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CAT 2025 Question Paper with Solutions: Slot 1, 2 & 3

Written by Nilesh Jangid, Founder · Quant & DILR mentor · CAT 99.84 %ile · Last checked: 31 Oct 2026

Download the CAT 2025 question paper for all three slots, each with an answer key and solutions. Below you will find the structure of the paper and the themes that came up in every slot.

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CAT Papers At a Glance

Year 2025 · 3 slots each

Questions 68 per slot

Sections VARC 24 · DILR 22 · QA 22

In each PDF Questions, answer key, solutions

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These papers are memory-based reconstructions prepared by Thinkoraa mentors and students. They are not official IIM papers, and the wording or order of some questions may differ from the actual exam.

Please read before you download: these are memory-based reconstructions prepared by Thinkoraa mentors and students. They are not official IIM question papers, and the wording or order of some questions may differ from the actual exam. Use them for practice.

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CAT 2025 Question Paper PDFs

One PDF per slot. Each has 68 questions, an answer key and solutions.

Paper Structure

CAT 2025 Paper Structure, Slot by Slot

Counted from the answer keys and section headings of the booklets.

Paper	Questions	VARC	DILR	QA	RC passages	DILR sets	PDF pages
CAT 2025 Slot 1	68	24	22	22	4	5	30
CAT 2025 Slot 2	68	24	22	22	4	5	29
CAT 2025 Slot 3	68	24	22	22	4	5	31

The pattern is the same in every slot and year here: 24 VARC questions (16 from four reading comprehension passages and 8 verbal ability questions), 22 DILR questions in five sets, and 22 Quantitative Ability questions. What changes from slot to slot is the content, which you can see below. Compare with the CAT 2024 paper.

What Came

What Appeared in CAT 2025, Slot by Slot

The reading comprehension passages and DILR sets of each slot, described in a line each.

Slot 1

Reading comprehension: Music lovers and composers; Properties of complex systems; Proving what someone thinks or feels, in court; Investment indivisibilities (economics).
DILR sets: Seven chairs around a round table; Six employees of InnovateX in groups; Five countries and import tariffs; A train route from Station A to E; Five players asking unique questions in a game.

Slot 2

Reading comprehension: Big technology companies and human language; Different science cultures and practices; Cave-dwelling Mexican tetra fish; Setting in literature.
DILR sets: Four musicians; Charts on research papers by four authors; Six balls and four hoops; A country's Sustainability Index; Cities and non-urban regions of three states.

Slot 3

Reading comprehension: A 1982 forest act controversy; Secular creativity and the creator; Large dams; AI entrusted with moral responsibility.
DILR sets: Seven children seated in a circle; Four countries and their currencies; A puzzle-solving competition; Trade among three countries; Six friends and mobile numbers.

How To Use

How To Use the CAT 2025 Paper

Attempt it timed

Pick one slot, set a timer and attempt a section at a time, as in the exam.

Check the answer key

Score yourself section by section, and note how many questions you attempted and got right.

Read the solutions

Go through the solution for every wrong or skipped question, and for the right ones where you were unsure.

Keep an error log

Write down the topic and why you lost the marks: concept gap, calculation slip, misread question or time.

Next steps: the CAT guide (syllabus, pattern, dates), the score vs percentile table, free CAT mock tests and the CAT daily quiz.

FAQs

CAT 2025 Question Paper: FAQs

Is this the official CAT 2025 question paper?+

These papers are memory-based reconstructions prepared by Thinkoraa mentors and students. They are not official IIM papers, and the wording or order of some questions may differ from the actual exam.

How many slots did CAT 2025 have?+

These booklets cover three slots for CAT 2025: Slot 1, Slot 2 and Slot 3. Each is a separate PDF on this page.

How many questions are there in the CAT 2025 paper?+

Each slot paper has 68 questions: 24 in VARC, 22 in DILR and 22 in Quantitative Ability, with 4 reading comprehension passages and 5 DILR sets.

Do the CAT 2025 PDFs have answers and solutions?+

Yes. Each booklet ends with an answer key and solutions for all 68 questions.

Can I attempt the CAT 2025 paper as a timed test?+

Yes. Print or open the PDF, set a timer, and attempt a section at a time. The free CAT mock tests on Thinkoraa give you an online test with a score and percentile analysis.

Where can I see the other years?+

See the CAT previous year papers page or the CAT 2024 question paper.