CAT Practice Question and Answer

Q: How is my father's brother's only sibling's mother related to my sister's only brother ? 3709 0

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    Neice
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    Aunt
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    Mother
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    Grand-mother
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Answer : 4. "Grand-mother"
Explanation :

Answer: D) Grand-mother Explanation: My father's brother's only sibling is my father. My father's mother is my grandmother. My sister's only brother is myself. So she is my Grandmother.

Q: The food and drug administration sets standards for 3709 0

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    product labeling
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    traffic safety
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    advertising
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    the environment
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Answer : 1. "product labeling"
Explanation :

Answer: A) product labeling Explanation: The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products.

Q: Some mangoes are yellow. Some tixo are mangoes. Conclusions:(i) Some mangoes are green.(ii) Tixo is a yellow. 3707 0

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    Only conclusion (i) follows
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    Only conclusion (ii) follows
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    Either (i) or (ii) follows
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    Neither (i) nor (ii) follows
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Answer : 4. "Neither (i) nor (ii) follows"
Explanation :

Answer: D) Neither (i) nor (ii) follows Explanation:

Q: Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to 3705 0

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    Helpful
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    Mean
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    Petty
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    Gloomy
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Answer : 4. "Gloomy"
Explanation :

Answer: D) Gloomy Explanation: The given words are related in a way that, an optimist is a person whose outlook is cheerful. Similarly, a pessimist is a person whose outlook is gloomy.   The answer is not (b) because a pessimist does not have to be mean. Options (c) and (a) are incorrect because neither words describe the outlook of a pessimist.   Hence, Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to Gloomy.

Q: Amith can row a boat d km upstream and the same distance downstream in 5 hours 15 minutes. Also, he can row the boat 2d km upstream in 7 hours. How long will it take to row the same distance 2d km downstream for Amith ? 3703 0

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    4 hrs 10 min
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    3 hrs 15 min
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    3 hrs 30 min
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    4 hrs 1 min
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Answer : 3. "3 hrs 30 min"
Explanation :

Answer: C) 3 hrs 30 min Explanation: Let the speed of boat and stream be x and y kmph respectively. According to question d/x+y + d/x-y = 5h 15m or 21/4 hrs ......(i) and 2d/x-y = 7...... (ii) From eq. (i) and (ii) 2d/x+y = 7/2 Hence, Amith will take to row 2d km distance downstream in 7/2 hrs = 3.5 hrs = 3 hrs 30 min.

Q: A Cricket team of 23 people all shake hands with each other exactly once. How many hand shakes occur ? 3702 0

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    142
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    175
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    212
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    253
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Answer : 4. "253"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 253 Explanation: The first person shakes hands with 22 different people, the second person also shakes hands with 22 different people, but one of those handshakes was counted in the 22 for the first person, so the second person actually shakes hands with 21 new people. The third person, 20 people, and so on... So, 22 + 21 + 20 + 19 + 18 + 17 + 16 + 15 + 14 + 13 + 12 + 11 + 10 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1= n(n+1)/2 = 22 x 23 /2 = 11 x 23 = 253.

Q: An industrial loom weaves 1.14 meters of cloth every second. Approximately, how much time will it take to weave 52 meters of cloth ? 3692 1

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    29.32 sec
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    42.51 sec
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    39.25 sec
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    45.61 sec
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Answer : 4. "45.61 sec"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 45.61 sec Explanation: Given loom weaves 1.14 mts of cloth in one second then 52 mts of cloth can be weaved by loom in, 1.14 ----- 1 52.0 ------?  ⇒521.14= 45.61 sec

Q: The difference of two numbers is 14. Their LCM and HCF are 441 and 7. Find the two numbers ? 3690 0

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    63 and 49
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    64 and 48
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    62 and 46
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    64 and 49
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Answer : 1. "63 and 49"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 63 and 49 Explanation: Since their HCFs are 7, numbers are divisible by 7 and are of the form 7x and 7y Difference = 14 => 7x - 7y = 14=> x - y = 2 product of numbers = product of their hcf and lcm=> 7x * 7y = 441 * 7=> x * y = 63 Now, we havex * y = 63 , x - y = 2=> x = 9 , y = 7 The numbers are 7x and 7y=> 63 and 49

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