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CAT 2014 | Question: 43
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 ... atmospheric jet stream is A rare phenomenon. Three dimensional. Concentrated in the northern hemisphere. More common in summer.

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...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 38
Arrange the sentences $\text{A, B, C}$ and $\text{D}$ 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 ... roads lead to Rome, or in this case, $10$ Janpath. $\text{ABDC}$ $\text{ABCD}$ $\text{DCBA}$ $\text{CDBA}$

Arrange the sentences $\text{A, B, C}$ and $\text{D}$ in a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph.A. Trivial pursuits marketed by the Congress, is a game impo...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 37
Arrange the sentences $\text{A, B, C}$ and $\text{D}$ 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 ... recent Indian elections qualifies as a critical election. $\text{ABCD}$ $\text{ABDC}$ $\text{DBAC}$ $\text{DCBA}$

Arrange the sentences $\text{A, B, C}$ and $\text{D}$ in a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph.A. After several routine elections there comes a 'critical' ...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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 ... more traditional smokers of tobacco, are now bought mostly by young smokers of scented or flavored herbal blends.

Old, longstanding firms concentrate on protecting what they have already amassed. Consequently, they rarely innovate and often underestimate what consequences innovation ...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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 ... though without taste and odor A single tasteless and odorless drop can be detected Single tasteless and odorless drops are capable of detection

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...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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 ... major parties. The political stance of a third party will be more radical than that of either of the two major parties

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 candidat...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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 ... major parties. The political stance of a third party will be more radical than that of either of the two major parties

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 candidat...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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 ... students will not attend classes in higher education unless they are convinced that doing so will be a good investment.

Education Secretary: Too many adults lack sufficient skills for job advancement because of the cost of higher education. Businesses should partner with educators to creat...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 32
All of the following sentences $\text{A, B, C}$ and $\text{D}$ 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 ... for Sachin s elevation to jewel of India after he got his $99$th international hundred. Incoherent statement is: A. B. C. D.

All of the following sentences $\text{A, B, C}$ and $\text{D}$ are taken from a same passage and jumbled up. but one of them is incoherent. Find the incoherent statement....

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CAT 2014 | Question: 28
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 ... giving any sign or password. Attitudes of ants towards strangers of the same species may be categorized as Indifferent Curious Hostile Passive

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 l...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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 ... in the literary sphere. It suited men well since in such a scenario the women had no choice but to imitate the men.

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 p...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 22
During the construction of the Quebec Bridge in $1907,$ ... . Only a more rigorous application of mathematical analysis to the design of the Quebec Bridge could have prevented its collapse.

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 ca...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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, ... to avert street crime in the continental United States than they do in the nations that have the regulations.

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,...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 17
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. On ... in reliably informing individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds. It has essentially been the status quo since America s founding.

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 de...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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 ... in midwinter than at other times of the year. Some antidepressants act by changing the brain s level of serotonin.

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 depres...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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 ... facts rather than on theories Understand that theories are frequently strict inductions from facts Consider the cultural biases of scientists

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 cl...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 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 ... that are different from our own The extremism that goes along with it The subversion of whatever they actually believe in concomitantly

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 bl...

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CAT 2014 | Question: 7, 8, 9
Hidden Island is an obscure island which is inhabited by two types of people: the 'Yes type and the 'No type. Native of type 'Yes ask only questions the right answer to which is 'Yes while those of type 'No ... does acquire merit in its attempt to give a comprehensive view of the Indian literary scene as it is today. ABCD BCDA ABDC CBAD

Hidden Island is an obscure island which is inhabited by two types of people: the 'Yes‘ type and the 'No‘ type. Native of type 'Yes‘ ask only questions the right an...

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makhdoom ghaya asked Jan 17, 2016

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CAT 2014 | Question: 1
Answer the questions below on the basis of the following passage. More selective than most chemical pesticides in that they ordinarily destroy only unwanted species, biocontrol. agents (such as insects, fungi, and viruses) eat, infect, or parasitize ... to control plant or animal pasts. Arguing that biocontrol agents involve risks, some of which may not be readily discerned.

Answer the questions below on the basis of the following passage. More selective than most chemical pesticides in that they ordinarily destroy only unwanted species, bioc...

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CAT 2003 | Question: 1-35
In the question, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to Standard English usage. If precision of thought had facilitated of behaviour, and of reflection had preceded action, it would be ideal ... behaviour. It would have been ideal for humans, if precise action and behaviour preceded precise reflection. A B C D

In the question, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to Standard English usage.If precision of thought had faci...

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