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CAT 2021 VARC Slot 1 Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs
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CAT 2021 VARC Slot 1 Question Paper with Answer Key is available. The overall difficulty level of CAT 2021 VARC slot 1 question paper was moderate. CAT Question Paper for VARC had 24 questions carrying 3 marks each. The total weightage of VARC section in CAT 2021 question paper was nearly 36%, contributing a total of 72 marks out of 198 marks. Scoring a minimum of 36 marks in the VARC section was considered good to get 98+ %ile.

RC based questions accounted for 66 percent weightage in CAT 2021 VARC slot 1. The remaining 8 questions were asked from para jumbles, para summary, and odd one out.

CAT aspirants can download CAT 2021 VARC Slot 1 Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs given below.

CAT 2021 VARC Question Paper Slot 1- Nov 28, 2021

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CAT 2021 Question Paper VARC Slot 1: Sectional Analysis

CAT 2021 was conducted by IIM Ahmedabad on 28th November 2021. The difficulty level of CAT 2021 VARC slot 1 was lower compared to CAT slot 2 and slot 3 papers as the questions were less time-consuming.

  • There were a total of 4 RC passages with 4 questions each.
  • 3 questions each appeared from both para jumbles and summary.
  • Odd sentence out topic carried just 6 marks in CAT 2021 VARC slot 1

Go through the below-mentioned table shows the complete analysis of CAT 2021 VARC slot 1:

Sections Number of Questions Total Marks Ideal Attempt
Reading Comprehension 16 48 11-12
Parajumbles 3 9 2
Odd one out 2 6 1
Summary 3 9 2

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1.
Which one of the following, if true, would make the reviewer's choice of the pronoun "who" for Gaia inappropriate?

    • Non-European societies have perceived the Earth as a non-living source of all resources.
    • There is a direct cause-effect relationship between human activities and global climate change.
    • Ghosh's book has a different title: "The Nutmeg's Revenge".
    • Modern western science discovers new evidence for the Earth being an inanimate object.

    2.
    Anjali, Bipasha, and Chitra visited an entertainment park that has four rides. Each ride lasts one hour and can accommodate one visitor at one point. All rides begin at 9 am and must be completed by 5 pm except for Ride-3, for which the last ride has to be completed by 1 pm. Ride gates open every 30 minutes, e.g. 10 am, 10:30 am, and so on. Whenever a ride gate opens, and there is no visitor inside, the first visitor waiting in the queue buys the ticket just before taking the ride. The ticket prices are Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 30 and Rs. 40 for Rides 1 to 4, respectively. Each of the three visitors took at least one ride and did not necessarily take all rides. None of them took the same ride more than once. The movement time from one ride to another is negligible, and a visitor leaves the ride immediately after the completion of the ride. No one takes a break inside the park unless mentioned explicitly.
    The following information is also known.
    1. Chitra never waited in the queue and completed her visit by 11 am after spending Rs. 50 to pay for the ticket(s).
    2. Anjali took Ride-1 at 11 am after waiting for 30 mins for Chitra to complete it. It was the only ride where Anjali waited.
    3. Bipasha began her first of three rides at 11:30 am. All three visitors incurred the same amount of ticket expense by 12:15 pm.
    4. The last ride taken by Anjali and Bipasha was the same, where Bipasha waited 30 mins for Anjali to complete her ride. Before standing in the queue for that ride, Bipasha took a 1- hour coffee break after completing her previous ride
    How many rides did Anjali and Chitra take in total? [This Question was asked as TITA]

      • 5
      • 6
      • 4
      • 8

      3.
      Anjali, Bipasha, and Chitra visited an entertainment park that has four rides. Each ride lasts one hour and can accommodate one visitor at one point. All rides begin at 9 am and must be completed by 5 pm except for Ride-3, for which the last ride has to be completed by 1 pm. Ride gates open every 30 minutes, e.g. 10 am, 10:30 am, and so on. Whenever a ride gate opens, and there is no visitor inside, the first visitor waiting in the queue buys the ticket just before taking the ride. The ticket prices are Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 30 and Rs. 40 for Rides 1 to 4, respectively. Each of the three visitors took at least one ride and did not necessarily take all rides. None of them took the same ride more than once. The movement time from one ride to another is negligible, and a visitor leaves the ride immediately after the completion of the ride. No one takes a break inside the park unless mentioned explicitly.
      The following information is also known.
      1. Chitra never waited in the queue and completed her visit by 11 am after spending Rs. 50 to pay for the ticket(s).
      2. Anjali took Ride-1 at 11 am after waiting for 30 mins for Chitra to complete it. It was the only ride where Anjali waited.
      3. Bipasha began her first of three rides at 11:30 am. All three visitors incurred the same amount of ticket expense by 12:15 pm.
      4. The last ride taken by Anjali and Bipasha was the same, where Bipasha waited 30 mins for Anjali to complete her ride. Before standing in the queue for that ride, Bipasha took a 1- hour coffee break after completing her previous ride
      What was the total amount spent on tickets (in Rs.) by Anjali? [This Question was asked as TITA]

        • 150 Rs.
        • 160 Rs.
        • 120 Rs.
        • 140 Rs.

        4.
        There are nine boxes arranged in a 3×3 array as shown in Tables 1 and 2. Each box contains three sacks. Each sack has a certain number of coins, between 1 and 9, both inclusive.
        The average number of coins per sack in the boxes are all distinct integers. The total number of coins in each row is the same. The total number of 
        coins in each column is also the same.
        the median of the numbers of coins in the three sacks in a box for some of the boxes
        Table 1 gives information regarding the median of the numbers of coins in the three sacks in a box for some of the boxes. In Table 2 each box has a number which represents the number of sacks in that box having more than 5 coins. That number is followed by a * if the sacks in that box satisfy exactly one among the following three conditions, and it is followed by ** if two or more of these conditions are satisfied. 
        i) The minimum among the numbers of coins in the three sacks in the box is 1. 
        ii) The median of the numbers of coins in the three sacks is 1. 
        iii) The maximum among the numbers of coins in the three sacks in the box is 9.
        How many sacks have exactly one coin?[This Question was asked as TITA]

          • 11 sacks
          • 10 sacks
          • 9 sacks
          • None

          5.
          There are only three female students - Amala, Koli and Rini - and only three male students - Biman, Mathew and Shyamal - in a course. The course has two evaluation components, a project and a test. The aggregate score in the course is a weighted average of the two components, with the weights being positive and adding to 1 . 
          The projects are done in groups of two, with each group consisting of a female and a male student. Both the group members obtain the same score in the project. 
          The following additional facts are known about the scores in the project and the test.
          1. The minimum, maximum and the average of both project and test scores were identical – 40, 80 and 60 , respectively. 
          2. The test scores of the students were all multiples of 10 ; four of them were distinct and the remaining two were equal to the average test scores.
          3. Amala's score in the project was double that of Koli in the same, but Koli scored 20 more than Amala in the test. Yet Amala had the highest aggregate score. 
          4. Shyamal scored the second highest in the test. He scored two more than Koli, but two less than Amala in the aggregate. 
          5. Biman scored the second lowest in the test and the lowest in the aggregate. 
          6. Mathew scored more than Rini in the project, but less than her in the test.
          What was Rini's score in the project?(This Question was asked as TITA)

            • 45 Marks
            • 60 Marks
            • 70 Marks
            • 80 Marks

            6.
            Which one of the following best explains the primary purpose of the discussion of the colonisation of the Banda islands in "The Nutmeg's Curse"?

              • To illustrate how systemic violence against the colonised constituted the cornerstone of colonialism.
              • To illustrate how colonialism represented and perpetuated the mindset that has led to climate change.
              • To illustrate the role played by the cultivation of certain crops in the plantation mode in contributing to climate change.
              • To illustrate the first instance in history when the processes responsible for climate change were initiated.

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