Para Completion - Previous Year CAT/MBA Questions
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Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
As a generation, we are rethinking what we are to others. Our technological prowess has become a wireless lifeline for others. Some of us apply ourselves to innovation: hackathons and other forms of technological creativity. Our families look to us to know how to use technology both to waste time and to make meaning. Some of us set up Facetime for those denied face‐to‐face time. We show them it will be OK, that digital relationships are real relationships – though in fact we are not always sure.
Which of the following, will be a most MEANINGFUL conclusion of the passage?
- (a)
The Pandemic has increased societal dependence on technology
- (b)
Change is the only constant in life, so people must embrace technology
- (c)
Technological advancement helps society derive meaning from work
- (d)
Technology usage has changed social relations for this generation
- (e)
Technology is destroying families and communities.
Solution
Discuss
ReportRead the following excerpt carefully.
In the future, hydrogen may form a significant part of our energy systems. Today it is mostly used in oil refineries and fertiliser but in the future hydrogen could power our cars, heat our homes, and fuel industry. A recent McKinsey study suggested that in less than 25 years, hydrogen could account for 18% of global energy consumption and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from current levels by some 6 gigatons….
Which of the following sentences will MOST logically complete the above excerpt?
- (a)
The impact of such a change in the energy system would be huge, potentially generating $2,500 billion in revenue globally and creating more than 30 million jobs.
- (b)
Despite the potential, 90% of the general population knew nothing about hydrogen technology.
- (c)
Germany unsuccessfully experimented with trains fuelled by hydrogen.
- (d)
Earlier, experts thought that hydrogen fuel would be too expensive.
- (e)
Hydrogen can be made through reformation, electrolysis, or pyrolysis, comes labelled in different colours from simple green to more complicated turquoise, can be stored as a gas, cryogenic liquid, converted to ammonia or even borane and then finally made useful through a fuel cell, engine, or burner.
… there is a degree of convergence in the definition of trust which can be summarized as follows: Trust is a particular level of the subjective probability with which an agent assesses that another agent or group of agents will perform a particular action. When we say we trust someone or that someone is trustworthy, we implicitly mean that the probability that he will perform an action that is beneficial to us….
Which of the following statement BEST COMPLETES the passage above?
- (a)
is high enough for us to find out if he will cheat us.
- (b)
is high enough for us to consider engaging in some form of cooperation with him.
- (c)
is low enough for him not to engage in negative behavior against us.
- (d)
is high enough for us not to build defences against his possible aggression.
- (e)
is low enough for us to attack him.
In the traditions of many religions throughout the world (including Judaeo – Christian beliefs), there has long been a sustained belie that the Universe as we know it today did not exist forever in the past, and that there was a spontaneous act which gave birth to all that has been, and all that will be. In other words, the Universe itself has not been eternal as our senses might indicates at first glance, …
Which of the following options can meaningfully complete the above sentence?
- (a)
but has a limited lifespan after its creation.
- (b)
but our senses give us the right knowledge.
- (c)
however, on second glance, our religious beliefs are right.
- (d)
however, it is a ball of intense energy
- (e)
however, it could not have been created.
It is a curious historical fact that modern quantum mechanics began with two quite different mathematical formulations: the different equation of Schroedinger, and the matrix algebra of Heisenberg. The two, apparently dissimilar, approaches were proved to be mathematically equivalent.
Which of the following sentences would most meaningfully follow the above paragraph?
- (a)
The two approaches did not start with the same mathematical formulations.
- (b)
These two points of view were destined to complement one another and were ultimately synthesized in Dirac’s transformation theory.
- (c)
A third mathematical formulation given by Feynman combines the matrix algebra of Heisenberg and Integral calculus of Leibniz.
- (d)
Quantum mechanics evolved in the twentieth century and came very close to particle physics, especially after the CERN experiments in Switzerland.
- (e)
Earlier, the two formulations were mathematically similar.
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option that follows:
In many cases in physics, one has to deal simultaneously with collective and single-particle excitations of the system. The collective excitations are usually bosonic in nature while the single-particle excitations are often fermionic. One is therefore led to consider a system which includes bosons and fermions. Hence, ______________
Which of the following options is most likely to follow the paragraph given above?
- (a)
in this book, we discuss application of bosonic particles and their consequences on physics.
- (b)
in this book, we discuss application of general algebraic theory of mixed Bose- Fermi systems to atomic nuclei.
- (c)
in this book, we discuss excitations of collective and single particles separately.
- (d)
in this book, we prove how collective excitations are bosonic and singular excitation are fermionic.
- (e)
in this book, we prove that collective and singular excitation cannot exist together.