Why a line, example or reference is in the passage — philosophy and psychology passages

CAT has tested this idea 8 times across 6 papers, from 2019 to 2023. Solve one, and the others are the same method with different numbers or wording, which is why repeated concepts are the most efficient thing to practise.

QuestionWhat it asksAnswer
CAT 2019 Slot 1 · VARC Q20yi-fu tuan's topophilia; what the coined word 'topophobia' is used to signifyA
CAT 2019 Slot 1 · VARC Q21topophilia; what the upscale-residential-development example illustratesD
CAT 2020 Slot 2 · VARC Q15theories of aggression; the larger point made by the torture-for-intelligence exampleA
CAT 2020 Slot 3 · VARC Q9bregman's humankind; why he contrasts pre-agricultural with agricultural societiesC
CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC Q8classic maya personhood; what the incense burner example adds to the argumentD
CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC Q5formal and informal institutions; explain the stock exchange and black market quoteD
CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC Q5review of pinker's 'rationality'; why the ancient greek philosophers are brought inB
CAT 2023 Slot 3 · VARC Q6pinker's 'rationality'; what the kekule benzene and mozart examples illustrateA

Part of RC · Humanities & Philosophy (54 questions since 2017).