List of top Questions asked in CAT

The question has main statement followed by four statements labelled A, B, C and D choose the ordered pair of statements where the first statement implies the second and the two statements are logically consistent with the main statement.
If I talk to my professors, then I do not need a pill for headache.
A. I talked to my professors.
B. I did not need to take a pill for headache
C. I needed to take a pill for headache.
D. I did not talk to my professor.

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. Citizens of Yes Islands speak only the truth. Citizens of Yes Islands are young people. Young people speak only the truth.
B. Citizens of Yes Islands speak only the truth. Some Yes Islands are in the Atlantic. Some citizens of Yes Islands are in the Atlantic
C. Citizens of Yes Islands speak only the truth. Some young people are citizens of Yes Islands. Some young people speak only the truth.
D. Some people speak only the truth. Some citizens of Yes Islands speak only the truth. Some people who speak only the truth are citizens of Yes Islands.

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. All mammals are viviparous. Some fish are viviparous. Some fish are mammals.
B. All birds are oviparous. Some fish are not oviparous. Some fish are birds
C. No mammal is oviparous. Some creatures are oviparous and some are not. Some creatures are not mammals.
D. Some creatures are mammals. Some creatures are viviparous. Some mammals are viviparous.

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. Many singers are not writers. All poets are singers. Some poets are not writers
B. Giants climb beanstalks. Some chicken do not climb beanstalks. Some chicken are not giants
C. All explorers live in snowdrifts. Some penguins live in snowdrifts. Some penguins are explorers
D. Amar is taller than Akbar. Anthony is shorter than Amar. Akbar is shorter than Anthony.

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. A few farmers are rocket scientists. Some rocket scientists catch snakes. A few farmers catch snakes.
B. Poonam is a kangaroo. Some kangaroos are made of teak. Poonam is made of teak
C. No bulls eat grass. All matadors eat grass. No matadors are bulls.
D. Some skunks drive Pajeros. All skunks are polar bears. Some polar bears drive Pajeros.

The question has main statement followed by four statements labelled A, B, C and D choose the ordered pair of statements where the first statement implies the second and the two statements are logically consistent with the main statement.
Either the orangutan is not angry, or he frowns upon the world.
A. The orangutan frowns upon the world.
B. The orangutan is not angry
C. The orangutan does not frown upon the world.
D. The orangutan is angry.

The question has main statement followed by four statements labelled A, B, C and D choose the ordered pair of statements where the first statement implies the second and the two statements are logically consistent with the main statement.
Whenever Rajeev uses the internet, he dreams about spider.
A. Rajeev did not dream about spiders.
B. Rajeev used the internet.
C. Rajeev dreamt about spiders.
D. Rajeev did not use the internet.

The question has main statement followed by four statements labelled A, B, C and D choose the ordered pair of statements where the first statement implies the second and the two statements are logically consistent with the main statement.
Either Ravana is a demon or he is a hero.
A. Ravana is a hero.
B. Ravana is a Demon
C. Ravana is not a Demon.
D. Ravana is not a Hero.

Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. The reconstruction of history by post-revolutionary science texts involves more than a multiplication of historical misconstructions.
A. Because they aim quickly to acquaint the student with what the contemporary scientific community thinks it knows textbooks treat the various experiments, concepts, laws and theories of the current normal science as separately and as nearly seriatim as possible.
B. Those misconstructions render revolutions invisible; the arrangement of the still visible material in science texts implies a process that, if it existed, would deny revolutions a function.
C. But when combined with the generally unhistorical air of science writing and with the occasional systematic misconstruction, one impression is likely to follow.
D. As pedagogy this technique of presentation is unexceptionable.
6.Science has reached its present state by a series of individual discoveries and inventions that when gathered together, constitute the modern body of technical knowledge.

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. No cowboys laugh. Some who laugh are sphinxes. Some sphinxes are not cowboys.
B. All ghosts the fluorescent. Some ghosts do not sing. Some singers are not fluorescent.
C. Cricketers indulge in swearing. Those who swear are hanged. Some who are hanged are not cricketers.
D. Some crazy people are pianists. All crazy people are whistlers. Some whistlers are pianists.

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. All good people are knights. All warriors are good people. All knights are warriors.
B. No footballers are ministers. All footballers are tough. Some ministers are players.
C. All pizzas are snacks. Some meals are pizzas. Some meals are snacks.
D. Some barkers are musk deer. All barkers are sloth bears. Some sloth bears are musk deer.

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. Dinosaurs are pre-historic creatures. Water buffaloes are not dinosaurs. Water buffaloes are not pre historic creatures.
B. All politicians are frank. No frank people are crocodiles. No crocodiles are politicians
\ C. No diamond is quartz. No opal is quartz. Diamonds are opals.
D. All monkeys like bananas. Some GI Joes like bananas. Some GI Joes are monkeys.

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. All earthquakes cause havoc. Some landslides cause havoc. Some earthquakes cause landslides
B. All glass things are transparent. Some curios are glass things. Some curios are transparent
C. All clay objects are brittle. All XY are clay objects. Some XY are brittle.
D. No criminal is a patriot. Ram is not a patriot. Ram is a criminal.

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. MD is an actor. Some actors are pretty. MD is pretty.
B. Some men are cops. All cops are brave. Some brave people are cops
C. All cops are brave. Some men are cops. Some men are brave.
D. All actors are pretty; MD is not an actor; MD is not pretty

The question has a set of four statements. Each statement has three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two, but not just from one of them
A. All IIMs are in India. No BIMs are in India. No IIMs are BIMs.
B. All IIMs are in India. No BIMs are in India. No BIMs are IIMs
C. Some IIMs are not in India. Some BIMs are not in India. Some IIMs are BIMs
D. Some IIMs are not in India. Some BIMs are not in India. Some BIMs are IIMs.

Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. Making people laugh is tricky.
A. At times, the intended humour may simply not come off.
B. Making people laugh while trying to sell them something is a tougher challenge, since the commercial can fall flat on two grounds.
C. There are many advertisements, which do amuse but do not even begin to set the cash tills ringing.
D. Again, it is rarely sufficient for an advertiser to amuse the target audience in order to reap the sales benefit.
6. There are indications that in substituting the hard sell for a more entertaining approach, some agencies have rather thrown out the baby with the bath water.

Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. Picture a termite colony, occupying a tall mud hump on an African plain.
A. Hungry predators often invade the colony and unsettle the balance.
B. The colony flourishes only if the proportion of soldiers to workers remains roughly the same so that the queen and workers can be protected by the soldiers and the queen and soldiers can be serviced by the workers.
C. But its fortunes are presently restored, because the immobile queen, walled in well below ground level, lays eggs not only in large enough numbers, but also in the varying proportions required.
D. The hump is alive with worker termites and soldier termites going about their distinct kinds of business.
6. How can we account for her mysterious ability to respond like this to events on the distant surface?

Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. According to recent research, the critical period for developing language skills is between the ages of three and five and half years.
A. The read-to-child already has a large vocabulary and a sense of grammar and sentence structure.
B. Children who are read to in these years have a far better chance of reading well in school, indeed of doing well in all their subjects.
C. And the reason is actually quite simple.
D. This correlation is far and away the highest yet found between home influences and school success.
6. Her comprehension of language is therefore very high.

Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1.High-powered outboard motors were considered to be one of the major threats to the survival of the Beluga whales.
A. With these, hunters could approach Belugas within hunting range and profit from its inner skin and blubber.
B. To escape an approaching motor, Belugas have learned to dive to the ocean bottom and stay there for up to 20 minutes by which time the confused predator has left.
C. Today, however, even with much more powerful engines, it is difficult to come close, because the whales seem to disappear suddenly just when you thought you had them in your sights.
D. When the first outboard engines arrived in the early 1930s out came 4 and 8 HP motors.
6. Belugas, seem to have used their well-known sensitivity to noise to evolve an ‘avoidance’ strategy to outsmart hunters and their powerful technologies.