CAT 2023 Question Paper (Available): Download CAT Question Paper with Solutions PDF

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Updated on - Nov 10, 2025

CAT 2023 Question Paper 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 2023 Question Paper 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.

CAT 2023 QA Question Paper PDF

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CAT 2023 VARC Question Paper PDF

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CAT 2023 DILR Question Paper PDF

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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

CAT Updates


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CAT 2023 Questions

  • 1.
    Renu would take 15 days working 4 hours per day to complete a certain task whereas Seema would take 8 days working 5 hours per day to complete the same task. They decide to work together to complete this task. Seema agrees to work for double the number of hours per day as Renu, while Renu agrees to work for double the number of days as Seema. If Renu works 2 hours per day, then the number of days Seema will work, is


      • 2.
        If $(a + b\sqrt{n})$ is the positive square root of $(29 - 12\sqrt{5})$, where $a$ and $b$ are integers, and $n$ is a natural number, then the maximum possible value of $(a + b + n)$ is ?

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        • 3.
          The selling price of a product is fixed to ensure 40% profit. If the product had cost 40% less and had been sold for 5 rupees less, then the resulting profit would have been 50%. The original selling price, in rupees, of the product is

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          • 4.
            Bina incurs 19% loss when she sells a product at Rs. 4860 to Shyam, who in turn sells this product to Hari. If Bina would have sold this product to Shyam at the purchase price of Hari, she would have obtained 17% profit. Then, the profit, in rupees, made by Shyam is


              • 5.
                Gopi marks a price on a product in order to make 20% profit. Ravi gets 10% discount on this marked price, and thus saves Rs 15. Then, the profit, in rupees, made by Gopi by selling the product to Ravi, is

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