XAT 2018 Question Paper | Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning

CAT Questions

The best questions to practice for XAT Exam are the actual XAT Question Papers. 2IIM offers you exactly that, in a student friendly format to take value from this. In XAT 2018 we saw some beautiful questions that laid emphasis on Learning ideas from basics and being able to comprehend more than remembering gazillion formulae and shortcuts. Original XAT Question paper is the best place to start off your XAT prep practice. This page provides exactly that. To check out about 1000 CAT Level questions with detailed video solutions for free, go here: CAT Question Bank

Question 22 : Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows:

The size of oceanic waves is a function of the velocity of the wind and of fetch, the length of the surface of the water subject to those winds. The average impact of waves against a coastline is a function of the size of the waves and the shape of the sea bottom. The degree of erosion on coastline is a function of the average impact of waves and the geologic composition of the coastline.

According to the above paragraph, which of the following options will be true?

1. The fetch of wind is related to the shape of the sea bottom.
2. The size of oceanic waves will not fluctuate far from average.
3. The size of oceanic wave is correlated with the shape of the sea bottom.
4. Degree of erosion on coastline is not related with the velocity of wind.
5. Degree of erosion on coastline is related to shape of the sea-bottom.

---

---

---

Explanatory Answer

1) The fetch of wind is related to the shape of the sea bottom. – The paragraph describes size of waves as dependent on fetch. It does not mention anything about fetch relating to shape of sea bottom. This option can thus be eliminated.
2) The size of oceanic waves will not fluctuate far from average. – We are only told the size of oceanic waves depends on velocity of wind and fetch. How much is the degree of fluctuation is not explicitly told, and is a factor of the velocity and fetch. There is no grounds to prove the size will not fluctuate far from average from the passage. Hence, this can be eliminated.
3) The size of oceanic wave is correlated with the shape of the sea bottom. – Size of the wave is correlated only to velocity and fetch. Hence, this option can be eliminated.
4) Degree of erosion on coastline is not related with the velocity of wind. – Degree of erosion is dependent on average impact of waves; this, in turn, is dependent on size of the waves, which eventually depends upon the velocity of wind. Hence, it is wrong to say that there is no relation between degree of erosion and velocity of wind. This option can thus be eliminated.
5) Degree of erosion on coastline is related to shape of the sea-bottom. – This is the right answer choice. Degree of erosion is related to average impact of waves; average impact of waves is related the shape of sea-bottom. Hence, there is some degree of correlation that can be established

---

Choice E is the correct answer.