CAT Practice Question and Answer

Q: Which city is located on the banks of the river Mula-Mutha? 3285 0

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    Pune
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    Nagpur
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    Ahmedabad
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    Surat
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Answer : 1. "Pune"
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Answer: A) Pune Explanation: The Mula-Mutha is a river in India, formed by the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers in the city of Pune, which later meets the Bhima River, which itself later meets the Krishna River and finally emptying to the Bay of Bengal.

Q: Which statement best describes Arteries? 3285 0

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    They have thin walls and transport blood away from the heart
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    They have thick walls and transport blood toward the heart
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    They have thin walls and transport blood toward the heart
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    They have thick walls and transport blood away from the heart
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Answer : 4. "They have thick walls and transport blood away from the heart"
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Answer: D) They have thick walls and transport blood away from the heart Explanation: Because arteries have to have thick walls for use of protection. Its when you get to veins where the walls get thinner. And the use of the heart is to pump blood to all of the cells and organs in the body so it would be to transport blood away from the heart. i.e.  Arteries = Away from the Heart Veins = Back to the Heart.

Q: Count the number of triangles and squares in the given figure. 3281 0

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    36 triangles, 7 Squares
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    38 triangles, 9 Squares
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    40 triangles, 7 Squares
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    42 triangles, 9 Squares
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Answer : 3. "40 triangles, 7 Squares"
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Answer: C) 40 triangles, 7 Squares Explanation: The figure may be labelled as shown      Triangles :   The Simplest triangles are BGM, GHM, HAM, ABM, GIN, IJN, JHN, HGN, IKO, KLO, LJO, JIO, KDP, DEP, ELP, LKP, BCD and AFE i.e 18 in number   The triangles composed of two components each are ABG, BGH, GHA, HAB, HGI, GIJ, IJH, JHG, JIK, IKL, KLJ,LJI, LKD, KDE, DEL and ELK i.e 16 in number.   The triangles composed of four components each are BHI, GJK, ILD, AGJ, HIL and JKE i.e 6 in number.   Total number of triangles in the figure = 18 + 16 + 6 =40.   Squares :   The Squares composed of two components each are MGNH, NIOJ, and OKPL i.e 3 in number   The Squares composed of four components each are BGHA, GIJH, IKJL and KDEL i.e 4 in number   Total number of squares in the figure = 3 + 4 =7

Q: What is the probability of an impossible event? 3273 0

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    0
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    -1
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    0.1
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    1
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Answer : 1. "0"
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Answer: A) 0 Explanation: The probability of an impossible event is 0. The event is known ahead of time to be not possible, therefore by definition in mathematics, the probability is defined to be 0 which means it can never happen.   The probability of a certain event is 1.

Q: How many 7 digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 0, 2, 4, 2, 4? 3268 0

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    120
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    360
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    240
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    424
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Answer : 2. "360"
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Answer: B) 360 Explanation: There are 7 digits 1, 2, 0, 2, 4, 2, 4 in which 2 occurs 3 times, 4 occurs 2 times.    Number of 7 digit numbers = 7!3!×2! = 420   But out of these 420 numbers, there are some numbers which begin with '0' and they are not 7-digit numbers. The number of such numbers beginning with '0'.   =6!3!×2! = 60   Hence the required number of 7 digits numbers = 420 - 60 = 360

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Answer : 4. "A"
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Answer: D) A Explanation: For the input "A rolling stone gathers no moss", the steps followed are: Step 1: rolling A stone gathers no moss Step 2: rolling stone A gathers no moss Step 3: rolling stone gathers A no moss Step 4: rolling stone gathers no A moss   After 4 steps the fifth word is "A".

Q: A batsman scores 26 runs and increases his average from 14 to 15. Find the runs to be made if he wants top increasing the average to 19 in the same match ? 3265 0

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    74
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    79
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    72
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    60
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Answer : 1. "74"
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Answer: A) 74 Explanation: Number of runs scored more to increse the ratio by 1 is 26 - 14 = 12To raise the average by one (from 14 to 15), he scored 12 more than the existing average.Therefore, to raise the average by five (from 14 to 19), he should score 12 x 5 = 60 more than the existing average. Thus he should score 14 + 60 = 74.

Q: Excretion is best described as the removal of 3262 0

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    Undigested material from the digestive tract
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    Metabolic wastes from a cell
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    Toxic wastes by the process of cyclosis
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    Water molecules from dipeptide hydrolysis
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Answer : 2. "Metabolic wastes from a cell"
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Answer: B) Metabolic wastes from a cell Explanation: Excretion is best described as the removal of Metabolic wastes from a cell.

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