Free Verbal Reasoning - 04 Practice Test - CAT 

Option (d) The passage is talking about the hour of recognizing the need for developing expertise in languages, option d is the only onewhich takes the thought process further making it the correct answer.

Option (a) is the logical continuation of the passage as the passage is talking mainly about testing in parts and since the part on the senses is marked as ‘a’ it could be logically taken as the continuation of the passage.

option (e). The passage is talking about the accurate predictions of crowds, option e takes it forward, and the other options further elaborate the topic.

Option (A)

[D] is the only option that can be negated immediately.  The last sentence mentions the Indian scenario whereas the fourth option refers to the hat lovers in general.  [C] takes the whole idea one step further by mentioning events that are not related to the ones mentioned in the passage, hence can be negated.  Between [A] and [B], [B] can come only after the author has mentioned why and how a hat can be an important fashion accessory. [A] directly flows from the passage and can be a fitting conclusion to the idea stated in the passage.  Hence, answer is option A

option B

The passage is on a positive note. The speaker seems to be satisfied with the document lying in front of him. So there is no reason why he would experience a mental pain (‘twinge’); hence [C] is out. [D] does not go with the overall tone of the passage; it is more sarcastic. So, [D] can also be negated. Between [A] and [C], [A] is an exaggerated expression. Only [B] can be a fitting statement for concluding the passage.

The last sentence of the paragraph is on a cautionary note. [A], which is completely positive, cannot follow the last sentence of the paragraph. [D] is too negative: there is nothing in the passage to suggest that the quality of the cars has deteriorated. Both [B] and [C] seem to be plausible options, but [C] is more sceptical. The expression ‘too soon’ indicates that the author is not completely against the progress as seen in the Chinese car industry, only he wants to provide a suggestion for them to move slowly and not get swept away in the mad rush. The expression ‘street-credibility’ which means a quality that helps in your identification with the accepted trends in a society also gives us a clue that [B] should be the correct answer. option B

option A

[C] can be negated immediately because from the passage it is not clear whether the critics are concerned about the variance in effects of the drugs. The last sentence of the passage indicates that the critics do not approve of the way the companies are making profit out of a normal physical condition. [B] can also be negated because the passage does not indicate anything about the concerns of the people using the drugs. [A] and [D] both may seem plausible. Compared to [D], [A] puts forth the disapproval of the critics in stronger terms.

Option (a)

If the original contractual price for the weapons purchased incorporated an inefficient use of funds, then, since historical costing merely adds to the original price, it preserves these inefficiencies. An economically sound pricing method should at least allow the possibility of reductions in price as such inefficiencies are removed. Hence, A is the best answer. Because historical costing responds to inflation, B and C are consistent with the economic soundness of historical costing-the rate of inflation and costs that are reflected in inflation. D offers no grounds for questioning the economic soundness of historical costing in particular. Historical costing applies to standard weapons only, not to the innovative weapons that are mentioned in E.

Option (A)

If those seeking to abolish restrictions on exploiting the natural resources of the parks assumed the leadership of a group that was placed in charge of operating the park system, conservation objectives would not be better served. A suggests that such a scenario might result from the proposed policy and is thus the best answer. B indicates the potential for disagreement among various private environmental groups, but it does not suggest that disagreements could not be resolved. C, D and E list problems that might confront private environmental groups in charge of parks, but they do not give reason to believe that such groups would not be better able to pursue conservation objectives than is the current administration of the park system.

According to the passage, satellite mishaps caused a surge in insurance claims, which, in turn, caused increased insurance premiums. Higher premiums made the satellites more costly, resulting in increased performance demands. If C is true, the greater demands on performance will lead to further increases in costs by increasing the number of mishaps, and thus pushing insurance premiums still higher. Thus, C is the best answer. A and D both describe factors relevant to costs, but there is no reason to think that the situation described in the passage will cause the costs resulting from these factors to increase. Similarly, the impossibility of pinpointing the cause of failure, mentioned in B, is consistent with the cost of satellites remaining stable.

Option (b)

If the greater purchasing power of rural households results from their having more money left over after meeting basic expenses, it follows, as B says, that those expenses are lower for those households than they are for suburban or urban households at the same income level. Consequently, B is the best answer. A is not a supported inference, since there is no information to suggest that larger households are not more likely to have either more purchasing power or lower food and shelter expenses. C and D are not supported, since the passage compares only households that share the same income level. 

Option (b)

The teaching faculties attribute the drop in enrollment of Mexican nationals to an increase in tuition costs. If the faculties are correct, reducing these costs should halt the drop in enrollment. B offers a plan for reducing these costs and so is the best answer. None of C, D and E offers a plan that would reduce the costs taken to be responsible for the drop in enrollment. Nor does A offer such a plan: because the problem to be addressed is a drop in enrollment of Mexican nationals at Texas border colleges, providing financial incentive for Mexican nationals to study at Mexican universities, as A suggests, would offer no prospect of alleviating the problem

Option (B)

If, as B says, businesses with the highest percentages of minorities and women have been the most profitable, there is reason to believe that, because it increases the level of participation of women and minorities in the workforce, affirmative action is good business. Thus, B is the best answer. A suggests that minority and women’s groups have reason to support affirmative action, but it does not indicate that affirmative action is good business.

Because there is no indication that the improvement in disposable income noted in C is due to affirmative action, C does not strengthen the argument given for affirmative action. D address growth in sales and improvements in management; neither, however, asserts that these benefits are due to affirmative action.

Option (c)

The first sentence concludes that prohibiting private planes that are not radar-equipped from centrally located airports would force most private planes away from those airports. This conclusion cannot be true unless it is true that, as C says, most private planes that use these airports are not radar-equipped. Therefore, the first sentence’s conclusion assumes this choice, which is thus the best answer. The conclusion need not assume that outlying airfields are convenient for private planes (A), since the restrictions would give planes that are not radar equipped no choice. The conclusion concerns only how the radar requirement would affect the volume of private plane traffic, so B and D, which deal with commercial planes and with risk of midair collision, need not be assumed.

Option (D)

The second sentence concludes that the reduction described in the first sentence would reduce the risk of midair collisions around centrally located airports. According to D, such a reduction would remove precisely the kind of plane that causes a disproportionate number of midair collisions. Thus, D is the best answer. Because A does not address the question of whether reducing private-plane traffic would reduce the risk of midair collisions, it is inappropriate. B concern the question of whether or not the proposed restrictions would reduce plane traffic, but not the question of whether any resulting reductions would reduce the risk of midair collisions. That the number of midair collisions has recently decreased is irrelevant to whether the proposed reduction co uld further reduce collisions, so C is inappropriate.