CR Basics || Verbal Ability || CAT 2021 || 30 April for CAT & MBA Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the question below are given a statement followed by two assumptions/inferences numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted and inference is something which can be directly inferred from the given facts. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions/inferences and decide which of those is/are implicit in the statement.

Statement: The prices of petrol and diesel have remained unchanged only in Nigeria since the past three years.

Assumptions:
I Petrol and-diesel prices have changed elsewhere in the world during these three years.
II. Before this three years period, petrol and diesel were available at a price different from the present rates.

Question 2

Directions: In each question below, is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Statement: Please check the availability of 2 tickets from Delhi to Lucknow.
Assumptions:
I. Person checking knows the desired mode of travel.
II. Person checking knows the details of the person travelling.

Question 3

Direction: In question below are given a statement followed by two assumptions/inferences numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted and an inference is something which can be directly inferred from the given facts. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions/inferences and decide which of those is/are implicit in the statement.

Statement: The number of people living below poverty line in urban areas has increased since last year.

Conclusions:
I. People living in rural area are not below the poverty line.
II. A similar survey was conducted last year.

Question 4

Direction: In question below a statement (or a passage is followed by two assumptions numbered I IIand III. An assumption is something supposed or taken in for granted, You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and then decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Statement:
Government should give unemployed allowance to all unemployed youth above 18 years of age.

Assumptions:
I. Unemployed youth needs monetary support.
II. Government has enough funds to support unemployed youth.

Question 5

Direction: In the following question, chose the correct option which classifies the four sentences as fact, inference and judgement.
F: Fact, if it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true,
I: Inference, if it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts,
J: Judgement, if it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.

1. Iceland started 2018 with a bold statement - the Nordic country made it illegal to pay women less than men for similar work.
2. Iceland has long been deemed the best place in the world to be a woman.
3. For the past nine years, the country has topped the World Economic Forum’s gender equality index.
4. But there is still room for improvement.

Question 6

Direction: In the following question, chose the correct option which classifies the four sentences as fact, inference and judgement.
F: Fact, if it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true,
I: Inference, if it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts,
J: Judgement, if it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.

1. Today more than 2.5 trillion images are shared or stored on the Internet annually—and that doesn’t count the billions of photographs and videos people keep to themselves.
2. By 2020, 6.1 billion people could have phones with picture-taking capabilities.
3. Meanwhile, in a single year an estimated 106 million new surveillance cameras are sold.
4. Cameras hover over roadways to catch speeding motorists or parking violators but also, in the United Kingdom, to track the comings and goings of suspected criminals.

Question 7

A 2018 report from the United Nations found that women do 2.6 times the amount of unpaid care and domestic work that men do. "If women stopped doing a lot of the work they do unpaid, then the whole economy would collapse," the chief of the research and data section at UN Women said.

Which of the following can be concluded from the given paragraph?

I. Under the garb domestic care, a significant number of women are involved in unpaid labour, which contributes significantly to the economy.
II. Men comprise the population that cares the least about the domestic chores and their family.
III. Unlike women, men expect to be paid for the care they lend to their families.

Question 8

Direction: In the given question, a passage is given followed by three statements. Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

On July 17, 2018, the Supreme Court had decried cases of lynching and cow vigilantism and said mobocracy cannot be allowed in society. “No citizen can take the law into his hands nor become a law unto himself, ”the judges had added. It had also proposed a set of preventives, remedial and punitive measures to curb instances of lynching. The court had also ordered the appointment of nodal police officers in all districts, efficient patrolling in areas where there is a possibility of such incidents, and the completion of trial in lynching cases within six months.

I. The Supreme Court's decision to propose a set of preventives, remedial and punitive measures are aimed to curb the freedom of expression of the people.

II. Practices such as lynching, cow vigilantism and mobocracy are against the norms of a civilized society.

III. The Supreme Court believes that the lack of remedial and punitive measures has been the reason behind the increase in the number of lynching incidents.
Which of the statements given above can be valid assumptions from the given passage?

Question 9

Direction: Each question given below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the following argument is strong and which is a weak argument.

Statement:
Without ameliorating or reforming the entire administrative system, we cannot eliminate corruption and deceit from the society.
Assumptions:
I. The existence of corruption and deceit is good.
II. There is enough flexibility to change the administrative system.

Question 10

Direction: In each of the questions below there is a statement followed by two conclusion numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Then consider the 2 conclusion together and decide which of them follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.

Statement:
India is the world’s largest democracy.

Conclusions:
I. Indians select their governments and leaders through public voting
II. India is the largest country in the world by population.