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CAT 2008 | Question: 88
The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question. When i was little, children were bought two kinds of ice cream, sold from those white wagons with canopies made of silvery metal either ... cent cone because it made dietetic sense it suggested intemperance it was more fun it had a visual appeal he was a glutton
The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.When i was little, children were bought two kinds of ice cr...
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CAT 2008 | Question: 87
The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question. When i was little, children were bought two kinds of ice cream, sold from those white wagons with canopies made of silvery ... Sybarites. In the passage, the phrase little parvenus refers to naughty midgets old hags arrogant people young upstarts foolish kids
The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.When i was little, children were bought two kinds of ice cr...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 97
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. In the modern scientific story, light was created not once but twice. The first time was in the Big Bang, when the universe began its existence as a glowing, ... when cultural activity seemed to have come to an end. the time that the universe took to heat up after the Big Bang.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options.In the modern scientific story, light was created not once but twice. The...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 91
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the options given. The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer for each question. Democracy rests on a tension between two different ... lose their ability to make large changes. of the conflict between a progressive' executive and a conservative' judiciary.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the options given.The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer ...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 85
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The narrative of Dersu Uzala is divided into two major sections, set in $1902$ and $1907,$ that deal with separate expeditions which Arseniev conducts ... farther and farther in time. By using three different time frames and shifting them. Through his death in a distant time.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options.The narrative of Dersu Uzala is divided into two major sections, set in $...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 81
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. Billie Holiday died a few weeks ago. I have been unable until now to write about her, but since she will survive many who receive longer obituaries ... as some other blues exponents. Because of her smooth and mellow voice. Because of the expression of anger in her songs.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options.Billie Holiday died a few weeks ago. I have been unable until now to writ...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 76
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. Studies of the factors governing reading development in young children have achieved a remarkable degree of consensus over the past two decades. This consensus concerns ... only one rhyme but more than one rime. A mono-syllabic word can have only one phoneme. All of the above.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options.Studies of the factors governing reading development in young children ha...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 71
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options. The union government's present position vis-a-vis the upcoming United Nations conference on racial and related discrimination world- ... benefits of globalisation. going beyond an internal delimitation of social inequity. achieving disadvantaged people's empowerment, globally.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer from the given options.The union government’s present position vis-a-vis the upcoming United N...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 70
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. FACETIOUS: When I suggested that war is a method of controlling population, my father remarked that I was being facetious. Jovian Jovial Jocular Joking
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context.FACETIOUS: When I s...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 69
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. PARSIMONIOUS: The evidence was constructed from very parsimonious scraps of information. Frugal Penurious Thrifty Altruistic
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context.PARSIMONIOUS: The e...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 68
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. DISUSE: Some words fall into disuse as technology makes objects obsolete. Prevalent Discarded Obliterated Unfashionable
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context.DISUSE: Some words ...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 67
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. OBVIATE: The new mass transit system may obviate the need for the use of personal cars. Prevent Forestall Preclude Bolster
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context.OBVIATE: The new ma...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 66
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. SPECIOUS: A specious argument is not simply a false one but one that has the ring of truth. Deceitful Fallacious Credible Deceptive
For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context.SPECIOUS: A speciou...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 65
Indian intellectuals may boast, if they are so inclined, of being ________ to the most elitist among the intellectual ________ of the world. subordinate, traditions heirs, cliques ancestors, societies heir, traditions
Indian intellectuals may boast, if they are so inclined, of being ________ to the most elitist among the intellectual ________ of the world.subordinate, traditionsheirs, ...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 64
In this context, the ________ of the British labour movement is particularly ________. affair, weird activity, moving experience, significant atmosphere, gloomy
In this context, the ________ of the British labour movement is particularly ________.affair, weirdactivity, movingexperience, significantatmosphere, gloomy
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CAT 2001 | Question: 63
Since her face was free of ________ there was no way to ________ if she appreciated what had happened. makeup, realize expression, ascertain emotion, diagnose scars, understand
Since her face was free of ________ there was no way to ________ if she appreciated what had happened.makeup, realizeexpression, ascertainemotion, diagnosescars, understa...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 62
In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among them. The Darwin who ________ is most remarkable for the ... of the world class thinker and head of the household. comes, figures arises, adds emerges, combines appeared, combined
In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best ...
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CAT 2001 | Question: 61
In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among them. But ________ are now regularly written not just for ... institutions, not all of which seem to be ________ away. reports, withering stories, trading books, dying obituaries, fading
In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best ...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 55
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. The likelihood of ... with each other, and each must decide what to do without knowing what the other is doing. ABCD ADCB DBCA DBAC
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of senten...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 54
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent ... more and more complicated and sophisticated safes, forcing safecrackers to invest further in safecracking equipment. ABCDE CABDE ACBED CBEDA
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of senten...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 53
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. To ... that information is great, extending over the major domains of human activity from sports to science. AECBD DECBA ACBED DBCAE
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of senten...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 52
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. This very ... enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have a right to observe. EABCD BDEAC BCDAE ECDAB
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of senten...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 51
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. If caught in ... the city council and those deemed too weak to become soldiers were left to die of exposure. BECDA ECADB BCDAE ECDAB
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of senten...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 50
The manners and ________ of the nouveau riche is a recurrent ________ in literature. style, motif morals, story wealth, theme morals, theme
The manners and ________ of the nouveau riche is a recurrent ________ in literature.style, motif morals, storywealth, theme morals, theme
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CAT 2000 | Question: 49
In these bleak and depressing times of ________ prices, non-performing governments and ________ crime rates, Sourav Ganguly has given us, Indians, a lot to cheer about. escalating, increasing spiralling, booming spiralling, soaring ascending, debilitating
In these bleak and depressing times of ________ prices, non-performing governments and ________ crime rates, Sourav Ganguly has given us, Indians, a lot to cheer about.es...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 48
It will take some time for many South Koreans to ________ the conflicting images of North Korea, let alone to ________ what to make of their northern cousins. reconcile, decide understand, clarify make out, decide reconcile, understand
It will take some time for many South Koreans to ________ the conflicting images of North Korea, let alone to ________ what to make of their northern cousins.reconcile, d...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 47
The law prohibits a person from felling a sandalwood tree, even if it grows on one’s own land, without prior permission from the government. As poor people cannot deal with the government, this legal provision leads to a riproaring business for ________, who care neither for the ________, nor for the trees. middlemen, rich the government, poor touts, rich touts, poor
The law prohibits a person from felling a sandalwood tree, even if it grows on one’s own land, without prior permission from the government. As poor people cannot deal ...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 46
Though one eye is kept firmly on the ________, the company now also promotes ________ contemporary art. present, experimental future, popular present, popular market, popular
Though one eye is kept firmly on the ________, the company now also promotes ________ contemporary art.present, experimentalfuture, popularpresent, popularmarket, popular...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 45
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labeled A,B,C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the four given ... pride is his horse; his cow may be thin but his horse must be fat,' went a Slovak saying. ACDB DBCA ABCD DCBA
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labeled A,B,C ...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 44
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A,B,C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from ... parts can be defended as mere mistakes or aberrant misreading. 6. Scientists fudging data have no such defences. BDCA ABDC CADB CDBA
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A,B,C...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 43
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A,B,C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the ... fiction. 6. However, the fiction has been, and continues to be, at the basis of nationalist ideologies. DBAC ABCD BACD DACB
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A,B,C...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 42
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A,B,C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences ... aggressiveness and reduce injuries; they might even improve productivity, since a happy chicken is a productive chicken. DCAB CDBA DBAC BDCA
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A,B,C...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 41
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A,B,C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from ... changes with the angle as you look at the surface, different colours look bright from different viewing angles. ABCD BADC BDAC DCAB
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A,B,C...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 33
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer. The teaching and transmission of North Indian classical music is, and long has been, achieved by largely oral means. The raga and its structure, the often breathtaking intricacies of ... to beget. The music composer notates his music and thus becomes the father of a particular piece of music.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer.The teaching and transmission of North Indian classical music is, and long has been, achieved by...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 25
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer. The story begins as the European pioneers crossed the Alleghenies and started to settle in the Midwest. The land they found was covered with forests. With incredible ... the likely outcomes of another innovation. Contrasting two contexts separated in time, to illustrate how deserts' have arisen.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer.The story begins as the European pioneers crossed the Alleghenies and started to settle in the M...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 17
The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer for each question. In a modern computer, electronic and magnetic storage technologies play complementary roles. Electronic memory chips are fast but volatile (their contents are lost when ... on the surface of a spinning disk and alignment of magnetic dots on the surface of a conventional memory chip.
The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer for each question.In a modern computer, electronic and magnetic storage technologies play complem...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 9
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer. One of the criteria by which we judge the vitality of a style of painting is its ability to renew itself-its responsiveness to the changing nature and quality of experience ... politics or art. The impact of mass media on viewers' expectations has not been assessed, and responded to, by abstractionism.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer.One of the criteria by which we judge the vitality of a style of painting is its ability to rene...
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CAT 2000 | Question: 1
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer. The current debate on intellectual property rights $\text{(IPRs)}$ raises a number of important issues concerning the strategy and policies for building a more dynamic ... regime for Indian agriculture. The relative roles of public and private sectors. Wider concerns about privatisation' of research.
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer.The current debate on intellectual property rights $\text{(IPRs)}$ raises a number of important ...
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CAT 2002 | Question: 22
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer. The conceptions of life and the world which we call philosophical' are a product of two factors: one, inherited religious and ethical conceptions; the other, the ... help us to cope with uncertainty and ambiguity help us to find explanations for uncertainty reduce the terror of cosmic loneliness
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer.The conceptions of life and the world which we call ‘philosophical’ are a product of two fac...
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CAT 2002 | Question: 17
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer. If translated into English, most of the ways economists talk among themselves would sound plausible enough to poets, journalists, business people, and other thoughtful though noneconomical folk. Like ... Economics has a great impact on other's lives Economics damaging a and b c and d a and c b and d
The passage given below is followed by a question. Choose the best answer.If translated into English, most of the ways economists talk among themselves would sound plausi...
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