CAT VARC QUIZ 17

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Question 1:

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.


In a politically polarized society, individuals may feel pressured to make decisions based on what their social groups believes. In the case of beliefs about science this can have dire consequences - as the world has seen with Covid -19 pandemic. In the U.S. alone, more than 825,000 people with Covid-19 have died while powerful identity groups actively discourage people from getting vaccines or taking other precautions that could protect them.

Viruses are oblivious to political affiliation, and so is the changing climate. Rising global temperatures, worsening storms and sea level rise will affect everyone in harm’s way, regardless of the person’s social group.

What does mean by political affiliation according to passage ?

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

In a politically polarized society, individuals may feel pressured to make decisions based on what their social groups believes. In the case of beliefs about science this can have dire consequences - as the world has seen with Covid -19 pandemic. In the U.S. alone, more than 825,000 people with Covid-19 have died while powerful identity groups actively discourage people from getting vaccines or taking other precautions that could protect them.
Viruses are oblivious to political affiliation, and so is the changing climate. Rising global temperatures, worsening storms and sea level rise will affect everyone in harm’s way, regardless of the person’s social group.

Question 2:

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.


The movie is an allegory for climate change, showing how those with the power to do something about global warming willfully avoid taking action and how those with vested interests can mislead the public. But it also reflect science denial more broadly, including what the world has been seeing with Covid - 19.

The most important difference between the film’s premise and humanity’s actual looming crisis is that while individuals may be powerless against a comet, everyone can act decisively to stop fueling climate change.

Are individuals a potent force against meteor?

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

The movie is an allegory for climate change, showing how those with the power to do something about global warming willfully avoid taking action and how those with vested interests can mislead the public. But it also reflect science denial more broadly, including what the world has been seeing with Covid - 19.
The most important difference between the film’s premise and humanity’s actual looming crisis is that while individuals may be powerless against a comet, everyone can act decisively to stop fueling climate change.

Question 3:

Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer: 


1.A lot has been said about what the future is going to be like.

2.Our baseline data across schools are the two biggest influencer for young learners’ career decision making.

3.Social media influence is going to get deeper, for both good and bad.

4.We are living in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous or Vuca world.

5.Technology is going to play a important role in our lives

Question 4:

Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer:


1.European official to consider whether to move away from the detailed tracking that the pandemic has required until now to a flu-like monitoring system.

2.A back- to - boarding school phenomenon not witnessed here for nearly two year.

3.Uganda’s school required to students on Monday.

4.Ending the world’s longest school disruption due to the covid -19 pandemic.

5.The reopening caused traffic congestion in some areas of the capital, Kampala and students can be seen carrying their mattresses in the streets.

Question 5:

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.


The first question President Orlean (Merly Streep) asks the scientists after they explain that a comet is on a collision course with earth is “so how certain is this?” learning that the certitude is 99.78 per cent the president’s chief of staff (Jonah hill) responds with relief: “oh great so it’s not 100 per cent! Government scientist Teddy Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan) replies, “scientists never like to say 100 per cent.”

This reluctance to claim 100 per cent certainty is a strength of science.Even when the evidence points clearly in one direction, scientists keep exploring to learn more. At the same time they recognize overwhelming evidence and act on it. The evidence is overwhelming that Earth’s climate is changing in dangerous ways because human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, and it has been overwhelming for many years.

What is the question asked by President Orlean?

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

The first question President Orlean (Merly Streep) asks the scientists after they explain that a comet is on a collision course with earth is “so how certain is this?” learning that the certitude is 99.78 per cent the president’s chief of staff (Jonah hill) responds with relief: “oh great so it’s not 100 per cent! Government scientist Teddy Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan) replies, “scientists never like to say 100 per cent.”
This reluctance to claim 100 per cent certainty is a strength of science.Even when the evidence points clearly in one direction, scientists keep exploring to learn more. At the same time they recognize overwhelming evidence and act on it. The evidence is overwhelming that Earth’s climate is changing in dangerous ways because human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, and it has been overwhelming for many years.

Question 6:

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.


The first question President Orlean (Merly Streep) asks the scientists after they explain that a comet is on a collision course with earth is “so how certain is this?” learning that the certitude is 99.78 per cent the president’s chief of staff (Jonah hill) responds with relief: “oh great so it’s not 100 per cent! Government scientist Teddy Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan) replies, “scientists never like to say 100 per cent.”

This reluctance to claim 100 per cent certainty is a strength of science.Even when the evidence points clearly in one direction, scientists keep exploring to learn more. At the same time they recognize overwhelming evidence and act on it. The evidence is overwhelming that Earth’s climate is changing in dangerous ways because human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, and it has been overwhelming for many years.

As per the passage , why is earth's climate changing ?

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

The first question President Orlean (Merly Streep) asks the scientists after they explain that a comet is on a collision course with earth is “so how certain is this?” learning that the certitude is 99.78 per cent the president’s chief of staff (Jonah hill) responds with relief: “oh great so it’s not 100 per cent! Government scientist Teddy Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan) replies, “scientists never like to say 100 per cent.”
This reluctance to claim 100 per cent certainty is a strength of science.Even when the evidence points clearly in one direction, scientists keep exploring to learn more. At the same time they recognize overwhelming evidence and act on it. The evidence is overwhelming that Earth’s climate is changing in dangerous ways because human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, and it has been overwhelming for many years.

Question 7:

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.


The first question President Orlean (Merly Streep) asks the scientists after they explain that a comet is on a collision course with earth is “so how certain is this?” learning that the certitude is 99.78 per cent the president’s chief of staff (Jonah hill) responds with relief: “oh great so it’s not 100 per cent! Government scientist Teddy Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan) replies, “scientists never like to say 100 per cent.”

This reluctance to claim 100 per cent certainty is a strength of science.Even when the evidence points clearly in one direction, scientists keep exploring to learn more. At the same time they recognize overwhelming evidence and act on it. The evidence is overwhelming that Earth’s climate is changing in dangerous ways because human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, and it has been overwhelming for many years.

What does writer want to say through this passage ?

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

The first question President Orlean (Merly Streep) asks the scientists after they explain that a comet is on a collision course with earth is “so how certain is this?” learning that the certitude is 99.78 per cent the president’s chief of staff (Jonah hill) responds with relief: “oh great so it’s not 100 per cent! Government scientist Teddy Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan) replies, “scientists never like to say 100 per cent.”
This reluctance to claim 100 per cent certainty is a strength of science.Even when the evidence points clearly in one direction, scientists keep exploring to learn more. At the same time they recognize overwhelming evidence and act on it. The evidence is overwhelming that Earth’s climate is changing in dangerous ways because human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, and it has been overwhelming for many years.

Question 8:

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.


The movie is an allegory for climate change, showing how those with the power to do something about global warming willfully avoid taking action and how those with vested interests can mislead the public. But it also reflect science denial more broadly, including what the world has been seeing with Covid - 19.

The most important difference between the film’s premise and humanity’s actual looming crisis is that while individuals may be powerless against a comet, everyone can act decisively to stop fueling climate change.

what could be the possible synonym of the word ‘Premise’ as per the passage?

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

The movie is an allegory for climate change, showing how those with the power to do something about global warming willfully avoid taking action and how those with vested interests can mislead the public. But it also reflect science denial more broadly, including what the world has been seeing with Covid - 19.
The most important difference between the film’s premise and humanity’s actual looming crisis is that while individuals may be powerless against a comet, everyone can act decisively to stop fueling climate change.

Question 9:

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.


In a politically polarized society, individuals may feel pressured to make decisions based on what their social groups believes. In the case of beliefs about science this can have dire consequences - as the world has seen with Covid -19 pandemic. In the U.S. alone, more than 825,000 people with Covid-19 have died while powerful identity groups actively discourage people from getting vaccines or taking other precautions that could protect them.

Viruses are oblivious to political affiliation, and so is the changing climate. Rising global temperatures, worsening storms and sea level rise will affect everyone in harm’s way, regardless of the person’s social group.

Why do people not get vaccination?

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

In a politically polarized society, individuals may feel pressured to make decisions based on what their social groups believes. In the case of beliefs about science this can have dire consequences - as the world has seen with Covid -19 pandemic. In the U.S. alone, more than 825,000 people with Covid-19 have died while powerful identity groups actively discourage people from getting vaccines or taking other precautions that could protect them.
Viruses are oblivious to political affiliation, and so is the changing climate. Rising global temperatures, worsening storms and sea level rise will affect everyone in harm’s way, regardless of the person’s social group.

Question 10:

Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

In a politically polarized society, individuals may feel pressured to make decisions based on what their social groups believes. In the case of beliefs about science this can have dire consequences - as the world has seen with Covid -19 pandemic. In the U.S. alone, more than 825,000 people with Covid-19 have died while powerful identity groups actively discourage people from getting vaccines or taking other precautions that could protect them.
Viruses are oblivious to political affiliation, and so is the changing climate. Rising global temperatures, worsening storms and sea level rise will affect everyone in harm’s way, regardless of the person’s social group.
Viruses are changing climate, how ?
Direction for Reading Comprehension : The passage given here are followed by somequestions that have four answer choices; read the passage carefully and pick the option whose answer best aligns with the passage.

In a politically polarized society, individuals may feel pressured to make decisions based on what their social groups believes. In the case of beliefs about science this can have dire consequences - as the world has seen with Covid -19 pandemic. In the U.S. alone, more than 825,000 people with Covid-19 have died while powerful identity groups actively discourage people from getting vaccines or taking other precautions that could protect them.
Viruses are oblivious to political affiliation, and so is the changing climate. Rising global temperatures, worsening storms and sea level rise will affect everyone in harm’s way, regardless of the person’s social group.