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CAT 2019 Slot 2 VARC

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

Questions

  1. Q1. According to the passage, colonial powers located their capitals:
  2. Q2. The “dilemma” mentioned in the passage refers to:
  3. Q3. People who support decentralising central government functions are LEAST likely to cite which of the following…
  4. Q4. The “long pedigree” of the aim to shift civil servants to improve their living standards implies that this mov…
  5. Q5. According to the author, relocating government agencies has not always been a success for all of the following…
  6. Q6. Based on his views mentioned in the passage, one could best characterise Dr. Watrall as being:
  7. Q7. By “digital colonialism”, critics of the CyArk–Google project are referring to the fact that:
  8. Q8. Which of the following, if true, would most strongly invalidate Dr. Watrall’s objections?
  9. Q9. In Dr. Thompson’s view, CyArk owning the copyright of its digital scans of archaeological sites is akin to:
  10. Q10. Of the following arguments, which one is LEAST likely to be used by the companies that digitally scan cultural…
  11. Q11. Which one of the following statements would undermine the author’s stand regarding the greenness of cities?
  12. Q12. According to the passage, squatter cities are environment-friendly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
  13. Q13. We can infer that Calthorpe’s statement “still jars” with most people because most people:
  14. Q14. In the context of the passage, the author refers to Manaus in order to:
  15. Q15. From the passage it can be inferred that cities are good places to live in for all of the following reasons EX…
  16. Q16. Which of the following can be inferred from the author’s claim, “Which way is Oriental?”
  17. Q17. A French ethnographer decides to study the culture of a Nigerian tribe. Which of the following is most likely …
  18. Q18. The author’s critics would argue that:
  19. Q19. According to the passage, which of the following is not responsible for language’s ability to change us?
  20. Q20. All of the following statements about British colonialism can be inferred from the first paragraph, EXCEPT tha…
  21. Q21. All of the following statements, if true, could be seen as supporting the arguments in the passage, EXCEPT:
  22. Q22. “Consequently, the colonial state could not settle simply for eminence at the cost of its marginality; it bega…
  23. Q23. Which one of the following 5-word sequences best captures the flow of the arguments in the passage?
  24. Q24. Which of the following observations is a valid conclusion to draw from the author’s statement that “the logica…
  25. Q25. 1. Conceptualisations of ‘women’s time’ as contrary to clock-time and clock-time as synonymous with economic r…
  26. Q26. 1. Living things—animals and plants—typically exhibit correlational structure. 2. Adaptive behaviour depends o…
  27. Q27. 1. To the uninitiated listener, atonal music can sound like chaotic, random noise. 2. Atonality is a condition…
  28. Q28. 1. Such a belief in the harmony of nature requires a purpose presumably imposed by the goodness and wisdom of …
  29. Q29. Language is an autapomorphy found only in our lineage, and not shared with other branches of our group such as…
  30. Q30. Social movement organizations often struggle to mobilize supporters from allied movements in their efforts to …
  31. Q31. Privacy-challenged office workers may find it hard to believe, but open-plan offices and cubicles were invente…
  32. Q32. 1. A particularly interesting example of inference occurs in many single panel comics. 2. It’s the creator’s p…
  33. Q33. 1. Socrates told us that ‘the unexamined life is not worth living’ and that to ‘know thyself’ is the path to t…
  34. Q34. 1. Ocean plastic is problematic for a number of reasons, but primarily because marine animals eat it. 2. The l…