CAT 2025 Slot 1 Question Paper Memory-based (Available); List of questions asked in the first slot exam

Sakunth Kumar

Updated On: November 30, 2025 03:34 PM

CAT 2025 Slot 1 Question Paper, which consists of memory-based VARC, DILR and QA questions submitted by the test takers, can be accessed here. CAT Exam 2025 Slot 1 paper review cum exam analysis along with unofficial keys can be accessed as well here. 
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CAT 2025 Slot 1 Question Paper: The Slot 1 exam of CAT 2025 was conducted from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM on November 30. As the CAT exam is a computer-based test, the test takers need to wait till the announcement of the response sheet to check all the questions that appeared in the exam. Meanwhile, CAT 2025 test takers can check the memory-based CAT 2025 Slot 1 question paper that includes the list of questions collected from test takers of the Slot 1 exam. There might be some errors in the questions listed below. Therefore, the candidates can consider these questions as the basic reference and wait for the official CAT Response Sheet 2025.

Link to submit memory-based questions

Click Here to Submit CAT 2025 Slot 1 Memory-based Questions (NO personal details required to submit questions)

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CAT 2025 Slot 1 Exam Analysis: Detailed question paper review

  • There is no change in the paper pattern and total number of questions
  • There were 68 questions
  • VARC section was 'Moderate to Tough'
  • DILR section was 'Easy to Moderate'
  • QA section was 'Moderate'
  • Overall, the paper was 'Moderate'
  • Arithmetic questions were tricky
  • There were 4 RCs as usual
  • There were 11 MCQ questions in LRDI

CAT 2025 Slot 1 Questions Section-Wise

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The list of questions asked in the CAT 2025 Slot 1 exam will be updated here as and when available from test takers and subject experts.

Name of the Section

Questions

VARC

  • There was a passage related to 'Electronic Instruments (Music)'
  • There was a passage related to 'Complex Systems'
  • There was a passage related to 'Inequality and Economic Growth'
  • There were Inference based questions

DILR

  • There were question related to 'Radar'

QA

To be Received

While the VARC section of CAT 2025 consists of 24 questions, the  DILR and QA sections consist of 22 questions each. The CAT 2025 official answer key is expected to be released by the first week of December, while the CAT Result 2025 is expected by or before December 25.

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    Previous Year’s CAT Slot 1 Questions

    Here are the previous year’s (2024) questions of the CAT Slot 1 exam -

    • When 10 to the power of 100 is divided by 7, the remainder is?
    • Rashmi can do the work in 4 days, working 15 hr a day, and Seema can do the work in 10 days, working 4 hrs a day. If Seema says she will work twice as much as Rashmi, and Rashmi says she will do twice as much as Seema. If Rashmi works for 2 hrs, then how many days will Seema work?
    • A container contains only. Milk is replaced by 2/3 of water; this process is done another 3 times. What is the ratio of milk and water?
    • A.P Que x5= -4, x1, x2,...x100 are in AP. 2x6 + 2x9= x11 + x13. Find x100
    • X is a +ve real no, 4lox10x + 4log 100 x + 8 log 1000x = 13, then the greatest integer not exceeding 'x'
    • A shop has 187 fruits consisting of apples, Mangoes and Oranges. Apples and Mangoes were in the ratio 5:2, and after selling 75 apples and 26 mangoes, and half of the oranges, the apples left and the oranges left were in the ratio of 3:2. Find the number of unsold fruits

    You can also check the CAT 2024 Slot 1 Question Paper for more questions.

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