CAT Reading Comprehension > Technology PYQs

The author of the passage is least likely to agree with which one of the following claims?

The author compares AI-generated texts with "a beige office building" for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

On the basis of the purpose of the examples in the passage, pick the odd one out from the following AI-generated responses mentioned in the passage:

All of the following statements from the passage affirm the disjunct between the claims about AI made by tech companies and what AI actually does EXCEPT:

The author identifies all of the following as dire outcomes of the capture of language by AI EXCEPT that it could

We can infer that the author is most likely to agree with which of the following statements?

The author terms language “the operating system of our civilization" for all the following reasons EXCEPT that it

The tone of the passage could best be described as

We can assume that the author would support all of the following views EXCEPT:

Which of the following best conveys the main point of the first paragraph?

The author lists all of the following examples as "externalities" of major technical advances EXCEPT:

Carrier, Babbage, and Edison are mentioned in the passage to illustrate the author's point that

"Netflix had begun editing old episodes of Stranger Things to retroactively improve their visual effects." What is the purpose of this example used in the passage?

Which one of the following statements, if true, would best invalidate the main argument of the passage?

Which one of the following statements about art best captures the arguments made in the passage?

Which of the following statements is suggested by the sentence “Back then, at least, cinema was defined by its ephemerality: the sense that a film was as good as gone once it left your local cinema”?

Based on the passage, we can infer that the opposite of fast fashion, 'slow fashion', would most likely refer to clothes that:

The act of "thrifting", as described in the passage, can be considered ironic because it:

The central idea of the passage would be undermined if

According to the author, companies like ThredUP have not caught on in the UK for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that:

In the Ebola misdiagnosis case, we can infer that doctors probably missed the forest for the trees because:

It can be inferred that in the Utrecht University experiment, one group of people was "aimlessly clicking around" because:

From the passage, we can infer that the author is apprehensive about the use of sophisticated automation for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that:

In the context of the passage, all of the following can be considered examples of human-centered automation EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements about the negative effects of screen time is the author least likely to endorse?

The author is least likely to agree with the view that the increase in screen-time is fuelled by the fact that:

The author claims that Silicon Valley tech companies have tried to "confuse the public" by:

The statement "The richer you are, the more you spend to be off-screen" is supported by which other line from the passage?

Of the following arguments, which one is LEAST likely to be used by the companies that digitally scan cultural sites?

By "digital colonialism", critics of the CyArk-Google project are referring to the fact that:

Which of the following, if true, would most strongly invalidate Dr. Watrall's objections?

In Dr. Thompson's view, CyArk owning the copyright of its digital scans of archaeological sites is akin to:

Based on his views mentioned in the passage, one could best characterise Dr. Watrall as being:

Which of the following statements best reflects the author's argument?

The author points out all of the following about electric cars EXCEPT

According to the author, the main reason for Tesla's remarkable sales is that

The author comes to the conclusion that

In paragraphs 5 and 6, the author provides the example of Uber to argue that

In paragraph 6, the author mentions electrically powered bicycles to argue that

Which one of the following best describes what the passage is trying to do?

According to the passage, some governments still use typewriters because:

The writer praises typewriters for all the following reasons EXCEPT

The printing press has been likened to the Internet for which one of the following reasons?

According to the passage, the invention of the printing press did all of the following EXCEPT

Steve Jobs predicted which one'of the following with the introduction of the iPhone?

"I'm still waiting to see if the iPhone can do what the printing press did for religion and democracy." The author uses which one<br> of the following to indicate his uncertainty?

The author attributes the French and American revolutions to the invention of the printing press because

The main conclusion of the passage is that the new technology has