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CAT 2023 Slot 3 VARC

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · 24 questions · 40 minutes · +3 / −1 (no negative marking on type-in answers)

Questions

  1. Q1. On the basis of information in the passage, which one of the following is NOT a reason for the failure of poli…
  2. Q2. Which one of the following best explains the primary purpose of the discussion of the colonisation of the Band…
  3. Q3. All of the following can be inferred from the reviewer's discussion of "The Nutmeg's Curse", EXCEPT:
  4. Q4. Which one of the following, if true, would make the reviewer's choice of the pronoun "who" for Gaia inappropri…
  5. Q5. The author refers to the ancient Greek philosophers to:
  6. Q6. The author mentions Kekulé's discovery of the structure of benzene and Mozart's symphonies to illustrate the p…
  7. Q7. According to the author, for Pinker as well as the ancient Greek philosophers, rational thinking involves all …
  8. Q8. The author endorses Pinker's views on the importance of logical reasoning as it:
  9. Q9. From the passage we can infer that the author is likely to advise poor, but archaeologically-rich source count…
  10. Q10. It can be inferred from the passage that archaeological sites are considered important by some source countrie…
  11. Q11. Which one of the following statements, if true, would undermine the central idea of the passage?
  12. Q12. Which one of the following statements best expresses the paradox of patrimony laws?
  13. Q13. According to the romantics, aesthetics:
  14. Q14. Which one of the following statements is NOT supported by the passage?
  15. Q15. The main difficulty in studying romanticism is the:
  16. Q16. According to the passage, recent studies on romanticism avoid "a single definition, a specific time, or a spec…
  17. Q17. There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, …
  18. Q18. There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, …
  19. Q19. Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can b…
  20. Q20. Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can b…
  21. Q21. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent parag…
  22. Q22. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent parag…
  23. Q23. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…
  24. Q24. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…