CAT Previous Papers With Solution Videos PDF (2022-1990)

Before starting your preparation going through the CAT previous year question papers is immensely needed to understand the nuances and the exam pattern. Analyze the past CAT entrance exam papers PDF to know the topic-wise weightage. Check out the CAT syllabus and also try to solve as many papers as possible. CAT 2022 question papers, CAT 2021 question paper and CAT 2020 question paper are available for all in PDF and test format. You can also order CAT previous papers hardcopy book here.

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Video solutions are also included for most of the questions.

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CAT Topic-wise Previous Questions

Previous CAT Papers
CAT 2022 Question Paper (Slot 3) With Answers
VARC LRDI Quant 
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CAT 2022 Question Paper (Slot 2) With Answers
VARC LRDI Quant 
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CAT 2022 Question Paper (Slot 1) With Answers
Quant VARC LRDI 
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CAT 2021 Question Paper (Slot 3) With Answers
VARC Quant LRDI 
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CAT 2021 Question Paper (Slot 2) With Answers
VARC LRDI Quant 
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CAT 2021 Question Paper (Slot 1) With Answers
LRDI VARC Quant 
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CAT 2020 Question Paper (Slot 1) With Answers
VARC LRDI Quant 
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CAT 2020 Question Paper (Slot 2) With Answers
VARC LRDI Quant 
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CAT 2020 Question Paper (Slot 3) With Answers
VARC Quant LRDI 
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CAT 2019 Question Paper (Slot 1) With Answers
DILR VARC Quant 
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CAT 2019 Question Paper (Slot 2) With Answers
QUANT DILR VARC 
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CAT 2018 Question Paper (Slot 2) With Answers
VARC LRDI QUANT 
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CAT 2018 Question Paper (Slot 1) With Answers
LRDI QUANT VARC 
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CAT 2017 Question Paper (Shift-2) With Answers
VARC DILR Quant 
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CAT 2017 Question Paper (Shift-1) With Answers
DILR Quant VARC 
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CAT 2008 Question Paper With Answers
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CAT 2007 Question Paper With Answers
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CAT 2006 Question Paper With Answers
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CAT 2005 Question Paper With Answers
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CAT 2004 Question Paper With Answers
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CAT 2003 Question Paper (Leaked) With Answers
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CAT 2002 Question Paper With Answers
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CAT 1990 Question Paper With Answers
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CAT Topic-Wise Previous Questions

Go through the topic-wise questions from all available past CAT papers conducted by IIMs. All these questions are included with detailed solutions and can be attempted in CAT year-wise questions format.

CAT VARC Previous Year Questions

The most important topic in CAT VARC section is Reading Comprehension, followed by Parajumbles, Odd one Out and Para summary. Direct questions based on grammar and vocabulary didn't appear in CAT from many years.

CAT Vocabulary  CAT Reading Comprehension (RC) CAT Para Jumbles CAT Para Completion and Summary Questions CAT Grammar & Sentence Correction CAT Critical Reasoning

CAT DILR Previous Year Questions

CAT exam has moved from traditional calculative intensive DI sets to the more logical ones. Many candidates do feel DILR as the toughest section in their previous CAT attempts. Key in DILR section is solving as many sets as possible.

CAT Data Interpretation Previous Questions

CAT DI Basics CAT DI Charts CAT Data Interpretation CAT DI Data Change Over Period CAT Tables With Missing Values CAT DI Venn Diagrams CAT DI Special Charts CAT DI Maxima & Minima CAT Quant-Based DI CAT DI Connected Sets CAT DI Miscellaneous

CAT Logical Reasoning Topic-Wise Previous Questions

As only 40 mins are available for the entire DILR section, the DILR section can make or break section based on the sets chosen.

CAT LR Arrangement CAT LR Selections With Conditions CAT LR Coins & Weights CAT LR Truth & Lie CAT LR Puzzles CAT LR Scheduling CAT LR Games & Tournaments CAT 2D & 3-D LR CAT Quant-Based LR CAT LR Miscellaneous

CAT Quantitative Aptitude Topic-Wise Previous Year Questions

Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Modern are the most important topics in CAT based on the latest CAT papers.

CAT Linear Equations CAT Inequalities CAT Quadratic Equations CAT Averages, Ratios & Proportions CAT Profit & Loss CAT Number Systems CAT Time, Distance & Work CAT Geometry CAT Progressions & Series CAT Probability Combinatorics CAT Venn Diagrams CAT Data Sufficiency CAT Logarithms, Surds & Indices CAT Functions, Graphs & Statistics CAT Miscellaneous

Score Vs Percentile for CAT 2022 Question Papers

Planning to score 99 percentile CAT? Check out last year's score vs percentile. CAT 2022 was conducted for a total of 198 marks.

CAT 2022 Overall PercentileCAT 2022 Overall Scaled Score
100 (Maruti Sir, Co-founder of Cracku)145.83 Marks
99.99139 Marks
9983 Marks
9559.76 Marks
90
48.4 Marks

Percentile

CAT 2022 VARC Scaled Scores (Max. marks = 72)CAT 2022 DILR Scaled Scores (Max. marks = 60)CAT 2022 Quant Scaled Scores (Max. marks = 66)
100 Percentile57

48

57
99 Percentile

39

29

33

95 Percentile291922.6
90 Percentile241517.2

100 Percentile in CAT 2022 question paper

11 candidates scored 100 percentile in CAT 2022 exam. Maruti sir is one of them, with a perfect score of 66/66 in the quant section and 145 marks overall.

Topper in CAT previous year paper
Maruti Konduri, topper in CAT 2022

100 Percentile in CAT 2021 question paper

9 candidates scored 100 percentile in CAT 2021 exam. Maruti sir is one of them, with an impeccable 99.99%ile in Quant and VARC sections and 161 marks overall.

Maruti Konduri, topper in CAT 2021

Download CAT Previous Year Papers PDF

All the question papers are solved, and a comprehensive solution has been provided for all the CAT subjects, i.e.,  Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Aptitude (QA). Many of the latest papers have video solutions as well, like CAT 2017 question paper, CAT 2018 question paper, 2019 question paper, CAT 2020 question paper, CAT 2021 question paper and CAT 2022 question paper PDFs (slot-1, slot-2, slot-3). If you are looking for a hard copy, you can order CAT previous papers book here.

CAT Previous Year' RC Sources

Listed below are the RCs that appeared in CAT 2022 papers in various slots along with the sources and the answers.

CAT 2022 Question Paper Slot-1 RC Sources

TitleSourceType
RC 1StoicismViquepediaPhilosophy
RC 2Copy concepts of ChineseAeon EssaysInformative
RC 3Stories concering the Undeadatmostfear-entertainmentHistory/Informative
RC 4Technology and DemocracyO'reilly ArticlesTechonology

CAT 2022 Question Paper Slot-2 RC Sources


TitleSourceType
RC 1

Octopuses and Mollusca

scroll.inScientific RC
RC 2Technical-Social DualismScientific AmericanTechonology/Informative
RC 3Philosophy Of Social SciencesFrom the sage handbookPhilosophical RC
RC 4Music MakingBook (A Million Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity)Society/Culture

CAT 2022 Question Paper Slot-3 RC Sources

TitleSourceType
RC 1Interpretations of Indian pastHistory/Informative
RC 2Sociology of Crimeiresearchnet.comSociety/Culture
RC 3NatureNextnatureScientific/Informative
RC 4Automation impact on HumansWall street journalAutomation/Techonology

Steps to download CAT previous year papers

  1. Visit the "Cracku CAT papers" page
  2. Scroll down to find the year for which papers you are looking for
  3. Select the slot and click on the "PDF" button
  4. Open the downloaded PDF and try to solve the questions
  5. If you are not able to understand text solutions, click on the "Video Solution" button below the question

CAT 2022 Question Paper Analysis

The section-wise difficulty level of all the 3 CAT slots is given below

SectionCAT 2022 Slot-1 PaperCAT 2022 Slot-2 PaperCAT 2022 Slot-3 Paper
VARCMediumMediumMedium
DILRMedium-Hard. One-Two Doable SetsMedium. Two Doable SetsBit Tricky. One Doable Set
QuantMediumMediumMedium-Difficult compared to other slots

Previous CAT Papers Topic-wise Weightage

CAT 2022 VARC Paper Topic-wise Weightage

The number of VARC questions asked per topic in CAT 2022 slot-1, slot-2 & slot-3 papers.

TopicSlot-1Slot-2Slot-3
Reading Comprehension (RC)16 (4 sets with 4 questions each)16 (4 sets with 4 questions each)16 (4 sets with 4 questions each)
Para Jumbles (PJ)333
Para Completion222
Para Summary333
Odd One Out000

CAT 2022 DILR Paper Topic-wise Weightage

The number of data interpretation & logical reasoning questions asked per topic in CAT 2022 slot-1, slot-2 & slot-3 papers are given below.

TopicSlot-1Slot-2Slot-3
Set-1Games and TournamentsQuant based DISpecial Charts
Set-2Venn Diagram/Quant based DIRoutes and NetworksTable with missing values
Set-3Quant based LRSpecial ChartsQuant based DI
Set-4PuzzlesVenn Diagram/Quant based DITable with missing values/Games and Tournaments

CAT 2022 Quant Paper Topic-wise Weightage

The number of quantitative aptitude questions asked per topic in CAT 2022 slot-1, slot-2 & slot-3 papers.

Key TopicsSub-topicsSlot-1Slot-2Slot-3
ArithmeticAverages, Ratio and Proportion555
Profit, Loss and Interest311
Time, Distance, Speed and Work125
GeometryGeometry/Mensuration333
AlgebraQuadrilaterals, Polynomial Equations112
Progressions and Series131
Linear Equations and Inequalities223
Modern MathLogarithms, Surds and Indices011
Functions and Graphs321
Probability and Combinatorics (Permutations & Combinations)111
Number SystemsNumber Systems111
Venn DiagramsVenn Diagrams100

Major changes in CAT previous papers

No major changes in the exam pattern2022
Further reduction in the number of questions to 66 from 762021
No. of exam slots changed to three from two. The total number of questions was decreased to 76 (from 100).2020
An on-screen calculator is introduced2015

Sectional-time limit introduced. QA&DI, LR &VA were the two sections.

2011
The CAT exam went online2009

Year-wise CAT papers - IIM Conducted

CAT Paper

Conducted By

CAT 2023 Question PaperIIM Lucknow (expected)
CAT 2022 Question PaperIIM Bangalore
CAT 2021 Question PaperIIM Ahmedabad
CAT 2020 Question PaperIIM Indore
CAT 2019 Question Paper

IIM Kozhikode

CAT 2018 Question PaperIIM Calcutta
CAT 2017 Question PaperIIM Lucknow
CAT 2016 Question PaperIIM Bangalore
CAT 2015 Question PaperIIM Ahmedabad
CAT 2014 Question PaperIIM Indore

How to make the best use of CAT previous papers

  • Take them as topic wise tests
  • Attempt them as sectional tests
  • Take full-length previous year mocks
  • Watch video solutions for difficult questions
  • Analyse mistakes and improve Concept & Practice Gaps

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it enough to solve previous CAT papers?

Solving the CAT previous papers is very important. It will give you an idea about the format of the exam and the type of questions asked. However, one should also know the concepts and also should take CAT mock tests for better practice and develop a test-taking strategy. CAT is known to throw surprises every year, and taking mocks additionally will help you tackle any astonishment in the final exam.

How to download CAT previous year question papers?

To download CAT previous papers in PDF format, click on the PDF button beside the CAT paper. And open the file in chrome or PDF reader.

Do questions repeat in the CAT?

No, the same questions don't repeat in the CAT, but the concepts tested can be similar to previous ones for a section like a quant. Also, though the exam is held in multiple slots, the questions are different across the slots.

Does CAT release previous year papers?

Yes, the IIMs/CAT convenor releases CAT papers for each slot every year. Our experts added video and text solutions to them and provided them here to download the 2022-2017 CAT papers PDF.

Where can I get CAT previous year's papers?

Cracku's website contains all the past papers from 1990 to 2022, with detailed video and text solutions. You can download them in PDF format. Also, note that CAT Question Papers 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 are not released by the IIMs. So, the ones available in other websites are just pattern based.

How many papers does CAT have?

The CAT exam has only one paper, but the exam is conducted in multiple slots (so each slot has a separate CAT question paper). Each candidate will be allotted one slot. CAT 2022, 2021 & 2020 are held in 3 slots. Before 2020, the exam was in 2 slots. The score obtained will be scaled across the slots.

Can I take CAT Previous Papers as an actual test?

Yes, Cracku provides the option of taking them as an actual test format either as full length mock or sectional test. Click on the 'Take test' option and start your test.

Is CAT easy to crack / Is CAT very difficult?

The difficulty level of CAT varies for each student. Cracking CAT is not a very tough job if one is well-versed in the basics of the topics tested (VARC, LRDI, and Quants). Starting your preparation early, having a proper study plan, and the right material makes CAT preparation doable. Download the PDF of the detailed topic-wise CAT study plan here.

Can a dull/average student crack CAT?

We have seen many students with average academics excel in CAT with the Cracku courses. You can find the interview of the student who had 10 backlogs in graduation but was still able to score 99.51% in CAT through Cracku courses. Even a below-average student can crack CAT with dedication, the right approach and Cracku's study material.

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