PracticeRCCAT 2023 · Slot 1 · Real RC passage 1 of 4
CAT 2023 Slot 1 RC passage: Indian Ocean world novels
This is passage 1 of the four Reading Comprehension passages in CAT 2023 Slot 1. It comes with 4 questions in the real exam. Below are the question stems; sign in to read the full passage and practise it with all options, the answer key and explanations.
Passage facts
- Exam
- CAT 2023
- Slot
- 1 of 3
- Position
- Passage 1 of 4
- Questions
- 4
- Passage length
- about 520 words
- Topic
- Indian Ocean world novels
Source of the passage: adapted by CAT from Charne Lavery, “Four novelists, one ocean: how Indian Ocean literature can remap the world”, The Conversation. Read the original.
Questions in this set
- On the basis of the nature of the relationship between the items in each pair below, choose the odd pair out:
- All of the following statements, if true, would weaken the passage’s claim about the relationship between mainstream English-language fiction and Indian Ocean novels EXCEPT:
- Which one of the following statements is not true about migration in the Indian Ocean world?
- All of the following claims contribute to the “remapping” discussed by the passage, EXCEPT:
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