CAT Exam

 Reading comprehension Cat reading comprehension Hard cases, it is said, make bad law. The adage is widely considered true for the Supreme Court of India which held in the height of the Emergency, in ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla that detenus under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) could not approach the judiciary if their fundamental rights were violated. Not only was the law laid down unconscionable, but it also smacked of a Court more “executive-minded than the executive”, complicit in its own independence being shattered by an all-powerful government. So deep has been the impact of this judgment that the Supreme Court’s current activist avatar is widely viewed as having its genesis in a continuing need to atone. Expressions of such atonement have created another Court made to measure — this time not to the measure of the government but rather the aggrandised self-image of some of its judges. Let us look back to the ADM Jabalpur case. As a court of law, the Supreme

 Quantitative Ability 1. A company offered its 350 employees a bonus of Rs 10 to each male and Rs 8.15 to each female. All the females accepted but a certain percentage of males refused to accept. The total bonus paid was independent of the number of males. What was the total amount paid to the females (in rupees)? 1. 1672.50 2. 1222.50 3. 2852.50 4. None of these Answer :  Option 2     2. Ram bought ‘a’ flowers for ‘b’ rupees, where ‘a’ and ‘b’ are integers. If he had bought 10 more flowers he would have got all for Rs. 2 and saved 80 paisa a dozen. What are the respective vales of ‘a’ and ‘b’? 1. 5,1 2. 4,2 3. 3,2 4. 6,1 Answer :  Option 1   3. The integers 49966 and 52231 when divided by a three digit number ‘n’ give the same remainder. What is the value of n? 1. 367 2. 453 3. 462 4. 298 Answer :  Option 2   4. The HCF of two numbers is 21 and their LCM is 4641. If one of the numbers is between 200 and 300, find the other number. 1. 221

 Logical Reasoning 1. The present age of a mother and son are in the ratio 2:1 and the ratio of present ages of father and son is 3:1. If the sum of their ages is 84. Then find present age of son.   A. 18   B. 24   C. 36   D. 14   Answer: D   2. The sum of present ages of a father and a son is 64 years. The age of son is 1/3rd of the age of his father. Then find the present age    of    father.   A. 32   B. 52   C. 48   D. 24   Answer: C   3. Seven years ago, the sum of the ages of A and B was 18. 16     years from now, the ratio of their ages will be 19:13. What is the present age of B if he is younger than A? A. 10 years B. 12 years C. 8 years D. 7 years Answer: A   4. P was twice as old as Q before 8 years. After 8 years, the ratio of the     ages of P and Q will be 4:3. What is the age of P now? A. 8 years B. 16 years C. 24 years D. 32 years Answer: C   5. Two years from now, the ages of Ram and Sam will be in the ratio