Test Level 3: LR (Categorisation/Argumentation) - CAT MCQ

Directions: The question has a set of six statements (A to F) given below, there follow five sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the statements are logically related.
A. Some schools charge hefty fees.
B. All tutorials charge hefty fees.
C. No school charges hefty fees.
D. All schools charges hefty fees.
E. No tutorial is a school.
F. All tutorials are also schools.

Directions: The question below shows a set of four statements, followed by some answer options to categorise these statements as facts, inferences and judgements. Consider the statements and decide which of the choices is true.
F: Fact: If it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true.
J: Judgement: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.
I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts.

1. Mr. Krishna Menon, a popular minister of Nehru era, remained a mystery to the historians and the journalists; he was dubbed as an 'intriguer' as his letters were intercepted, and his phone was subjected to checks.
2. Mr. Menon was a frequent visitor to the offices of the Communist Party in London, had connections with the communist leaders like Harry Pollit and Ted Bramley. But he was not a communist and Mr. Nehru knew his psychological flaws; controversial financial dealings; leftist associations; and a succession of love affairs.
3. After Independence, M15, the British Security Agency, discovered that Mr. Menon continued employment of several communists in the Indian High Commission. The M15 found that some workers were passing the secret information to the Communist Party but his pro-communist stance was not confirmed.
4. The M15 complained to Mr. Nehru but Nehru's relationship with Mr. Menon was a political compulsion.

Directions: From the alternatives, choose the one which correctly classifies the four sentences as a fact, a judgement, or/and an inference.
F: Fact: If it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true
J: Judgement: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention
I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts

1. The gruesome episode of Nandigram has compelled the Central government to review its SEZ policy and to scrap the ceiling; the states have been directed to buy land from the farmers at the floor rate.
2. In specifying the floor rate, the state government will be a mere facilitator in the land acquisition process.
3. Over the years, corporates and industrialists have been paying low rates for the land that commands greater market value and this has resulted into the Nandigram catastrophe.
4. Floor rate in the eastern region is just Rs. 5 lakh per acre, whereas it is Rs. 20 lakh in Haryana.

Directions: The statement below is followed by five others. Select the one which most complements the idea contained in the given statement.

If the society is organised as a political entity, elections and other political processes will tend to exacerbate conflict;

Directions: The statement below is followed by five others. Select the one which most complements the idea contained in the given statement.

Since children are less convenient to manipulate than guinea pigs, _________.

Directions: The statement below is followed by five others. Select the one which most complements the idea contained in the given statement.

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are _________.

Directions: The statement below is followed by five others. Select the one which most complements the idea contained in the given statement.

Since they first became part of living room furniture, television remote controls have become the advertiser's scourge. Some analysts reckon that _________.