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CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 1

According to the passage, senior managers use intuition in all of the following ways EXCEPT to

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The question requires you to recognize which of the choices is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way in which senior managers use intuition. The passage does not mention stipulating goals.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 2

The passage suggests which of the following about the “writers on management” mentioned in paragraph 2?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 2

The author asserts that the writers in question “display a poor grasp of what intuition is”. The next paragraph presents a view that, according to the author of the passage, characterizes intuition more accurately than the writers on management do.

Isenberg’s research is specifically described as showing the ways in which managers use intuition. Therefore, what Isenberg correctly comprehends, and the writers in question misunderstand, is how managers use intuition, as this choice states.

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CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 3

According to the passage, the classical model of decision analysis includes all of the following EXCEPT

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The question requires you to recognize which of the choices is NOT mentioned in the passage as a component of the classical model of decision analysis. Only this choice, “action undertaken in order to discover more information about a problem,” does not appear in the passage.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 4

It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following would most probably be one major difference in behaviour between Manager X, who uses intuition to reach decisions, and Manager Y, who uses only formal decision analysis?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 4

The question requires you to compare behavior based on intuition with behavior based on formal decision analysis. This choice specifies that the manager who uses intuition incorporates action into the decision-making process, but the manager who uses formal analysis does not. This distinction is made in several places in the passage.

The passage emphasizes that decision-making and actiontaking are separate steps in formal decision analysis: “making a decision, and only then taking action.” On the other hand, those who use intuition “integrate action into the process of thinking”. Again, the author mentions that in the intuitive style of management, “ ‘thinking’ is inseparable from acting”, and “action is often part of defining the problem”.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 5

The passage provides support for which of the following statements?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 5

The question requires you to identify a statement that can be inferred from information in the passage but is not explicitly stated. The author asserts that intuitive managers can “move rapidly to engender a plausible solution” and that their intuition is based on “experience that builds skill”. This implies that the combination of skill and rapidity enables mangers to employ their practical experience more efficiently, as this choice states.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 6

It can be inferred from the passage that the morphogenetic determinants present in the early embryo are

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The second and third paragraphs of the passage indicate that morphogenetic determinants are substances in the embryo that are activated after the egg has been fertilized and that “tell a cell what to become”.

If, as the author asserts in the first paragraph, biologists have succeeded in dividing an embryo into two parts, each of which survives and develops into a normal embryo, it can be concluded that the quantity of morphogenetic determinants in the early embryo is greater than that required for the development of a single individual.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 7

The main topic of the passage is

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In identifying the main topic of the passage, you must consider the passage as a whole.

In the first paragraph, the author provides a historical context for the debate described.

In the second paragraph, concerning when and how the determination of embryo cells takes place.

The third and forth paragraphs provide a specific example of the “Recent discoveries in molecular biology” that may lead to the resolution of that debate.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 8

According to the passage, when biologists believed that the cells in the early embryo were undetermined, they made which of the following mistakes?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 8

According to the author, early investigators arrived at the conclusion that the cells of the embryo are undetermined because they “found that if they separated an invertebrate animal embryo into two parts at an early stage of its life, it would survive and develop as two normal embryos”.

However, later biologists discovered that when an embryo was cut in places different from the one used by the early investigators, it did not form two whole embryos. Because the earlier biologists apparently arrived at their conclusion without attempting to cut an embryo in different planes, it would appear that they assumed, erroneously, that different ways of separating the embryos would not affect the fate of the two embryo parts.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 9

It can be inferred from the passage that the initial production of histones after an egg is fertilized takes place

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In the third paragraph, the author asserts that substances that function as morphogenetic determinants are located in the cytoplasm of the cell and become active after the cell is fertilized.

In the fourth paragraph we learn that these substances are “maternal messenger RNA’s” and that they “direct, in large part, the synthesis of histones,” which, after being synthesized, “move into the cell nucleus”.

Thus, it can be inferred that after the egg is fertilized, the initial production of histones occurs in the cytoplasm.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 10

It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is dependent on the fertilization of an egg?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 10

Lines in the passage indicate that substances that function as morphogenetic determinants are inactive in the unfertilized egg and that when the egg is fertilized, they “become active and, presumably, govern the behavior of the genes they interact with.”

In the fourth paragraph, we learn that these substances exert their control over the fate of the cell by directing “the synthesis of histones.” Because these histones cannot be synthesized until the substances that function as morphogenetic determinants become active, and because these substances do not become active until the egg is fertilized, it can be inferred that the synthesis of the histones is dependent on the fertilization of the egg.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 11

According to the passage, the morphogenetic determinants present in the unfertilized egg cell are which of the following?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 11

In his study of sea urchins, Gross “found that an unfertilized egg contains substances that function as morphogetic determinants.”

The passage asserts that the “substances that Gross studied are maternal messenger RNA’s,” and we learn that these maternal messenger RNA’s can be found in “ a wide variety of organisms”.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 12

The primary purpose of the passage is to propose

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The first paragraph identifies two major problems faced by the archaeological profession: inadequate funding and illegal digging.

The passage indicates that the author is going to suggest how to remedy both problems, thereby benefiting the archaeological profession. The author proceeds to propose allowing the sale of excavated artifacts and to explain how this would solve both problems . The author then supports the proposal by countering possible objections to it, and in the last paragraph explains how the proposal would curb illegal digging.

Thus, the way information is organized in the passage indicates that the author’s purpose is to suggest that allowing the sale of excavated artifacts would provide funds for the archaeological profession and curb illegal digging.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 13

The author implies that all of the following statements about duplicate artifacts are true EXCEPT:

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The question requires you to identify the answer choice that CANNOT be inferred from the passage. Nothing in the passage implies that duplicate artifacts exceed museum objects in quality.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 14

Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as a disadvantage of storing artifacts in museum basements?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 14

The disadvantages of storing artifacts in museum basements are discussed in the fifth paragraph. The passage states that “There is not enough money…to catalogue the finds” and declare that, as a result stored objects cannot be located.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 15

The author’s argument concerning the effect of the official sale of duplicate artifacts on illegal excavation is based on which of the following assumptions?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 15

The author’s argument concerning the effect of the official sale of duplicate artifacts on illegal excavation appears in the passage where the author predicts that such official sale would reduce the demand for “the clandestine product.”

The rhetorical question that follows indicates that the author finds it unlikely that any purchaser would prefer objects of unknown provenance to objects of known origin, or, to rephrase, the author assumes that most people would prefer to purchase objects of authenticated provenance, as this choice states.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 16

Direction : Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate one.

A. This made me think again about my own cynicism about Web activism.

B. Dodd said that he believes that some sort of compromise on the content of the film will be reached so that young people can see the film without seeking their parent’s permission.

C. I called Christopher Dodd, the former senator who now runs the motion picture association.

D. Sure hash tags come and go but they probably make the world, the one beyond the keyboard, a better place.

E. I expected him to suggest that all the online petitioners have failed to grasp the nuance and importance of the rating system.

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 16

The sequence has a CEB link – the author called a person and expected him to present a particular opinion.

The person presented his own opinion and this made the author rethink his own philosophy – there is a logical flow of thought in the sequence CEBA.

And D helps conclude the sequence. It is also the rethought out opinion of the author and logically follows A.

In statement A “this made me think again” refers to Dodd’s comment.

Hence AD should come after CEB.

Option (d) is the answer.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 17

Direction : Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate one.

A. These are not art galleries or the studio of an art lover, but restaurants that believe that a dash of artwork can do-up their interiors, simultaneously promoting the works of an artist.

B. For over two years now, Tangerine restaurant has been promoting works of artists who are looking for a platform or budding artists who needs to add to their collection.

C. Restaurants in the city are converting their walls into an exhibition space, displaying the works of different budding artists periodically.

D. The once plain walls here have a new aura as frames holding different colours, themes and mediums adorn them.

E. The works are exhibited on a no-cost basis, but the select works do go through “some amount of objective judging”, by Illango’s Artspace.

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 17

DA is a mandatory pair as “the once plain walls” of D can be linked to “these are not art galleries” of A. This negates options (c) and (d).

CB is another mandatory pair as “restaurants in the city” in C can be linked to the specific example of “Tangerine restaurant” in B. This negates option (b).

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 18

Direction : Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate one.

A. It is demanding that any party it backs should establish a working group on violence against women and children in the assembly.
B. In the run-up to the January 28 polls, for instance, members of Women Action for Development (WAD) are organising camps in all constituencies.
C. Ironically, Manipur has many activist groups led by women.
D. True empowerment will only happen when women enter the assembly in good numbers.
E. Conflict Widows’ Forum is a group made up of women who have lost their husbands to civil violence in the state.

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 18

The ‘It’ in A refers to the forum in E. EA forms a mandatory pair and this helps rule out option (b).

Option (a) can be ruled out because C does not follow B; however, B can be used to substantiate C – as done in option (d).

Option (c) can be ruled out for the same reason as B is cited as an example and it follows C.

Option (d) is the answer as C .

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 19

Direction : In order to form a coherent paragraph, find the odd sentence from the given set of sentences.

A. This is the country where the leader of the ruling party, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, at least three chief ministers, and a number of sports and business icons are women.

B. It is also a country where a generation of newly empowered young women are going out to work in large number than ever before.

C. It's early days yet, but one hopes these are the first stirrings of change.

D. Trust Law, a news service run by Thomson Reuters, has ranked India as the worst G20 country in which to be a woman.

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 19

D, A and C makes up a complete story about the country being the worst for women in spite of the facts presented in A and C.

Since there is no connection between this and the “stirrings of change” in C, it is the odd sentence.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 20

Direction : In order to form a coherent paragraph, find the odd sentence from the given set of sentences.

A. For no apparent reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga or Coldplay, or horror upon horrors, the latest American Idol reject.

B. Songs that get stuck in your head and go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months.

C. Some people call them earworms.

D. It there was nothing unique about them they would be swamped by all the other memories that sound similar too.

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 20

Arranging sentences B, C and A (better than CBA) in that order explains what are “earworms” – Their uniqueness is beside the point even contrary to statement A.

Hence D is the odd sentence.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 21

Direction for question : A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

“Day break” marks the completion of tunneling from two opposite faces. Conventionally, the tunneling work is conducted from both ends of the tunnel. But this being a very long tunnel, Railways decided to engage in simultaneous working at more than two faces by constructing a shaft towards the North end and an adit towards the South end.

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The paragraph discusses the speeding up of the tunneling work.

Option (a) follows the logical flow by discussing the result of speeding up the work.

Option (b) could have introduced the paragraph but it does not come in logically after the penultimate sentence.

Option (c) is incorrect as it specifies the name of the tunnel and discusses a road for emergencies – both are beyond the scope of the information in the paragraph.

Option (d) deviates from the central idea –the discussion is about the speeding up of work and not about the material used in building the tunnel.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 22

Direction for question : A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Musharraf has said the scientists were given wide latitude to develop the nuclear program and worked in secret even from top officials. That secrecy also has raised fears that nuclear workers may have transferred technology or equipment to terrorists, either for money or ideological sympathy.
Experts say centrifuge technology would not be of much use to terror groups, who probably could not set up the vast facilities required to enrich useful quantities of uranium, with hundreds of technicians needed to run thousands of centrifuges.

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 22

The paragraph states the fear that nuclear technology could have been transferred to terrorists. However, the paragraph then changes its tone and states that experts feel that even if this were true, the technology would not be useful to terrorist groups who would need more resources. The penultimate line before the blank indicates that it will be probably impossible for terror groups to take advantage of any leaks in information or even receipt of equipment.

Option (c) substantiates this by saying that it is difficult for countries themselves to gather the resources needed.

Option (a) is incorrect as it brings attention to an irrelevant detail.

Option (b) is out of context as the paragraph is not concerned with the amount of uranium that has been produced by Pakistan.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 23

Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?

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The passage begins by indicating that the results of the SBA approach to aiding minority entrepreneurs “were disappointing” . The passage states that “MESBIC’s are now emerging as increasingly important financing sources for minority enterprises.” Much of the passage is devoted to supporting the author’s view that MESBIC have the greater potential for success, and the last sentence in the passage confirms this view.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 24

According to the passage, the MESBIC approach differs from the SBA approach in that MESBIC’s

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 24

In the second paragraph, the author describes the MESBIC approach as one in which “large corporations participate in the development of successful and stable minority businesses by making use of government-sponsored venture capital”. There is no indication in the passage that the SBA approach relies on the participation of large corporations.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 25

Which of the following does the author cite to support the conclusion that the results of the SBA program were disappointing?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 25

The author concludes that the results of the SBA approach “were disappointing”. Then he supports the conclusion by citing the fact that “Even 15 years after the program was implemented, minority business receipts were not quite two percent of the national economy’s total receipts”.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 26

How many athletes were tested for the presence of exactly one banned substance?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 26

Number of athletes tested for the presence of at least one banned substance = Total number athletes tested in February = 105 + 245 + 345 + 130 + 95 = 920
Number of athletes tested for the presence of at least two banned substances = Total number athletes tested in April = 75 + 100 + 87 + 100 + 68 = 430
Therefore, the number of athletes who were tested for the presence of exactly one banned substance = 920 – 430 = 490.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 27

Among all the athletes, how many were not tested for the presence of banned substance D?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 27

In February, there were 105 + 245 + 345 + 95 = 790 athletes not tested for the presence of banned substance D.
Athletes who were tested for the presence of banned substance D in April, October or December were among these 790 athletes only.
Therefore, the athletes who were not tested for the presence of banned substance D = 790 – 100 – 58 – 35 – 19 = 578.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 28

At least how many athletes definitely passed the test conducted in December for the presence of banned substance B?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 28

103 athletes were tested in December out of which 91 passed. This means that 12 athletes did not pass the tests in December.

Even if these 12 athletes were out of the 15 who were tested for the presence of the banned substance B, then at least 3 athletes passed the test for the presence of banned substance B.

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 29

Suppose
X = The number of Athletes who failed the test in February due to the presence of substance other than A.
Y = The number of Athletes who failed the test in February due to the presence of any of the five substances.
What can be the approximate minimum value of X, when expressed as a percentage of Y?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 29

In Feb, total of 920 Athletes were tested, out of which 430 passed the test and underwent next round of tests in April.

Therefore Y = 920 – 430 = 490. In feb 105 athletes went test for substance A.

If all of them failed the test due to a substance other than A is 490 -105 = 385.

Therefore minimum value of X when expressed as a % of Y is 385 / 490 x 100 = 78.57%. 

CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 30

If the number of participants who liked Vanilla in Mumbai was lower than the number of participants who liked Vanilla in either of the other two cities, then which of the following is definitely true?

Detailed Solution for CAT Practice Test - 2 - Question 30


From (A): In the city of Kolkata, 25% of the participants did not like any of the three flavors 25% of 500 = 125, so either option (B) or option (D) represents “did not like any flavor”

From (B): In all the three cities combined, the difference between the number of participants who liked Strawberry and Vanilla was more than 210.

Using these statements, we can get the following cases: Based on the information provided in points (A), (B) and the above table, we can conclude

Now all the questions can be answered.
Vanilla can be either option (B) or (D).

If the number of people who liked Vanilla in Mumbai is lower than in the other two cities, option (B) represents Vanilla or this corresponds to either case (II) or (III).

In both cases, option (D) represents “None”.

Both Options [1] and [2] are definitely true in both cases.

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