CAT Introduction to Decision Making - Practice Questions & MCQ

Directions for question: A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input and its rearrangement:

Input: world 65 32 95 bottle forth 46 hollow 28 15 give comment
Step I: 95 65 32 bottle forth 46 hollow 28 15 give comment world
Step II: 15 95 65 32 bottle forth 46 28 give comment world hollow
Step III: 65 15 95 32 bottle forth 46 28 comment world hollow give
Step IV: 28 65 15 95 32 bottle 46 comment world hollow give forth
Step V: 46 28 65 15 95 32 bottle world hollow give forth comment
Step VI: 32 46 28 65 15 95 world hollow give forth comment bottle (final output)

Answer the following question based on the following input in the above word and number arrangement machine:
‘fire  89  amend  the  28  16  bullet  crowd  35  53  here  68’

Question: Which of the following would be Step II?

Directions for question: A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input and its rearrangement:

Input: world 65 32 95 bottle forth 46 hollow 28 15 give comment
Step I: 95 65 32 bottle forth 46 hollow 28 15 give comment world
Step II: 15 95 65 32 bottle forth 46 28 give comment world hollow
Step III: 65 15 95 32 bottle forth 46 28 comment world hollow give
Step IV: 28 65 15 95 32 bottle 46 comment world hollow give forth
Step V: 46 28 65 15 95 32 bottle world hollow give forth comment
Step VI: 32 46 28 65 15 95 world hollow give forth comment bottle (final output)

Answer the following question based on the following input in the above word and number arrangement machine.
‘fire  89  amend  the  28  16  bullet  crowd  35  53  here  68’

Question: Which element is exactly between ‘89’ and ‘bullet’ in Step IV?

Directions for question:
The film director Mr Rohit Shetty wants an actress for the lead role of Meenamma in his film, who perfectly fits the description that appears in the original screenplay. He is not willing to consider actresses who do not resemble the character as she is described in the screenplay, no matter how talented they are. 

The screenplay describes Meenamma as a slim, thirty-something brunette, with average height, deep brown eyes, very fair skin, and a brilliant smile. 

The casting agent has four actresses in mind :

Actress 1 is a stunning brunette beauty who is 5'9" and in her mid-twenties. Her eyes are brown and she has an olive complexion.

Actress 2 has black hair, big brown eyes, and a fair complexion. She is in her mid-thirties and is 5'5".

Actress 3 is 5'4" and of medium build. She has black hair, and brown eyes, and is in her early thirties.

Actress 4 is a blue-eyed brunette in her early twenties. She's of very slight build and stands at 5'.

Mr Rajat Mohta owns West Bengal’s largest plastic and packaging unit M/s Shashi Plastics. He is on friendly terms with West Bengal’s environment minister, Mr Manas Ranjan Bhunia. However, with the recent declaration that India would be committed to being a plastic-free country, the country has decided to reduce plastic and plastic packaging by fifty per cent over the next decade as plastic bags are non-biodegradable. Mr Bhunia is under great pressure from the central government to shut down all plastic packaging units in his state. However, he stands firm and decides not to do so. Mr Mohta is most ecstatic about this decision and promises to help Mr Bhunia in any way he can. After a few months, Mr Bhunia requests Mr Mohta that his nephew be inducted into Mr Mohta’s company as a Manager. Mr Bhunia’s nephew has just passed his graduation in Commerce and has no work experience.  The corporate rules at M/s Shashi Plastics dictate that employees should have at least eight to ten years of prior experience before he/she can be considered for a manager’s position. 

Question: What should Mr Mohta do?

Directions for question:
The selection committee of a company laid down the following criteria for selection for the post of Manager – Accounts :

1) The candidate must be a postgraduate in Commerce

2) The candidate must have completed 21 years and should not be more than 35 years as of 31.07.2022

3) If the candidate does not satisfy the criterion in (1) above but has completed his CA examination he/she will referred to the Director of finance, who can allow the candidate to appear in the interview if otherwise eligible

4) If the candidate fulfils all the criteria mentioned in (1) and (2) above, he/she will be called for group discussion

5) The candidate must get 50% marks to qualify for the group discussion

6) If the candidate qualifies for the group discussion he/she will be called for an interview

7) The candidate must get 30% marks in the interview (out of 50) to get finally selected

Based on the above criteria, decide which of the following courses of action should be taken in case of candidates described in each of the following questions :

Question: Mr. Sengupta, whose date of birth is 14.11.1989, is a postgraduate in Commerce and has obtained 60% marks in the interview.