CAT Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Which acid is produced when milk gets sour? 3295 05b5cc69de4d2b4197774c8c6
5b5cc69de4d2b4197774c8c6- 1Lactic acidtrue
- 2Acetic acidfalse
- 3Tartaric acidfalse
- 4Butyric acidfalse
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Answer : 1. "Lactic acid"
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Answer: A) Lactic acid Explanation:
Q: A girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand : She started by calling the thumb 1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on. She counted upto 1995. She ended counting on which finger ? 3294 05b5cc723e4d2b4197774f66d
5b5cc723e4d2b4197774f66d- 1Thumbfalse
- 2Index fingerfalse
- 3Ring fingerfalse
- 4Middle fingertrue
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Answer : 4. "Middle finger"
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Answer: D) Middle finger Explanation: Clearly, while counting the numbers associated to the thumb will be 1,9,17,25,.........i.e., numbers of the form (8n + 1 ).where n=1,2,3...Since 1994 = 249 × 8 + 2, so 1993 shall correspond to the thumb and 1994 to the index finger and 1995 to the middle finger.
Q: At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl of rice between them, every three guests used a bowl of dal between them and every four used a bowl of meat between them. There were altogether 65 dishes. How many guests were present at the party ? 3293 05b5cc720e4d2b4197774f636
5b5cc720e4d2b4197774f636- 160true
- 274false
- 382false
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Answer : 1. "60"
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Answer: A) 60 Explanation: Let, no. of rice bowl = xno. of dal bowl = yno. of meat bowl = z Then, x + y + z = 65 ....(1) Also given that, 2x = 3y = 4z substituting value of y & z in terms of x i.e. y = 2x/3 and z = x/2 in eq (1),We get x = 30. As 1 rice bowl is shared between 2 guests, Therefore, there are 60 guests.
Q: The number of permutations of the letters of the word 'MESMERISE' is ? 3290 05b5cc6ebe4d2b4197774ee5f
5b5cc6ebe4d2b4197774ee5f- 19!/(2!)^{2}x3!true
- 29! x 2! x 3!false
- 30false
- 4Nonefalse
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Answer : 1. "9!/(2!)^{2}x3!"
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Answer: A) 9!/(2!)^{2}x3! Explanation: n items of which p are alike of one kind, q alike of the other, r alike of another kind and the remaining are distinct can be arranged in a row in n!/p!q!r! ways.The letter pattern 'MESMERISE' consists of 10 letters of which there are 2M's, 3E's, 2S's and 1I and 1R.Number of arrangements = 9!(2!)2×3!
Q: Find the next number in the given series ? 3, 7, 6, 5, 9, 3, 12, 1, 15, . . . 3287 05b5cc71be4d2b4197774f54e
5b5cc71be4d2b4197774f54e- 12false
- 20false
- 31false
- 4-1true
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Answer : 4. "-1"
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Answer: D) -1 Explanation: 3, 7, 6, 5, 9, 3, 12, 1, 15, ... has two different series 1) 3, 6, 9, 12, 15..... 2) 7, 5, 3, 1, ..... -1 is the next number.
Q: The average age of seven persons sitting in a row facing east is 26 years. If the average age of the first three persons is 19 years and the average age of the last three persons is 32 years, then find the age of the person sitting in the middle of the row ? 3277 05b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e97e
5b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e97e- 132 yrsfalse
- 229 yrstrue
- 324 yrsfalse
- 427 yrsfalse
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Answer : 2. "29 yrs"
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Answer: B) 29 yrs Explanation: Total age seven persons = (26 x 7)yearsTotal age of the first three persons and the last three persons are (19 x 3) years and (32 x 3) years respectively.Age of the person sitting in the middle of the row = 26 x 7 - 19 x 3 - 32 x 3 = 182 - 57 - 96 = 29 years.
Q: Which is true of loyalty boards? 3267 05b5cc67ee4d2b4197774c234
5b5cc67ee4d2b4197774c234- 1They did not care about individual civil rightsfalse
- 2They carefully reveiwed all evidence in open courtfalse
- 3They were careful to pertect the civil rights of government workerstrue
- 4They asked for voluntary statementsfalse
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Answer : 3. "They were careful to pertect the civil rights of government workers"
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Answer: C) They were careful to pertect the civil rights of government workers Explanation:
Q: Who invented the high level language C? 3264 05b5cc622e4d2b4197774b811
5b5cc622e4d2b4197774b811- 1Dennis M. Ritchietrue
- 2Donald Kunthfalse
- 3Niklaus Writhfalse
- 4Seymour Papertfalse
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Answer : 1. "Dennis M. Ritchie"
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Answer: A) Dennis M. Ritchie Explanation: C, an early systems programming language, was developed by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson at Bell Labs between 1969 and 1973.