Common Admission Test (CAT) Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Select the alternative in which the specified components of the key figure (X) are found.

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A) 1	B) 2
C) 3	D) 4

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

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Q:

If the selling price of a mat is five times the discount offered and if the percentage of discount is equal to the percentage profit, find the ratio of the discount offered to the cost price.

A) 6:31	B) 11:30
C) 7:30	D) 31:6

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 7:30

Explanation:

Since S.P. = 5 (M.P. - S.P.) => 5 M.P. = 6 S.P.
M.P. = (6/5) S.P.
Since the percentage discount = Percentage profit,
$\frac{\frac{6}{5} S . P - S . P}{\frac{6}{5} S . P} \times 100 = \frac{S . P - C . P}{C . P} \times 100$
Therefore, 1/6 = (S.P/C.P) – 1 => S.P = (7/6) C.P
M.P = 6/5 S.P = 6/5 x 7/6 C.P = 7/5 C.P
Therefore, Ratio of discount to C.P
= (M.P – S.P)/C.P = [{(7/5)C.P - (7/6)C.P} / C.P.]
= 7/30

Therefore, the ratio is 7 : 30

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Q:

A cow was standing on a bridge, 5m away from the middle of the bridge. A train was coming towards the bridge from the ends nearest to the cow. Seeing this cow ran towards the the train and managed to escape when the train was 2m away from bridge. If it had run in the opposite direction, it would hit by the train 2m before the end of the bridge. What is the lenght of the bridge in meters assuming the speed of the train is 4 times that of cow ?

A) 22 mts	B) 28 mts
C) 32 mts	D) 34 mts

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 32 mts

Explanation:

let 'b' be the Length of bridge from cow to the near end of the bridge and 'a' be the distance of the train from the bridge.
'x' be speed of cow => '4x' speed of train
Then the total length of the bridge 2b + 10.
(a-2)/4x = b/x
=> a-2 = 4b........(1)
Now if it had run in opposite direction
(a+2b+10-2)/4x = (b+10-2)/x
=> a - 2b = 24......(2)
Solving (1) and (2)
b = 11 ,
Therefore length of the bridge is 2 x 11 + 10 = 32mts.

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Q:

What should come in place of the question mark(?) in the following questions ?

$3 \frac{1}{6} + 4 \frac{1}{2} - 2 \frac{2}{3} - 1 \frac{11}{12} = ?$

A) 1 7/12	B) 1 5/12
C) 3 7/12	D) 3 1/12

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3 1/12

Explanation:

? = (3 + 4 - 2 - 1) + ( 1/6 + 1/2 - 2/3 - 11/12)

= 4 + [(2+6-8-11)/12]

= 4 - (11/12 )= 31/12.

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Q:

Select the antonym of

outlandish

A) droll	B) kinky
C) common	D) grotesque

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) common

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Q:

Select the antonym of

sacred

A) pious	B) hallowed
C) divine	D) profane

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) profane

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Q:

5 men and 4 women are to be seated in a row so that the women occupy the even places . How many such arrangements are possible?

A) 2880	B) 1440
C) 720	D) 2020

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2880

Explanation:

There are total 9 places out of which 4 are even and rest 5 places are odd.

4 women can be arranged at 4 even places in 4! ways.

and 5 men can be placed in remaining 5 places in 5! ways.

Hence, the required number of permutations = 4! x 5! = 24 x 120 = 2880

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Today, however, when one in four rural Indians

P-in identifying the poor are far greater
Q-is poor, our chances of being wrong
R-and one in six urban Indians

A) PRQ	B) RQP
C) QRP	D) QPR

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