Full CAT 2025 Verbal Slot 3 Actual Questions PDF with Detailed Solutions

Ques	Area	Potential Challenge	Reason for Ambiguity
Q.14	Reading Comprehension (Opposite)	High Ambiguity. The correct option, Option 1 (Prioritarianism), is philosophically a variant of consequentialism (like utilitarianism), differentiating only on distribution (prioritizing the worst-off). The philosophically pure opposite would be Deontology (Option 4), which prioritizes rules over consequences. The question forces a choice between two conflicting ideas of “opposite” (philosophical structure vs. policy conflict).	The required ‘opposite’ is unclear: Is it the philosophical opposite (Rule-based vs. Consequence-based) or the distributional policy opposite (Total Welfare vs. Prioritizing the Worst-Off)? The phrasing of Option 4 is also confusing.
Q.23	Odd One Out	High Ambiguity. The challenge is between Sentence 1 (General Context) and Sentence 3 (Specific Methodology). While the stated correct answer is 3 (Methodology), the strongest thematic shift in many Odd One Out questions is often the statement that provides tangential background (Sentence 1, Phytoplankton) instead of the methodology (Sentence 3), which is often essential context for the final narrative. However, the reasoning that Sentence 1 sets up the “surprise” is strong.	The decision between removing tangential background (1), (5) versus specific methodological detail (3) is often highly debatable in these questions, leading to potential challenges.

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