CAT 2026 Question Paper with Solution PDF: Slot 1, 2 & 3 (Available Soon)

CAT 2026 Questions

• 1.

  The passage given below is followed by four summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage.
  Zombie cells may contribute to age-related chronic inflammation: this finding could help scientists understand more about the aging process and why the immune system becomes less effective as we get older. Zombie or “senescent” cells are damaged cells that can no longer divide and grow like normal cells. Scientists think that these cells can contribute to chronic health problems when they accumulate in the body. In younger people, the immune system is more effective at clearing senescent cells from the body through a process called apoptosis, but as we age this process becomes less efficient. As a result, there is an accumulation of senescent cells in different organs in the body, either through increased production or reduced clearance by the immune system. The zombie cells continue to use energy though they do not divide, and often secrete chemicals that cause inflammation, which if persistent for longer periods of time can damage healthy cells leading to chronic diseases.

  • Senescent “zombie” cells are inactive or malfunctioning cells that can be found throughout the body.
  • A younger person’s immune system is healthy and is able to clear the damaged cells, but as people age, the zombie cells resist apoptosis, and start accumulating in the body.
  • Aging leads to less effective apoptosis, and therefore zombie cells start to accumulate in the body, causing inflammation, which accelerates aging and leads to chronic diseases.
  • Dead cells accelerate chronic inflammation weakening the immune system and lead to aging.
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• 2.

  A and B can complete a work in 12 days and 18 days respectively. They start together, but A leaves after 4 days. How many more days will B take to finish the remaining work?
  

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• 3.

  A container holds 200 litres of a solution of acid and water, having 30% acid by volume. Atul replaces 20% of this solution with water, then replaces 10% of the resulting solution with acid, and finally replaces 15% of the solution thus obtained, with water. The percentage of acid by volume in the final solution obtained after these three replacements, is nearest to?

  • \(25\)
  • \(27\)
  • \(29\)
  • \(23\)
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• 4.

  Kamala divided her investment of Rs 100000 between stocks, bonds, and gold. Her investment in bonds was 25% of her investment in gold. With annual returns of 10%, 6%, 8% on stocks, bonds, and gold, respectively, she gained a total amount of Rs 8200 in one year. The amount, in rupees, that she gained from the bonds, was:

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• 5.

  Arun, Tarun and Varun work for 24, 21 and 15 days respectively and get paid 2160, 2400 and 2160 rupees respectively. They get paid the same even if they work for a partial day. If the work has to be completed within 10 days or less, what is the minimum amount that has to be paid to complete the entire task?
  

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