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(#M40021053) CAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

The points of intersection of three lines 2X + 3Y - 5 = 0, 5X - 7Y + 2 = 0 and 9X - 5Y - 4= 0

a. form a triangle

b. are on lines perpendicular to each other

c. are on lines parallel to each other

d. are coincident

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(#M40038279) CAT QUESTION ss Keep an EYE

a reduction of 20% in the price of orange enables a man to buy 5 more oranges for Rs 10.the price of an orange before reduction:

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(#M40017755) CAT QUESTION SELF Keep an EYE

Q 6.What is the antonym of Rebuttal?
Option
A defiance
B differ
C dissent
D acceptance

Q 7.Find out which part of the sentence below has an error and mark that option.
The man who was killed he was my cousin.
Option
A The man
B who was
C killed he was
D my cousin

Q8.
In the following sentence, some part or whole sentence is underlined. Below the sentence are
given four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Select the answer from among the choices
which produces the most effective sentence, one that is clear and exact.
Everyone of them know that he is more efficient than any other man in the party.
Option
A Everyone of they know that
B Everyone of them knew that
C Everyone of them knows that
D Every one of them know

Q9.
Directions: Each set of the following sentences comprises four alternatives (a), (b), (c ) and
(d). Choose the most suitable alternative in accordance with the correct use of tense.
Option
A Since she started journey, she has felt sick.
B Since she started journey, she is feeling sick.
C Since she started journey, she has been feeling sick.
D All are correct

Q 10.Directions: Use the most suitable form of Infinitive/Gerund in the following sentence.
She is reported ________ today.
Option
A to be absent
B to absent
C to have been absent
D None of the above.

Q 11.Find out which part of the sentence below has an error and mark that option.
Crossing the road a car knocked him down.
Option
A Crossing the road
B a car
C knocked
D him down

Q 12.Directions: Use the most suitable form of Infinitive/Gerund in the following sentence.
I don't remember_____ in Kashmir last year.
Option
A to meet you
B to have met you
C of meeting you
D None of the above.

Q 13.Directions: Use the most suitable form of Infinitive/Gerund in the following sentence.
I have ever looked forward ______ the President of the District Rotary Club.
Option
A to be
B to being
C to have been
D None of the above.

Q 14.Fill up the blanks with suitable prepositions from the alternatives given :
The Hindus believe in many rituals to ward…….evils.
Option A against
B off
C out
D to

Q15.
A sentence has been broken down into 4 parts. One of the parts is grammatically incorrect.
Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part
Option A Due to me
B being a newcomer
C I was unable to get a house
D suitable for my wife and me

Q 16.In the following sentence, some part or whole sentence is underlined. Below the sentence
are given four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Select the answer from among the
choices which produces the most effective sentence, one that is clear and exact.
In Naipaul's case, the prejudices have deepened although his liberal education and adoption
of a liberal country as his permanent place of residence makes him better placed than most
people to shed them.
Option
A makes him better in placed than most people to shed them.
B makes him better placed than more people to shed them
C makes him better placed than most people who shed them.
D make him better placed than the most people to shed them.

Q17.
Find out which part of the sentence below has an error and mark that option.
It is not difficult to believe that a man who has lived in this city for a long time he will
never feel at home anywhere else in the world .
Option
A It is not difficult to believe that a man
B who has lived in this city
C for a long time
D he will never feel at home anywhere else in the world

Q18.
Directions: Given below is a sentence broken into four parts. Arrange the parts of the
sentence in the correct logical manner.
A. A dream can be the most beautiful or the most dreadful way of walking up to a new day.
B. Dreams have always fascinated humankind.
C. In ancient times, Egyptians thought of dreams as direct messages from God.
D. They enrapture your emotions and take them on a roller coaster of thoughts.
Option
A BDAC
B BCAD
C ABCD
D ABDC

Q19.
A recurring account in a commercial bank is a great investment because it allows a person to
accumulate a large sum over a period of time. All people who have become wealthy through
their investments have invested in a recurring account.
Which of the following options employs reasoning most similar to the one above?
Option
A This quadrilateral may be a rectangle because quadrilaterals and rectangles have many properties in common. For one, all rectangles are quadrilaterals but all quadrilaterals are not rectangles.
B Training wheels on a bicycle typically do more harm than good because they make it harder for a child to learn to ride a bike. Training wheels provide too much support
and thereby make it very difficult for a child to develop a sense of balance.
C Algebra is a valuable subject because it helps you to score high on the GMAT
quantitative section. All those who know algebra well score highly in the quantitative
section of the GMAT.
D Penicillin is a useful drug because it helps cure many diseases. Penicillin kills the
bacteria that cause these diseases.

Q20.
Directions: Given below is a sentence broken into four parts. The beginning / end / both are
given, arrange the parts in between in the correct logical manner.
John had some relatively new clothes he had outgrown.
P. But his mother took them out and kept them neatly folded in the cupboard again.
Q. He threw them into the waste basket.
R. So John put the clothing into the family’s bag of items to donate to charity.
S. His mother found them and put them back in his cupboard.
John finally put the items in his mother’s mending basket and never saw them again.
OptionA RSPQ
B QRSP
C QSRP
D RQSP
Q 21.Fill in the blank with the most suitable option.
My life follows a calm______routine.
OptionA. uneasy
B.unruffled
C.aggressive
D. exalted

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(#M40032327) CAT QUESTION average Keep an EYE

The monthly salary of a person was Rs 320 for each of the first 3 years. He next got annual increment of Rs 40 per month for each of the following successive 12 years.His salary remained stationary till retirement when he found that his average monthly salary during his service period was Rs 694. Find the period of his service?
a > 25
b> 15
c> 40
d> 50

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(#M40157054) CAT QUESTION average Keep an EYE

There are a certain number of pages in a book. arjun tore a certain page out of the book and later found that tha average of the remaining page numbers is 46*10/13(fraction). which of the following were the page number of the page that arjun had torn?
a) 57 and 58
b)59 and 60
c)45 and 46

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(#M40023856) CAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

A plane is divided into 79 regions by several number of straight lines. How many number of lines is required atleast for this division?

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(#M40010065) CAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

A car is going around a track that is a square, one mile on a side. If it goes 60 mph around the first two sides and 30 mph on the the third side, how fast must it go to average 60 mph all the way around?

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(#M40036521) CAT QUESTION ratio and mixture Keep an EYE

A vessel has a milk solution in which milk and water are in the ratio 4:1. by addition of water to it, milk solution with milk and water in the ratio 4:3 was formed. on replacing 14 L of this solution with pure milk the ratio of milk and water changed to 5:3. what is the volume of the water added?

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(#M40017450) CAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

A 280 meters long train crosses a platform thrice its lengthin6 minutes 40 seconds. What is the speed of the train?

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(#M40030646) CAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

a dishonest dealer markup the price of his goods by 20% and gives a discount of 10% to the customer .besides he also cheats both his supplier and his buyer bu 100 grams while buying or selling 1 kilogram .find the percentage profit earned by the shopkeeper?

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