List of top Questions asked in CAT- 2013

Choose the word closest in meaning to "Pragmatic."
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
If all students passed the exam, and some students are athletes, which of the following must be true?
Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph:
A. The festival attracted thousands of visitors from across the region.
B. It showcased local culture and cuisine through various events.
C. Performances by artists were held daily, drawing large crowds.
D. The event significantly boosted tourism in the area.
Choose the word most opposite in meaning to "Frugal."
The policy was ______ due to widespread public opposition.
If all cars are vehicles, and some vehicles are electric, which of the following must be true?
The negotiations were ______ due to both parties' willingness to compromise.
According to the passage, what are companies introducing to foster collaboration in remote work?
Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph:
A. The startup developed an innovative app for language learning.
B. It gained popularity due to its user-friendly interface.
C. The app used AI to personalize lessons for each user.
D. Within a year, it had millions of downloads worldwide.
Let P, Q, S, R, T, U and V represent the seven distinct digits from 0 to 6, not necessarily in that order. If PQ and RS are both two-digit numbers adding up to the three-digit number TUV, find the value of V.
In how many ways can 5 distinct letters be arranged in a circle?
A rectangle has a perimeter of 50 cm and an area of 150 cm². Find its length.
Find the roots of $x^2 - 8x + 15 = 0$.
If each X-Ray occupies 30MB and a new technology reduces space by 60%, what is the total magnetic media memory required to store all the X-Rays in the year 2000? (1MB = \(10^6\) Bytes)
The passage implies that Proust subscribes to which of the following views? (a) Reading a good book is like having a conversation with a classical writer.

(b) Reading is a virtuous pastime and it leaves an indelible impression on one’s mind.

(c) Literature imitates life.

(d) A reader can invest in the feelings for characters in a book.

(e) Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot” was appreciated by him for the unanticipated turns in the plot.

(f) Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot” was known for its aesthetics, its gripping pace and its unlikely element of surprise.
In the passage the author is primarily concerned with?
The view mentioned in the last paragraph (“Taking the path… real life”) refers to which of the following?
Which of the following most accurately represents the author's criticism of 'Homo economicus'?
The author quotes an example of Proust’s maxims to highlight his (Proust’s):
Which of the following is not a possible combination of number of sports taken up by John, Mike, and Lewis?
If John participated in Paragliding, which of the following statements is definitely true?
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(a) Leonardo da Vinci was a self-taught man and began teaching himself Latin at the early age.

(b) He became a great engineer and was the first to discover that blood circulated through the body.

(c) He believed that coarse people of bad habits and shallow judgments did not deserve so beautiful an instrument and such a complex anatomical equipment than the human body.

(d) They should merely have a sack for taking in food and letting it out again, for they are nothing but the alimentary canal.

(e) Very fond of animals, he was himself a vegetarian and had the habit of buying caged birds from the market and setting them free immediately.
The scientist and the artist are both concerned to change the world — the one the external world of man's objective relations with nature, the other the internal world of his subjective relations with his fellow men. The scientist discovers a contradiction in his consciousness of the external world and resolves it in a scientific hypothesis; the artist discovers a contradiction in his consciousness of the internal world and resolves it in a work of art. Both are creative acts. The scientist extends our knowledge and hence also our control of nature —