CAT Practice Question and Answer
8Q: What has a spine but no bones? 6789 05b5cc672e4d2b4197774c0be
5b5cc672e4d2b4197774c0be- 1Mirrorfalse
- 2Booktrue
- 3Tablefalse
- 4None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 2. "Book"
Explanation :
Answer: B) Book Explanation: A book has a spine to hold all the pages, but it has no bones.
Q: Kempegowda Festival was organized in which city ? 6776 05b5cc6eee4d2b4197774eef5
5b5cc6eee4d2b4197774eef5- 1Hyderabadfalse
- 2Delhitrue
- 3Mumbaifalse
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Answer : 2. "Delhi"
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Answer: B) Delhi Explanation: President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Kempegowda Festival in New Delhi. The festival is organised by the NadaprabhuKempegowda Foundation.
Q: How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 421579368 each of which has as many digits between them in the number as when they are arranged in ascending order? 6772 05b5cc7f2e4d2b41977751e93
5b5cc7f2e4d2b41977751e93- 1Nonefalse
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Answer : 4. "Three"
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Answer: D) Three Explanation: Given Number: 4 2 1 5 7 9 3 6 8 Ascending order: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hence the required pairs are 12, 49, 16
Q: A sweet seller sells 3/5th part of sweets at a profit of 10% and remaining at a loss of 5%. If the total profit is Rs 1500, then what is the total cost price of sweets ? 6757 05b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fc93
5b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fc93- 1Rs.37,500true
- 2Rs.36,400false
- 3Rs.37,415false
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Answer : 1. "Rs.37,500"
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Answer: A) Rs.37,500 Explanation: Assume A be the cost price. Therefore,35×A×10100 - 25×A×5100 = 1500 => A = Rs 37,500.
Q: A Shopkeeper sells two articles at Rs.1000 each, making a profit of 20% on the first article and a loss of 20% on the second article. Find the net Profit or loss that he makes? 6743 05b5cc7bbe4d2b419777509d7
5b5cc7bbe4d2b419777509d7- 14%true
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Answer : 1. "4%"
Explanation :
Answer: A) 4% Explanation: SP of first article = Rs.1000 Profit = 20% CP = SP x 100100+P% = Rs. 25003 SP of Second Article = Rs.1000 Loss = 20% CP = SP x 100100-L% = Rs. 1250 So, Total SP = Rs.2000; Total CP = Rs.6250/3 As the CP is more than SP, he makes a loss. Loss = CP - SP = (6250/3) - 2000 = Rs.(250/3) So, Loss Percent = Lossx100/CP = 4%
Q: Find the next number in the series 5, 8, 16, 19, 57, 60, ..... 6737 05b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff62
5b5cc76fe4d2b4197774ff62- 1188false
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- 3240true
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Answer : 3. "240"
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Answer: C) 240 Explanation: The pattern is x1+3, x 2, x1+3, x 3, x1+3, x 4 The next number=60x4=240
Q: A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 rats. Every cat killed an equal number of rats. Each cat killed more rats than there were cats. How many rats do you think that each cat killed ? 6711 05b5cc731e4d2b4197774f7d8
5b5cc731e4d2b4197774f7d8- 11009true
- 2991false
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Answer : 1. "1009"
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Answer: A) 1009 Explanation: Given total number of rats = 999919 999919 = 1000000 - 81 = 10002 - 92 = (1000+9)(1000-9) = 1009 x 991.Since there were more rats than there were cats, 991 cats killed 1009 rats each.
Q: It takes five minutes to pass a rumour from one person to two other persons. The tree of rumour continues. Find how many minutes does it take spread the rumour to 729 persons ? 6664 05b5cc715e4d2b4197774f44a
5b5cc715e4d2b4197774f44a- 145 minfalse
- 225 minfalse
- 330 mintrue
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Answer : 3. "30 min"
Explanation :
Answer: C) 30 min Explanation: After 5 mins ..... 3 persons will get rumourAfter 10 mins .... 3x2 + 3 = 9 = 32 persons will get after 15 =5x3 min ......9x2 + 9 =27 = 33 persons will get news...after 5x6 mins ... 36 = 729 persons will get news. Therefore, time taken to spread the rumour to 729 persons is 30 minutes.