CAT 2025 Preparation: Verbal Ability Questions

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13th September, 2025

Nirek Rishi
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The verbal ability section of the CAT exam is a crucial section. The section consists of a good proportion of the CAT examination and requires a good amount of effort to be put in by students to be able to score good marks on. This article highlights key details about the Verbal Ability section of the CAT exam including its syllabus, sample questions and useful tips for students’ reference as well.

CAT 2025 Verbal Ability Syllabus

The overall Verbal Ability section of CAT 2025 accounts for 22 to 24 questions within the entire CAT exam paper. There are several key topics that are part of this section of the CAT exam. For most students, Verbal Ability can be one of the easiest subjects to score the highest marks if they are well-prepared. Provided below are some of the topics that are part of the Verbal Ability section of the CAT exam:

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Para Summary
  • Parajumbles
  • Odd One Out
  • Para Completion

The CAT 2025 Verbal Ability section consists of several key topics that are part of the Reading Comprehension questions. These include Art, History, Philosophy, Science, Business or Economics. While students may not be required to be thorough on these topics for the Verbal Ability section, reading on these topics could help improve their understanding on key words and contexts when these topics show up in this section of the CAT examination.

CAT 2025 Verbal Ability Questions

Provided below are some Verbal Ability questions that students may use to practice for this section of the CAT examination. Using these questions to practice can help improve students’ overall scores on the CAT 2025 exam.

The questions are as follows:

Question Number

Question

1

Arrange these Sentences:

1) These creation myths insist on a continuum, or at least a negotiable boundary, between animate and inanimate matter.
2) That is usually regarded as the work of the gods.
3) Many creation myths insist that the first people were fashioned from clay, mud, dirt: primal matter given a life-soul by supernatural means.
4)Who made humans?
5) That continuity is also demanded by any purely scientific theory of life’s origins on earth, but in myth this usually takes the form of a kind of animism in which life is immanent in all matter.
6) The Egyptian god Khnum made humankind this way from the clay of the Nile basin; the goddess Nuwa formed the Chinese people from yellow earth; in the Book of Genesis, the Judaeo-Christian god ‘created man of the dust of the ground’.

2

Find the odd one out:

  • The Great Wall of China stretches over 13,000 miles.
  • It was built to protect against invasions.
  • Many tourists visit it each year.
  • The Eiffel Tower is a major attraction in Paris.

3

Find the odd one out:

  • Many alchemists believed that all matter was a mixture of four elementary substances: water, air, earth and fire.
  • The transmutation of the elements was pursued in medieval laboratories in a quest called alchemy.
  • The defining objectives of alchemy included the creation of the fabled philosopher’s stone, which among other things, could create an elixir of life conferring youth and longevity.
  • By altering the relative proportions of earth and fire, say, you would be able, they thought, to change copper into gold.

4

Fill in the best word:

Her explanation was so ___ that everyone understood the complex topic.

  1. vague
  2. lucid
  3. obscure
  4. confusing

5

Arrange:

  1. He learned that setbacks often offered hidden lessons.
  2. After the collapse of his first startup, he took time off.
  3. Rather than rushing into another venture, he read widely and taught himself finance.
  4. When he finally launched again, the new company was more resilient.

6

Summarize the paragraph the best way you can:

Research shows that people are more likely to adopt new technology when they see peers using it. This social influence can accelerate the spread of innovations, though it may also lead to adoption without full understanding.

7

Fill in the best word:

Despite facing several obstacles, the team remained ______ in their pursuit of the goal.

a) indifferent

b) resolute

c) apathetic

d) hesitant

Also Read: CAT 2025 Parajumbles Questions

CAT 2025 Verbal Ability Answers

Here are the answers for the provided questions for the Verbal Ability section of the CAT examination:

Question

Answers

1

423615

2

4: Not related to the other sentences

3

2314

4

Lucid

5

2314

6

-

7

Resolute

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CAT 2025 Verbal Ability Tips

Beyond just questions, there are several tips that students can use when preparing for the Verbal Ability section of the CAT examination. Here are some of these tips:

  • Practice:Reading is an essential task to practice when preparing for the Verbal Ability section of the CAT examination. Students can practice reading books, newspapers, journals or articles that really push and test their abilities. Students should aim to practice reading which properly aims to improve their skills. These can help boost a student’s performance on the Verbal Ability section of the CAT examination.
  • Mock Tests: Mock tests are a crucial aspect of any student’s preparation for the CAT examination. They are instrumental in students being able to develop speed as well as accuracy when preparing for the CAT examination. They also are crucial for students developing confidence when preparing for the CAT examination as well.

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