CAT Practice Question and Answer
8Q: A shopkeeper who deals in books sold a book at 16% loss. Had she charged an additional Rs.60 while selling it , her profit would have been 14%. Find the cost price, in rupees, of the book ? 1970 05b5cc723e4d2b4197774f677
5b5cc723e4d2b4197774f677- 1Rs. 185false
- 2Rs. 154false
- 3Rs. 200true
- 4Rs. 177false
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Answer : 3. "Rs. 200"
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Answer: C) Rs. 200 Explanation: Let the C.P be 'x'Then, the selling price S.P = x - 16x/100= 84x/100 = 21x/25Now, if the S.P is 60 more, then the profit is 14% => 21x/25 + 60 = x + 14x/100=> 114x/100 - 21x/25 = 60=> (57 - 42)x/50 = 60=> 15x/50 = 60x = 3000/15 = 200 Therefore, the Cost price C.P = x = Rs. 200
Q: Who has won the Hero Indian Golf Open 2017 ? 1970 05b5cc71be4d2b4197774f521
5b5cc71be4d2b4197774f521- 1Gavin Greenfalse
- 2S.S.P. Chawrasiatrue
- 3Anirban Lahirifalse
- 4Scott Jamiesonfalse
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Answer : 2. "S.S.P. Chawrasia"
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Answer: B) S.S.P. Chawrasia Explanation: Chawrasia, became the first Indian to successfully defend a European Tour title and the first player to win their first four events in their home country.
Q: Which party has announced that the party is quitting from the BJP-Led NDA Alliance at the center? 1970 05b5cc6a3e4d2b4197774cbed
5b5cc6a3e4d2b4197774cbed- 1Shiv Senafalse
- 2Telugu Desham Partytrue
- 3Lok Janshakti Partyfalse
- 4Janata Dal Unitedfalse
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Answer : 2. "Telugu Desham Party"
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Answer: B) Telugu Desham Party Explanation: Andhra Pradesh's TDP - Telugu Desam Party, today i.e on 16th March 2018 quit the NDA government at the Centre a week after two of its ministers resigned from the Union cabinet over the issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh.
Q: Who has become the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time ? 1969 05b5cc6dde4d2b4197774ea41
5b5cc6dde4d2b4197774ea41- 1Anshu Jamsenpatrue
- 2Dickey Dolmafalse
- 3Lhakpa Sherpafalse
- 4Malavath Purnafalse
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Answer : 1. "Anshu Jamsenpa"
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Answer: A) Anshu Jamsenpa Explanation: Anshu Jamsenpa, the Indian mountaineer from Arunachal Pradesh, has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest for the fourth time. She will attempt a double ascent to the world’s highest peak to make it a total five successful climbs. If she is successful with her double ascent this time, Ms Jamsenpa will set a record five climbs of Mt Everest.
Q: Which Wins Patent for Flying Warehouse to Deliver Parcels via Drones ? 1969 05b5cc774e4d2b4197775004d
5b5cc774e4d2b4197775004d- 1Flipkartfalse
- 2Snapdealfalse
- 3Amazontrue
- 4Paytmfalse
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Answer : 3. "Amazon"
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Answer: C) Amazon Explanation: The U.S. e-commerce giant, Amazon has been awarded a patent for launching a giant flying warehouse that would acts as a launch pad for drones to deliver items within minutes.The patent reveals plans for setting up an “Airborne Fulfillment Center” (AFC) such as an Airship or Blimp, floating at an altitude of around 45,000 and stocked with lots of products especially in area where the demand for certain items is expected to be high. When a customer places an order, a drone or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will fly down and deliver the package. The patent claims that this would require little or no power because the drone would be gliding down rather than having to take off and land.
Q: Which of the following is / are fund managers for National Pension System (NPS) in 2017 ? 1969 05b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd71
5b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd71- 1Axis provident fundfalse
- 2Yes bank pension fundfalse
- 3ICICI prudential pensiontrue
- 4Punjab National provident fundfalse
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Answer : 3. "ICICI prudential pension"
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Answer: C) ICICI prudential pension Explanation: At present in 2017, there are only seven NPS fund managers viz. HDFC Pension Fund, ICICI Prudential Pension, Kotak Pension Fund, LIC Pension Fund, Reliance Capital Pension, SBI Pension Fund and UTI Retirement Solutions.
Q: Which animal adaptation happened before the others? 1968 05b5cc62ce4d2b4197774b91d
5b5cc62ce4d2b4197774b91d- 1Reproduction on landfalse
- 2Development of a colelomfalse
- 3Tissue developmenttrue
- 4Deuterostome developmentfalse
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Answer : 3. "Tissue development"
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Answer: C) Tissue development Explanation:
Q: What will come in the place of the (?) in the following number series ? 5 14 45 130 (?) 1182 1968 05b5cc6cae4d2b4197774e095
5b5cc6cae4d2b4197774e095- 1222false
- 2397true
- 3404false
- 4415false
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Answer : 2. "397"
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Answer: B) 397 Explanation: The pattern of given series is : 5 14 = (5x3) - 1 45 = (14x3) + 3 130 = (45x3) - 5 (?) = (130x3) + 7 => (?) = 397 1182 = (397x3) - 9 Thus, the missing number is 397.

