The author's tone or attitude — mixed subjects

CAT has tested this idea 3 times across 3 papers, from 2020 to 2024. 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.

Question	What it asks	Answer
CAT 2020 Slot 2 · VARC Q8	modern piracy; the author's tone in the line on starving peasants turning pirate	B
CAT 2024 Slot 1 · VARC Q10	'times have changed for the once almighty discipline'; the author's attitude there	B
CAT 2024 Slot 3 · VARC Q5	nasa sterilising probes; the author's tone in the first paragraph	B

Part of RC · Society, History & Politics (179 questions since 2017).