CAT : Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) - 2020

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Verbal AbilityPara Summary; Jumbled paragraphs; Out of Context Sentence; Error Correction in Sentences; Sequence of sentences; Fill in the blanks; Completion of Last Sentence of Paragraph; Analogies; Critical Reasoning; Sentence CompletionPara Jumbles (3 Qs); Para Summary (3 Qs); Out of Context Sentence (2 Qs)8
Reading ComprehensionRC Passages on Literature, Current Affairs, Social, Economic, Business issues followed by questions based on  Inferences, Statements, Arguments, Main idea in the RC Passage;  Author’s assumption; Synonyms-antonyms; Meaning of the phrase; Vocabulary usage4 RC Passages, each followed by 4 Questions on True False Statement, Argument, Inference, Conclusion, Main Idea, Interpretation of Phrase as used in RC based on  Utopia and Dystopia; Mayan Civilization – personhood; Marshmallow Theory; The Thirst Empire – Chinese Tea16
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Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)