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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following best sums up the overall purpose of the examples of Casper and Glossier in the passage?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Based on the passage, all of the following can be inferred about consumer behaviour EXCEPT that:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following hypothetical statements would add the least depth to the author's prediction of the fate of start-ups offering few product options?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
A new food brand plans to launch a series of products in the American market. Which of the following product plans is most likely to be supported by the author of the passage?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following, IF TRUE, would weaken the author's claims EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following serve as evidence for the character of Aladdin being based on Hanna Diyab EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The author of the passage is most likely to agree with which of the following explanations for the origins of the story of Aladdin?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following is the primary reason for why storytellers are still fascinated by the story of Aladdin?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following, if true, would invalidate the inversion that the phrase "flips the script" refers to?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following does not contribute to the passage's claim about the authorship of Aladdin?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following best explains the purpose of the word "paradoxically" as used by the author?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following, if true, would negate the findings of the study reported in the passage EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following can be responsible for Emperor Penguins losing body heat?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
In the last sentence of paragraph 3, "slightly warmer air" and "at a slightly colder temperature" refer to ______ AND ______ respectively:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The primary purpose of the reference to William Morris and his floral prints is to show:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following statements about folk revivalism of the 1940s and 1960s cannot be inferred from the passage?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The author says that folk "may often appear a cosy, fossilised form" because:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following are causes for plurality and diversity within the British folk tradition EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
At a conference on folk forms, the author of the passage is least likely to agree with which one of the following views?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following comes closest in meaning to the author's understanding of topophilia?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
In the last paragraph, the author uses the example of "Residents of upscale residential developments" to illustrate the:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following statements, if true, could be seen as not contradicting the arguments in the passage?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The word "topophobia" in the passage is used:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following best captures the meaning of the statement, "Topophilia is difficult to design for and impossible to quantify . . ."?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage. Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders alerted the public to the psychoanalytical technique…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage. A distinguishing feature of language is our ability to refer to absent things, known as di…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in. 1. One argu…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of four numbers as your answe…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of four numbers as your answe…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in. 1. His idea…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of four numbers as your answe…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage. Physics is a pure science that seeks to understand the behavior of matter without regard t…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of four numbers as your answe…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in. 1. 'Stat' s…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
By “digital colonialism”, critics of the CyArk–Google project are referring to the fact that:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
In Dr. Thompson’s view, CyArk owning the copyright of its digital scans of archaeological sites is akin to:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Based on his views mentioned in the passage, one could best characterise Dr. Watrall as being:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following, if true, would most strongly invalidate Dr. Watrall’s objections?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Of the following arguments, which one is LEAST likely to be used by the companies that digitally scan cultural sites?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The “dilemma” mentioned in the passage refers to:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The “long pedigree” of the aim to shift civil servants to improve their living standards implies that this move:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
According to the author, relocating government agencies has not always been a success for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
According to the passage, colonial powers located their capitals:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
People who support decentralising central government functions are LEAST likely to cite which of the following reasons for their view?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
“Consequently, the colonial state could not settle simply for eminence at the cost of its marginality; it began to take initiatives to introduce the logic of modernity into Indian society.” Which of the following best ca…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following statements about British colonialism can be inferred from the first paragraph, EXCEPT that it:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which of the following observations is a valid conclusion to draw from the author’s statement that “the logical structure of endogenous change does not apply here. Here transformation agendas attack as an external force”…
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following statements, if true, could be seen as supporting the arguments in the passage, EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following 5-word sequences best captures the flow of the arguments in the passage?
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MBA CAT 2019 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
We can infer that Calthorpe’s statement “still jars” with most people because most people:
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