CAT Previous Year Question Papers

CAT Previous Year Question Papers: Common Aptitude Test, popularly known as CAT is one of the most important entrance exams for the Management stream. The candidates appearing in CAT 2023 must solve CAT Previous Year Papers after completing the syllabus and other important topics. Read the article below to know details related to the CAT Question Papers of last year and be prepared for the exam in an effective way.

Working out the previous years’ question papers boost the confidence of the appearing candidates. The students tend to achieve the desired goal by practicing previous years’ question papers within a given timeframe and improving their preparation in many ways. Here, LearningMantras comes with a series of previous years’ question papers to help the students. The previous years’ question papers/sample question papers that are catered by LearningMantras to the students are in pdf format. The previous years’ question papers can easily download in no time by the students for their future reference and practice.

CAT Previous Year Papers – Sectional Weightage

Note the table below to get the latest sectional weightage of the CAT exam.

CAT Paper Section	Total Questions	MCQs	TITA Questions
VARC	24	21	3
(DILR	20	14	6
QA	22	14	8
Total	66	49	17

Overview of CAT Previous Year Question Papers

Various changes have been made in the IIM paper pattern in recent years. Given below is an overview of the CAT previous year papers.

The candidates who are appearing in the upcoming CAT exam must note these details before starting their preparation.

Features	Details
Total Number of Questions	66
Total Exam Duration	120 minutes
Marking Scheme	+3 for every correct answer
Negative Marks allotted for incorrect MCQs	-1 will be deducted for every wrong answer
Negative Marks for TITA questions	NA
Mode of Exam	CBT (Computer Based Test)

Benefits of Solving CAT Previous Year Question Papers:

All aspiring students should check and go through the previous year’s question paper and solve it. There are various advantages of practicing with the previous year’s question paper, and some of them are as below.

It gives the candidates the best understanding of the exam pattern
Enables the students to devise an effective plan for time management
Gives a brief idea regarding the recurring pattern of questions and topics and prepares them thoroughly
Practicing with the CAT previous year question papers, will enable candidates to analyze and understand their strong and weak areas.
There is no better way to revise than solving the CAT previous year question paper