CAT Practice Question and Answer
8Q: 5 boys and 3 girls can together cultivate a 23 acre field in 4 days and 3 boys and 2 girls together can cultivate a 7 acre field in 2 days. How many girls will be needed together with 7 boys, if they cultivate 45 acres of field in 6 days? 2006 05b5cc60ae4d2b4197774b5bf
5b5cc60ae4d2b4197774b5bf- 14false
- 23false
- 32true
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Answer : 3. "2"
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Answer: C) 2 Explanation: Let workdone 1 boy in 1 day be b and that of 1 girl be g From the given data, 4(5b + 3g) = 23 20b + 12g = 23 .......(a) 2(3b + 2g) = 7 6b + 4g = 7 ........(b) Solving (a) & (b), we get b = 1, g = 1/4 Let number og girls required be 'p' 6(7 x 1 + p x 1/4) = 45 => p = 2. Hence, number of girls required = 2
Q: Who is the author of the book "No Full Stops in India" ? 2006 15b5cc6cee4d2b4197774e265
5b5cc6cee4d2b4197774e265- 1R. K. Narayanfalse
- 2Mark Tullytrue
- 3C. Narayan Reddyfalse
- 4Ved Mehtafalse
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Answer : 2. "Mark Tully"
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Answer: B) Mark Tully Explanation:
Q: Which statement fits the Frontier Ethic? 2005 15b5cc6b0e4d2b4197774d2bc
5b5cc6b0e4d2b4197774d2bc- 1Recycle plasticfalse
- 2Help those in needfalse
- 3He who has more toys winstrue
- 4Walk lightly on Earthfalse
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Answer : 3. "He who has more toys wins"
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Answer: C) He who has more toys wins Explanation: Frontier Ethic is Spending Earth's assets at the cost of losing resource capital. A frontier ethic assumes that the earth has an unlimited supply of resources. It is the notion of disregarding the Earth for the benefit or gain of man. If resources run out in one area, more can be found elsewhere or alternatively human ingenuity will find substitutes. This attitude sees humans as masters who manage the planet. It is completely Anthropocentric.
Q: Sumanth walks 200 feet straight from his house, which is facing north and then he walks 100 feet in reverse direction.Further he takes a left turn and walks 300 yards.In Which direction is Sumanth now from his original position? 2005 05b5cc7b9e4d2b41977750941
5b5cc7b9e4d2b41977750941- 1South-Eastfalse
- 2North-Easttrue
- 3South-Westfalse
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Answer : 2. "North-East"
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Answer: B) North-East Explanation: Starting From his house, Sumanth walks 200 feet straight towards North; we can write it as N200. Similarly, the other distances and directions can be considered and written as follows : (Notice that he covers 300 yards towards East; one yard = 3 feet and hence 300 yards = 900 feet) N200S100E900 Adding all south and all North distances and finding the net result, and also adding all East and all West distances and finding the net result, this can further be summarized as : N100E900 Thus, the direction from his original position is North-East.
Q: The fastest growing plant is ______ ? 2004 05b5cc6cde4d2b4197774e1b3
5b5cc6cde4d2b4197774e1b3- 1Ashokafalse
- 2Banyanfalse
- 3Eucalyptustrue
- 4Rosefalse
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Answer : 3. "Eucalyptus"
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Answer: C) Eucalyptus Explanation:
Q: What goes up when rain comes down? 2003 05b5cc6aae4d2b4197774cf47
5b5cc6aae4d2b4197774cf47- 1Airfalse
- 2Heatfalse
- 3Umbrellatrue
- 4Nonefalse
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Answer : 3. "Umbrella"
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Answer: C) Umbrella Explanation: Yes, when rain starts falling umbrella goes up for pretecting us from wetting.
Q: What is the equivalent compound ratio of 5:6::7:10::6:5 ? 2003 05b5cc6e3e4d2b4197774eccf
5b5cc6e3e4d2b4197774eccf- 17 : 9false
- 29 : 7false
- 37 : 4false
- 47 : 10true
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Answer : 4. "7 : 10"
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Answer: D) 7 : 10 Explanation: Given 5:6 :: 7:10 :: 6:5 We know that compound ratio is calculated as a:b :: c:d :: e:f(axcxe):(bxdxf) => (5x7x6):(6x10x5)=> (210):(300)= 7:10
Q: What is the feminine of bull ? 2003 05b5cc6d7e4d2b4197774e723
5b5cc6d7e4d2b4197774e723- 1Mulefalse
- 2Ostrichfalse
- 3Tigressfalse
- 4Heifertrue
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Answer : 4. "Heifer"
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Answer: D) Heifer Explanation:

