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CAT 2017 Slot 2 VARC

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · 34 questions · 60 minutes · +3 / −1 (no negative marking on type-in answers)

Questions

  1. Q1. In the author's view, cities promote human creativity for all the following reasons EXCEPT that they
  2. Q2. The author uses 'ironic' in the third paragraph to point out that
  3. Q3. The central idea of this passage is that
  4. Q4. Jane Jacobs believed that cities that are more creative
  5. Q5. The 1968 study is used here to show that
  6. Q6. The author's conclusions about the most 'creative cities' in the US (paragraph 6) are based on his assumption …
  7. Q7. The purpose of this passage is to
  8. Q8. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT
  9. Q9. Based on this extract, the author would support which one of the following actions?
  10. Q10. In paragraph 6, the author provides the examples of crowberry and alpine azalea to demonstrate that
  11. Q11. Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
  12. Q12. In paragraph 1, the author uses blankets as a device to
  13. Q13. Which of the following statements best reflects the author's argument?
  14. Q14. The author points out all of the following about electric cars EXCEPT
  15. Q15. According to the author, the main reason for Tesla's remarkable sales is that
  16. Q16. The author comes to the conclusion that
  17. Q17. In paragraphs 5 and 6, the author provides the example of Uber to argue that
  18. Q18. In paragraph 6, the author mentions electrically powered bicycles to argue that
  19. Q19. Which one of the following best describes what the passage is trying to do?
  20. Q20. According to the passage, some governments still use typewriters because:
  21. Q21. The writer praises typewriters for all the following reasons EXCEPT
  22. Q22. The primary purpose of the passage is:
  23. Q23. The evidence - "Most of the artifacts also date to the 780s, but some are as old as 725" — has been used in th…
  24. Q24. All of the following hold true for Vikings EXCEPT
  25. Q25. 1. Before plants can take life from atmosphere, nitrogen must undergo transformations similar to ones that foo…
  26. Q26. 1. This has huge implications for the health care system as it operates today, where depleted resources and ti…
  27. Q27. 1. Johnson treated English very practically, as a living language, with many different shades of meaning and a…
  28. Q28. 1. The implications of retelling of Indian stories, hence, takes on new meaning in a modern India. 2. The stor…
  29. Q29. North American walnut sphinx moth caterpillars (Amorpha juglandis) look like easy meals for birds, but they ha…
  30. Q30. Both Socrates and Bacon were very good at asking useful questions. In fact, Socrates is largely credited with …
  31. Q31. A fundamental property of language is that it is slippery and messy and more liquid than solid, a gelatinous m…
  32. Q32. 1. Although we are born with the gift of language, research shows that we are surprisingly unskilled when it c…
  33. Q33. 1. Over the past fortnight, one of its finest champions managed to pull off a similar impression. 2. Wimbledon…
  34. Q34. 1. Those geometric symbols and aerodynamic swooshes are more than just skin deep. 2. The Commonwealth Bank log…