CAT Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Looking at a portrait of a man, Akhil said, "His mother is the wife of my father's son. Brothers and sisters I have none." At whose portrait was Akhil looking ? 1177 05b5cc771e4d2b4197774ff8f
5b5cc771e4d2b4197774ff8f- 1His unclefalse
- 2His nephewfalse
- 3His cousinfalse
- 4His sontrue
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Answer : 4. "His son"
Explanation :
Answer: D) His son Explanation: Since Akhil has no brother or sister, so he is his father's only son.So wife of Akhil's father's son---Akhil's wife.Thus, Akhil's wife is the man's mother or the man is Akhil's son.
Q: Pointing towards Sweety, Sripad said, " I am the only son of her mother's son." How is Sweety related to Sripad ? 1180 05b5cc771e4d2b4197774ff8a
5b5cc771e4d2b4197774ff8a- 1Niecefalse
- 2Aunttrue
- 3Motherfalse
- 4Cousinfalse
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Answer : 2. "Aunt"
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Answer: B) Aunt Explanation: Sweety's mother's son---Sweety's brother.So, Sripad is the son of Sweety's brother or Sweety is Sripad's Aunt.
Q: Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director (ED) of RBI in place of US Paliwal ? 1102 05b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff85
5b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff85- 1Anjali Singhfalse
- 2Manish Tomarfalse
- 3D) of RBI in place of US Paliwal ? A) Anjali Singh B) Manish Tomar C)false
- 4of RBI in place of US Paliwal ? A) Anjali Singh B) Manish Tomar C) Susheela Singh D) Surekha Maranditrue
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Answer : 4. "of RBI in place of US Paliwal ?
A) Anjali Singh
B) Manish Tomar
C) Susheela Singh
D) Surekha Marandi"
Explanation :
Answer: D) Surekha Marandi Explanation: Surekha Marandi has been appointed as the new Executive Director (ED) of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). She succeeded U S Paliwal, who retired on December 31, 2016.
Q: Who was sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of India (CJI) recently ? 1321 05b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff80
5b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff80- 1Justice Tirath Singh Thakurfalse
- 2Justice Atul Mehtafalse
- 3Justice Jagdish Singh Khehartrue
- 4Justice T M Goyalfalse
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Answer : 3. "Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar"
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Answer: C) Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Explanation:
Q: In a competitive examination, the average marks for the entire examination was 60 marks. If 20% of the applicants scored 85 marks and 25% scored 95 marks. What was the average marks of the remaining applicants in the examination ? 1234 05b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff7b
5b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff7b- 160false
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Answer : 4. "35"
Explanation :
Answer: D) 35 Explanation: Let the total applicants be 100 Then, 20% got 85 marks i.e 20 x 85 = 1700 and 25% got 95 marks i.e 25 x 95 = 2375 Now, the remaining applicants are 55 and let the average marks scored by them be x. Therefore, 2375 + 1700 + 55x = 60×100 6000 - 4075 = 55x 55x=1925 x=35.
Q: 50 men can build a tank in 40days, but though they begin the work together, 5 men quit every ten days. The time needed to build the tank is ? 1304 05b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff71
5b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff71- 150 daystrue
- 248 daysfalse
- 347.5 daysfalse
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Answer : 1. "50 days"
Explanation :
Answer: A) 50 days Explanation: 50 men can build a tank in 40 days Assume 1 man does 1 unit of work in 1 day Then the total work is 50×40 = 2000 units 50 men work in the first 10 days and completes 50×10 = 500 units of work 45 men work in the next 10 days and completes 45×10 = 450 units of work 40 men work in the next 10 days and completes 40×10 = 400 units of work 35 men work in the next 10 days and completes 35×10 = 350 units of work So far 500 + 450 + 400 + 350 = 1700 units of work is completed and Remaining work is 2000 - 1700 = 300 units 30 men work in the next 10 days. In each day, they does 30 units of work. Therefore, additional days required = 300/30 =10 Thus, total 10+10+10+10+10 = 50 days required.
Q: Karthik read 613 th of a book in 1st week and 59 th of the remaining book in 2nd week. If there were 100 pages unread after 2nd week, how many pages were there in the book ? 1998 05b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff76
5b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff76- 1404false
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Answer : 3. "418"
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Answer: C) 418 Explanation: Let the total book be 1 Then, in the 1st week 613th of book is read i.e remaining pages = 1-613=713 in 2nd week he read 59th of it i.e 59×713=35117Remaining pages after 2nd week = 713-35117=28117 But given remaining pages after 2nd week = 100 28x117=100 --> x = 418 The total pages in the book are 418
Q: Find the next number in the series 64, 2, 32, 72, 3, 24, 76, 4, 19, ....., 5, 15.6 1590 05b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff6c
5b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff6c- 180false
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Answer : 2. "78"
Explanation :
Answer: B) 78 Explanation: The pattern is 2x32=64, 3x24=72, 4x19=76 The next number = 5x15.6=78