CMAT Mock Test - 2 (New Pattern) - CAT MCQ

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question given after it.

In the world of sports, people do not acknowledge women's sports as much as men's sports. This is just one of the many gender inequalities that have manifested as a result of the male-dominated society that we live in, but it has wielded a major influence on the lives of many promising women athletes who had to give up their dreams of success because they were women in a man's world. From the time of early Olympics, the role of women in sports and games was neglected. The end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century saw the rising interest of women in sports both as participants and spectators.

However, compared to men's participation in sports, women's sports are newer. But the world of sports has begun to see how women's sports can be just as interesting and exciting as men's sports can be. Be it at school or at college, the educational societies play an important role in encouraging women's sports. The provision of sporting facilities on an even scale to both women and men shows the new trend. This has seen a rise in the number of women participating in sports. More people want to see women play sports now than in the past because of the better quality of players.

Q. According to the passage, which of these are playing an important role in encouraging women's sports?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question given after it.

In the world of sports, people do not acknowledge women's sports as much as men's sports. This is just one of the many gender inequalities that have manifested as a result of the male-dominated society that we live in, but it has wielded a major influence on the lives of many promising women athletes who had to give up their dreams of success because they were women in a man's world. From the time of early Olympics, the role of women in sports and games was neglected. The end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century saw the rising interest of women in sports both as participants and spectators.

However, compared to men's participation in sports, women's sports are newer. But the world of sports has begun to see how women's sports can be just as interesting and exciting as men's sports can be. Be it at school or at college, the educational societies play an important role in encouraging women's sports. The provision of sporting facilities on an even scale to both women and men shows the new trend. This has seen a rise in the number of women participating in sports. More people want to see women play sports now than in the past because of the better quality of players.

Q. According to the passage, which of these is a development that indicates the new trend?

Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

The only thing that endures and can sustain (1)/ an infant till the stage it receives immunity (2)/ comes from the consumption of mothers milk. (3)/ No error (4)

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

During the last two decades physicians and mental health professionals have begun to discover the limitations of the western allopathic medicine.

The focus on pathology and disease rather than on prevention, the destructiveness of so many pharmaceutical and surgical remedies, the separation of physical and emotional problems, the assumption of an asymmetrical relationship between an all powerful physician and a submissive patient have led clinicians and researchers to look for answers in other traditions and cultures.

It is indeed disappointing, in this context, that in India with its long tradition of the body mind continuum health efforts are so largely dependent on the allopathic system which is now being increasingly rejected by western medical scientists. However, any wide open, fuzzy field like holistic health offers abundant opportunity for fraud and overpromise. The new paradigm of health is not a license for quackery. Holistic health is a perspective, not a specialization or a discipline.

The body-mind is a process, so is disease a process, so is healing or making whole.

It was discovered that it is not a simple physical change but rather the state of mind that is the key to health. This state has been called restful alertness, passive volition, deliberate letting. Cumulative stresses seem to melt under this seemingly paradoxical state, restoring natural flow to the body mind whirlpool.

Clearly, health services, as we know them, are essential but equally clearly, they are not enough. There is an urgent need to blend the ancient traditional ways with some of the discoveries of modern medicine to make for a truly healthy society. The first and most important area deserving urgent attention is Child Health Care.

Conventionally, it is the doctor and the hospitals that are seen today as the center of all health care; the mother and the child are at the periphery. It is perhaps necessary to see the mother as the center of Child Health Care. It is she who is the highest level health worker not by training or in qualifications but in time and love, in the special knowledge of her own children, in the breadth of integrated services she provides and in the permanent presence she brings to her child's life. This indeed was the basis of the ancient Child Care Practices and it is well that, it is being rediscovered. The implications of this are rather manifold: Mother must impart the knowledge, skills and techniques required for her to do the job well. The old civilizations did this through word of mouth from one generation to another. Modern civilizations can improve on this but the essence will remain the same.

Q. Which of the following is the surest way of ensuring a truly healthy society?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

During the last two decades physicians and mental health professionals have begun to discover the limitations of the western allopathic medicine.

The focus on pathology and disease rather than on prevention, the destructiveness of so many pharmaceutical and surgical remedies, the separation of physical and emotional problems, the assumption of an asymmetrical relationship between an all powerful physician and a submissive patient have led clinicians and researchers to look for answers in other traditions and cultures.

It is indeed disappointing, in this context, that in India with its long tradition of the body mind continuum health efforts are so largely dependent on the allopathic system which is now being increasingly rejected by western medical scientists. However, any wide open, fuzzy field like holistic health offers abundant opportunity for fraud and overpromise. The new paradigm of health is not a license for quackery. Holistic health is a perspective, not a specialization or a discipline.

The body-mind is a process, so is disease a process, so is healing or making whole.

It was discovered that it is not a simple physical change but rather the state of mind that is the key to health. This state has been called restful alertness, passive volition, deliberate letting. Cumulative stresses seem to melt under this seemingly paradoxical state, restoring natural flow to the body mind whirlpool.

Clearly, health services, as we know them, are essential but equally clearly, they are not enough. There is an urgent need to blend the ancient traditional ways with some of the discoveries of modern medicine to make for a truly healthy society. The first and most important area deserving urgent attention is Child Health Care.

Conventionally, it is the doctor and the hospitals that are seen today as the center of all health care; the mother and the child are at the periphery. It is perhaps necessary to see the mother as the center of Child Health Care. It is she who is the highest level health worker not by training or in qualifications but in time and love, in the special knowledge of her own children, in the breadth of integrated services she provides and in the permanent presence she brings to her child's life. This indeed was the basis of the ancient Child Care Practices and it is well that, it is being rediscovered. The implications of this are rather manifold: Mother must impart the knowledge, skills and techniques required for her to do the job well. The old civilizations did this through word of mouth from one generation to another. Modern civilizations can improve on this but the essence will remain the same.

Q. Which of the following is TRUE of holistic approach in medicine?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

During the last two decades physicians and mental health professionals have begun to discover the limitations of the western allopathic medicine.

The focus on pathology and disease rather than on prevention, the destructiveness of so many pharmaceutical and surgical remedies, the separation of physical and emotional problems, the assumption of an asymmetrical relationship between an all powerful physician and a submissive patient have led clinicians and researchers to look for answers in other traditions and cultures.

It is indeed disappointing, in this context, that in India with its long tradition of the body mind continuum health efforts are so largely dependent on the allopathic system which is now being increasingly rejected by western medical scientists. However, any wide open, fuzzy field like holistic health offers abundant opportunity for fraud and overpromise. The new paradigm of health is not a license for quackery. Holistic health is a perspective, not a specialization or a discipline.

The body-mind is a process, so is disease a process, so is healing or making whole.

It was discovered that it is not a simple physical change but rather the state of mind that is the key to health. This state has been called restful alertness, passive volition, deliberate letting. Cumulative stresses seem to melt under this seemingly paradoxical state, restoring natural flow to the body mind whirlpool.

Clearly, health services, as we know them, are essential but equally clearly, they are not enough. There is an urgent need to blend the ancient traditional ways with some of the discoveries of modern medicine to make for a truly healthy society. The first and most important area deserving urgent attention is Child Health Care.

Conventionally, it is the doctor and the hospitals that are seen today as the center of all health care; the mother and the child are at the periphery. It is perhaps necessary to see the mother as the center of Child Health Care. It is she who is the highest level health worker not by training or in qualifications but in time and love, in the special knowledge of her own children, in the breadth of integrated services she provides and in the permanent presence she brings to her child's life. This indeed was the basis of the ancient Child Care Practices and it is well that, it is being rediscovered. The implications of this are rather manifold: Mother must impart the knowledge, skills and techniques required for her to do the job well. The old civilizations did this through word of mouth from one generation to another. Modern civilizations can improve on this but the essence will remain the same.

Q. In the context of the passage, which of the following statements is definitely TRUE about western allopathic system?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

During the last two decades physicians and mental health professionals have begun to discover the limitations of the western allopathic medicine.

The focus on pathology and disease rather than on prevention, the destructiveness of so many pharmaceutical and surgical remedies, the separation of physical and emotional problems, the assumption of an asymmetrical relationship between an all powerful physician and a submissive patient have led clinicians and researchers to look for answers in other traditions and cultures.

It is indeed disappointing, in this context, that in India with its long tradition of the body mind continuum health efforts are so largely dependent on the allopathic system which is now being increasingly rejected by western medical scientists. However, any wide open, fuzzy field like holistic health offers abundant opportunity for fraud and overpromise. The new paradigm of health is not a license for quackery. Holistic health is a perspective, not a specialization or a discipline.

The body-mind is a process, so is disease a process, so is healing or making whole.

It was discovered that it is not a simple physical change but rather the state of mind that is the key to health. This state has been called restful alertness, passive volition, deliberate letting. Cumulative stresses seem to melt under this seemingly paradoxical state, restoring natural flow to the body mind whirlpool.

Clearly, health services, as we know them, are essential but equally clearly, they are not enough. There is an urgent need to blend the ancient traditional ways with some of the discoveries of modern medicine to make for a truly healthy society. The first and most important area deserving urgent attention is Child Health Care.

Conventionally, it is the doctor and the hospitals that are seen today as the center of all health care; the mother and the child are at the periphery. It is perhaps necessary to see the mother as the center of Child Health Care. It is she who is the highest level health worker not by training or in qualifications but in time and love, in the special knowledge of her own children, in the breadth of integrated services she provides and in the permanent presence she brings to her child's life. This indeed was the basis of the ancient Child Care Practices and it is well that, it is being rediscovered. The implications of this are rather manifold: Mother must impart the knowledge, skills and techniques required for her to do the job well. The old civilizations did this through word of mouth from one generation to another. Modern civilizations can improve on this but the essence will remain the same.

Q. The passage brings out the difference in all of the following cases except

Directions: The given item consists of an underlined word in the given sentence. The sentence is followed by four words. Select the word which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

I was deeply affected by his urbane behaviour.

Directions: From the options give below, find the closest substitute for the underlined expression.

It is not surprising for a teenager who stays from school without good reason to invent fantastic tales to escape punishment.

Directions: Choose the option that fills the blanks in the sentence below most appropriately.

Carried away by the _____ effects of the experimental medication, the patient _____ his desire to continue as a subject for as long as he could.

Directions: One, two or all the sentences may have error(s) of grammar or syntax or Standard English usage. Identify only the sentences that are incorrect.

A. He has been entrusted with the job to put things back in order and for arranging replacement supplies to meet the shortfall.

B. Compared with the economic status of pre-independent India, today’s Indians are much better off.

C. Smoking for a certain length of time does affect your lungs.

D. The nature of dark energy is still one of the largest mysteries of all of astrophysics.

Directions: The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: The video games, Internet chat rooms and now, virtual-reality headsets, have over the decades been blamed by befuddled parents as the body snatchers who have turned their outdoorsy children into inmates of an alternate-reality prison.

Q: From the glowing briefcase of Pulp Fiction to the killer video cassette of the Ring, few things are more terrifying than the ubiquitous becoming sinister.

R: Mundane objects circulating and systematically killing those who come in contact with them is a favourite trope of fiction.

S: But there's a vast difference between our dependence on communication devices and how little we 'understand' the inner workings of these objects such as mobile phones, websites, apps, Internet protocol that makes them objects of terror.

Directions: Identify the best way of writing the given sentence ensuring that the message being conveyed remains the same:

The entire cast and crew of the film, enjoyed splashing in the pool, bathing in the ocean, and, particularly, to sun bathe on the shore.

Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the sentence.

Simran was under tremendous stress because she had too many irons in the fire.

Directions: Identify the best way of writing the given sentence ensuring that the message being conveyed remains the same.

When one reads the Hindi literature of the twentieth century, you find a striking contrast between the writings of Munshi Premchand and later day writers of popular Hindi fiction.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb form and fill in the blank.

It is possible Marlowe ______ plays for Shakespeare in the eighteenth century.

Directions: The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P. India should now be paying more attention to this sector as the phones become smarter and open up new possibilities.

Q. The mobile industry body GSMA estimates that there are over 4.5 billion wireless connections worldwide today.

R. As governments everywhere have been discovering, these devices have raised productivity and are driving economic growth.

S. Mobile phones revolutionised communications in the last decade, bringing basic voice and data access to countless people.

Find the least number which when divided by 18, 21, 30 and 84 leaves 5 as a remainder each time.

A and B run a 2 km race. A gives B a headstart of 100 m and still beats him by 20 seconds. If A runs at 20 km/hr, find B's speed (in km/hr).

A man sells an article at a gain of 10%. If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for Rs. 132 less, he would have still gained 10%. The cost price of the article is

A person invests Rs. 84,000 at a certain simple interest rate for a period of 3 years. At the end of the term, he receives Rs. 1,14,240. If he had invested the same amount of Rs. 84,000 at the same rate of compound interest for the same time period, then what amount would he have received at the end of the term?

If f(x) = x² - 5x + 4, then an expression equivalent to is

The sides of a rectangular park are in the ratio 3 : 2 and its area is 3750 square meters. The total cost of fencing the park at 50 paise per meter is

From a circular sheet of paper with radius 20 cm, four circles of radius 5 cm each are cut out. What is the ratio of the area of the uncut portion to that of the cut portion?

Find the value of cos 22.5° cos 67.5° – sin 22.5° sin 67.5°.

Two digits are selected at random from the digits 1 to 9 such that their sum is even. What is the probability that both the selected digits are even?

Directions: The following question is based on the following diagram.

In which year was the bank credit per sick unit the maximum?