The CAT question papers are an excellent source of preparation and can also help aspirants speed up their CAT 2025 preparation. After 2019, the CAT exam had undergone some significant changes and the 2019 CAT pattern was never followed again. However, the sections remained the same. The only difference in comparison to 2025 was the exam duration for CAT and the number of questions.
This page provides downloadable CAT papers for 2019 along with the solutions. The aspirants can use these papers and understand the variety of questions that can be asked in this year's CAT exam and the difficulty level as well. The CAT papers can be downloaded with just one single click on this page, and the aspirants can start solving them right away.
Download CAT Question Paper PDF 2019
Students planning to prepare for the CAT 2025 exam with the help of previous year question papers can directly download the question paper of 2019 academic year available in the table below. Along with the CAT 2019 question papers, students are also provided with answer keys below.
CAT Exam sections | Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 |
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) | Unavailable | ||
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) | Unavailable | ||
Quantitative Ability (QA) | Unavailable |
CAT 2019 Difficulty Level Analysis
In addition to downloading the CAT 2019 paper PDF, candidates can also get a difficulty analysis of the CAT 2019 exam. The CAT 2019 exam was difficult and the most challenging section was DILR slot 2. For a detailed section-wise breakdown and analysis, candidates can read the further sections.
Section | Total Qs | MCQs | Non-MCQs | Difficulty Level | Good Attempts |
VARC | 34 | 27 | 7 | Moderate to Difficult | 22 – 26 |
DILR | 32 | 24 | 8 | Difficult | 12 – 15 |
QA | 34 | 22 | 12 | Moderate | 20 – 22 |
Total | 100 | 73 | 27 | Moderate to Difficult | 52 – 60 |
CAT VARC Sectional Analysis
Component | No. of Qs | Difficulty | Comments |
Reading Comprehension (RC) | 24 | Moderate-Difficult | 4 passages (6 Qs each) with tricky inferences |
Para-jumbles | 4 | Moderate | Non-MCQs, required careful sequencing |
Sentence Elimination | 3 | Moderate | Odd one out type |
Paragraph Summary | 3 | Easy-Moderate | Direct summaries |
CAT DILR Sectional Analysis
Set Type | No. of Sets | Qs per Set | Difficulty | Notes |
DI - Bar Graphs/Caselets | 2 | 4–6 | Moderate | Required calculation effort |
LR - Seating/Arrangement/Puzzle | 2–3 | 4–6 | Difficult | Time-consuming, logical traps |
LRDI Hybrid (Games & Tournaments) | 1 | 4–6 | Very Difficult | Many skipped or attempted late |
CAT QA Sectional Analysis
Topic Area | Weightage (approx..) | Difficulty | Comments |
Arithmetic | ~12 Qs | Easy-Moderate | Percentages, Ratio, TSD, Averages |
Algebra | ~8–9 Qs | Moderate | Quadratic, Linear Equations |
Geometry & Mensuration | ~6 Qs | Moderate | Circles, Triangles |
Number System | ~3 Qs | Easy | Factors, divisibility |
Modern Math | ~3 Qs | Moderate | P&C, Probability |
