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CAT 2023 Slot 2 RC passage: Facts and the historian
This is passage 1 of the four Reading Comprehension passages in CAT 2023 Slot 2. 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
- 2 of 3
- Position
- Passage 1 of 4
- Questions
- 4
- Passage length
- about 520 words
- Topic
- Facts and the historian
Source of the passage: adapted by CAT from E. H. Carr, “What is History?”, E. H. Carr, What is History? (1961), chapter "The Historian and His Facts". Read the original.
Questions in this set
- According to this passage, which one of the following statements best describes the significance of archaeology for historians?
- All of the following, if true, can weaken the passage’s claim that facts do not speak for themselves, EXCEPT:
- If the author of the passage were to write a book on the Battle of Hastings along the lines of his/her own reasoning, the focus of the historical account would be on:
- All of the following describe the “common-sense view” of history, EXCEPT:
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