CAT 2025 Slot 1 Question Paper, Answer key and Detailed Solutions

CAT 2025 Slot 2 – Score vs Attempts

The following table will be updated once student feedback from Slot 2 is analysed:

Percentile	VARC Score	DILR Score	QA Score	Overall Score
99.9	52.50	45.00	46.00	121.00
99.5	44.00	37.00	38.00	101.50
99	38.00	30.33	32.33	87.33
97	32.56	27.00	26.67	74.11
95	28.67	22.00	23.00	66.33
90	23.50	18.50	17.00	53.50
80	16.67	15.33	13.33	40.00
70	12.00	12.00	10.00	30.00
60	9.00	10.00	8.00	27.00

CAT 2025 Slot 1 – Percentile vs Attempts

The following table will be updated once student feedback from Slot 2 is analysed:

%ile	Verbal Attempts	DILR Attempts	Quant Attempts	Overall Attempts
50	3	4	2	10
60	4	5	3	13
70	6	6	5	15
80	9	9	6	22
85	10	10	7	25
90	12	11	9	29
95	15	13	11	35
98	18	15	13	43
99	20	16	15	48
100	20+	18+	17+	70+

CAT 2025 Slot 1 – Actual Paper, Question Pattern & Complete Analysis

The first slot of CAT 2025 conducted on [30 Nov 2025] from [8.30 and 10:30 pm]. Here we have, early feedback from test-takers has indicated potential shifts in pattern, sectional weightage, and difficulty levels. This page will be updated in real-time once more details keep coming. Go through the full CAT 2025 Slot 1, 2, 3 analysis to understand the paper pattern, difficulty level, expected cutoffs, and section-wise breakdown.

CAT 2025 Slot 1 – Overall Exam Structure

Early reports indicate the section structure (to be updated after the exam):

Section	Duration	MCQs	TITA	Total
VARC	40 min	22	2	24
DILR	40 min	14	8	22
QA	40 min	14	8	22
Total	120 min	48	18	68

Marking scheme: +3 for correct, −1 for incorrect (MCQ only), and no negative marking for TITA.

CAT 2025 Slot 1 – Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)

As per early inputs, CAT 2025 Slot 1 VARC featured [16 (4×4)] RC questions and [8] VA questions. There were 2 each on Summary, Para Jumbles, Para Completion, Summary and Odd One Out. RC difficulty was [2 Easy to mod, 2 Moderate to high] with 4 TITA questions. CAT 2025 Verbal presented predictable RCs with moderate reasoning and fewer vocabulary traps. VA focused on Summary, Paragraph Completion, and Odd Sentence questions, maintaining logical coherence as the core skill. Accuracy dominated over attempts, and careful reading of nuanced RC paragraphs separated 95+ percentile performers from the rest.

Area / Question Type	No. of Qs	LOD
Reading Comprehension	16	Medium to High
Passage 1: Income Inequality & Growth	4	Easy to Medium
Passage 2: Electronic Music	4	Easy to Medium
Passage 3: Medical Mental Analysis Criminal	4	Medium to High
Passage 4: Stock Markets Complex Systems	4	Medium to High
Verbal Ability	8	Medium to High
Summary	2	Easy to Medium
Paragraph Completion	2	Medium to High
Para Jumbles	2 TITA	Medium to High
Odd Man out	2 TITA	Easy to Medium

CAT 2025 Slot 1 – Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)

CAT 2025 Slot 1 featured [5] sets: [3 x 4 question sets and 2 x 5-question sets]. The overall difficulty was [Medium to Difficult] with 11 TITA questions. CAT 2025 DILR Slot 2 focused on structured, moderately challenging sets with balanced DI and LR elements. Most sets were logical, grid-based, and solvable with systematic deduction. Difficulty stayed medium across slots, rewarding accuracy over speed. Smart set selection and clean diagramming remained the key to scoring above the 90th percentile.

Set No.	Description	No. of Qs	Difficulty
CAT 2025 DILR Set 1	Teeny Arrangement Rating based (6 person 4 rounds)	5 (4 TITA)	Easy to Medium
CAT 2025 DILR Set 2	Circular arrangement (4 People 7 Chairs)	4 (1 TITA)	Medium to High
CAT 2025 DILR Set 3	Graphs – Bar + Radar Chart (5 countries import export)	4	Easy to Medium
CAT 2025 DILR Set 4	Caselet – Cities Train and Tickets (Calculations with 5 stations)	4 (2 TITA)	Medium to High
CAT 2025 DILR Set 5	5 People Taps – 1 tap – yes , 2 tap – No , 3 taps – may be	4 (2 TITA)	Medium to High

CAT 2025 Slot 1 – Quantitative Ability (QA) Lengthy!

The QA section CAT 2025 Slot 1 was Lengthy Medium to Hard level and dominated by [Arithmetic/Algebra]. There were [14] MCQs and [8] TITA questions.

Quant in CAT 2025 continued its Arithmetic-heavy trend, supported by essential Algebra, light Geometry, and selective Modern Math. The section favoured conceptual clarity over formula-heavy solving. Difficulty was moderate, with scoring dependent on picking clean, non-tricky questions. Students with strong fundamentals and efficient scanning achieved high percentile outcomes.

Topic	Ques in CAT 2025
Percentages, P&L  Interest	3
Ratios, Average, Mixtures	3
Time, Distance and Work	2
Algebra, Equations, Surds	4
Geom – Mensu	3
Modern Maths	3
Numbers	3
Others ( PnC)	1
Grand Total	22

CAT 2025 Slot 1 – Conclusion

At most centres, the exam-day process followed the same norms as previous years: limited items allowed inside, admit card collected, rough pad and pen issued and taken back after the exam. The interface remained the same as the official CAT mock—simple calculator, question palette toggle, and a full “Question Paper” view for planning.
According to our CAT 2025 Slot 1 review, the paper was Similar lines to last year compared to Slot 1 CAT 2024. More details will be added as additional student responses come in. All score-percentile indicators here are provisional and based on Cetking experts and student feedback. Final results will be published by the IIMs around Dec 20 2025.

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