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32 RC - Questions questions from CAT 2021–2024 (VARC), each with its answer and a step-by-step solution.

• Q8In the first paragraph the author is making the point that economists like BeckerCAT 2024 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q22"Netflix had begun editing old episodes of Stranger Things to retroactively improve their visual effects." What is the…CAT 2024 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q19Carrier, Babbage, and Edison are mentioned in the passage to illustrate the author's point thatCAT 2024 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q1In the context of the passage, which one of the following hypothetical scenarios, if true, is NOT an example of the…CAT 2024 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q6The author mentions Tanzania’s Hadza community to illustrate:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q7The author of the passage mentions Galbraith’s “The Affluent Society” to:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q20The examples of the Inuit and Aboriginal Australians are offered in the passage to show:CAT 2023 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q5If the author of the passage were to write a book on the Battle of Hastings along the lines of his/her own reasoning,…CAT 2023 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q10The author of the passage refers to “the Davos elite” to illustrate his views on:CAT 2023 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q11Based only on information provided in the passage, which one of the following hypothetical Netflix shows would be most…CAT 2023 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q5The author refers to the ancient Greek philosophers to:CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q6The author mentions Kekulé's discovery of the structure of benzene and Mozart's symphonies to illustrate the point that:CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q16Which one of the following best explains the primary purpose of the discussion of the colonisation of the Banda…CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q9Based on the passage, which one of the following copies would a Chinese museum be unlikely to consider as having less…CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q10Which one of the following scenarios is unlikely to follow from the arguments in the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q13“In order to confirm their abnormal status, many of the Undead were often accorded attributes, which defied the…CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q14Which one of the following observations is a valid conclusion to draw from the statement, “From out of the primal…CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q17“Through meditation and the right attitude, one allows emotions to happen to oneself (it is impossible to…CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q23Which one of the following statements contradicts the arguments of the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q5“Consider the fact that the stock exchange and the black market are both market institutions, one formal one…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q13Which one of the following sets of terms best serves as keywords to the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q14“Think beyond all the qualifications that might trail after this bald statement . . .” In the context of the passage,…CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q9Which one of the following sets of words/phrases best encapsulates the issues discussed in the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q13Which one of the following sets of words/phrases best serves as keywords to the passage?CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q14The author claims that, “Part of this bionic convergence is a matter of words”. Which one of the following statements…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q15The author claims that, “The apparent veil between the organic and the manufactured has crumpled to reveal that the…CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q22In the context of the passage, all of the following can be considered examples of human-centered automation EXCEPT:CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q4In which one of the following scenarios would the cuttlefish’s behaviour demonstrate self-control?CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q11Today, “conflat[ing] consumption with virtue” can be seen in the marketing of:CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q15On the basis of the passage, which one of the following worldviews can be inferred to be closest to that of the…CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q10“. . . we cannot catch a glimpse of things-in-themselves around the corner of our own eyes; we cannot form an idea of…CAT 2021 Slot 2 · VARC · RC - Questions
• Q18“The enrichments of literary and intellectual language led to an altered understanding of the meanings that underlie…CAT 2021 Slot 3 · VARC · RC - Questions