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CAT 2024 Slot 2 VARC

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

Questions

  1. Q1. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…
  2. Q2. Based on the passage we can infer that the author would most probably support
  3. Q3. According to the passage, which of the following is the only reason NOT given in favour of making peer review …
  4. Q4. According to the passage, some are opposed to making peer reviews public for all the following reasons EXCEPT …
  5. Q5. All of the following are listed as reasons why academics choose to review other scholars' work EXCEPT:
  6. Q6. There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, …
  7. Q7. Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can b…
  8. Q8. In the context of the passage, which one of the following conclusions CANNOT be reached?
  9. Q9. It can be inferred that all of the following contributed to a decline in the allure of spices, EXCEPT:
  10. Q10. If a trader brought white peppercorns from India to medieval Europe, all of the following are unlikely to happ…
  11. Q11. In the context of the passage, the people who heard the story of pepper trees being guarded by snakes would be…
  12. Q12. We can assume that the author would support all of the following views EXCEPT:
  13. Q13. Carrier, Babbage, and Edison are mentioned in the passage to illustrate the author's point that
  14. Q14. Which of the following best conveys the main point of the first paragraph?
  15. Q15. The author lists all of the following examples as "externalities" of major technical advances EXCEPT:
  16. Q16. Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can b…
  17. Q17. There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, …
  18. Q18. According to the passage, which of the following scenarios would MOST likely exacerbate the frequency of carni…
  19. Q19. According to the passage, what is a significant factor that contributes to the habituation of carnivores to hu…
  20. Q20. Which of the following statements, if false, would be inconsistent with the concerns raised in the passage reg…
  21. Q21. Given the insights provided by Penteriani's research and Wilkinson's statement, which of the following conclus…
  22. Q22. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…
  23. Q23. There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, …
  24. Q24. The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the esse…