List of top Questions asked in CAT

Since her face was free of _________ there was no way to _________ if she appreciated what had happened.

The Darwin who _________ is most remarkable for the way in which he _________ the attributes of the world class thinker and head of the household.

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:
A. Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large number of people sitting here and there and doing nothing.
B. Once in office, they receive friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment.
C. While working, one is struck by the slow and clumsy actions and reactions, indifferent attitudes, procedure rather than outcome orientation, and the lack of consideration for others.
D. Even those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early unless they are forced to be punctual.
E. Work is not intrinsically valued in India.
F. Quite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to help them in their personal matters even during office hours.

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:
A. But in the industrial era destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means bombing the factories which are located in the cities.
B. So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, what you want to do is burn his fields, or if you’re really vicious, salt them.
C. Now in the information era, destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means destroying the information infrastructure.
D. How do you do battle with your enemy?
E. The idea is to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, and depending upon the economic foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.
F. With regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared to do battle with its enemy.

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:
A. Michael Hofman, a poet and translator, accepts this sorry fact without approval or complaint.
B. But thanklessness and impossibility do not daunt him.
C. He acknowledges too — in fact, he returns to the point often — that best translators of poetry always fail at some level.
D. Hofman feels passionately about his work and this is clear from his writings.
E. In terms of the gap between worth and rewards, translators come somewhere near nurses and street-cleaners.

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:
A. Passivity is not, of course, universal.
B. In areas where there are no lords or laws, or in frontier zones where all men go armed, the attitude of the peasantry may well be different.
C. So indeed it may be on the fringe of the unsubmissive.
D. However, for most of the soil-bound peasants the problem is not whether to be normally passive or active, but when to pass from one state to another.
E. This depends on an assessment of the political situation.

Match the dictionary definitions (A–D) of the word “Mellow” with the correct usage (E–H).

Dictionary definition		Usage
A. Adequately and properly aged so as to be free of harshness	E	He has mellowed with age.
B. Freed from the rashness of youth	F	The tones of the old violin were mellow.
C. Of soft and loamy consistency	G	Some wines are mellow.
D. Rich and full but free from stridency	H	Mellow soil found in the Gangetic plains.

Match the dictionary definitions (A–D) of the word “Purge” with the correct usage (E–H).

Dictionary definition		Usage
A. Remove a stigma from the name of	E	The opposition was purged after the coup.
B. Make clean by removing whatever is superfluous, foreign	F	The committee heard his attempt to purge himself of a charge of heresy.
C. Get rid of	G	Drugs that purge the bowels are often bad for the brain.
D. To cause evacuation of	H	It is recommended to purge water by distillation.

Match the dictionary definitions (A–D) of the word “Relief” with the correct usage (E–H).

Dictionary definition		Usage
A. Removal or lightening of something distressing	E	A ceremony follows the relief of a sentry after the morning shift.
B. Aid in the form of necessities for the indigent	F	It was a relief to take off the tight shoes.
C. Diversion	G	The only relief I get is by playing cards.
D. Release from the performance of duty	H	Disaster relief was offered to the victims.

A change-making machine contains 1-rupee, 2-rupee, and 5-rupee coins. Total coins = 300, total value = Rs. 960. If 1-rupee and 2-rupee coin counts are interchanged, value decreases by Rs. 40. Find the total number of 5-rupee coins.

Let $n$ be the number of different five-digit numbers divisible by 4, formed from digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 with no repetition. Find $n$.

Match the dictionary definitions (A–D) of the word “Exceed” with the correct usage (E–H).

Dictionary definition		Usage
A. To extend outside of or enlarge beyond, used chiefly in strictly physical relations	E	The mercy of God exceeds our finite minds
B. To be greater than or superior to	F	Their accomplishments exceeded our expectation.
C. Be beyond the comprehension of	G	He exceeded his authority when he paid his brother’s gambling debts with money from the trust.
D. To go beyond a limit set by (as an authority or privilege)	H	If this rain keeps up, the river will exceed its banks by morning.

Match the dictionary definitions (A–D) of the word “Infer” with the correct usage (E–H).

Dictionary definition		Usage
A. To derive by reasoning or implication	E	We see smoke and infer fire.
B. To surmise	F	Given some utterance, a listener may infer from it all sorts of things which neither the utterance nor the utterer implied.
C. To point out	G	I waited all day to meet him. From this you can infer my zeal to see him.
D. To hint	H	She did not take part in the debate except to ask a question inferring that she was not interested in the debate.

A rectangular pool 20 m wide and 60 m long is surrounded by a walkway of uniform width. The total area of the walkway is 516 m$^2$. How wide, in metres, is the walkway?

Ashish is given Rs. 158 in one-rupee denominations. He must allocate them into a minimum number of bags so any amount from Re 1 to Rs. 158 can be made without opening a bag. What is the minimum number of bags?

Ujakar and Keshab attempted to solve a quadratic equation.
- Ujakar made a mistake in writing down the constant term and got roots (4, 3).
- Keshab made a mistake in writing down the coefficient of $x$ and got roots (3, 2).
What will be the exact roots of the original quadratic equation?

In some code, letters $a, b, c, d, e$ represent 2, 4, 5, 6, and 10 in some order. Given:
I. $a + c = e$,
II. $b - d = d$,
III. $e + a = b$.
Which is true?

Let $b$ be a positive integer and $a = b^2 - b$. If $b \ge 4$, then $a^2 - 2a$ is divisible by:

The owner of an art shop raises prices by X%, then later reduces all new prices by X%. After one such cycle, price decreased by Rs. 441. After a second such cycle, painting sold for Rs. 1,944.81. What was the original price?

A set of consecutive positive integers beginning with 1 is written on the blackboard. A student erased one number. The average of the remaining numbers is $35\frac{7}{17}$. What was the number erased?

Train X departs from station A at 11 a.m. for station B, 180 km away. Train Y departs from station B at 11 a.m. for station A. Train X speed = 70 km/h, no stops. Train Y speed = 50 km/h, stops for 15 min at station C, 60 km from B. Ignoring train lengths, find the distance from A to meeting point.