CAT 2025 · Slot 3
A full-length paper in the 2025 pattern. Sit it under exam conditions with solutions locked until you submit, or open it in learn mode and check each answer as you go.
68questions
120 min40 min per section
20TITA, no negative marks
23/35/10easy / medium / hard
Section-wise pattern and topics
Sections run in this order with their own timer, as in CAT 2025.
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · 24 questions · 40 min
- Reading Comprehension16
- Para Summary2
- Para Jumble2
- Odd Sentence Out2
- Sentence Placement2
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning · 22 questions · 40 min
- Games & Tournaments6
- Linear5
- Simulation5
- Data Interpretation (tables)3
- Data Interpretation (averages)2
- Data Interpretation (percentages)1
Quantitative Ability · 22 questions · 40 min
- Percentages2
- Ratio, Mixtures & Alligation2
- Profit, Loss & Discount1
- Simple & Compound Interest1
- Averages1
- Time, Speed & Distance1
- Time & Work1
- Linear Equations1
- Quadratic Equations1
- Inequalities1
- Functions1
- Progressions (AP/GP)1
- Triangles1
- Circles1
- Mensuration1
- Coordinate Geometry1
- Number System1
- Permutation & Combination1
- Probability1
- Sets & Venn Diagrams1
Sample question from this paper
Profit, Loss & Discount · medium
A trader marks up his goods by 25% over cost price and offers customers a 20% discount on the marked price. However, he uses a faulty weighing scale that delivers only 800 g of goods for every 1 kg that is billed. Find the trader's overall profit percentage.
- A. 20%
- B. 22.5%
- C. 25%
- D. 30%
Show answer and solution
Answer: C
Let cost price be ₹100 per kg. Marked price = 100×1.25 = ₹125. Selling price after 20% discount = 125×0.8 = ₹100 (charged for a billed 1 kg). But the customer actually receives only 800 g, whose true cost to the trader is 100×0.8 = ₹80. Profit = SP − actual cost = 100 − 80 = ₹20 on an actual cost of ₹80, so profit% = 20/80×100 = 25%. Key idea: combine the markup/discount multiplier with the weight-cheating multiplier and compare against the ACTUAL quantity supplied, not the billed quantity.
Let cost price be ₹100 per kg. Marked price = 100×1.25 = ₹125. Selling price after 20% discount = 125×0.8 = ₹100 (charged for a billed 1 kg). But the customer actually receives only 800 g, whose true cost to the trader is 100×0.8 = ₹80. Profit = SP − actual cost = 100 − 80 = ₹20 on an actual cost of ₹80, so profit% = 20/80×100 = 25%. Key idea: combine the markup/discount multiplier with the weight-cheating multiplier and compare against the ACTUAL quantity supplied, not the billed quantity.