Mock Test

IIM CAT 2026 — Mock Test 1

IIM CAT 2026 Mock Series

2 hDuration

72Total Marks

24Questions

3Sections

Sample CAT mock paper (24 questions). Three sections — VARC, DILR, QA — modelled on the IIM CAT pattern. Single-correct MCQs (+3/-1) and Type-In-The-Answer numerical questions (+3/0). Each section is time-locked to 40 minutes and must be answered in order; once you advance to the next section you cannot return.

Instructions

Sections are answered in order: VARC → DILR → QA. Each section is locked to 40 minutes.
When the section timer hits zero, you are auto-advanced to the next section. Click 'Next section →' to advance early.
You cannot return to a section once you leave it.
Each section: 6 MCQs (single correct, +3 / -1) + 2 TITA numerical (+3 / 0, no negative).
Calculator is permitted (on-screen on the real CAT).

Paper Structure

VARC

Section 1 — Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (8 questions) ⏱ 40 min lock

6 single-correct MCQs (+3/-1) + 2 TITA numerical (+3/0).

Q1. mcq single +3 / -1

Read the passage and answer: "The historian's task, properly understood, is not to render the past intelligible by smoothing its contradictions but to preserve them so that we may learn from how the world actually was." The author's primary argument is that:

Q2. mcq single +3 / -1

Arrange the four sentences into a coherent paragraph: (1) But the consequences are felt unevenly across the planet. (2) Climate change is now widely acknowledged as a global crisis. (3) Coastal communities, in particular, face accelerated erosion. (4) Wealthy nations have far more resources to adapt than poor ones.

Q3. mcq single +3 / -1

Choose the option closest in meaning to **ubiquitous**.

Q4. mcq single +3 / -1

A study finds that students who eat breakfast score higher on tests. Which of the following, if true, most weakens the conclusion that breakfast causes higher scores?

Q5. mcq single +3 / -1

The candidate's speech, though ____ in delivery, was ____ in substance — full of platitudes that promised much and committed to nothing.

Q6. mcq single +3 / -1

Which sentence does NOT belong with the other three? (1) Markets allocate resources via price signals. (2) Governments often correct externalities through regulation. (3) Private firms maximise profit subject to demand. (4) Bees pollinate flowering plants in the wild.

Q7. numerical +3 / 0

How many words are in the following sentence? "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Enter only the number.

Q8. numerical +3 / 0

A reader covers 1,200 words in 4 minutes. What is the reading speed in words per minute?

DILR

Section 2 — Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (8 questions) ⏱ 40 min lock

6 single-correct MCQs (+3/-1) + 2 TITA numerical (+3/0).

Q9. mcq single +3 / -1

Sales of a company (in ₹ crore) over four quarters: Q1=120, Q2=150, Q3=180, Q4=210. By what percent did Q4 sales exceed Q1 sales?

Q10. mcq single +3 / -1

If the average rainfall over 5 cities is 80 mm and four of them recorded 60, 70, 80, 90 mm respectively, the rainfall in the fifth city was:

Q11. mcq single +3 / -1

5 friends — A, B, C, D, E — sit in a row. B is to the immediate right of A. C is at one end. D is between B and E. Who sits at the other end?

Q12. mcq single +3 / -1

Pointing to a man, a woman said: "His mother is the only daughter of my mother." How is the man related to the woman?

Q13. mcq single +3 / -1

All managers are leaders. Some leaders are visionaries. Which of the following must be true?

Q14. mcq single +3 / -1

Three workers A, B, C complete a job in 10, 15, 30 days respectively when working alone. Working together, how many days do they need?

Q15. numerical +3 / 0

A pie chart shows the budget of \u20b9 360 crore. The 'R&D' slice subtends 90° at the centre. What is the R&D budget in \u20b9 crore?

Q16. numerical +3 / 0

Find the next number in the sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ____

Section 3 — Quantitative Aptitude (8 questions) ⏱ 40 min lock

6 single-correct MCQs (+3/-1) + 2 TITA numerical (+3/0).

Q17. mcq single +3 / -1

If a price is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the net change is:

Q18. mcq single +3 / -1

If $x + \frac{1}{x} = 5$, then $x^2 + \frac{1}{x^2}$ equals:

Q19. mcq single +3 / -1

The area of a circle inscribed in an equilateral triangle of side 6 cm is:

Q20. mcq single +3 / -1

A train 200 m long crosses a platform 300 m long in 25 s. Its speed in km/h is:

Q21. mcq single +3 / -1

The number of ways to arrange the letters of the word 'BANANA' is:

Q22. mcq single +3 / -1

Two fair dice are rolled. The probability that the sum is 7 is:

Q23. numerical +3 / 0

An item is sold for \u20b9 540 at a profit of 20%. Its cost price (in \u20b9) is:

Q24. numerical +3 / 0

Find the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $n!$ ends with exactly 4 trailing zeros.