CAT Questions

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Given number series is 514   470   ?   415   404

Here the pattern it follows is

514

514 - 44 = 470

470 - 33 = 437

437 - 22 = 415

415 - 11 = 404

Hence, the missing number in the given number series is 437.

Vaunt - Vaunt means to boast or to praise about something excessively.

Flaunt - Flaunt also means to boast about something or to praise something.

Flaunt is the synonym of the word Vaunt.

Disparate - Disparate means essentially different in its kind or unlike or not able to be compared.

Then the required word is the synonym of Disparate.

Here in the given options, Contrast is the only word which is similar in meaning of Disparate.

Hence, Vaunt : Flaunt :: Disparate : Contrast.

Since first second varieties are mixed in equal proportions, so their average price = Rs.(126+135)/2= Rs.130.50

So, Now the mixture is formed by mixing two varieties, one at Rs. 130.50 per kg and the other at say Rs. 'x' per kg in the ratio 2 : 2, i.e., 1 : 1. We have to find 'x'.

Cost of 1 kg tea of 1st kind         Cost of 1 kg tea of 2nd kind 

x-153/22.50 = 1  => x - 153 = 22.50  => x=175.50.

 Hence, price of the third variety = Rs.175.50 per kg.

206 Bones in the Human Body.

The given number series is 6, 8, 5, 10, 4, 14

6

6 + 2 = 8

8 - 3 = 5

5 + 5 = 10

10 - 7 = 3

3 + 11 = 14

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Hence, the odd man in the given series is 4.

'Autonomy' means personal independence. Hence, the word 'dependence' is farthest in meaning to the given word 'Autonomy'.