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CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 1

Instructions
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given

Will a day come when India’s poor can access government services as easily as drawing cash from an ATM? . . . [N]o country in the world has made accessing education or health or policing or dispute resolution as easy as an ATM, because the nature of these activities requires individuals to use their discretion in a positive way. Technology can certainly facilitate this in a variety of ways if it is seen as one part of an overall approach, but the evidence so far in education, for instance, is that just adding computers alone doesn’t make education any better. . . .
The dangerous illusion of technology is that it can create stronger, top down accountability of service providers in implementation-intensive services within existing public sector organisations. One notion is that electronic management information systems (EMIS) keep better track of inputs and those aspects of personnel that are ‘EMIS visible’ can lead to better services. A recent study examined attempts to increase attendance of Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANMs) at clinics in Rajasthan, which involved high-tech time clocks to monitor attendance. The study’s title says it all: Band-Aids on a Corpse . . . e-governance can be just as bad as any other governance when the real issue is people and their motivation.
For services to improve, the people providing the services have to want to do a better job with the skills they have. A study of medical care in Delhi found that even though providers, in the public sector had much better skills than private sector providers their provision of care in actual practice was much worse.
In implementation-intensive services the key to success is face-to-face interactions between a teacher, a nurse, a policeman, an extension agent and a citizen. This relationship is about power. Amartya Sen’s . . . report on education in West Bengal had a supremely telling anecdote in which the villagers forced the teacher to attend school, but then, when the parents went off to work, the teacher did not teach, but forced the children to massage his feet. . . . As long as the system empowers providers over citizens, technology is irrelevant.
The answer to successfully providing basic services is to create systems that provide both autonomy and accountability.
In basic education for instance, the answer to poor teaching is not controlling teachers more . . . The key . . . is to hire teachers who want to teach and let them teach, expressing their professionalism and vocation as a teacher through autonomy in the classroom. This autonomy has to be matched with accountability for results—not just narrowly measured through test scores, but broadly for the quality of the education they provide.
A recent study in Uttar Pradesh showed that if, somehow, all civil service teachers could be replaced with contract teachers, the state could save a billion dollars a year in revenue and double student learning. Just the additional autonomy and accountability of contracts through local groups—even without complementary system changes in information and empowerment—led to that much improvement. The first step to being part of the solution is to create performance information accessible to those outside of the government. . . .
Q. According to the author, service delivery in Indian education can be improved in all of the following ways EXCEPT through:

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 1

In the last line of the passage, the author mentions about the availability of information which should be the first step towards solving the service delivery in the Indian education system.
In the penultimate paragraph, the author says that the key is to hire those teachers who want to teach. In other words, the author supports the recruitment of motivated teachers.
In the first paragraph, the author states that technology can facilitate better service delivery in Indian education.
The author has nowhere talked about the elimination of government involvement. He wants that the autonomy and accountability of the teachers should be increased.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 2

Instructions
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given

Will a day come when India’s poor can access government services as easily as drawing cash from an ATM? . . . [N]o country in the world has made accessing education or health or policing or dispute resolution as easy as an ATM, because the nature of these activities requires individuals to use their discretion in a positive way. Technology can certainly facilitate this in a variety of ways if it is seen as one part of an overall approach, but the evidence so far in education, for instance, is that just adding computers alone doesn’t make education any better. . . .
The dangerous illusion of technology is that it can create stronger, top down accountability of service providers in implementation-intensive services within existing public sector organisations. One notion is that electronic management information systems (EMIS) keep better track of inputs and those aspects of personnel that are ‘EMIS visible’ can lead to better services. A recent study examined attempts to increase attendance of Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANMs) at clinics in Rajasthan, which involved high-tech time clocks to monitor attendance. The study’s title says it all: Band-Aids on a Corpse . . . e-governance can be just as bad as any other governance when the real issue is people and their motivation.
For services to improve, the people providing the services have to want to do a better job with the skills they have. A study of medical care in Delhi found that even though providers, in the public sector had much better skills than private sector providers their provision of care in actual practice was much worse.
In implementation-intensive services the key to success is face-to-face interactions between a teacher, a nurse, a policeman, an extension agent and a citizen. This relationship is about power. Amartya Sen’s . . . report on education in West Bengal had a supremely telling anecdote in which the villagers forced the teacher to attend school, but then, when the parents went off to work, the teacher did not teach, but forced the children to massage his feet. . . . As long as the system empowers providers over citizens, technology is irrelevant.
The answer to successfully providing basic services is to create systems that provide both autonomy and accountability.
In basic education for instance, the answer to poor teaching is not controlling teachers more . . . The key . . . is to hire teachers who want to teach and let them teach, expressing their professionalism and vocation as a teacher through autonomy in the classroom. This autonomy has to be matched with accountability for results—not just narrowly measured through test scores, but broadly for the quality of the education they provide.
A recent study in Uttar Pradesh showed that if, somehow, all civil service teachers could be replaced with contract teachers, the state could save a billion dollars a year in revenue and double student learning. Just the additional autonomy and accountability of contracts through local groups—even without complementary system changes in information and empowerment—led to that much improvement. The first step to being part of the solution is to create performance information accessible to those outside of the government. . . .
Q. In the context of the passage, we can infer that the title “Band Aids on a Corpse” (in paragraph 2) suggests that:

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 2

The author has explained the phrase “Band Aids on a Corpse” by stating that " e-governance can be just as bad as any other governance when the real issue is people and their motivation." From this, we can infer that the solution was not intended to tackle the real cause of the problem which was the motivation of the people. If people are not motivated, forcing them to come on time will act only as a specious way to deal with the issue.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 3

Instructions
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given

Will a day come when India’s poor can access government services as easily as drawing cash from an ATM? . . . [N]o country in the world has made accessing education or health or policing or dispute resolution as easy as an ATM, because the nature of these activities requires individuals to use their discretion in a positive way. Technology can certainly facilitate this in a variety of ways if it is seen as one part of an overall approach, but the evidence so far in education, for instance, is that just adding computers alone doesn’t make education any better. . . .
The dangerous illusion of technology is that it can create stronger, top down accountability of service providers in implementation-intensive services within existing public sector organisations. One notion is that electronic management information systems (EMIS) keep better track of inputs and those aspects of personnel that are ‘EMIS visible’ can lead to better services. A recent study examined attempts to increase attendance of Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANMs) at clinics in Rajasthan, which involved high-tech time clocks to monitor attendance. The study’s title says it all: Band-Aids on a Corpse . . . e-governance can be just as bad as any other governance when the real issue is people and their motivation.
For services to improve, the people providing the services have to want to do a better job with the skills they have. A study of medical care in Delhi found that even though providers, in the public sector had much better skills than private sector providers their provision of care in actual practice was much worse.
In implementation-intensive services the key to success is face-to-face interactions between a teacher, a nurse, a policeman, an extension agent and a citizen. This relationship is about power. Amartya Sen’s . . . report on education in West Bengal had a supremely telling anecdote in which the villagers forced the teacher to attend school, but then, when the parents went off to work, the teacher did not teach, but forced the children to massage his feet. . . . As long as the system empowers providers over citizens, technology is irrelevant.
The answer to successfully providing basic services is to create systems that provide both autonomy and accountability.
In basic education for instance, the answer to poor teaching is not controlling teachers more . . . The key . . . is to hire teachers who want to teach and let them teach, expressing their professionalism and vocation as a teacher through autonomy in the classroom. This autonomy has to be matched with accountability for results—not just narrowly measured through test scores, but broadly for the quality of the education they provide.
A recent study in Uttar Pradesh showed that if, somehow, all civil service teachers could be replaced with contract teachers, the state could save a billion dollars a year in revenue and double student learning. Just the additional autonomy and accountability of contracts through local groups—even without complementary system changes in information and empowerment—led to that much improvement. The first step to being part of the solution is to create performance information accessible to those outside of the government. . . .
Q. The author questions the use of monitoring systems in services that involve face-to-face interaction between service providers and clients because such systems:

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 3

In the third paragraph, the author has given the example of a school where the villagers forced the teachers to come to school, but the teacher instead of teaching indulged in various other non-productive activities. Further, the author also mentions that as long as the system empowers providers over citizens, technology is irrelevant.
So, the author wants to convey that commitment and motivation are the primary requirements in systems which involve face-to-face interaction between service providers and clients. Therefore, using technology to monitor in such scenarios will be ineffective.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 4

Instructions
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given

Will a day come when India’s poor can access government services as easily as drawing cash from an ATM? . . . [N]o country in the world has made accessing education or health or policing or dispute resolution as easy as an ATM, because the nature of these activities requires individuals to use their discretion in a positive way. Technology can certainly facilitate this in a variety of ways if it is seen as one part of an overall approach, but the evidence so far in education, for instance, is that just adding computers alone doesn’t make education any better. . . .
The dangerous illusion of technology is that it can create stronger, top down accountability of service providers in implementation-intensive services within existing public sector organisations. One notion is that electronic management information systems (EMIS) keep better track of inputs and those aspects of personnel that are ‘EMIS visible’ can lead to better services. A recent study examined attempts to increase attendance of Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANMs) at clinics in Rajasthan, which involved high-tech time clocks to monitor attendance. The study’s title says it all: Band-Aids on a Corpse . . . e-governance can be just as bad as any other governance when the real issue is people and their motivation.
For services to improve, the people providing the services have to want to do a better job with the skills they have. A study of medical care in Delhi found that even though providers, in the public sector had much better skills than private sector providers their provision of care in actual practice was much worse.
In implementation-intensive services the key to success is face-to-face interactions between a teacher, a nurse, a policeman, an extension agent and a citizen. This relationship is about power. Amartya Sen’s . . . report on education in West Bengal had a supremely telling anecdote in which the villagers forced the teacher to attend school, but then, when the parents went off to work, the teacher did not teach, but forced the children to massage his feet. . . . As long as the system empowers providers over citizens, technology is irrelevant.
The answer to successfully providing basic services is to create systems that provide both autonomy and accountability.
In basic education for instance, the answer to poor teaching is not controlling teachers more . . . The key . . . is to hire teachers who want to teach and let them teach, expressing their professionalism and vocation as a teacher through autonomy in the classroom. This autonomy has to be matched with accountability for results—not just narrowly measured through test scores, but broadly for the quality of the education they provide.
A recent study in Uttar Pradesh showed that if, somehow, all civil service teachers could be replaced with contract teachers, the state could save a billion dollars a year in revenue and double student learning. Just the additional autonomy and accountability of contracts through local groups—even without complementary system changes in information and empowerment—led to that much improvement. The first step to being part of the solution is to create performance information accessible to those outside of the government. . . .
Q. The main purpose of the passage is to:

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 4

The author has explained in the passage that without increasing the autonomy and accountability of the person involved in a job, monitoring systems will be ineffective in improving the services. So, the author has advocated for making the persons more responsible and give them more independence. Option A is the most relevant in this context.
Option B is narrow in the sense that the passage does not only focus on the case of nurses.
Option C is irrelevant as the author does not criticize the involvement of government.
Option D is incorrect because the author is not trying to find a solution, but he has proposed a solution to deal with the problem.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 5

Instructions
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

[The] Indian government [has] announced an international competition to design a National War Memorial in New Delhi, to honour all of the Indian soldiers who served in the various wars and counter-insurgency campaigns from 1947 onwards. The terms of the competition also specified that the new structure would be built adjacent to the India Gate - a memorial to the Indian soldiers who died in the First World War. Between the old imperialist memorial and the proposed nationalist one, India’s contribution to the Second World War is airbrushed out of existence.
The Indian government’s conception of the war memorial was not merely absent-minded. Rather, it accurately reflected the fact that both academic history and popular memory have yet to come to terms with India’s Second World War, which continues to be seen as little more than mood music in the drama of India’s advance towards independence and partition in 1947. Further, the political trajectory of the postwar subcontinent has militated against popular remembrance of the war. With partition and the onset of the India-Pakistan rivalry, both of the new nations needed fresh stories for self-legitimisation rather than focusing on shared wartime experiences.
However, the Second World War played a crucial role in both the independence and partition of India. . . . The Indian army recruited, trained and deployed some 2.5 million men, almost 90,000 of which were killed and many more injured.
Even at the time, it was recognised as the largest volunteer force in the war. . . .
India’s material and financial contribution to the war was equally significant. India emerged as a major military-industrial and logistical base for Allied operations in south-east Asia and the Middle East. This led the United States to take considerable interest in the country’s future, and ensured that this was no longer the preserve of the British government.
Other wartime developments pointed in the direction of India’s independence. In a stunning reversal of its long-standing financial relationship with Britain, India finished the war as one of the largest creditors to the imperial power.
Such extraordinary mobilization for war was achieved at great human cost, with the Bengal famine the most extreme manifestation of widespread wartime deprivation. The costs on India’s home front must be counted in millions of lives.
Indians signed up to serve on the war and home fronts for a variety of reasons. . . . [M]any were convinced that their contribution would open the doors to India’s freedom. . . . The political and social churn triggered by the war was evident in the massive waves of popular protest and unrest that washed over rural and urban India in the aftermath of the conflict. This turmoil was crucial in persuading the Attlee government to rid itself of the incubus of ruling India. . . .
Seventy years on, it is time that India engaged with the complex legacies of the Second World War. Bringing the war into the ambit of the new national memorial would be a fitting - if not overdue - recognition that this was India’s War.
Q. The author suggests that a major reason why India has not so far acknowledged its role in the Second World War is that it:

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 5

By the term "mood music", the author intends to convey that the war set the stage for the Independence and partition of the country. He does not mean that the war was an allied effort and India's contribution to the war was merely supportive.
The author mentions that the political trajectory in both the countries has been against the popular remembrance of war. He states that the countries were focused on building a non-colonial identity and the war narrative did not fit in well in the picture.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 6

Instructions
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

[The] Indian government [has] announced an international competition to design a National War Memorial in New Delhi, to honour all of the Indian soldiers who served in the various wars and counter-insurgency campaigns from 1947 onwards. The terms of the competition also specified that the new structure would be built adjacent to the India Gate - a memorial to the Indian soldiers who died in the First World War. Between the old imperialist memorial and the proposed nationalist one, India’s contribution to the Second World War is airbrushed out of existence.
The Indian government’s conception of the war memorial was not merely absent-minded. Rather, it accurately reflected the fact that both academic history and popular memory have yet to come to terms with India’s Second World War, which continues to be seen as little more than mood music in the drama of India’s advance towards independence and partition in 1947. Further, the political trajectory of the postwar subcontinent has militated against popular remembrance of the war. With partition and the onset of the India-Pakistan rivalry, both of the new nations needed fresh stories for self-legitimisation rather than focusing on shared wartime experiences.
However, the Second World War played a crucial role in both the independence and partition of India. . . . The Indian army recruited, trained and deployed some 2.5 million men, almost 90,000 of which were killed and many more injured.
Even at the time, it was recognised as the largest volunteer force in the war. . . .
India’s material and financial contribution to the war was equally significant. India emerged as a major military-industrial and logistical base for Allied operations in south-east Asia and the Middle East. This led the United States to take considerable interest in the country’s future, and ensured that this was no longer the preserve of the British government.
Other wartime developments pointed in the direction of India’s independence. In a stunning reversal of its long-standing financial relationship with Britain, India finished the war as one of the largest creditors to the imperial power.
Such extraordinary mobilization for war was achieved at great human cost, with the Bengal famine the most extreme manifestation of widespread wartime deprivation. The costs on India’s home front must be counted in millions of lives.
Indians signed up to serve on the war and home fronts for a variety of reasons. . . . [M]any were convinced that their contribution would open the doors to India’s freedom. . . . The political and social churn triggered by the war was evident in the massive waves of popular protest and unrest that washed over rural and urban India in the aftermath of the conflict. This turmoil was crucial in persuading the Attlee government to rid itself of the incubus of ruling India. . . .
Seventy years on, it is time that India engaged with the complex legacies of the Second World War. Bringing the war into the ambit of the new national memorial would be a fitting - if not overdue - recognition that this was India’s War.
Q. The phrase “mood music” is used in the second paragraph to indicate that the Second World War is viewed as:

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 6

The author uses the phrase "mood music" to indicate that (the contribution of Indians to) the Second World War is not given the importance it deserves. The author does not state that the war led to the rivalry. Though he mentions the illeffects of the war on India, he does not refer to them when he uses the term "mood music". He feels that the war is largely seen as a warmer to the Independence and partition of the country. Therefore, option D is the right answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 7

Instructions
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

[The] Indian government [has] announced an international competition to design a National War Memorial in New Delhi, to honour all of the Indian soldiers who served in the various wars and counter-insurgency campaigns from 1947 onwards. The terms of the competition also specified that the new structure would be built adjacent to the India Gate - a memorial to the Indian soldiers who died in the First World War. Between the old imperialist memorial and the proposed nationalist one, India’s contribution to the Second World War is airbrushed out of existence.
The Indian government’s conception of the war memorial was not merely absent-minded. Rather, it accurately reflected the fact that both academic history and popular memory have yet to come to terms with India’s Second World War, which continues to be seen as little more than mood music in the drama of India’s advance towards independence and partition in 1947. Further, the political trajectory of the postwar subcontinent has militated against popular remembrance of the war. With partition and the onset of the India-Pakistan rivalry, both of the new nations needed fresh stories for self-legitimisation rather than focusing on shared wartime experiences.
However, the Second World War played a crucial role in both the independence and partition of India. . . . The Indian army recruited, trained and deployed some 2.5 million men, almost 90,000 of which were killed and many more injured.
Even at the time, it was recognised as the largest volunteer force in the war. . . .
India’s material and financial contribution to the war was equally significant. India emerged as a major military-industrial and logistical base for Allied operations in south-east Asia and the Middle East. This led the United States to take considerable interest in the country’s future, and ensured that this was no longer the preserve of the British government.
Other wartime developments pointed in the direction of India’s independence. In a stunning reversal of its long-standing financial relationship with Britain, India finished the war as one of the largest creditors to the imperial power.
Such extraordinary mobilization for war was achieved at great human cost, with the Bengal famine the most extreme manifestation of widespread wartime deprivation. The costs on India’s home front must be counted in millions of lives.
Indians signed up to serve on the war and home fronts for a variety of reasons. . . . [M]any were convinced that their contribution would open the doors to India’s freedom. . . . The political and social churn triggered by the war was evident in the massive waves of popular protest and unrest that washed over rural and urban India in the aftermath of the conflict. This turmoil was crucial in persuading the Attlee government to rid itself of the incubus of ruling India. . . .
Seventy years on, it is time that India engaged with the complex legacies of the Second World War. Bringing the war into the ambit of the new national memorial would be a fitting - if not overdue - recognition that this was India’s War.
Q. The author lists all of the following as outcomes of the Second World War EXCEPT:

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 7

In the fourth paragraph, the author states "This led the United States to take considerable interest in the country’s future". We can infer that India's strategic location led to US's interests towards India and hence, we can eliminate option A.
In the first line of the second paragraph, the author mentions that the Second World War played a crucial role in the independence of India.
In the sixth paragraph, the author mentions that the war was achieved at great human cost. He states that the Bengal famine was the most extreme manifestation of the human costs of the war.
In the fifth paragraph, the author states "In a stunning reversal of its long-standing financial relationship with Britain, India finished the war as one of the largest creditors to the imperial power". From this line, we can infer that India lent its resources to Britain, not the other way around. Therefore, option B is an incorrect interpretation of the given sentence and hence, option B is the right answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 8

Instructions
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

[The] Indian government [has] announced an international competition to design a National War Memorial in New Delhi, to honour all of the Indian soldiers who served in the various wars and counter-insurgency campaigns from 1947 onwards. The terms of the competition also specified that the new structure would be built adjacent to the India Gate - a memorial to the Indian soldiers who died in the First World War. Between the old imperialist memorial and the proposed nationalist one, India’s contribution to the Second World War is airbrushed out of existence.
The Indian government’s conception of the war memorial was not merely absent-minded. Rather, it accurately reflected the fact that both academic history and popular memory have yet to come to terms with India’s Second World War, which continues to be seen as little more than mood music in the drama of India’s advance towards independence and partition in 1947. Further, the political trajectory of the postwar subcontinent has militated against popular remembrance of the war. With partition and the onset of the India-Pakistan rivalry, both of the new nations needed fresh stories for self-legitimisation rather than focusing on shared wartime experiences.
However, the Second World War played a crucial role in both the independence and partition of India. . . . The Indian army recruited, trained and deployed some 2.5 million men, almost 90,000 of which were killed and many more injured.
Even at the time, it was recognised as the largest volunteer force in the war. . . .
India’s material and financial contribution to the war was equally significant. India emerged as a major military-industrial and logistical base for Allied operations in south-east Asia and the Middle East. This led the United States to take considerable interest in the country’s future, and ensured that this was no longer the preserve of the British government.
Other wartime developments pointed in the direction of India’s independence. In a stunning reversal of its long-standing financial relationship with Britain, India finished the war as one of the largest creditors to the imperial power.
Such extraordinary mobilization for war was achieved at great human cost, with the Bengal famine the most extreme manifestation of widespread wartime deprivation. The costs on India’s home front must be counted in millions of lives.
Indians signed up to serve on the war and home fronts for a variety of reasons. . . . [M]any were convinced that their contribution would open the doors to India’s freedom. . . . The political and social churn triggered by the war was evident in the massive waves of popular protest and unrest that washed over rural and urban India in the aftermath of the conflict. This turmoil was crucial in persuading the Attlee government to rid itself of the incubus of ruling India. . . .
Seventy years on, it is time that India engaged with the complex legacies of the Second World War. Bringing the war into the ambit of the new national memorial would be a fitting - if not overdue - recognition that this was India’s War.
Q. The author claims that omitting mention of Indians who served in the Second World War from the new National War Memorial is:

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 8

In the second paragraph, the author mentions "Rather, it accurately reflected the fact that both academic history and popular memory have yet to come to terms with India’s Second World War". The author states that the act was not merely absent-minded. Therefore, the author considers the omission to be reflective of India's academic and popular views and hence, option D is the right answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 9

Direction: The sentences given in the question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

A. Indeed, Indian policy-planners find themselves in a predicament thanks to the continued monetary easing by some nations and the shrinkage in world trade.

B. In this context, a fund-starved country like India will do well to focus on foreign direct investment rather than get unduly worried about foreign institutional investment, which will have its ebb and flow depending on the environment outside..

C. With everyone waiting for the other to act first, the onus is definitely on the political bosses to devise quick solutions to accelerate the economy.

D. Given this ‘new normal’ kind of an environment, they will have to look at ways to protect the Indian economy from external vicissitudes.

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 9

Sentence B suggests that a “fund-starved"? country like India should not worry about foreign institutional investment which will come and go based on the external environment.

Sentence D talks of finding ways to protect the Indian economy from “external vicissitudes"?.

Sentence B offers a possible solution to the problem of foreign investment ebb and flow based on the environment outside. So B follows D, possibly immediately after.

Sentence D talks of a “new normal"? kind of environment. Let us look at the other sentences to see what this could be referring to.

Sentence A talks of continued monetary easing by some nations and shrinking global trade.

Sentence C talks of how it is up to the political bosses to kick start the economy, as “everyone"? is waiting for the other to act first.

Either of the two sentences above could be the “new normal"? environment.

If we take the “new normal"? environment to refer to the continued monetary easing and shrinking global trade, we have the sentence order ADB. The only answer option with this sequence is a) ADBC. This makes a cogent paragraph.

If we take the “new normal"? environment to refer to “everyone waiting for the other to act first"?, we have the sentence order CDB. The answer option with this sequence is b) CDBA. This however, does not make a cogent paragraph, as there is no logic in sentence A following sentence B. In fact, considering just sentences A and B, it is clear B follows A. Sentence A sets a context. Sentence B suggests what should be done in this context.

The question is " Arrange the sentences in the correct order "
The order is ADBC

Hence, the answer is ADBC
Choice A is the correct answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 10

Which of the following four sentence is grammatically correct?

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 10

When the construct 'neither...nor' is used, the verb should be in agreement with the subject that is placed after 'nor'. In this case, it is 'ministers', which is a plural subject. So, the verb should be singular - 'desire'. Also, the definite article 'the' should be used before 'king'.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 11

Direction: Spot the grammatical errors in the given sentence. Mark the part with error as your answer. If there is no error, mark "No error" as the answer. (Ignore punctuation error)

After joining the Hong Kong based (a)/ bank in 1990, he has (b)/ head various departments (c)/ including corporate and investment banking (d)/ No error (e)

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 11

In Part C, this sentence is in past participle form of verb. So, the use of word 'head' should be replaced by 'headed' to make the sentence correct

Correction: headed various departments

Hence option C is correct.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 12

Instructions
An ATM dispenses exactly Rs. 5000 per withdrawal using 100, 200 and 500 rupee notes. The ATM requires every customer to give her preference for one of the three denominations of notes. It then dispenses notes such that the number of notes of the customer’s preferred denomination exceeds the total number of notes of other denominations dispensed to her.
Q. In how many different ways can the ATM serve a customer who gives 500 rupee notes as her preference?


Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 12

It has been given that the customer gives 500 rupee notes as her preferred denomination.
Therefore, the number of 500 rupee notes dispensed must be greater than the number of the notes of other denominations dispensed.
If Rs.3500 is dispensed as 500 rupee notes (7 notes), the remaining 1500 rupees should be dispensed using Rs.100 and Rs.200 notes. The minimum number of notes of other denomination required in this case will be 8 (7*200 + 1*100).
Therefore, at least Rs.4000 should be dispensed as 500 rupee notes.
Case (1): Rs.4000 is dispensed using 500 rupee notes, 8 five hundred rupee notes will be dispensed.
The remaining 1000 rupees cannot be fully dispensed as 100 rupee notes (since 10 notes will be required).
If 800 rupees is dispensed as 100 rupee notes, then 9 notes will be required to dispense 1000 rupees (8*100+200).
Therefore, we can eliminate these 2 cases.
If 600 rupees is dispensed using 100 rupee notes, then a minimum of 8 notes will be required to dispense 1000 rupees (6*100 + 2*200). Therefore, we can eliminate this case as well.
If 400 rupees is dispensed using 100 rupee notes, then 7 notes will be required (4*100+3*200). This is a valid case.
If 200 rupees is dispensed using 100 rupee notes, then 6 notes will be required (2*100+4*200). This is a valid case. 1000 rupees can be dispensed using 5 notes of Rs.200.
Therefore, there are 3 valid cases.
Case (2): Rs.4500 is dispensed using 500 rupee notes. 9 five hundred rupee notes will be dispensed in this case.
The remaining 500 rupees can be dispensed as 100 rupee notes ( 5 notes) or a combination of 100 rupee and 200 rupee notes. 200*a + 100*b = 500 'a' can take 0, 1, and 2.
Therefore, there are 3 valid cases.
Case (3):
5000 rupees is dispensed using 10 five hundred rupee notes.
There is only 1 valid case.
Total number of valid cases = 3+3+1 = 7.
Therefore, 7 is the right answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 13

Instructions
An ATM dispenses exactly Rs. 5000 per withdrawal using 100, 200 and 500 rupee notes. The ATM requires every customer to give her preference for one of the three denominations of notes. It then dispenses notes such that the number of notes of the customer’s preferred denomination exceeds the total number of notes of other denominations dispensed to her.
Q. If the ATM could serve only 10 customers with a stock of fifty 500 rupee notes and a sufficient number of notes of other denominations, what is the maximum number of customers among these 10 who could have given 500 rupee notes as their preferences?


Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 13

If a customer gives 500 rupee notes as her preferred denomination, the number of 500 rupee notes dispensed must be greater than the number of the notes of other denominations dispensed.
If Rs.3500 is dispensed as 500 rupee notes (7 notes), the remaining 1500 rupees should be dispensed using Rs.100 and Rs.200 notes. The minimum number of notes of other denomination required in this case will be 8 (7*200 + 1*100).
Therefore, at least Rs.4000 should be dispensed as 500 rupee notes.
Case (1): Rs.4000 is dispensed using 500 rupee notes, 8 five hundred rupee notes will be dispensed.
The remaining 1000 rupees cannot be fully dispensed as 100 rupee notes (since 10 notes will be required).
If 800 rupees is dispensed as 100 rupee notes, then 9 notes will be required to dispense 1000 rupees (8*100+200).
Therefore, we can eliminate these 2 cases.
If 600 rupees is dispensed using 100 rupee notes, then a minimum of 8 notes will be required to dispense 1000 rupees (6*100 + 2*200). Therefore, we can eliminate this case as well.
If 400 rupees is dispensed using 100 rupee notes, then 7 notes will be required (4*100+3*200). This is a valid case.
If 200 rupees is dispensed using 100 rupee notes, then 6 notes will be required (2*100+4*200). This is a valid case. 1000 rupees can be dispensed using 5 notes of Rs.200.
Therefore, there are 3 valid cases.
Case (2): Rs.4500 is dispensed using 500 rupee notes. 9 five hundred rupee notes will be dispensed in this case.
The remaining 500 rupees can be dispensed as 100 rupee notes ( 5 notes) or a combination of 100 rupee and 200 rupee notes. 200*a + 100*b = 500 'a' can take 0, 1, and 2.
Therefore, there are 3 valid cases.
Case (3): 5000 rupees is dispensed using 10 five hundred rupee notes.
There is only 1 valid case.
It has been given that the ATM could serve only 10 customers with a stock of fifty 500 rupee notes. We have to find the maximum number of customers who could have given Rs.500 as their preference.
The least number of 500 rupee notes required to serve a customer who has given Rs.500 as the preference is 8. Using 50 five hundred rupee notes, we can serve [500/8] = 6 customers. Therefore, 6 is the correct answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 14

Instructions
An ATM dispenses exactly Rs. 5000 per withdrawal using 100, 200 and 500 rupee notes. The ATM requires every customer to give her preference for one of the three denominations of notes. It then dispenses notes such that the number of notes of the customer’s preferred denomination exceeds the total number of notes of other denominations dispensed to her.
Q. What is the maximum number of customers that the ATM can serve with a stock of fifty 500 rupee notes and a sufficient number of notes of other denominations, if all the customers are to be served with at most 20 notes per withdrawal?

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 14

It has been given that the customer has to receive 20 notes at the maximum. Also, we have restriction on the number of 500 rupee notes (fifty) but we do not have any restriction on the number of notes of other denominations. Therefore, in order to serve the maximum number of customers, we have to minimize the number of 500 rupee notes dispensed as much as possible.
If no 500 rupee note is dispensed, then a minimum of 25 notes will be required (25 200 rupee notes).
If one 500 rupee note is dispensed, then a minimum of one 100 rupee note and twenty two 200 rupee notes will be required. The total number of notes required = 1 + 1 + 22 = 24. Therefore, we can eliminate this case.
If two 500 rupee notes are dispensed, then a minimum of 20 two hundred rupee notes will be required. We can eliminate this case as well since the number of notes required is greater than 20.
If three 500 rupee notes are dispensed, then a minimum of 1 hundred rupee note and 17 two hundred rupee notes will be required. The number of notes required in this case is 3+1+17 = 21. Therefore, we can eliminate this case as well.
If four 500 rupee notes are dispensed, then a minimum of 15 two hundred rupee notes will be required. Total number of notes required in this case is 4+15 = 19 < 20. Therefore, this is a valid case.
The least number of 500 rupee notes with which we can serve a customer such that the total number of notes dispensed does not exceed 20 is 4. Therefore, a maximum of [50/4] = 12 customers can be served with 50 five hundred rupee notes and hence, option A is the right answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 15

Instructions
An ATM dispenses exactly Rs. 5000 per withdrawal using 100, 200 and 500 rupee notes. The ATM requires every customer to give her preference for one of the three denominations of notes. It then dispenses notes such that the number of notes of the customer’s preferred denomination exceeds the total number of notes of other denominations dispensed to her.
Q. What is the number of 500 rupee notes required to serve 50 customers with 500 rupee notes as their preferences and another 50 customers with 100 rupee notes as their preferences, if the total number of notes to be dispensed is the smallest possible?

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 15

It has been given that the total number of notes dispensed is the smallest possible. Therefore, we have to minimize the number of notes dispensed in each of the 2 cases given.
The least number of notes required to serve a customer who has given 500 rupees as his preference is 10. 50 customers who have given 500 rupee notes as their preference have to be served. We will require 50*10 = 500 notes for this purpose.
Let us consider the case when a customer has given Rs.100 as his preference.
As we have seen, minimum number of notes will be required when we maximize the number of five hundred rupee notes as much as possible.
If Rs.4000 is dispensed using 500 rupee notes, the remaining 1000 rupees can be dispensed using ten 100 rupee notes.
In this case, the number of 100 rupee notes (10) is greater than the number of 500 rupee notes (8). This is a valid case.
We have to find if we can reduce the number of notes required any further.
We cannot increase the number of 500 rupee notes to 9 since only 5 hundred rupee notes can be dispensed, violating the condition that the customer has given 100 as his preferred denomination.
If we replace two 100 rupee notes with one 200 rupee note, then the number of 100 rupee notes will become 6. The number of 500 rupee notes (8) exceeds the number of 100 rupee note (6). Therefore, dispensing 4000 rupees using 500 rupee notes and the rest using 100 rupee notes represents the optimum condition.
The minimum number of notes required to serve 1 customer = 8 (five hundred notes) + 10 (hundred notes) = 18 Number of five hundred notes required to serve 50 customers = 8*50 = 400 Therefore, the total number of notes required = 400 + 500 = 900.
Therefore, option A is the right answer.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 16

The following line graph gives the percent profit earned by two Companies X and Y during the period 1996 - 2001.

The incomes of two Companies X and Y in 2000 were in the ratio of 3:4 respectively. What was the respective ratio of their expenditures in 2000 ?

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CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 17

 

If the expenditure of Company Y in 1997 was Rs. 220 crores, what was its income in 1997 ?

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CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 18

The following line graph gives the percent profit earned by two Companies X and Y during the period 1996 - 2001.

If the expenditures of Company X and Y in 1996 were equal and the total income of the two Companies in 1996 was Rs. 342 crores, what was the total profit of the two Companies together in 1996 ? (Profit = Income - Expenditure)

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CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 19

The following line graph gives the percent profit earned by two Companies X and Y during the period 1996 - 2001.

The expenditure of Company X in the year 1998 was Rs. 200 crores and the income of company X in 1998 was the same as its expenditure in 2001. The income of Company X in 2001 was ?

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CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 20

The following line graph gives the percent profit earned by two Companies X and Y during the period 1996 - 2001

If the incomes of two Comapanies were equal in 1999, then what was the ratio of expenditure of Company X to that of Company Y in 1999 ?

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CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 21

Teacher said that there were 100 students in his class, 24 of whom were boys and 32 were girls. Which base system did the teacher use in this statement?

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 21

To determine the base system used by the teacher, we will analyze the numbers provided in the context of different base systems. The numbers given are 24 boys, 32 girls, and a total of 100 students. We will convert these numbers from their respective base systems to decimal (base 10) and check if the sum equals 100.

We are provided with the equation (32) + (24) = (100). Let us assume our base be 'b'
Then,we can say:

⇒ 32 = 3 x b+ 2 x b0 = 3b+2
⇒ 24 = 2 x b1+ 4 x b= 2b+4
⇒ 100 = 1 x b+ 0 x b+ 0 x b0 = b2

Now, according to our question:

⇒ 32 + 24=100
⇒ (3b + 2) + (2b + 4) = (b2)
⇒ 5b + 6 = b2
⇒ b- 5b - 6 = 0
⇒ b- 6b + b - 6 = 0
⇒ b(b - 6) + 1(b - 6) = 0
⇒ (b - 6) * (b + 1) = 0
⇒ b = 6,- 1

Base can't be negative. Hence b = 6.
∴ Base assumed in the asked question must be 6.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 22

(abc) is odd what would (a2 + b2 + c2) be, a, b and c are Integers.

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 22

► For abc to be Odd the only case possible is none of them being Even i.e. a, b and c all three are Odd

⇒ a2 + b2 + c2
⇒ Odd2 + Odd2 + Odd2
⇒ Odd + Odd + Odd
⇒ Odd

Vice versa can also be true

 

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 23

Direction for Question: Read the passage below and solve the questions based on it.
A person can dig a trench 40 metres in depth in 4 days working 8 hrs a day. However, after every day he finds that one-fifth of the depth got filled up with mud again.

Q. What was the depth of the trench at the beginning of the fourth day?

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 23

First day — 8
Second day — 18 x (4 / 5) = 14 .4
Third day — 14.4 + 10 = 24.4 x (4 / 5) = 19.52

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 24

In an examination, Rama’s score was one-twelfth of the sum of the scores of Mohan and Anjali. After a review, the score of each of them increased by 6. The revised scores of Anjali, Mohan, and Rama were in the ratio 11:10:3. Then Anjali’s score exceeded Rama’s score by

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 24

Let the scores of Rama, Anjali and Mohan be r, a, m.

It is given that Rama’s score was one-twelfth of the sum of the scores of Mohan and Anjali

The scores of Rama, Anjali and Mohan after review = r + 6, a + 6, m + 6

a + 6 : m + 6 : r + 6 = 11 : 10 : 3

Let a + 6 = 11x ⇒ a= 11x - 6

m + 6 = 10x ⇒ m = 10x - 6

r + 6 = 3x ⇒ r = 3x - 6
Substituting these values in equation (1), we get

12(3x - 6) = 21x - 12

x = 4

Anjali’s score exceeds Rama’s score by (a - r) = 8x = 32

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 25

CP of 12 apples is equal to the SP of 9 apples and the discount on 10 apples is equal to the profit on 5 apples. What is the percentage difference between the CP and SP of apples?

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CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 26

In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. What is the duration of the flight ?

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 26

option "D"

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 27

Figure above shows a box which has to be completely wrapped with paper. However, a single Sheet of paper need to be used without any tearing. The dimension of the required paper could be 

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 27

Total surface area of the box = 2(4x6 + 1x6 + 1x4)

= 2(24 + 6 + 4)

= 68 cm2

As the problem says the paper can’t be torn/cut a portion of paper will need to be fold, so, the area of paper required would be greater than 68 cm2. Only option b) gives the area greater 68 cm2

Choice (B) is therefore, the correct answer.

Correct Answer: 12 cm by 6 cm

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 28

8 girls and 12 boys can finish work in 10 days while 6 girls and 8 boys can finish it in 14 days. Find the time taken by the one girl alone that by one boy alone to finish the work.       

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CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 29

Find the 1st term of an AP whose 8th and 12th terms are respectively 39 and 59.

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 29

Since the 8th and the 12th terms of the AP are given as 39 and 59 respectively, the difference
between the two terms would equal 4 times the common difference. Thus we get 4d = 59 – 39 =
20. This gives us d = 5. Also, the 8th term in the AP is represented by a + 7d, we get:
a + 7d = 39 Æ a + 7 × 5 = 39 Æ a = 4. Option (c) is correct.

CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 30

A man takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in favour of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still water) and the stream is:
 

Detailed Solution for CAT Mini Mock Test - 10 - Question 30

Let man's rate upstream be x kmph.
Then, his rate downstream = 2x kmph
∴ (Speed in still water) : (Speed of stream) = (2x+x)/2 : (2x-x)/2
⇒ 3x/2 : x/2
⇒ 3 : 1

So option A is correct

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