Common Admission Test (CAT) Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Pointing to a photograph, a man said, "I have no brother or sister but that man’s father is my father’s son." Whose photograph was it?

A) His uncle's	B) His nephew's
C) His son's	D) His Cousin's

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) His son's

Explanation:

Since the narrator has no brother, his father’s son is he himself. So, the man who is talking is the father of the man in the photograph. Thus, the man in the photograph is his son.

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Q:

Man : Biography :: Nation : ?

A) History	B) Leader
C) Story	D) Nationalism

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) History

Explanation:

Detailed description of a man's life is Biography.

Similarly, detailed description of a Nations is called History.

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Q:

Kempegowda Festival was organized in which city ?

A) Hyderabad	B) Delhi
C) Mumbai	D) Chennai

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Delhi

Explanation:

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Kempegowda Festival in New Delhi. The festival is organised by the NadaprabhuKempegowda Foundation.

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Q:

Tennis is to Sport as Chemistry is to

A) Biology	B) Physics
C) Science	D) Subject

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Science

Explanation:

As Tennis is a kind of Sport, similarly, Chemistry is a kind of science.

Hence, Tennis : Sport :: Chemistry : Science.

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Q:

Find the Missing Numbers in the given Number Puzzle ?

A) 169 & 81	B) 67 & 121
C) 64 & 115	D) 70 & 110

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 169 & 81

Explanation:

Observe that in each column, square of sum of digits in the first row = Respective second row elements.

In the same way, square of sum of digits in the second row = Respective third row elements.

=> ${(6 + 4)}^{2} = 10^{2} = 100$

=> ${(4 + 9)}^{2} = 13^{2} = 169$

=> ${(8 + 1)}^{2} = 9^{2} = 81$ .

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Q:

Warm is to Hot as Not so Good is to

A) Average	B) Fair
C) Not so bad	D) Worse

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Worse

Explanation:

Warm and hot are in the same meaning sense , so not so good is same as worse in meaning.

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Q:

A man walks 6 km at a speed of $1 \frac{1}{2}$ kmph, runs 8 km at a speed of 2 kmph and goes by bus another 32 km. Speed of the bus is 8 kmph. Find the average speed of the man in kmph.

$A) 4 \frac{3}{14}$

B) $4 \frac{2}{13}$

C) $2 \frac{4}{13}$

D) $3 \frac{4}{14}$

A) Option A	B) Option B
C) Option C	D) Option D

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Option B

Explanation:

Man walked 6 km at 1.5 kmph, again he walked 8 km at speed of 2 kmph and 40 km at a speed of 8kmph
time taken indivisually:
=> 6/1.5 = 4 m
=> 8/2 = 4 m
=> 40/8 = 5 m

Average speed of man= total distance/ total time
=> 54/13 = $4 \frac{2}{13}$ kmph

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Q:

Which of the following statement(s)is/are TRUE?

I. 2√3 > 3√2

II. 4√2 > 2√8

A) Only I	B) Only II
C) Neither I nor II	D) Both I and II

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