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CAT2014-18
Answer the questions based on following data. A dealer deals only in colour TVs and VCRs. He wants to spend up to $Rs.12$ lakhs to buy $100$ pieces. He can purchase a colour TV at $Rs.10,000$ and a VCR at $Rs.15,000$. He can sell a colour TV at $Rs.12,000$ and a VCR at ... his original stock if he can sell a colour TV at $Rs.12200$ and VCR at $Rs.18300$ is $2.64$ $2.49$ $2.72$ $2.87$

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 289 views

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CAT2014-17
Answer the questions based on following data. A dealer deals only in colour TVs and VCRs. He wants to spend up to $Rs.12$ lakhs to buy $100$ pieces. He can purchase a colour TV at $Rs.10,000$ and a VCR at $Rs.15,000$. He can sell a colour TV at $Rs.12,000$ ... for maximizing profit, the ratio of number of VCRs and number of TVs that he should stock is $7 : 3$ $0$ $1 : 2$ None of these

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 162 views

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CAT2014-22
Directions for questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The data points in the figure below represent monthly income and expenditure data of individual members following families. For these questions, savings is defined as ... = Income - Expenditure The highest amount of savings accrues to a member of which family? Abhijeet Baljeet Camaljeet Damanjeet

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 198 views

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CAT2014-21
Directions for questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The data points in the figure below represent monthly income and expenditure data of individual members following families. For these questions, savings is defined as Savings = Income – Expenditure Which family has the lowest average savings? Abhijeet Baljeet Camaljeet Damanjeet

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 122 views

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CAT2014-20
Directions for questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The data points in the figure below represent monthly income and expenditure data of individual members following families. For these questions, savings is defined as Savings = Income – Expenditure Which family has the highest average expenditure? Abhijeet Baljeet Camaljeet Damanjeet

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 100 views

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CAT2014-31
Directions for Questions: Answer the following questions based on the information given below: The following table shows the break-up of actual costs incurred by a company in last five years (year 2012 to year 2016) to produce a particular product: The production capacity of the company ... is the maximum profit, in rupees, that the company can earn? $25,400$ $24,400$ $31,400$ $32,900$

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 99 views

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CAT2014-30
Directions for Questions: Answer the following questions based on the information given below: The following table shows the break-up of actual costs incurred by a company in last five years (year 2012 to year 2016) to produce a particular product: The production capacity ... as it desires. How many units the company should produce to maximize its profit? $1400$ $1600$ $1800$ $2000$

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 90 views

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CAT2014-29
Directions for Questions: Answer the following questions based on the information given below: The following table shows the break-up of actual costs incurred by a company in last five years (year 2012 to year 2016) to produce a particular product: The production capacity of ... minimum number of units that the company needs to produce and sell to avoid any loss? $313$ $350$ $384$ $747$

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 93 views

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CAT2014-33
Use the following information for next two questions: A function $f(x)$ is said to be even if $f(-x) = f(x)$, and odd if $f(-x) = -f(x)$. Thus, for example, the function given by $f(x)=x^{2}$ is even, while the function ... questions. The sum of two odd functions is always an even function is always an odd function is sometimes odd and sometimes even may be neither odd nor even

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 156 views

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CAT2014-41
Directions for Questions: Answer the following questions based on the information from an airline about their passengers (pax) in particular sectors is given below: The proportion of males and the proportion of vegetarian pax are given below. The airline has a total ... groups have same number of pax. Except vegetarian females, all other groups have same number of pax. None of these.

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 142 views

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CAT2014-40
Directions for Questions: Answer the following questions based on the information from an airline about their passengers (pax) in particular sectors is given below: The proportion of males and the proportion of vegetarian pax are given below. The airline has a total of $800$ ... Total 0.475 0.53 What is the percentage of vegetarian pax in Mumbai - Bangalore? $40$ $45$ $50$ $60$

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 177 views

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CAT2014-39
Directions for Questions: Answer the following questions based on the information from an airline about their passengers (pax) in particular sectors is given below: The proportion of males and the proportion of vegetarian pax are given below. The airline has a total of ... is the difference between the number of female vegetarians and male non-vegetarians? Less than $8$ $10$ $12$ $16$

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 108 views

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CAT2014-43
Use the following information: Eighty five people went to a lottery shop where they could bet on the DhanLaksmi, Rajshri, and Gauri lotteries. It was known that $20$ of them took all three ets, and $55$ of them took at least two of the three bets. Each bet cost Rs. $1$, and the total receipt of the lottery shop was $Rs. 145$. How many people took exactly one bet? $5$ $10$ $15$ $20$

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 112 views

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CAT2014-16
Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The HR Manager of the IT company recently scanned employees training results of various exams into the central computer system. When their character reading software cannot read something, it leaves the space blank. The scanner output ... .4 Utkarsh F C A 3 Vipul A C C F 2.4 What grade did Utkarsh obtain in Java? B C D F

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 89 views

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CAT2014-15
Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The HR Manager of the IT company recently scanned employees training results of various exams into the central computer system. When their character reading software cannot read something, it leaves the space blank. ... A C C F 2.4 In Analysis, Gowri's grade point was higher than that obtained by Fazal Hari Navdeep Rahul

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 73 views

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CAT2014-14
Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The HR Manager of the IT company recently scanned employees training results of various exams into the central computer system. When their character reading software cannot read something, it leaves the space ... Vipul A C C F 2.4 In Project Management, Tara could have received the same grade as Ismet Hari Jagdeep Manab

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 112 views

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CAT2014-13
Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The HR Manager of the IT company recently scanned employees training results of various exams into the central computer system. When their character reading software cannot read something, it leaves the space blank. The scanner output ... .4 Utkarsh F C A 3 Vipul A C C F 2.4 What grade did Preeti obtain in Testing? A B C D

asked Apr 27, 2016 in Logical Reasoning by jothee (11.4k points) | 112 views

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CAT2014-47, 48, 49, 50
Direction for questions: Answer the questions based on the following information. A series $S_{1}$ of five positive integers is such that the third term is half the first term and the fifth term is $20$ more than the first term. In series $S_{2}$, the $n$th term defined as the ... $70$ $80$ Average is not an integer . What is the sum of series $S_{2}$? $10$ $20$ $30$ $40$

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 87 views

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CAT2014-46
Some decisions will be fairly obvious - 'no-brainers . Your bank account is low, but you have a two week vacation coming up and you want to get away to some place warm to relax with your family. Will you accept your in-laws offer of free use of their Florida ... you are short on funds and want a holiday is a no-brainer. Another no-brainer is taking the boss s job when she is away.

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 199 views

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CAT2014-43, 44, 45
Read each of the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow. Atmospheric jet streams were discovered towards the end of World War II by U.S. bomber pilots over Japan and by German reconnaissance aircraft over the ... jet stream consists of Cumulous clouds bearing saturated moisture. Debris caused by meteorites. Air currents. Effluents from speeding aircraft

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 112 views

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CAT2014-39, 40, 41, 42
Directions for questions: Answer the questions based on the following information. $A$ and $B$ are two sets (e.g. A = Mothers, B = Women). $C = A . B \implies$ The elements that could belong to both the sets (e.g. women who are mothers) is ... , then which of the following is true? Pluto and alsatians are dogs Pluto is an alsatian Pluto is not an alsatian D is a null set

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 128 views

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CAT2014-38
Arrange the sentences $A, B, C$ and $D$ in a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph. A. Trivial pursuits marketed by the Congress, is a game imported from Italy. B. The idea is to create an imaginary saviour in times of crisis so that the party doesn' ... far. D. The current champion is Arjun for whom all roads lead to Rome, or in this case, $10$ Janpath. ABDC ABCD DCBA CDBA

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 107 views

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CAT2014-37
Arrange the sentences $A, B, C$ and $D$ in a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph. A. After several routine elections there comes a 'critical' election which redefines the basic pattern of political loyalties, redraws political geography and ... elections. D. On a strict definition, none of the recent Indian elections qualifies as a critical election. ABCD ABDC DBAC DCBA

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 77 views

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CAT2014-36
Old, longstanding firms concentrate on protecting what they have already amassed. Consequently, they rarely innovate and often underestimate what consequences innovation by other companies will have. The best example of one such defensive strategy is the fact that ... older, more traditional smokers of tobacco, are now bought mostly by young smokers of scented or flavored herbal blends.

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 82 views

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CAT2014-35
It is the powerful compound capsaicin that makes a chili pepper hot; a single drop that has no taste and odor is capable of detection by humans at one part per million. A single drop that has no taste and odor is capable of detection A ... , though without taste and odor A single tasteless and odorless drop can be detected Single tasteless and odorless drops are capable of detection

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 106 views

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CAT2014-34
In a political system with only two major parties, the entrance of a third-party candidate into an election race damages the chances of only one of the two major candidates. The third-party candidate always attracts some of the voters who might otherwise have ... two major parties. The political stance of a third party will be more radical than that of either of the two major parties

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 56 views

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CAT2014-34
In a political system with only two major parties, the entrance of a third-party candidate into an election race damages the chances of only one of the two major candidates. The third-party candidate always attracts some of the voters who might otherwise have ... two major parties. The political stance of a third party will be more radical than that of either of the two major parties

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 78 views

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CAT2014-33
Education Secretary: Too many adults lack sufficient skills for job advancement because of the cost of higher education. Businesses should partner with educators to create curricula that are tailored to the needs of these people, thus increasing the likelihood that ... students will not attend classes in higher education unless they are convinced that doing so will be a good investment.

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 67 views

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CAT2014-32
All of the following sentences $A, B, C$ and $D$ are taken from a same passage and jumbled up. but one of them is incoherent. Find the incoherent statement. Sachin did not ask for this honour. A. There are consolation prizes which console, and some which char ... for Sachin s elevation to jewel of India after he got his $99$th international hundred. Incoherent statement is: A. B. C. D.

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 64 views

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CAT2014-31
All of the following sentences $A, B, C$ and $D$ are taken from a same passage and jumbled up. but one of them is incoherent. Find the incoherent statement. A. Reliance Industries (RIL), India s largest company, saw its earnings before interest and ... pressure, possibly because most major emerging economies are growing slower than they were before. Incoherent statement is: A. B. C. D.

asked Jan 19, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 56 views

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CAT2014-28, 29, 30
Answer the questions below on the basis of the following passage. The communities of ants are sometimes very large, numbering even up to $500$, individuals: and it is a lesson to us that no one has ever yet seen quarrel between any two ants belonging to the ... ) its unpredictable side effects (III) its unavailability (IV) its fatality I and II I and III Only III and IV Only IV.

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 97 views

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CAT2014-24, 25, 26, 27
Recently, Rajesh visited the local casino where he came across a new card game. Two players, using a normal deck of $52$ playing cards, play this game. One player is called the 'dealer and the other is called the 'player . First, the player picks a card at random ... playing the game when his loss would be maximumm, the loss in Rs. Would have been $-12$ $-20$ $-8$ $-4$

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 134 views

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CAT2014-23
Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage. There are many and good reasons why women have left little in the way of literary monuments, especially poetry. The main reason is education, or more specifically the lack of it in most women s lives ... in the literary sphere. It suited men well since in such a scenario the women had no choice but to imitate the men.

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 78 views

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CAT2014-22
During the construction of the Quebec Bridge in 1907, the bridge's designer, Theodore Cooper, received word that the suspended span being built out from the bridge's cantilever was deflecting downward by a fraction of an inch (2.54 centimeters). ... problems. Only a more rigorous application of mathematical analysis to the design of the Quebec Bridge could have prevented its collapse.

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 128 views

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CAT2014-22
During the construction of the Quebec Bridge in 1907, the bridge's designer, Theodore Cooper, received word that the suspended span being built out from the bridge's cantilever was deflecting downward by a fraction of an inch (2.54 centimeters). ... problems. Only a more rigorous application of mathematical analysis to the design of the Quebec Bridge could have prevented its collapse.

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 156 views

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CAT2014-21
Street crime can be averted through regulations mandating the lighting of streetlights during daytime. As daytime visibility is worse in nations farther from the equator, so obviously such regulations would be more successful in averting crime there. Actually, the only ... less to avert street crime in the continental United States than they do in the nations that have the regulations.

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 61 views

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CAT2014- 17, 18, 19, 20
Answer the questions below on the basis of the following passage. When views can freely flourish in the marketplace of ideas, individuals are afforded the advantage of deciding what notions and concepts to question, support or reject. ... society s views of decency Articles that comment negatively on a political affiliation Articles clearly dangerous to national security

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 76 views

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CAT2014-16
Baking for winter holidays is tradition that may have a sound medical basis. In midwinter, when days are short, many people suffer from a specific type of seasonal depression caused by lack of sunlight. Carbohydrates, both sugars and starches, boost the brain ... depressed in midwinter than at other times of the year. Some antidepressants act by changing the brain s level of serotonin.

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 92 views

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CAT2014-15
Science, because people engage in it, is a socially embedded activity. It progresses by hunch, vision, and intuition. Much of its change through time does not record a closer approach to absolute truth, but the alternation of the ... unsullied facts rather than on theories Understand that theories are frequently strict inductions from facts Consider the cultural biases of scientists

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 75 views

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CAT2014-14
In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence is left blank. Choose from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks. When we call others dogmatic, what we really object to is______. ... beliefs that are different from our own The extremism that goes along with it The subversion of whatever they actually believe in concomitantly

asked Jan 18, 2016 in English Language by makhdoom ghaya (7.8k points) | 78 views

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