"고양이는 무엇을 먹습니까?"
Translation:What do cats eat?
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More like "What does a cat eat?" But the original comment is correct - since Korean doesn't have definite or indefinite article, the meaning isn't unambiguous without context. The speaker could be looking at a cat eating something and use the same sentence to mean "What does the cat eat?" or "What is the cat eating?" (since Koreans often prefer simple present tense to the progressive).
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Because "what does a cat eat?" is the exact same question as "what do cats eat?". Also, as others pointed out, ~들 clarifies plurality, it doesn't indicate singluarity if it's missing.
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food is an uncountable and general noun, so it requires a modifier to specify what is it that cats eat of all the food there is, so "what kind" or "what type" should've been included for it to be counted as right and more accurate