List of top Questions asked in CMAT

Pick the word opposite in meaning to the word "OBLIGATORY”

Identify the usages of the word "PRINCIPAL" in the following sentence. In the meeting the principal stated the principal reasons for the suggested changes in the statute.

"Speech without any preparation" is known as _______ .

Pick the odd one out from the following options:

In a row of boys facing the north, A is 16" from the left and C is 16" from the right end. B who is 4^th to the right of A, is 5^th to the left of C in the row. How many boys are there in the row?

Take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Which conclusion would follow on the basis
of given statements.
Statement:
'Some bags are purses',
'All purses are containers' and
'All containers are suitcases'.
Conclusions:
(A) Some suitcases are bags
(B) All purses are bags
(C) All purses are suitcases
(D) Some containers are purses
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A monkey climbs 20 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips back 5 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8:00 AM, at what time will he first touch a flag at 110 feet from the ground?

A dice is thrown four times and its four different positions are shown below. Find the number on the face opposite the face showing 2.

Find the number of triangles in the following figure:

Consider the statement given below followed by two conclusions. Decide which of the conclusions follows from the information given in the statement.
Statement: Domestic demand has been increasing faster than production of indigenous crude oil.
Conclusions:
I. Crude oil must be imported.
II. Domestic demand should be reduced.

In a certain code language, if HAND is written as SZMW, then what will be the code of MILK?

Arrange the following words in a meaningful sequence and choose the most appropriate sequence from the given alternatives.
(A) Rain
(B) Monsoon
(C) Rescue
(D) Flood
(E) Shelter
(F) Relief

A cylinder is painted in 6 colours - Green, Blue, Yellow, Violet, Red and Pink. Three positions are shown below

What is the colour in the empty space?

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): A person with blood group O is supposed to be an universal donor.
Reason (R): Group O does not contain any antigens.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

If 'blue means green', 'green means white', 'white means yellow', 'yellow means black', 'black means red' and 'red means brown', then what is the colour of milk?

Miss Lilly' started her journey from her house and goes 2 km straight. Then, she turns towards her right and goes 1 km. She again turns towards her right and goes 1 km again. If finally she is in the north-west direction from her house, then in which direction did she go in the beginning ?

Find the odd one out among the following:

The following question consists of a statement and arguments I and II. Choose the best option:
Statement: Should there be a compulsory medical examination of both the man and the woman before they marry each other?
Argument I: No, this is an intrusion to the privacy of an individual and hence cannot be tolerated.
Argument II: Yes, this will substantially reduce the risk of giving birth to children with serious ailments.

Mr. X starts walking from his house towards west. After walking a distance of 30 metres, he turned towards right and walked 20 metres. He then turned left and moving a distance of 10 metres, turned to his left again and walked 40 metres. He now turns to the left and walks 5 metres. Finally he turns to his left. In which direction is he walking now ?

Consider the statement given below and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is/are implicit in the statement.
Statement:
You know that your shirt is excellent when people ask about your tailor who tailored the shirt.
Assumptions:
I. People do not ask about your tailor if your shirt is not good.
II. People want to know the criteria of an excellent shirt.

Choose the correct word from the given alternatives which bears the same relationship to the third word as the first two.
Vigilant: Alert:: Viable: ?

Bald is related to Blond in the same way as Barren is related to?

Find the missing term in the following figure.

If the roots of the equation px² + x + r = 0 are reciprocal to each other, then which one of the following is correct?

Arrange the following in increasing order:
(A) 16\(\frac{2}{3}\)%
(B) \(\frac{2}{15}\)
(C) 0.17
(D) 0.25% of 64
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: