CMAT Entrance 2026

Passage : Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language, but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly, the most common argument in favour of man’s superiority over them—that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us—is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

Q1. What is a common belief about dolphins based on stories since Roman times?

Q2. What is one way in which behaviorists have researched dolphins?

Q3. What do dolphins do to support the weaker members of their community?

Q4. What does the author suggest regarding dolphin communication?

Q5. What is the primary purpose of the passage?

Q6. This spinach omelet makes for ____ breakfast; it has the vegetables and protein needed for a healthy diet.

Q7. Trees' grandfather's house is full of ____; vintage items act as array-display pieces and other elements that are no longer in use.

Q8. My brother constantly forgets his responsibilities and is always causing ____.

Q9. The teacher found one student's paper to have ____ their assignments, so she is going to punish them with lower grades.

Q10. The governor thinks the tax is a good idea and would like to see it continue, but his opponent thinks ____.

Q11. Choose the word that best expresses the meaning of the given word: Chide

Q12. Choose the word that best expresses the meaning of the given word: Boisterous

Q13. Choose the word that best expresses the meaning of the given word: Inevitable

Q14. Choose the word that best expresses the meaning of the given word: Console

Q15. Choose the word that best expresses the meaning of the given word: Novice

Q16. We've been running around in circles trying to get the information we need, but no one will tell us anything.

Q17. People were forced to work longer hours, and to add insult to injury, the company decided not to give pay raises.

Q18. Dipesh wrote an article and has tried to get it published in The Kathmandu Post, but I think he is flogging a dead horse.

Q19. During the People's Movement, many people stopped eating meat and drinking lavish liquids and shared weal and woe with the people around the country.

Q20. Sarita worked very hard to organize the party but very few guests walked in. The cake wasn't worth the candle.

Q21. One of the main reasons for elephant poaching are the profits received from selling the ivory tusks.

Q22. Neither cats nor a dog was killed by the tiger that entered the village yesterday.

Q23. I wish you couldn't arrive so late all the time.

Q24. If Nepal had the necessary expertise I water resources, the country should be producing electricity in a huge amount.

Q25. My father brought home a little, old, amazing, Nepalese cup and saucer.