CAT Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Mr. A, Miss B, Mr. C and Miss D are sitting around a table and discussing their trades. 1. Mr. A sits opposite to cook 2. Miss b sits right to the barber.3. The washer man is on the left of the tailor 4. Miss D sits opposite Mr. C What are the trades of A and B ? 2395 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9bd
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9bd- 1Tailor and Barberfalse
- 2Tailor and cooktrue
- 3Barber and cookfalse
- 4washer man and cookfalse
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Answer : 2. "Tailor and cook"
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Answer: B) Tailor and cook Explanation: Clealry, C and D sit opposite to each other. So, if A sits opposite to cook, B shall be the cook.Now, B is to the right of barber. So, one of the rest, say C will be barber.Clealry, then D on the opposite side shall be washerman or tailor. But, washerman is left of tailor and D on the left of A.So, D is washerman and A is tailor. Thus, A and B are Tailor and Cook.
Q: Find the minimum number of straight lines in the below figure ? 2393 05b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff26
5b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff26- 120false
- 219true
- 317false
- 415false
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Answer : 2. "19"
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Answer: B) 19 Explanation: The given figure can be labelled as : Straight lines : The number of straight lines are 19 i.e. BC, CD, BD, AF, FE, AE, AB, GH, IJ, KL, DE, AG, BH, HI, GJ, IL, JK, KE and DL.
Q: In a queue, Shankar is ninth from the rear end. Althaf's place is eighth from the front. Nitu is standing between the two. What could be the minimum numbers of boys standing in the queue ? 2393 05b5cc74ae4d2b4197774fa9a
5b5cc74ae4d2b4197774fa9a- 118false
- 214true
- 322false
- 424false
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Answer : 2. "14"
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Answer: B) 14 Explanation: 1 2 3 4 5 6(Shankar) 7(Nitu) 8(Althaf) 9 10 11 12 13 14Here, Althaf is 8th from front, Shankar is 9th from rear end and Nitu is between themSo minimum no. of boys standing in the queue = 14
Q: What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series? 132 156 ? 210 240 272 2389 05b5cc6c7e4d2b4197774de8c
5b5cc6c7e4d2b4197774de8c- 1196false
- 2182true
- 3199false
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Answer : 2. "182"
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Answer: B) 182 Explanation: The given series follows a logic that 11 x 12, 12 x 13, 13 x 14, 14 x 15, 15 x 16,... So the missing number is 13 x 14 = 182
Q: Where does the series number on a map appear? 2385 05b5cc6a0e4d2b4197774ca8b
5b5cc6a0e4d2b4197774ca8b- 1Upper right marginfalse
- 2Lower left marginfalse
- 3Both A & Btrue
- 4Not Existfalse
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Answer : 3. "Both A & B"
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Answer: C) Both A & B Explanation: The series number is found in both the upper right margin and the lower left margin. It is a sequence reference expressed either as a four-digit numeral (1125) or as a letter, followed by a three- or four-digit numeral (M661, T7110).
Q: A man is facing north-west. He turns 90o in the clockwise direction, then 180o in the anticlockwise direction and then another 90o in the same direction. Which direction is he facing now? 2385 05b5cc7e1e4d2b419777516cc
5b5cc7e1e4d2b419777516cc- 1Southfalse
- 2South-westfalse
- 3South-easttrue
- 4Eastfalse
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Answer : 3. "South-east"
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Answer: C) South-east Explanation: As shown in fig. the man initially faces in the direction OP. On moving 900 clockwise, he faces in the direction OX. On further moving 1800 anticlockwise, he faces in the direction OY. Finally, on moving 900anticlockwise, he faces in the direction OZ, which is South-east.
Q: What is better, to have 70% discount or 40 and 30% discount consequently ? 2380 05b5cc70ee4d2b4197774f38f
5b5cc70ee4d2b4197774f38f- 140% is betterfalse
- 270% is bettertrue
- 3Both are samefalse
- 4Nonefalse
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Answer : 2. "70% is better"
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Answer: B) 70% is better Explanation: Let Price be Rs.100 1st CASE: Then 100 x 70/100 = 70=> price after discount = 100-70 = Rs.30 2nd CASE: Then 100 x 40/100 = 40=> price after discount = 100-40 = Rs.60then60 x 30/100 = 18=> price after 2 consequent discount = 60-18 = Rs.42 =>from 1 and 2 cases, 70% discount is better.
Q: The Length of the Day is determined in 2376 05b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d183
5b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d183- 1length of the hoursfalse
- 2length of the yearfalse
- 3astronomical unitstrue
- 4solar termsfalse
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Answer : 3. "astronomical units"
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Answer: C) astronomical units Explanation: The Length of the Day is determined in Astronomical Units. The length of a day corresponds to the time the Earth takes to turn around on its axis, which is approximately 24 hours. But it's not exactly 24 hours. This phenomenon is due to tides raised by the Moon which slow Earth's rotation. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a day is now about 86 400.002 seconds, and is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.