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CAT 2001 | Question: 143
I have a total of Rs. $1,000,$ Item A costs Rs. $110,$ item B costs Rs. $90,$ item C costs Rs. $70,$ item D costs Rs. $40$ and item E costs Rs. $45.$ For every item D that I purchase, I must also buy two of item B. For every item A ... . My objective is to maximise the points I earn. What is the number of items that I must purchase to maximise my points? $13$ $14$ $15$ $16$

I have a total of Rs. $1,000,$ Item A costs Rs. $110,$ item B costs Rs. $90,$ item C costs Rs. $70,$ item D costs Rs. $40$ and item E costs Rs. $45.$ For every item D tha...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 142
In a family gathering there are two males who are grandfathers and four males who are fathers. In the same gathering there are two females who are grandmothers and four females who are mothers. There is at least one grandson or a granddaughter present in this ... or granddaughter present. What is the minimum number of people present in this gathering? $10$ $12$ $14$ $16$

In a family gathering there are two males who are grandfathers and four males who are fathers. In the same gathering there are two females who are grandmothers and four f...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 141
Eight people carrying food baskets are going for a picnic on motorcycles. Their names $\text{A, B, C, D, E, F, G,}$ and $\text{H}.$ They have four motorcycles, $\text{M1, M2, M3}$ and $\text{M4}$ among them. They also have four food baskets $\text{O, P, Q}$ and ... $\text{R}.$ Who is travelling with $\text{H}?$ $\text{A}$ $\text{B}$ $\text{C}$ $\text{D}$

Eight people carrying food baskets are going for a picnic on motorcycles. Their names $\text{A, B, C, D, E, F, G,}$ and $\text{H}.$ They have four motorcycles, $\text{M1,...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 140
On her walk through the park, Hansa collected $50$ coloured leaves, all either maple or oak. She sorted them by category when she got home, and found the following: The number of red oak leaves with spots is even and positive. The number of red oak leaves without ... $22$ maple leaves that are neither spotted nor red. How many oak leaves did she collect? $22$ $17$ $25$ $18$

On her walk through the park, Hansa collected $50$ coloured leaves, all either maple or oak. She sorted them by category when she got home, and found the following:The nu...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 137
Answer the below question based on the following instructions: A group of three or four has to be selected from seven persons. Among are two women: Fiza and Kavita, and five men: Ram, Shyam, David, Peter and Rahim. Ram would not like to be in the ... of the following is a feasible group of three? David, Ram, Rahim Peter, Shyam, Rahim Kavita, David, Shyam Fiza, David, Ram

Answer the below question based on the following instructions:A group of three or four has to be selected from seven persons. Among are two women: Fiza and Kavita, and fi...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 135
Answer below questions based on the following information: Elle is three times older than Yogesh. Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. Yogesh is older than Zaheer. Which of the following can be inferred? Yogesh is older than Wahida. Elle is older than Wahida. Elle may be younger than Wahida. None of the above

Answer below questions based on the following information:Elle is three times older than Yogesh. Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. Yogesh is older than Zaheer.Which of th...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 134
While Balbir had his back turned, a dog ran into his butcher shop, snatched a piece of meat off the counter and ran out. Balbir was mad when he realised what had happened. He asked three other shopkeepers, who had seen the dog, to describe it. The shopkeepers ... and a collar. The dog had black hair, long tail and a collar. The dog had black hair, long tail and no collar.

While Balbir had his back turned, a dog ran into his butcher shop, snatched a piece of meat off the counter and ran out. Balbir was mad when he realised what had happened...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 133
The Banerjees, the Sharmas, and the Pattabhiramans each have a tradition of eating Sunday lunch as a family. Each family serves a special meal at a certain time of day. Each family has a particular set of chinaware used only for this meal. ... served in white chinaware, the Sharmas eat fried brinjal at $12$ o'clock and the Pattabhiramans eat sambar from red chinaware.

The Banerjees, the Sharmas, and the Pattabhiramans each have a tradition of eating Sunday lunch as a family. Each family serves a special meal at a certain time of day. E...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 132
Mrs. Ranga has three children and has difficulty remembering their ages and the months of their birth. The clues below may help her remember. The boy, who was born in June, is $7$ years old. One of the children is $4$ years old, but it is not ... . Supriya is the oldest who was born in April, followed by Vaibhav who was born in June, and Anshuman who was born in September.

Mrs. Ranga has three children and has difficulty remembering their ages and the months of their birth. The clues below may help her remember.The boy, who was born in June...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 131
At a village mela, the following six nautankis (plays) are scheduled as shown in the table below. You wish to see all the six nautankis. Further, you wish to ensure that you get a lunch break from $12:30$ p.m. to $1:30$ p.m. In ... and Joru ka Ghulam is viewed fourth. Veer-Abhimanyu is viewed third; Reshma aur Shera is viewed fourth and Jhansi ki Rani is viewed fifth.

At a village mela, the following six nautankis (plays) are scheduled as shown in the table below. You wish to see all the six nautankis. Further, you wish to ensure that ...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 128
Answer below questions based on the following information: The questions are based on the pie charts given below. Chart $1$ shows the distribution of twelve million tons of crude oil transported through different modes over a specific period of time. Chart $2$ shows the distribution ... rupees per ton of oil moved by rail and road happens to be roughly $3$ $1.5$ $4.5$ $8$

Answer below questions based on the following information:The questions are based on the pie charts given below. Chart $1$ shows the distribution of twelve million tons o...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 127
Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone. Choose $2$ if the question can be answered by using either statement alone. Choose $3$ if the question can be answered by using ... the number of apples that Gopal bought. The wholesale dealer had a stock of $500$ apples. $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$

Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.Choose $2$ if the question can be ...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 126
Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone. Choose $2$ if the question can be answered by using either statement alone. Choose $3$ if the question can be answered by using both statements ... of the circle is $25\sqrt{2}$ cm. The side of the square is $25$ cm. $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$

Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.Choose $2$ if the question can be ...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 125
Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone. Choose $2$ if the question can be answered by using either statement alone. Choose $3$ if the question can be answered by using both ... rate is $6$ Kilobytes per second. The size of the software is $4.5$ megabytes. $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$

Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.Choose $2$ if the question can be ...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 124
Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone. Choose $2$ if the question can be answered by using either statement alone. Choose $3$ if the question can be answered by using both ... . It takes $40$ minutes each way and $20$ minutes of waiting time at each terminal. $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$

Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.Choose $2$ if the question can be ...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 123
Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone. Choose $2$ if the question can be answered by using either statement alone. Choose $3$ if the question can be answered by using both statements ... Y are even integers, each less than $10,$ and product of X and Y is $12.$ $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$

Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.Choose $2$ if the question can be ...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 122
Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone. Choose $2$ if the question can be answered by using either statement alone. Choose $3$ if the question can be answered by using both ... $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$

Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.Choose $2$ if the question can be ...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 121
Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone. Choose $2$ if the question can be answered by using either statement alone. Choose $3$ if the question can be answered by using both statements together, ... , and $m$ is greater than $n.$ Product of $m$ and $n$ is $30$ $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$

Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.Choose $2$ if the question can be ...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 118
There are six companies, $1$ through $6.$ All of these companies use six operations, A through F. The following graph shows the distribution of efforts put in by each company in these six operations. Suppose effort allocation is interchanged between operation B and C, then C ... ranked in ascending order of effort in E, what will be the rank of company 3? $2$ $3$ $4$ $5$

There are six companies, $1$ through $6.$ All of these companies use six operations, A through F. The following graph shows the distribution of efforts put in by each com...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 115
The following sketch shows the pipelines carrying material from one location to another. Each location has a demand for material. The demand at Vaishali is $400,$ at Jyotishmati is $400,$ at Panchal is $700,$ and at Vidisha is $200.$ Each arrow indicates the ... . The capacity of each pipeline is $1000.$ The quantity moved from Avanti to Vidisha is $200$ $800$ $700$ $1000$

The following sketch shows the pipelines carrying material from one location to another. Each location has a demand for material. The demand at Vaishali is $400,$ at Jyot...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 109
Figure $1$ shows the amount of work distribution, in man-hours, for a software between offshore and onsite activities. Figure $2$ shows the estimated and actual work effort involved in the different offshore activities in the same company during ... as many man-hours as that spent in coding? Offshore, design and coding Offshore coding Testing Offshore, testing and coding

Figure $1$ shows the amount of work distribution, in man-hours, for a software between offshore and onsite activities. Figure $2$ shows the estimated and actual work effo...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 105
Answer these questions based on the table given below concerning the twenty busiest international airports in the world. How many international airports of type 'A' account for more than $40$ million passengers? $4$ $5$ $6$ $7$

Answer these questions based on the table given below concerning the twenty busiest international airports in the world.How many international airports of type 'A' accoun...

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CAT 2001 | Question: 101
The following is a table describing garments manufactured based upon the colour and size each lay. There are four sizes: M-Medium, L-Large, XL-Extra Large and XXL-Extra Extra Large. There are three colours: Yellow, Red and White. How many lays are used to produce Yellow-coloured fabrics? $10$ $11$ $12$ $14$

The following is a table describing garments manufactured based upon the colour and size each lay. There are four sizes: M-Medium, L-Large, XL-Extra Large and XXL-Extra E...

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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 2001 | Question: 60
Each of the questions below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the options. The situations in which violence occurs and ... in mutual massacre will be genuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or outsider is killed. DABC ACDB CBAD DBAC

Each of the questions below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of...

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