Common Admission Test (CAT) Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the
same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The preacher said, "May God grant peace to the departed!"

A) The preacher prays that God will grant peace to the departed.	B) The preacher prayed that God would grant peace to the departed.
C) The preacher said that God may grant peace to the departed.	D) The preacher said, God may grant peace to the departed.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The preacher prayed that God would grant peace to the departed.

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If 4x - 5y = -37 and 7x + y = -16, then x - y = ______

A) -8	B) 8
C) 2	D) -2

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) -8

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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) Archaeological research in Sarasota documents more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people.	B) More than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people have been documented in the archaeological research in Sarasota.
C) Sarasota’s archaeological research has recorded more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people.	D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.

Explanation:

‘Documentation of the seasonality in native people’ doesn’t make sense.

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it
by selecting the appropriate option.

The Directors failed to understand the ______________ behind the decision to suspend the manager.

A) belief	B) politics
C) ideology	D) rationale

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) rationale

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Q:

A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown in the figure. From the given alternatives, indicate how it will appear when opened?

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

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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Q:

In which of the following situations is mechanical energy most likely to be conserved?

A) A feather falls from the sky.	B) A football flies through the air.
C) A hockey player digs his skates into the ice.	D) A skateboard rolls into the grass.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A football flies through the air.

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Q:

SEBI is ___________.

A) Constitutional body	B) advisory body
C) statutory body	D) non-statutory body

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) statutory body

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What will be the value of $r^{2} + p^{2} + s^{2} - rp - ps - rs$ when r = 4, p = 2, s = 8?

A) 8	B) 18
C) 28	D) 38

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