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CAT 2023 Slot 3 RC passage: Pinker on rationality
This is passage 1 of the four Reading Comprehension passages in CAT 2023 Slot 3. 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
- 3 of 3
- Position
- Passage 1 of 4
- Questions
- 4
- Passage length
- about 510 words
- Topic
- Pinker on rationality
Questions in this set
- The author endorses Pinker’s views on the importance of logical reasoning as it:
- According to the author, for Pinker as well as the ancient Greek philosophers, rational thinking involves all of the following EXCEPT:
- The author refers to the ancient Greek philosophers to:
- The author mentions Kekulé’s discovery of the structure of benzene and Mozart’s symphonies to illustrate the point that:
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