CAT 1992 Question Paper with Answer Key PDF

1. Amount of published information available varies widely by industry.

A. Unfortunately for the researcher, many industries do not meet these criteria, and there may be little published information available.

B. Generally, the problem the researcher will face in using published data for analysing an economically meaningful industry is that they are too broad or too arranged to fit the industry.

C. However, it is always possible to gain some important information about an industry from published sources and these sources should be aggressively pursued.

D. Larger the industry, the older it is, and the slower the rate of technological change, better is the available published information.

6. If a researcher starts searching for data with this reality in mind, the uselessness of broad data will be better recognised and the tendency to give up will be avoided.

• (a) ACBD
• (b) CBAD
• (c) DACB
• (d) BDAC

The main source of power in industrial undertaking is electricity.

A. Electricity from water also requires enormous river valley projects involving huge expenditure.

B. In contrast, electricity from atomic power stations will result in a tremendous saving in expenditure.

C. Besides, the mineral resources of the world required for generation of electricity are being rapidly depleted.

D. But the production of electricity needs huge quantities of coal.

6. The installation of atomic plants will help in meeting the shortage of these resources.

• (a) ABDC
• (b) CBAD
• (c) DABC
• (d) BCAD

 Intensity of competition in an industry is neither a matter of coincidence nor bad luck.

A. The collective strength of these forces determines the ultimate profit potential in the industry where profit potential is measured in terms of long run returns on invested capital.

B. Rather, competition in an industry is rooted in its underlying economic structure and goes well beyond the behaviour of current competitors.

C. Not all industries have the same potential.

D. The state of competition in an industry depends on five basic competitive forces.

6. They differ fundamentally in their ultimate profit potential as the collective strength of the forces differ.

• (a) CDBA
• (b) DCAB
• (c) BDAC
• (d) ABDC

The general enemy of mankind, as people have discovered, is not science, but war.
A. It is found that there is peace, science is constructive; when there is war science is perverted to destructive ends.

B. Science merely reflects the social forces by which it is surrounded.

C. Until now, they have brought us to the doorstep of doom.

D. The weapon which science gives us do not necessarily create war, these make war increasingly more terrible.

6. Our main problem, therefore, is not to curb science, but to stop war, to substitute law for force and international governments for anarchy in the relations between nations.

• (a) ABDE
• (b) BADC
• (c) CDAB
• (d) DABC

 It will be foolish to deny that the countryside has many attractions to offer.

A. One soon gets tired of the same old scenes and creatures day in and day out.

B. But there is another side of the picture.

C. The honesty and frankness of the country-folk, too, is a refreshing change from the dishonesty and selfishness we find in so many urban people.

D. There is the lovely scenery, the interesting and varied wildlife, the long rambles through the woods and fields and the clean, healthy air.

6. The loneliness and monotony in the countryside soon begin to make themselves felt and we long for the familiar sidewalks and street corners of the town.

• (a) ABCD
• (b) DCAB
• (c) DABC
• (d) DCBA

1. A welfare state in the attainment of its objective must avoid coercion and violence.



A. But communism implies the loss of freedom of expression and action and introduces a regimentation of life.

B. Communism implies the loss of freedom of expression and action and introduces a regimentation of life.

C. There are all serious disadvantages which perhaps outweigh the economic gains.

D. Communism aims at the welfare state and perhaps the completest form of the welfare state in most respects.

6. A true welfare state can develop only by following the path of peace and democracy.

• (a) CADB
• (b) ACDB
• (c) DCAB
• (d) DABC

1. Human experience tends to show that the more we mix with a man, the more we come to dislike him.



A. When the acquaintance with him ripens into intimacy, we are likely to become very keenly aware of his defects and imperfections.

B. In the beginning, we may feel greatly attracted by someone because of certain qualities that we find in him.

C. But on closer acquaintance we will begin to perceive his faults and shortcomings.

D. The truth is that nobody is free from faults and weaknesses.

6. But while a man makes a show of his strong points and his good qualities, he generally tries to conceal or cover his faults and defects.

• (a) ACBD
• (b) BCAD
• (c) CDAB
• (d) DCAB

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:


A. It is turning off the tap.

B. And with no consensus of the exit policy, the government is damned if it supports loss making units and damned if it doesn’t.

C. The private sector did the same in the past because securing legal sanction for closure was virtually impossible.

D. After years of funding the losses of public sector companies, the government is doing the unthinkable.

• (a) DACB
• (b) CADB
• (c) DCAB
• (d) BDAC

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:


A. Trade protocols were signed, the dollar as the medium of exchange was ignored, trade was denominated in rupees and the exchange rate between the two countries was to be fixed outside the ambit of free markets.

B. A young India, some years after independence fashioning her foreign policy of nonalignment, found it prudent to stay close to the former Soviet Union.

C. Once upon a time there was a super power named Soviet Union that attracted nations apprehensive of the global aspirations of the other superpower, the U.S.A.

D. One way of doing this was to evolve a bilateral relationship in trade that could be called upon to provide a buffer against the arm-twisting by the U.S.A.

• (a) CBAD
• (b) BADC
• (c) BCAD
• (d) CBDA

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:


A. I had heard that sort of thing before.

B. He said that his generation was the first to believe that it had no future.

C. A young American made earthling stopped by my house the other day to talk about some book of mine he had read.

D. He was the son of a Boston man who had died an alcoholic vagrant.

• (a) CDBA
• (b) ABCD
• (c) CBAD
• (d) ABDC

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:


A. This is probably one of the reasons why the number of women and men remain roughly equal in most societies.

B. Fortunately or unfortunately, individual couples cannot really be concerned about this overall 'error'.

C. Population growth can then be considered the error of this central process.

D. Purely at the human level, it appears that most couples like to have at least one living daughter and one living son when they are in the middle ages.

• (a) CBDA
• (b) DACB
• (c) DCBA
• (d) DCAB

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:


A. Against this background, the current target of 12.8 percent does not seem that high a figure.

B. A better vantage point to evaluate the 12.8 percent target for export growth is our performance in the ‘golden years’ between 1986–87 and 1990–91, during which time exports in dollar terms increased by 17.1 percent.

C. In fact, the rate of growth would have to increase still further if we were to achieve the eighth plan target of export growth in value terms of 13.6 percent per annum.

D. In 1990–91, the year of the Gulf War, exports went up by 9 percent.

• (a) BDAC
• (b) BCAD
• (c) DABC
• (d) ACBD

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:


A. Their growing costs and a growing economy must be reckoned with realistically.

B. Central programmes persist and in some cases grow.

C. As demand expands, programmes expand.

D. It is extremely difficult to curtail them.

• (a) CDAB
• (b) BCDA
• (c) DABC
• (d) ACBD

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:


A. It was never denied and seemed to be integrated into the city life.

B. The poverty was there right in the open in all the streets.

C. But, somehow it did not depress me as much as I had feared.

D. Indian society is associated with great poverty, and indeed I saw a lot of poverty in Bombay.

• (a) ADBC
• (b) BCAD
• (c) BCDA
• (d) DBCA

Arrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph:


A. This has been going on now for nearly 200 years.

B. They haven’t even been noticed much by central, state, or local governments, no matter how insolent or blasphemous or treasonous those writers may be.

C. But writers of novels, plays, short stories or poems have never been hurt or hampered much.

D. Journalists and teachers are often bullied or fired in my country for saying this or that.

• (a) DCBA
• (b) ABCD
• (c) BCDA
• (d) DCAB

A. All boys are good.

B. Some girls are bad.

C. Good people are educated.

D. Boys are educated.

E. Ram is an educated boy.

F. Lata is an educated girl.

• (a) BCF
• (b) ACD
• (c) DEF
• (d) ADC

A. All who are sincere are graduates.

B. Some graduates are not sincere.

C. All who are sincere are dull.

D. All graduates are dull.

E. Some who are dull are graduates.

F. No one who is dull is sincere.

• (a) BEF
• (b) ADF
• (c) ABF
• (d) ADC

A. Sham won a lottery.

B. Sham lost in a chess game.

C. Sham is not intelligent.

D. One need not be intelligent to win a lottery.

E. One need not be intelligent to win a chess game.

F. Sham plays chess.

• (a) BEF
• (b) ACD
• (c) BDE
• (d) BDF

A. Good managers are intuitive.

B. Some managers are women.

C. Supriya is a good manager.

D. Supriya is a woman.

E. Some women are intuitive.

F. Supriya is intuitive.

• (a) BCE
• (b) ABD
• (c) ACF
• (d) ADF

A. Some college athletes are professionals.

B. No college athlete is a professional.

C. Some professionals are well paid.

D. All professionals are well paid.

E. All well–paid persons are professionals.

F. No well–paid person is a college athlete.

• (a) BEF
• (b) ABF
• (c) BDF
• (d) ACF

A. Some intolerant are poor–thinkers.

B. Some poor–thinker is intolerant.

C. All people with high ideals are intolerant.

D. No poor thinker is intolerant.

E. No poor thinker has high ideals.

F. Some people with high ideals are not poor thinkers.

• (a) CDE
• (b) CDF
• (c) ABD
• (d) BCF

A. All engineers can sing.

B. No music lover can sing.

C. All who can sing are music lovers.

D. All music lovers can sing.

E. Some who can sing are engineers.

F. All engineers are music lovers.

• (a) ACE
• (b) ACF
• (c) ABF
• (d) ACD

A. Some well-dressed people are sociable.

B. All sociable people are well-dressed.

C. Some well-dressed people are dull.

D. No dull person is well-dressed.

E. Some sociable people are dull.

F. Some dull ones are well-dressed.

• (a) ACE
• (b) BCE
• (c) ADE
• (d) BEF

A. Iran and Iraq are members of the UN.

B. Iran and Iraq are not friends.

C. Iran and Iraq are neighbours.

D. Some UN members are friends.

E. Not all members of the UN are friends.

F. All neighbours are not friends.

• (a) ABE
• (b) ABD
• (c) CDF
• (d) AEF

If an islander asks, "Do I belong to the No type", which of the following is correct?

• (a) He is a 'No'.
• (b) He is a 'Yes'.
• (c) It is impossible for him to have asked such a question.
• (d) His type cannot be identified.

Ram and Laxman are brothers from the Island. Laxman asks you, "Is at least one of us brothers of type 'No'?" You can conclude that:

• (a) Ram is 'No', Laxman is 'Yes'.
• (b) Both are 'Yes'.
• (c) Ram is 'Yes', Laxman is 'No'.
• (d) Both are 'No'.

You are approached by one of the islanders and asked, "Am I of type 'Yes'?" You can infer that:

• (a) He was a 'No'.
• (b) He was a 'Yes'.
• (c) Such a situation is not possible.
• (d) No conclusion is possible.

Each of these questions has four items. You are required to select that item which does not belong to the group.

• (a) authority
• (b) cruel
• (c) kind
• (d) loyal

Each of these questions has four items. You are required to select that item which does not belong to the group.

• (a) revenue
• (b) income
• (c) expenditure
• (d) receivables

Each of these questions has four items. You are required to select that item which does not belong to the group.

• (a) courage
• (b) strength
• (c) valour
• (d) warrior

Each of these questions has four items. You are required to select that item which does not belong to the group.

• (a) democracy
• (b) voting
• (c) monarchy
• (d) dictatorship

Each of these questions has four items. You are required to select that item which does not belong to the group.

• (a) Gold medalist
• (b) Athlete
• (c) Olympic Champion
• (d) Record holder

Each of these questions has four items. You are required to select that item which does not belong to the group.

• (a) Managers use their authority.
• (b) Scientists use their logical abilities.
• (c) Artists use their creative abilities.
• (d) Engineers use their technical skills.

Each of these questions has four items. You are required to select that item which does not belong to the group.

• (a) Air travel is expensive.
• (b) Most people travel to Australia by air.
• (c) Businessmen travel a lot by air.
• (d) Aeroplanes are expensive.

Each of three friends knows whether the other two have passed or failed in an examination, but does not know his own result. The teacher comes and says, "At least one has failed." If all three still do not know their own results, which of the following is true?

• (a) One student has failed.
• (b) Two students have failed.
• (c) Two or more students have failed.
• (d) All three have failed.

SYMPHONY : COMPOSER

• (a) rain : flood
• (b) light : switch
• (c) novel : author
• (d) song : music

TREE : TRUNK

• (a) pen : ink
• (b) car : chassis
• (c) cabin : log
• (d) arm : body

CIRCLE : ARC

• (a) line : segment
• (b) part : whole
• (c) percent : fraction
• (d) small : big

COW : HERD

• (a) grass : green
• (b) child : family
• (c) bald : hair
• (d) horse : jockey

WOOL : ACRYLIC

• (a) rayon : silk
• (b) plastic : rubber
• (c) winter : spring
• (d) cotton : terylene

DOCTOR : DISEASE

• (a) policeman : criminal
• (b) dentist : drill
• (c) politician : electorate
• (d) teacher : ignorance

BIRD : ORNITHOLOGY

• (a) zoology : animal
• (b) stars : galaxy
• (c) archeology : antiquity
• (d) plants : botany

FOOD : HUNGER

• (a) sleep : weariness
• (b) night : slumber
• (c) dream : sleep
• (d) thirst : drink

SPEAR : DART

• (a) knife : sword
• (b) door : window
• (c) mountain : molehill
• (d) cannon : gun

BUILDING : BRICK

• (a) lime : cement
• (b) highway : asphalt
• (c) river : bridge
• (d) vehicle : road

Pakistan was the team / whom most people thought / would win the World Cup / held in 1987.

• (a) Pakistan was the team
• (b) whom most people thought
• (c) would win the World Cup
• (d) held in 1987

When you turn to your right, / you will find a big house / with a beautiful garden on the front side of it / and that is my residence.

• (a) When you turn to your right,
• (b) you will find a big house
• (c) with a beautiful garden on the front side of it
• (d) and that is my residence

I have been postponing calling / on my friend in the hospital, / but I am planning / I would go there tomorrow.

• (a) I have been postponing calling
• (b) on my friend in the hospital,
• (c) but I am planning
• (d) I would go there tomorrow

I wondered who could be calling me at midnight / and when I took the phone / I found it was not other / than my fiancé from Paris.

• (a) I wondered who could be calling me at midnight
• (b) and when I took the phone
• (c) I found it was not other
• (d) than my fiancé from Paris

I want you to take the first bus / and to go to the Bank / and remit this cheque and then / come back straight here.

• (a) I want you to take the first bus
• (b) and to go to the Bank
• (c) and remit this cheque and then
• (d) come back straight here

The discovery of sulphonamides

The current medical practice as carried out in America benefits mostly the

In some European countries anti-diabetic drugs are far more commonly used than others because

Which of the following statements is false?

Which of the following measures if undertaken under ‘Care rather than Cure’ movement could prove to be controversial?

The outcomes movement could make a significant impact on medical practice if only

Modern cure are known to be expensive because

The main objection to ‘care rather cure’ approach is that it

Smith's attitude to the virtues of self-interest can be best described as

According to Adam Smith

All of the following are reasons for market failure except:

Adam Smith is most likely to agree with the statement:

Which of the following situations is not an instance of market failure?

The 'free rider' problem results in the need for all of the following except

Based on the passage, competitions will directly affect all of the following except:

We can conclude from the passage that:

Based on the passage, we could say that Adam Smith would not support

All the following characteristics of the modern world are used as arguments for government intervention except:

Based on the passage, the following can be inferred, except which of the following?

The most serious problem of modern government is that they

An atmospheric jet stream is

Detailed studies of atmospheric streams have been made over

The atmospheric jet stream consists of

According to present knowledge, jet streams are caused when

Jet streams affect air-traffic by
I. delaying flights.
II. Increased fuel consumption.
III. Their propensity to cause accidents.
IV. Damaging the air frame.

The summer monsoon over India is caused by

The result of the Subtropical Jet Stream is

The areas most prone to salinization are

The most appropriate title to this passage is

Natural fertility exhausts most quickly in

The factor that can restore fertility to the soil not mentioned in the passage is

Crop rotation helps to
I. increase the farmer’s seasonal income.

II. preserve soil condition.

III. desalinate the soil.

IV. destroy pests.

One of the characteristics of agricultural land in Nile basin is

Plants with nodules on their roots are known as

The author’s attitude towards the application of scientism to the social sciences is best described as one of

According to the author, causes and effects in the social world are

Which of the following statements about scientism is best supported by the passage?

As is used in the passage, the term ‘scientism’ can best be defined as

In the passage, the author is most concerned with doing which of the following?

The passage is most likely directed towards an audience of

Which of the following best describes the main subject of the passage?

The passage indicates that a single cycle of which of the following motions is completed in the shortest period of time?

Which of the following techniques does the author use in order to make the descriptions of motion clear?
I. Comparison with familiar objects.

II. Reference of geometric forms.

III. Allusions to the works of other authors.

The passage has most probably been taken from a book on

Mesenteries are

Through peri-vascular spaces exchange takes place between

The connective tissue in which fat is stored is called

The connective tissues originate in the

Some instances of connective tissues are
I. Cartilage

II. Stroma

III. Lipid

IV. Synovia

The tissue which enables smooth gliding movements of neighbouring surfaces is