocabulary
Vocabulary and word usage
1 question1 subtopic
The questions
Questions people ask
- Do RC passages stay attached to their questions?
- Yes. Comprehension sets carry their passage, and are presented and scored as a set, so an RC set practised here behaves the way it did in the paper. 231 passages and caselets are published across the catalog.
- Can I practise parajumbles on their own?
- Yes. Parajumbles, odd sentence out, paragraph summary and paragraph completion are each separate routes, and each can be taken as a timed mock. Several of these are TITA in recent papers, and they are scored that way here.
- How are VARC weaknesses identified?
- The attempt report separates accuracy from time, per question type. A student who is accurate but slow on RC and fast but wrong on parajumbles gets two different recommendations, which a single section score cannot give.
- Is Prasnya affiliated with the IIMs?
- No. Prasnya is an independent practice platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the IIMs or any examination body. The questions are transcribed from released CAT papers.
- What does it cost?
- Plans start at Rs 67/month, with Plus at Rs 129/month and Pro at Rs 149/month. Each is a one-time payment for one month — nothing auto-renews and no card is stored. New accounts get 1 day of full access first, without a card.