CAT 2024 · Slot 3 · Real RC passage 2 of 4

CAT 2024 Slot 3 RC passage: Endangered languages and culture

This is passage 2 of the four Reading Comprehension passages in CAT 2024 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 2024
Slot
3 of 3
Position
Passage 2 of 4
Questions
4
Passage length
about 510 words
Topic
Endangered languages and culture

Questions in this set

  1. The author believes that a liberal arts education combined with participation in language preservation empower students in all of the following ways EXCEPT that they will
  2. It can be inferred from the passage that it is likely South America had a slightly better language survival rate than North America for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
  3. Which one of the following hypothetical scenarios, if true, would most strongly undermine the central ideas of the passage?
  4. In the context of the passage, which one of the following hypothetical scenarios, if true, is NOT an example of the kind of loss that occurs when a language becomes extinct?

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