CAT Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Marathon is to race as Hibernation is to 4537 05b5cc6b5e4d2b4197774d510
5b5cc6b5e4d2b4197774d510- 1Eatfalse
- 2Sleeptrue
- 3Winterfalse
- 4Dreamfalse
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Answer : 2. "Sleep"
Explanation :
Answer: B) Sleep Explanation: Marathon is to Race as Hibernation is to Sleep. Marathon is a long race in the similar way Hibernation refers to a long sleep.
Q: When I was married 10 years ago my wife is the 6th member of the family. Today my father died and a baby born to me.The average age of my family during my marriage is same as today. What is the age of Father when he died ? 4526 05b5cc745e4d2b4197774fa18
5b5cc745e4d2b4197774fa18- 150 yrsfalse
- 260 yrstrue
- 370 yrsfalse
- 465 yrsfalse
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Answer : 2. "60 yrs"
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Answer: B) 60 yrs Explanation: Let the Father be x years when he died Average Age 10 years ago be A Total Age 10 years ago = 6*A Total Age after 10 years(Just before father's Death) = 6A + 6*10 = 6A + 60 Father Died and Baby was born => the Total number of people in the family is Same (6) Baby born today so age of baby = 0 (6A +60 - x)/6 = 6A/6 => A + 10 -(x/6) = A => x/6 = 10 => x = 60 Therefore we can conclude that the father was 60 years old when he died.
Q: 21st letter of the alphabet is a Consonant. 4518 05b5cc6a3e4d2b4197774cc3e
5b5cc6a3e4d2b4197774cc3e- 1TRUEfalse
- 2FALSEtrue
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Answer : 2. "FALSE"
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Answer: B) FALSE Explanation: We know there are 26 alphabets in English. The 21st letter in the alphabet is 'U'. We have 5 vowels and 21 consonants. Vowels :: A, E, I, O, U. U is not consonant and is a vowel. Hence, the given statement that 21st letter in the alphabet i.e, U is consonant is a FALSE.
Q: The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is 4515 05b5cc6a2e4d2b4197774cb66
5b5cc6a2e4d2b4197774cb66- 1Shakuntala Devitrue
- 2Raja Ramannafalse
- 3Rina Panigrahifalse
- 4Ramanujamfalse
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Answer : 1. "Shakuntala Devi"
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Answer: A) Shakuntala Devi Explanation:
Q: In order to maximize his gain, a shopping mall owner decides to reduce the price of electronics goods by 20% and as a result of this, the sales of electronics increase by 40%. If, as a result of these changes, he is able to increase his weekly collection by Rs. 1,05,000, find by what value did the gross collection increase per day? 4509 05b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d188
5b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d188- 1Rs. 14400false
- 2Rs. 14600false
- 3Rs. 14800false
- 4Rs. 15000true
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 15000"
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Answer: D) Rs. 15000 Explanation: It won't requires that much solving. Here given the increase in weekly collection by Rs. 1,05,000 That is this increase denotes for all 7 days. => Gross Collection increase per day = Rs. 1,05,0007 = Rs. 15,000 Hence, the gross collection increase per day = Rs. 15,000.
Q: The product of a number and its multiplicative inverse is 4499 05b5cc64de4d2b4197774bc70
5b5cc64de4d2b4197774bc70- 11true
- 20false
- 3-1false
- 4Infinityfalse
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Answer : 1. "1"
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Answer: A) 1 Explanation: The mutiplicative inverse of a number is nothing but a reciprocal of a number. Now, the product of a number and its multiplicative inverse is always equal to 1. For example : Let the number be 15 Multiplicative inverse of 15 = 1/15 The product of a number and its multiplicative inverse is = 15 x 1/15 = 1.
Q: Frugal : Parsimonious :: ? 4498 05b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc6b
5b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc6b- 1joy : ecstasytrue
- 2rich : poorfalse
- 3love : hatefalse
- 4poor : miseryfalse
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Answer : 1. "joy : ecstasy"
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Answer: A) joy : ecstasy Explanation: Frugal and parsimonious are synonyms of each other and bear the meaning 'being stingy' or 'sparing'. Similarly, joy and ecstasy are related to happiness.
Q: I learnt from my experience that by______ my anger and resentment, and by avoiding _________ I could overcome opponents more successfully than could those who openly defied their adversaries. 4481 05b5cc731e4d2b4197774f7f6
5b5cc731e4d2b4197774f7f6- 1suppressing, conflicttrue
- 2expressing, hostilityfalse
- 3stifling, temperancefalse
- 4rousing, wrathfalse
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Answer : 1. "suppressing, conflict"
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Answer: A) suppressing, conflict Explanation: