CAT 2026 Slot 2 Question PaperExpected Paper, PDF & Analysis

It is a full 68-question paper written by Cetking from the pattern of past CAT papers, built to look and feel like the real CAT 2026 Slot 2. From 20 years of CAT papers, Rav Singh expects about 90% of the actual paper's pattern (sections, topics, question types and DILR set types) to match it. It is an expected paper, not the actual CAT question paper: the IIMs release nothing before the exam.

68 questions in three sections, taken in this order: VARC 24, DILR 22 and QA 22. Each section is 40 minutes (53 minutes 20 seconds for PwD candidates) and you cannot go back to a section once it is submitted. A correct answer is +3. A wrong MCQ answer is -1. A TITA (type in the answer) question has no negative marking.

Rav Singh looked at how many questions each topic and each DILR set type has carried in recent CAT papers and expects the same mix again. The lines above show it: for Quant the chapters, for VARC the question types and for DILR the set types, each with the number of questions expected.

Tap Start test. You get the CAT-style screen with a timer for each section and a question palette. Anyone can take the test without logging in. Log in free when you submit to see your score and the solutions.

Open the section pages: VARC, DILR and Quant. Each shows all its questions of the paper in order, with the passages and sets, the options, the correct answer and a written solution, free and with no login.

Take it once in one sitting, in the CAT order and with the real timing, like a real slot. Then read the solutions, note which sections lost you time or marks, and use the section-wise pattern to plan the last weeks before the exam.

CAT 2026 is on Sunday, 29 November 2026. This page is built to show the actual Slot 2 paper and a comparison of what was expected with what came after the exam. Until then it carries the expected paper only. CAT is conducted by the IIMs; the official site is iimcat.ac.in.