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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
From the passage it can be inferred that the call pulse rate of male northern elephant seals in the southern rookeries was faster because:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following conditions, if true, could have ensured that male northern elephant seal dialects did not disappear?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following best sums up the overall history of transformation of male northern elephant seal calls?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following can be inferred from Le Boeuf’s study as described in the passage EXCEPT that:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Inferring from the passage, the author could be most supportive of which one of the following practices?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
“Take any noun, put it with any verb, and you have a sentence. It never fails. Rocks explode. Jane transmits. Mountains float.” None of the following statements can be seen as similar EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following statements can be inferred from the passage EXCEPT that:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following quotes best captures the main concern of the passage?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following statements, if false, could be seen as supporting the arguments in the passage?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
According to the passage, the modern currency system shares all the following features with that of the Tang, EXCEPT that:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
In the context of the passage, which one of the following can be inferred with regard to the use of currency during the Tang era?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
When discussing textiles as currency in the Tang period, the author uses the words “steady” and “stable” to indicate all of the following EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
During the Tang period, which one of the following would not be an economically sound decision for a small purchase in the local market that is worth one-eighth of a bolt of cloth?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The author believes that the new ruling class of politicians betrayed the principles of the French Revolution, but does not specify in what way. In the context of the passage, which statement below is the likeliest expla…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following best expresses the similarity between American individualist anarchists and free-market liberals as well as the difference between the former and the latter?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The author makes all of the following arguments in the passage, EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
According to the passage, what is the one idea that is common to all forms of anarchism?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Of the following sets of concepts, identify the set that is conceptually closest to the concerns of the passage.
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer: 1. Talk was th…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your…
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MBA CAT 2020 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. As Soviet power declined, the world became to some extent multipolar, and Europe strove to…
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MBA CAT 2020 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. For years, movies and television series like Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) paint an unre…
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MBA CAT 2020 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. For nearly a century most psychologists have embraced one view of intelligence. Individual…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer: 1. For feminis…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 1 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The author identifies three essential factors according to which theories of aggression are most commonly categorised. Which of the following options is closest to the factors identified by the author?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The author discusses all of the following arguments in the passage EXCEPT that:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following statements can be seen as logically implied by the arguments of the passage EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
“[A]n enemy combatant may be subjected to torture in order to extract useful intelligence, though those inflicting the torture may have no real feelings of anger or animosity toward their subject.” Which one of the follo…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
“Why toil away as a starving peasant in the 16th century when a successful pirate made up to £4,000 on each raid?” In this sentence, the author’s tone can best be described as being:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
“A more eclectic history might have included the conquistadors, Vasco da Gama and the East India Company. But Lehr sticks to the disorganised small fry . . .” From this statement we can infer that the author believes tha…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
We can deduce that the author believes that piracy can best be controlled in the long run:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
The author ascribes the rise in piracy today to all of the following factors EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
“No amount of social analysis can account fully for the existence of Michelangelo or Leonardo.” In light of the passage, which one of the following interpretations of this sentence is the most accurate?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
“Seeing . . . operates on the foundation of covenants with images that establish the conditions for meaningful visual experience.” In light of the passage, which one of the following statements best conveys the meaning o…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which set of keywords below most closely captures the arguments of the passage?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
All of the following statements may be considered valid inferences from the passage, EXCEPT:
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following best describes the word “epiphenomena” in the last sentence of the passage?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Based on the passage, we can infer that the author would be most supportive of which one of the following practices?
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MBA CAT 2020 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 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following statements, if false, could be seen as best supporting the arguments in the passage?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following statements, if true, could be an accurate inference from the first paragraph of the passage?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium MCQ (Single Correct)
Which one of the following statements best captures the main argument of the last paragraph of the passage?
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer: 1. The victim’…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer: 1. You can obs…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 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. With the Treaty of Westphalia, the papacy had been confined to ecclesiastical functions, a…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Medium NAT (Numeric)
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your…
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MBA CAT 2020 Slot 2 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. All humans make decisions based on one or a combination of two factors. This is either int…
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