CAT 2025 slot 2 analysis: what VARC actually tested, and why the RC passages felt longer
I wrote slot 2 and have now compared notes with two friends from slot 1 and slot 3. The VARC section was not harder in vocabulary. It was harder in patience. Three observations, all from my own attempt sheet: 1. Four RC passages, 16 questions. Two passages were philosophy-adjacent and had long sentences, but the questions were mostly inference, not tone. People who trained on "author's tone" questions lost time looking for something that was not asked. 2. The odd-one-out para jumble was the easiest 3 marks in the section, and it sat near the end. I nearly missed it because I was behind schedule. 3. Two options in the inference questions were true statements that did not follow from the passage. That is the trap: "true in the world" is not the same as "supported by the text". My section attempt: 21 of 24, with 5 marked for review. I am not claiming a percentile — the official key is not out and I refuse to guess with someone else's numbers. If you wrote a different slot, post the passage topics (not the questions) and what you found time-consuming. The slot comparison is the useful part.