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CAT Question Paper 2023 is provided here. You can download slot-wise question papers available along with the answer key PDFs and solutions. We have also added previous years’ question papers. The conducting IIM released the official CAT 2023 Answer Key and response sheets on December 5, 2023.

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CAT Question Paper 2023 with Solutions PDF (Available)

The question paper is released in PDF format. CAT 2023 exam has conducted on 26 November 2023 by IIM Lucknow. The exam was conducted in three sessions across around 155 test cities.

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CAT Exam Pattern

CAT is a 2-hour computer-based exam with a total of 204 marks from 68 questions distributed among three sections: VARC, DILR, and QA, each section with a time limit of 40 minutes. The CAT exam has both MCQs and TITA questions, with a marking system of +3 for correct responses, −1 for incorrect MCQs, and no negative marking for TITA.

Feature Details
Exam Name Common Admission Test (CAT)
Mode Computer-Based Test (CBT)
Total Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
Number of Sections 3
Sectional Time Limit 40 minutes per section (auto switch)
Total Questions 68
Question Types MCQs & TITA (Type In The Answer)
Marking Scheme +3 for correct, -1 for incorrect MCQ, 0 for TITA
Language of Exam English
Total Marks 204

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CAT 2023 Questions

  • 1.
    Find the number of integer pairs (x, y) that satisfy the following system of inequalities:
    \[ \begin{cases} x \geq y \geq 3 \\ x + y \leq 14 \end{cases} \]


      • 2.
        An item with a cost price of Rs.1650 is sold at a certain discount on a fixed marked price to earn a profit of 20% on the cost price. If the discount was doubled, the profit would have been Rs.110. The rate of discount, in percentage, at which the profit percentage would be equal to the rate of discount, is nearest to:

          • \(12\)
          • \(13\)
          • \(14\)
          • \(15\)

        • 3.
          The monthly sales of a product from January to April were 120, 135, 150 and 165 units, respectively. The cost price of the product was Rs. 240 per unit, and a fixed marked price was used for the product in all the four months. Discounts of 20%, 10% and 5% were given on the marked price per unit in January, February and March, respectively, while no discounts were given in April. If the total profit from January to April was Rs. 138825, then the marked price per unit, in rupees, was

            • \(525\)
            • \(510\)
            • \(520\)
            • \(515\)

          • 4.
            The ratio of the number of students in the morning shift and afternoon shift of a school was $13 : 9$. After 21 students moved from the morning shift to the afternoon shift, this ratio became $19 : 14$. Next, some new students joined the morning and afternoon shifts in the ratio $3 : 8$ and then the ratio of the number of students in the morning shift and the afternoon shift became $5 : 4$. The number of new students who joined is:

              • \(88\)
              • \(12\)
              • \(11\)
              • \(99\)

            • 5.
              Let $3 \leq x \leq 6$ and $[x^2] = [x]^2$, where $[x]$ is the greatest integer not exceeding $x$. If set $S$ represents all feasible values of $x$, then which of the following is a possible subset of $S$?

                • \((3, \sqrt{10}) \cup [5, \sqrt{26}) \cup \{6\}\)
                • \((4, \sqrt{10}) \cup [5, \sqrt{27}) \cup \{6\}\)
                • \([3, \sqrt{10}] \cup [5, \sqrt{26}]\)
                • \([3, \sqrt{10}] \cup [4, \sqrt{17}] \cup \{6\}\)

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