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CAT 2024

Number of questions: 66: 48 MCQs, 18 TITA (Type in the answer)

Duration: 2 hours (40 minutes per section)

Marking Scheme:

Correct answer: +3

Wrong answer: -1 for MCQs, 0 for TITA

3 sections (in order)

1. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (24)


2. Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (20)
3. Quantitative Aptitude (22)

You cannot switch among the sections!

Free Resources for Self-prep: Free CAT Resources - Google Sheets

Preparation Strategy

VARC:

 Flashcards for vocab


 Practice comprehension questions from Aeon

DATA INTERPRETATION AND LOGICAL REASONING:

Calendar

Odd days: extra days not part of a complete week = (total no. of days) mod 7 [mod returns
remainder]

No. of odd days in a leap year= 2

No. of odd days in an ordinary (non-leap) year= 1

Leap Year: must be divisible by 4. In addition, if it is divisible by 100, it must also be divisible by 400.

e.g. 2004 is a leap year. 2000 is divisible by 400 so it is also a leap year. However, 2100 is divisible by 4
and 100 but not by 400 and hence it is not a leap year.

No. of odd days in a 31-day month (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Aug, Oct, Dec) = 3

No. of odd days in a 30-day month (Apr, Jun, Sep, Nov) = 2

No. of odd days in February = 0 for ordinary year, 1 for leap year
100 years = 24 leap years + 76 ordinary years

No. of odd days in 100 years = (2*24 + 1*76) mod 7 = 5

No. of odd days in 200 years = (2*no. of odd days in 100 years) mod 7 = 3

No. of odd days in 300 years = (3*5) mod 7 = 1

No. of odd days in 400 years = (4*5 + 1) mod 7 = 0 [add 1 as the 400th year would itself be a leap
year]

Similarly, each of 800, 1200, 1600, 2000 years etc. will have 0 odd days.

Day of the week corresponding to the number of odd days:

No. of odd days 0 1 2 3 4 5 6


Day of the week Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

*If 1 Jan YYYY is a Monday and YYYY is a non-leap year, then 1 Jan (YYYY+1) will be a Tuesday, i.e. the
previous day+1. But if the previous year is a leap year, then the same date next year would be the
previous day+2.

If YYYY is a leap year, then 1 Jan (YYYY+1) will be a Wednesday.

*Similarly, if DD MM is a Monday and MM has 28/29/30/31 days, then DD of next month will be
Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu accordingly.

Q. What was the day on 14th April 2000?

1600 has 0 odd days. The next 300 years will have 1 odd day. In the next 99 years, we have 24 leap
years and 75 ordinary years. So, the number of odd days is (24*2 + 75*1) mod 7 = 4.

Total number of odd days till now = 5

Number of odd days in January = 3

Number of odd days in February 2000 (a leap year) = 1

Number of odd days in March = 3

Number of odd days in April till 14 April = 14 mod 7 = 0

Total number of odd days = (5 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 0) mod 7 = 5, which corresponds to Friday.

Method: To find the day of the week on the date XX month YYYY, find number of odd days till year
YYYY-1. Then add odd days of months up till month-1. Then add (XX mod 7).

Next, find (final_sum mod 7), which gives the total number of odd days and lies in the range 0-6.
Then map your answer to Sunday-Saturday.

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE:

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