CAT Practice Question and Answer
8Q: What steps do you follow to study a problem before making a decision ? 1352 05b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fea2
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The interviewer wants to know that you don't just jump into a solution without knowing the problem in detail. You want to study the problem by determining the cause of the problem, what the problem is, and what the possible solutions are. You then decide on a solution.Following steps for problem-solving and decision-making can be very helpful.- Define the problem to be solved and decision to be made.- Gather the necessary information. - List all possible choices. - Consider possible outcomes for each choice. - Check out how you feel about each of the choices. - Relate the choices to your values and priorities. - From the possible alternatives, choose one. - Commit yourself to your chosen decision and disregard the others. Concentrate your energies in one direction. Once we made our decision, we must focus all our work on that itself.- Take steps to turn your decision into positive action. - Evaluate your progress from time to time. Change your decision if necessary.
Q: If banana is apple, apple is grapes, grapes is mango, mango is nuts, nuts is guava, which of the following is a yellow fruit ? 2223 05b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe93
5b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe93- 1Grapesfalse
- 2Mangofalse
- 3Nutstrue
- 4Guavafalse
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Answer : 3. "Nuts"
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Answer: C) Nuts Explanation:
Q: Artists are generally whimsical. Some of them are frustrated. Frustrated people are prone to be drug addicts. Based on these statements which of the following conclusions is true? 8274 05b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe98
5b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe98- 1All frustrated people are drug addictsfalse
- 2Frustrated people are whimsicalfalse
- 3All drug addicts are artistsfalse
- 4Some artists may be drug addictstrue
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Answer : 4. "Some artists may be drug addicts"
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Answer: D) Some artists may be drug addicts Explanation:
Q: Who was appointed as Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation in the year 2017 ? 1374 05b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe8e
5b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe8e- 1Alok Kumar Vermatrue
- 2Anil Sinhafalse
- 3Rakesh Asthanafalse
- 4Nonefalse
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Answer : 1. "Alok Kumar Verma"
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Answer: A) Alok Kumar Verma Explanation: Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma, Delhi Police Commissioner was appointed as new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. He will have tenure of two years. He was selected by a three-member committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice J S Khehar and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge. He will take over from interim director Rakesh Asthana, who was handed the reins of the premier investigating agency after former director Anil Sinha retired on December 2, 2016.
Q: Choose the most essential part for the word given below from the following options ? Shoe 1510 05b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe89
5b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe89- 1Lacefalse
- 2Soletrue
- 3Leatherfalse
- 4Walkingfalse
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Answer : 2. "Sole"
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Answer: B) Sole Explanation: All shoes have a sole of some sort.Not all shoes are made of leather (choice b); nor do they all have laces (choice c).Walking (choice d) is not essential to a shoe.
Q: Statement 1: Elizabeth has four children.Statement 2: Two of the children have blue eyes and two of the children have brown eyes.Statement 3: Half of the children are girls.If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact? a. At least one girl has blue eyes.b. Two of the children are boys.c. The boys have brown eyes. 1301 05b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe84
5b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe84- 1a onlyfalse
- 2a and bfalse
- 3b onlytrue
- 4b and cfalse
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Answer : 3. "b only"
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Answer: C) b only Explanation: Since half of the four children are girls, two must be boys. It is not clear which children have blue or brown eyes. So only statement (b) follows.
Q: Statement: The air and rail services have been severely disrupted due to thick fog in the northern part of the country.Courses of action:a. The rail and air services should be temporarily suspended in the region.b. People should be advised to make their travel plan keeping in mind the probable disruption resulting in delay or cancellation of services.c. The government should immediately install modern machines which will enable itto guide the rail and air services even if the thick fog develops. 1376 05b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe7a
5b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe7a- 1Only a followsfalse
- 2a and b followsfalse
- 3Only b followsfalse
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Answer : 4. "a, b & c follows"
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Answer: D) a, b & c follows Explanation: Keeping in mind the safety and convenience of passengers, both 'a' and 'b' follow. 'c' clearly suggests a remedy to the problem and hence it also follows.
Q: Here are some words translated from an artificial language. briftamint means 'militant'uftonel means 'occupied'uftonalene means 'occupation' Which word could mean "Occupant"? 1610 05b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe7f
5b5cc76ae4d2b4197774fe7f- 1elamintfalse
- 2briftalenefalse
- 3uftonaminttrue
- 4elbriftafalse
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Answer : 3. "uftonamint"
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Answer: C) uftonamint Explanation: Brift means the root word mili; the suffix amint means the same as the English suffix –tant; the root word ufton– means occupy; el means the suffix –ied of occupied; and alene means the suffix –tion. (Because ufton means occupy, choices a, b, and d can be easily ruled out.)