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CAT 2020 Slot 2 VARC

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · 26 questions · 40 minutes · +3 / −1 (no negative marking on type-in answers)

Questions

  1. Q1. Which one of the following best describes the word “epiphenomena” in the last sentence of the passage?
  2. Q2. All of the following statements may be considered valid inferences from the passage, EXCEPT:
  3. Q3. “No amount of social analysis can account fully for the existence of Michelangelo or Leonardo.” In light of th…
  4. Q4. “Seeing . . . operates on the foundation of covenants with images that establish the conditions for meaningful…
  5. Q5. Which set of keywords below most closely captures the arguments of the passage?
  6. Q6. “A more eclectic history might have included the conquistadors, Vasco da Gama and the East India Company. But …
  7. Q7. We can deduce that the author believes that piracy can best be controlled in the long run:
  8. Q8. “Why toil away as a starving peasant in the 16th century when a successful pirate made up to £4,000 on each ra…
  9. Q9. The author ascribes the rise in piracy today to all of the following factors EXCEPT:
  10. Q10. All of the following statements, if true, could be seen as supporting the arguments in the passage, EXCEPT:
  11. Q11. Which one of the following statements, if false, could be seen as best supporting the arguments in the passage…
  12. Q12. Which one of the following statements, if true, could be an accurate inference from the first paragraph of the…
  13. Q13. Which one of the following statements best captures the main argument of the last paragraph of the passage?
  14. Q14. Based on the passage, we can infer that the author would be most supportive of which one of the following prac…
  15. Q15. “[A]n enemy combatant may be subjected to torture in order to extract useful intelligence, though those inflic…
  16. Q16. All of the following statements can be seen as logically implied by the arguments of the passage EXCEPT:
  17. Q17. The author identifies three essential factors according to which theories of aggression are most commonly cate…
  18. Q18. The author discusses all of the following arguments in the passage EXCEPT that:
  19. Q19. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Deci…
  20. Q20. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Deci…
  21. Q21. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…
  22. Q22. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…
  23. Q23. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…
  24. Q24. Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coh…
  25. Q25. Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coh…
  26. Q26. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Deci…