All these 16 questions were from CAT 2001. Though dated, they give you a good feel of CAT LR – overwhelming you with lots of data, the options formats requiring you to do a lot more reading, questions are very varied and unusual types.
CAT, these days, does not have stand-alone questions like these. In CAT 2-024, there are 5 sets, each having 4 or 5 questions, with a total of 22 questions, to be solved in 40 minutes. And the sets are quite tougher than these questions. Hereafter we will mostly be solving sets itself.
Check your answers using the following answer key. Reward yourself +3 marks for each correct answer and deduct −1 mark for each wrong answer.
- C
- C
- C
- B
- B
- C
- B
- C
- D
- B
- C
- B
- B
- B
- B
- D
A good score in the test is 36 marks, in around 45 minutes.
The following pages, have hint and explanation given for each of these 16 questions. If you did not perform well enough, you may spend more time trying each question, taking help of the hint if needed. And make sure to check the explanation to know how to solve the question most efficiently.