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CAT 2018 Papers PDF Download with Solutions & Exam Analysis

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CAT 2018 Papers PDF Download with Solutions & Exam Analysis

This page provides downloadable CAT papers for 2018 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. The CAT question papers are an excellent source of preparation and can also help aspirants speed up their CAT 2025 preparation.

Download CAT Question Paper PDF 2018

Students planning to prepare for the CAT 2025 exam with the help of previous year question papers can directly download the question paper of 2018 academic year available in the table below. Along with the CAT 2018 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)

Question Paper PDF with solutions

Question Paper PDF with solutions

Unavailable

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR)

Question Paper PDF with solutions

Question Paper PDF with solutions

Unavailable

Quantitative Ability (QA)

Question Paper PDF with solutions

Question Paper PDF with solutions

Unavailable

CAT 2018 Difficulty Level Analysis

In addition to downloading the CAT 2018 paper PDF, candidates can also get a difficulty analysis of the CAT 2018 exam. The CAT 2018 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 Questions

MCQs

TITA

Difficulty Level

Good Attempts (85% Accuracy)

VARC (Verbal Ability & RC)

34

27

7

Moderate

23–26

DILR (Data Interpretation & LR)

32

24

8

Moderate to Tough

14–18

QA (Quantitative Aptitude)

34

22

12

Moderate

20–24

Overall

100

73

27

Overall Moderate

57–68

CAT VARC Sectional Analysis

Topic

Questions

Type

Remarks

Reading Comprehension (5 Passages)

24

All MCQs

Moderate difficulty

Para Jumbles

4

TITA

Time-consuming, tricky

Summary

3

MCQ

Moderate

Odd One Out

3

TITA

Slightly tough

CAT DILR Sectional Analysis

Topic Type

No. of Sets

Questions

Remarks

Games & Tournaments

1

4

Logical, moderate

Venn Diagram

1

4

Moderate to tough

Scheduling & Arrangements

2

8

Lengthy

Miscellaneous Sets

4

16

Some doable, some tricky

CAT QA Sectional Analysis

Topic

Approx. %

Questions

Remarks

Arithmetic

~40%

13–14

Most scoring area

Algebra

~20%

6–7

Moderate difficulty

Geometry

~10%

3–4

Lesser weightage

Number System

~10%

3–4

Less than previous years

Modern Math

~20%

6–7

Mix of easy & moderate

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