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CAT 2018 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 context of the passage, we can infer that the title “Band Aids on a Corpse” (in paragraph 2) suggests t…
  2. Q2. According to the author, service delivery in Indian education can be improved in all of the following ways EXC…
  3. Q3. Which of the following, IF TRUE, would undermine the passage’s main argument?
  4. Q4. The author questions the use of monitoring systems in services that involve face-to-face interaction between s…
  5. Q5. The main purpose of the passage is to:
  6. Q6. All of the following evidence supports the passage’s explanation of sea travel/trade EXCEPT:
  7. Q7. The passage outlines several hypotheses and evidence related to white-lipped grove snails to arrive at the mos…
  8. Q8. Which one of the following makes the author eliminate convergent evolution as a probable explanation for why w…
  9. Q9. In paragraph 4, the evidence that “humans routinely ate these types of snails before the advent of agriculture…
  10. Q10. The author critiques meritocracy for all the following reasons EXCEPT that:
  11. Q11. Which of the following conditions would weaken the efficacy of a random decision forest?
  12. Q12. Which of the following conditions, if true, would invalidate the passage’s main argument?
  13. Q13. On the basis of the passage, which of the following teams is likely to be most effective in solving the proble…
  14. Q14. Which of the following best describes the purpose of the example of neuroscience?
  15. Q15. Of the following, which would have added the least depth to the author’s argument?
  16. Q16. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the 'metric fixation' phenomenon mentioned in the passage?
  17. Q17. What main point does the author want to convey through the examples of the police officer and the surgeon?
  18. Q18. All of the following can be a possible feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, EXCEPT:
  19. Q19. What is the main idea that the author is trying to highlight in the passage?
  20. Q20. The phrase “leaving laundry hanging on a line downwind from a smokestack” is used to explain how the ringed pl…
  21. Q21. Data provided by Cassini challenged the assumption that:
  22. Q22. Based on information provided in the passage, we can infer that, in addition to water ice, Saturn’s rings migh…
  23. Q23. The main objective of the passage is to:
  24. Q24. Based on information provided in the passage, we can conclude all of the following EXCEPT:
  25. Q25. 1. It was his taxpayers who had to shell out as much as $1.6bn over 10 years to employees of failed companies.…
  26. Q26. 1. Self-management is thus defined as the ‘individual’s ability to manage the symptoms, treatment, physical an…
  27. Q27. 1. They would rather do virtuous side projects assiduously as long as these would not compel them into doing t…
  28. Q28. 1. In the era of smart world, however, ‘Universal Basic Income’ is an ineffective instrument which cannot addr…
  29. Q29. The early optimism about sport's deterrent effects on delinquency was premature as researchers failed to find …
  30. Q30. Should the moral obligation to rescue and aid persons in grave peril, felt by a few, be enforced by the crimin…
  31. Q31. A Japanese government panel announced that it recommends regulating only genetically modified organisms that h…
  32. Q32. 1. As India looks to increase the number of cities, our urban planning must factor in potential natural disast…
  33. Q33. 1. Much has been recently discovered about the development of songs in birds. 2. Some species are restricted t…
  34. Q34. 1. Our smartphones can now track our diets, our biological cycles, even our digestive systems and sleep-patter…