Section 17
Real CAT questions and your error log
Use Cracku’s free topic-wise pages for the actual CAT 2017–2025 questions, add the older 1990–2008 papers for volume, and log every miss in one line. That is how you reach roughly 100 questions per major chapter.
Your error log
Your log (0)
| Date | Source | Chapter | Pattern | Mistake type | What went wrong | Fix in one line | Redo on | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct | Section 6 practice, Q2 | Profit & Loss | 1 (markup + discount) | Concept | Applied the discount to CP | Discount is always on MP | 12 Oct, 19 Oct | |
| 23 Oct | CAT 2020 Slot 1 (TSD page) | TSD | 2 (after-meeting) | Time | Solved by algebra in 5 min | Use t² = t₁ × t₂ directly | 26 Oct, 2 Nov |
The greyed rows are the guide’s examples of a good entry. Add your first one above.
- Redo every logged question 3 days later and again 10 days later, without looking at the solution.
- Every Sunday, count misses by chapter and pattern. The top two get extra practice the next week.
- In the last five days, read only the “Fix in one line” column.
The real questions, sorted by topic
One page per QA topic, sorted by year, with solutions, video solutions and a free PDF. The Time, Speed & Distance page covers CAT 2017–2025 plus the 1990–2008 papers and lists 99+ questions.
Full slot-wise papers. Use their QA sections as timed 40-minute tests in the last three weeks.
Cracku: 100+ most important CAT arithmetic questions
A curated set if time runs short.
Careers360 CAT Quant PYQs 2021–2025 question bank (PDF)
All 330 recent QA questions in one file.
McGraw Hill: Chapter-wise Solved Previous Years’ Papers for CAT
A paid book with 2001–2008 and 2017–2025 questions sorted by chapter, if you prefer paper.
Solve in this order, within each chapter
- The 1990–2008 questions first: easier, good for building the method.
- Then 2017–2020.
- Then 2021–2025 under a 3-minute timer, since those are closest to what you will face.
Take the official mock on iimcat.ac.in once it is released, to learn the interface, the calculator and the TITA box.