SNAP Mock Test - 5 (New Pattern) - CAT

Directions: Decide which of the words below can be filled most appropriately in the blank in the sentence below.

The Supreme Court's rather frequent interference in executive matters is considered as an act of _________ activism.

Directions: Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the given sentence. Choose the response which is most appropriate.

She truthfully answered the detective's questions.

Directions: Choose a collective noun to fill in the following blank.

A ________ of camels

Directions: Choose the word that best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Ephemeral

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options.

____ respected by many, he was not liked by some.

Choose the option that best replaces the phrase in underline without changing the meaning of the sentence below:

By accepting two part-time jobs, he is clearly biting off more than he can chew.

Select the option that is closest in meaning to the word given below:

Zealot

Identify the figure of speech in the below-given sentence.

Lata's dog used to attack every stranger, so she had to put it to sleep.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Raj told Seeta that he was at Beijing a day before.

Choose the option which gives the meaning of the below-given mania/phobia.

Plutomania

Identify the source of the word/phrase given below:

Quid pro quo

Direction: The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Q. Lohit is _________ at problem-solving. He never fails to impress us.

Afsana was walking in a desert. Anwar was passing by riding on a camel. Afsana requested for a lift. Anwar said he will give lift only to those who are related to him. At this, Afsana told him that Anwar's mother–in–law is the mother of her mother–in–law. How is Anwar related to Afsana?

Complete the series:

2, 5, 9, 19, 37, __

Which of the following set of letters, when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series, shall complete it?

x_za_c_yzab_

Directions: A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given options that will complete the series.

F4H, I9K, L16N, ?

Directions: Read the following information and answer the question that follows.

(i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members standing in a row (not necessarily in the same order) facing north.

(ii) C and B have as many members between them as G and C have between them.

(iii) D, who is third from the extreme left, is third to the left of E.

(iv) E is the immediate neighbour of F and B.

Which of the following statements must be false?

Tina walked 20 m towards east, then turned to her left and walked 10 m. After that, she turned to her right and walked 15 m, then she took a left turn and walked 10 m. How far was she in the end from her initial position?

Directions: Follow the instructions given below.

When a word and number rearrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it rearranges them following a particular pattern. Given below is an example of input and rearrangement:

Input: rest 76 24 peace today matter 36 first left

Step I: first rest 76 24 peace today matter 36 left

Step II: first left rest 76 24 peace today matter 36

Step III: first left 24 rest 76 peace today matter 36

Step IV: first left 24 matter rest 76 peace today 36

Step V: first left 24 matter peace rest 76 today 36

Step VI: first left 24 matter peace 36 rest 76 today

Step VII: first left 24 matter peace 36 rest today 76

Step VII is the last step of the arrangement.

Now, as per the pattern followed in the above steps, answer the following question based on the input given below:

Input: was beauty 92 37 after sweet quest 11 gift

Q. In which step does "was" occur to the immediate right of gift?

Find the angle formed between the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock when the time is 03:40 p.m.

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Six friends, Abhi, Adi, Mukti, Himani, Heena and Piya are going to appear for an online mock test on different days of the week, starting with Monday and excluding Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. Adi will attempt the test after Tuesday but before Thursday. Mukti will attempt the test after Wednesday. Himani will not attempt the test on the first day of the week. Heena will not attempt the test in the first 3 days of the week. Mukti will not attempt the test on the last day of the week. Only one person will attempt the test after Piya.

Q. Who among the following will attempt the test on the first day of the week?

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Six friends, Abhi, Adi, Mukti, Himani, Heena and Piya are going to appear for an online mock test on different days of the week, starting with Monday and excluding Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. Adi will attempt the test after Tuesday but before Thursday. Mukti will attempt the test after Wednesday. Himani will not attempt the test on the first day of the week. Heena will not attempt the test in the first 3 days of the week. Mukti will not attempt the test on the last day of the week. Only one person will attempt the test after Piya.

Q. Who among the following will attempt the test on the 5th day of the week?

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Six friends, Abhi, Adi, Mukti, Himani, Heena and Piya are going to appear for an online mock test on different days of the week, starting with Monday and excluding Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. Adi will attempt the test after Tuesday but before Thursday. Mukti will attempt the test after Wednesday. Himani will not attempt the test on the first day of the week. Heena will not attempt the test in the first 3 days of the week. Mukti will not attempt the test on the last day of the week. Only one person will attempt the test after Piya.

Q. How many persons will attempt the test after Himani?

Two statements numbered 1 and 2 are given in the question. There may be a cause-effect relationship between the given statements. The 2 statements may be an effect of the same cause or the two statements can be independent causes themselves. Choose the appropriate option as your answer.

Q. Statement 1: The number of vacancies at various banks has reduced sharply as compared to last year.

Statement 2: Most small banks have decided to merge into large single entities.

Directions: In the following question, a statement is followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the given statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance with commonly known facts, and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statement, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement: Amit has been chosen as the best sportsperson of the college this year.

Conclusions:

I. Amit performed better than everyone else who participated in college sports this year.

II. Amit got more medals this year than those received by anyone last year.

Statement: Higher interest rates cause inflation only in summers in every country.

Assumption:

1: Inflation is disliked in every country.

2: Higher interest rates in winters don’t cause inflation.

In the following question, two statements numbered I and II are given. There may be cause and effect relationship between the two statements. These two statements may be the effect of the same cause or independent causes. These statements may be independent causes without having any relationship.

I. There was a major oil spill from one of the offshore drilling rigs of XYZ company.

II. The oil prices have dropped sharply over the last month.

Based on the statement given, classify the arguments as strong or weak. Choose the appropriate option based on the strengths of the argument:

Government of a developing nation starts developing a project based on Unique identification technology. It collects the finger prints and retina scans of citizens and links all accounts (such as bank, IT returns) to a smart card. The government believes that doing so will drastically reduce corruption. Should the government go ahead with the project?

Argument 1: Yes, the project will greatly help to avoid tax evasion and financial crimes and ensure that duplicate accounts are weeded out.

Argument 2: No, as the project compromises the security of citizens by collecting their private details such as finger prints and retina scans.

In this question below a statement is given followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of action is a practicable and feasible step or administrative decision to be taken for follow- up, improvement or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Q. Statement: South Korea is facing severe border threats by neighbouring countries.

Courses of action:

I. South Korea must engage in a serious discussion with neighbouring countries to resolve border issues.

II. South Korean must go on a full-fledged war on neighbouring countries which will stop these threats permanently.

Given below is given statement followed by two courses of action numbered I ,II and III. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problems, policy, etc.. on the basis of the information given in the statement. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the given suggested courses of action logically follows pursuing.

Q. Statement: Government has spoiled many top ranking financial institutes by appointing bureaucrats as Directors of these institutions.

Conclusions: I. Government should appoint Directors of the financial institutes taking into consideration the expertise of the person in the area of finance.

II. The Director of the financial institute should have expertise commensurate with the financial work carried out by the institute.

In a certain code language 278 means ‘run very fast’ 853 means ‘come back fast’ .'fast' is represented by the digit

Soumya is the sister of Abhijeet and Shravan is the father of Saurav. Soumya and Saurav fall in love and marry. They have a son called Arya. If it is given that Abhijeet is a male, how is he related to Arya?

Choose the incorrect number in the series:

31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 51, 53

A series is given with one missing term. Choose the correct alternative from the given optons that will complete the series.

FCQ, GBR, HAS, IZT, ?

In the following questions two statements are given, and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: Some rats are singers. All the singers are dogs.

Conclusions:

(1) Some rats are dogs.

(2) No singer is a rat.

If 1st July, 1977 was a Friday then 1st July 1970 was a

A watch gains 6 minutes in one hour and was set right at 8 AM. What time will it show at 6PM on the same day?

A is thrice as good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in

A clerk was asked to give the refund amount of Rs. 129 to three students A, B and C in the ratio 14 : 12 : 17. Due to some miscalculation, money was divided in the ratio 20 : 12 : 11. Who got more money and by how much than asked (in Rs.)?

If the compound interest accrued on a sum of Rs. 14,500 in two years is Rs. 4,676.25, then what is the rate of interest p.c.p.a.?

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A shopkeeper marks the price of his wares 30% above the cost price. He sells his wares at 20% discount for cash and at 10% discount on credit. This way, he sells 70% of his wares for cash and the remaining on credit. What is his profit percent in the entire deal?

Numbers of four different digits are formed by using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in all possible ways without repetition. How many of them are greater than 3400?

In a school, 100 students were offered Hindi as an optional subject and 70 students were offered French and Sanskrit each. Out of these, 63 were offered Hindi only, 47 were offered French only, 12 were offered Hindi and French only and 6 were offered French and Sanskrit only. The number of students who were offered all the three subjects is

The area of a square is 1521 sq. m. The breadth of a rectangle is ⅓ times the side of the square and the length of the rectangle is twice the breadth. What is the difference between the areas of the square and the rectangle?

The area, in sq. units, enclosed by the lines x = 2, y = |x - 2| + 4, the X-axis and the Y-axis are equal to

The LCM of two numbers is 90 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 1456. If one of the numbers is 160, then what is the other number?

Directions: One of the terms in the following number series is incorrect.

220, 200, 214, 204, 208, 188, 202, 182, 196

A and B are walking up an escalator with A takes 3 steps for every step B takes. A gets to the top after taking 40 steps while B takes only 20 steps to reach the top. If there was no escalator, how many steps would each of to take to reach the top?

How many natural numbers less than 1001 are divisible by 4 but not by 12?

A man has 10 friends, 5 men and 5 women. In how many ways can he send invites if he wants exactly 3 women to attend his party?

A square ABCD is given. P and Q are the mid-points of AB and BC respectively. If the area of the square is 4, then find the area of the triangle PQD?

In the given figure if O is centre ; measure of arc (QR) = 57^∘2’; measure of arc (MN) = 107^∘6’; MR and NQ are extended to meet at point T then find ∠MTN?

What is the common root between x² - 28x + 187 = 0 and x² + 3x -154 = 0

Three friends A,B and C can complete a project in n days. Together, they take 1/5th of the time that A alone would have taken to complete the project or 2/3rd of the time B alone would have taken to complete the project. Find the time that C alone would take to complete the project.

Ram's present age is twice the age of Shyam an year ago. The ratio of the sum and difference of their present ages is 10:3. What is the difference of their ages five years ago?

Find the in-radius of the triangle with the sides equal to 20 cm, 99 cm, 101 cm respectively.

Given that X, Y and Z are natural numbers, how many of them are even?

Statement 1: 3X + 4Y + 6Z is an even number

Statement 2: Z is an even number